Great interview and great advice from a living legend. You can learn a lot from Dick, and the mistakes he openly says he made.

A lot of good info Dick Bator. Haven seen or heard from you in years. Hoping to maybe meet up with you in San Antonio at the GCSAA conference. Keep up the good work.

In 2016, Seth Joines made the same mistake. Bator never worked at Oakmont, but he did work at OAK HILL in Rochester, NY.  Here is the Seth Jones article, "Some quiet time (really) with Richard Bator."  June 16, 2016. 

You possibly may have borowed the info from here, so it's not your fault if you did, because Seth Jones is a trusted source. Editors are not known to be sloppy., they're paid to proofread text...

I know it's not the end of the world, but if you know Dick Battor, you know he took his lumps. He deserves better. I'm sure mistakes like these are not made with other superintendents who have bounced around, noit out of incompetence, but for opposite. In Bator's case, he really could grow grass.    

Thanks,

Brian Rizzo

It's possible your article carried an error from Seth Jones article with Bator. Dick worked at Oak Hill, not Oakmont. Seth's article came out before this one. If you did use Seth;s piece as a source, it's notyou fault because editors are paid to proofread text; they are not known to be sloppy. Below is the article from Golfdom. I never reached out to Golfdom.   

Bator is a legend and deserves respect. To make a glaring error like this isn't right.  

I know it's a million years later and it's not even worth mentioning it, but when I saw it again, I had to say something. If someone writes something there are now at least two credible sources that are perpetuating a mistake. 

Thanks,

Brian

Some quiet time (really) with Richard Bator