"On-the-job training".

"On-the-job training". --Myrtle Beach Sun News, January 21, 2007 At first glance, Quail quail,common name for a variety of small game birds related to the partridge, pheasant, and more distantly to the grouse. There are three subfamilies in the quail family: the New World quails; the Old World quails and partridges; and the true pheasants and seafowls. Creek Golf Club appears to be like any othergolf course. But this course is really a training ground for studentsfrom Coastal Carolina and Horry-Georgetown Technical College (HGTC HGTC Horry-Georgetown Technical College (Conway, SC)HGTC Heart of Georgia Technical College (Dublin, Georgia)HGTC Higgins Grinding Technology Center (Worcester, Massachusetts)). Ina unique arrangement, students in Coastal Carolina's professionalgolf management (PGM PGM ProgramPGM Pragmatic General MulticastPGM PhosphoglucomutasePgM Program ManagerPGM Platinum Group MetalPGM Pagemaker (software)PGM Portable Gray MapPGM Precision Guided Munition ) program manage the day-to-day operations of thecourse while HGTC students in the golf and sports turf program overseethe grounds and maintenance. The Coastal Carolina PGM students formerly had limited teetimes--normally late in the afternoon--on about a dozen area coursesthat allowed them to play and practice. They now have $700 added totheir annual tuition for use of the course and its practice facilities. "Now we have the opportunity to come out here any day, anytime and play or practice any time we want to," said Sean Grimes Grimes is a surname, that is believed to be of a Scandinavian decent and may refer to Aoibhinn Grimes Ashley Grimes Barbara Grimes, a Chicago murder victim Burleigh Grimes (1893–1985), US baseball player Camryn Grimes Charles Grimes , asenior in his final semester who works in the pro shop. For the HGTC students, they spend lab time observing andparticipating in projects, including running soil tests. Students in anequipment technician program have repaired course equipment andhorticulture horticulture[Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large students have worked on beautification beau��ti��fy?tr. & intr.v. beau��ti��fied, beau��ti��fy��ing, beau��ti��fiesTo make or become beautiful.beau projects."It's kind of like having a laboratory in your backyard,"said Corey Sims, a maintenance worker in his final semester at HGTC."In some cases I go in the classroom and don't understand it,then I come out here and I get it." This unique relationship has resulted in a much improved golfcourse, an opportunity for students to get hands-on experience, and ajump for these students in the job market. www.myrtlebeachonline.com