This year's MVT Jason Ziegler!
Read all about Hoag and his efforts as equipment manager at The Oaks Club in Osprey, Fla., in the October issue of GCM.
Congratulations to the other finalists for this year's award: Chad Braun, the equipment manager at Town and Country Clubin St. Paul, Minn., and Bill Claytor, the equipment manager at Murfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio
GCM's Most Valuable Technician Award is designed to honor the best and brightest golf course equipment technicians in the industry, the men and women who play such a key role in keeping the tools of golf course maintenance up and running. The award is presented annually in partnership with Foley. Nominations are narrowed to a field of three finalists by a team of industry judges. GCM readers then review the qualifications of the finalists and vote online for their favorite.