Barnett, Crew Helped Keep Tillinghast Invitational Going

The 13th annual Tillinghast Invitational golf tournament was Chad Barnett’s first as Johnson City Country Club’s course superintendent. It was certainly one he’ll never forget. Barnett and his grounds crew faced seemingly insurmountable odds after the course was left saturated by a week of what seemed to be non-stop rain. Somehow they kept the course playable over the weekend despite Saturday’s first round being suspended midway through because of even more thunderstorms. “It was a process,” Barnett said Wednesday. “It was harder during the week.