President's
Message
Anthony Grosso
CAGCS President
T h e winter that never materialized
during December, January and Febru­
ary and had members with visions of
an early start to the golf season has
shown its ugly head in March with our
coldest temperatures of the year. As far
as I’m concerned, the timing was per­
fect, just when most of us were get­
ting ready to open—or in some cases
were already open—Mother Nature
gave us a reprieve and reminded us that
it is still early March and it is still
winter.
Remember 20 years ago
The Blizzard of '78?
I would like to take a moment and
touch on two trends that I have noticed
over the last couple of years that are a
little disturbing.
The first is the attendance at our
monthly golf meetings. If our
monthly meeting is being held at a
private country club, our numbers
average 92 players compared to just 64
players when it is held at either a pub­
lic or municipal course. We are finding
(continued on page 2)

New England Regional Turfgrass
Conference & Show a huge success
by Anthony Grosso

T he first annual New

England
Regional T urfgrass Conference
a n d Show (NERTCS) was a
tremendous success. This first regional
conference and show was a collabora­
tive effort on
the part of
many organiza­
tions, includ­
ing all seven
New England
golf course
superintendents
associations,
along with the
New England
Sports Turf
Managers
Association
and the Massa­
chusetts Asso­
c ia tio n
of
Lawn Care Professionals, who value
the continued growth of turfgrass re­
search and education and who value the
continued growth of our industry.
From the cutting of the ribbon cere­
mony (pictured above Gary Sykes

(left) and Chip Brearley (right),
Co-Chairmen, the opening session
with keynote speaker, Jim Palmer, and
the opening and conference receptions,
to the educational programs, and the
equipment show, everything went off
like clockwork.
We had nothing
but very positive
feedback from eve­
ryone—vendors,
attendees and edu­
cational speak­
ers— about the
quality of the
show. Our atten­
dance for the three
days numbered
more than 1,800
and the monies
raised for research
should be substan­
tial once all bills
are paid.
Putting on a show of this magnitude
requires a tremendous effort from many
different people. I would like to take
this moment to thank just a few of
them.
(continued on page 2)

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President's messege

Anthony Grosso
1998 CAGCS President

it harder and harder to get clubs to hold
our monthly meetings (i.e. this
August meeting is still open). If this
trend of more members showing up for
tournaments at private clubs compared
to public clubs continues, I am con­
cerned that we might end up losing the
public and m unicipal courses
altogether.
When we hold a meeting at a course,
we pay for carts, food, beverages and
prizes—we do not pay green fees. So,
unless our turnout is good and the
course can make up some of the lost
CAGCS Board of Directors
Anthony Grosso

President
Vice President

Brian Skelly

Secretary

Jud W . Sm ith

Treasurer

Peter R. Pierson

Past President

John N apier, C G C S

Education

Dennis Houle

Golf

John M otycka

M em bership

W ayne C . Urban

Scholarship & R esearch

Dan R ackliffe, C G C S

Social & W elfare

P eter C ure, C G C S

N ew sletter & Historian

Jud W . Sm ith

Governm ent Relations

Les Kennedy, Jr., C G C S

Com . R ep to Board

Owen Regan

C o n n e c tic u t C lip p in g s is an official
publication of the Connecticut Association
of Golf Course Superintendents.

N e w s lette r E d ito r - Bob C halifour, C G C S
N e w s le tte r C o m m itte e - David Basconi,
H eather G arvin, Ron Holcom b, Jud W . Sm ith
P h o to s - David Basconi

revenue due to the waived green fees,
we are going to find it even more diffi­
cult in he future to get public and
municipal courses to commit their
courses to us. Clubs that give up their
courses to us are doing so as a show of
goodwill and respect for their superin­
tendent and our association. The least
we can do is support all of our
monthly meetings equally, no matter
where they are being held.
The second is just a reminder that
the preferred dress code for our January
Seminar, March and Annual meetings
is a sports jacket (enough said).
For those of you who made it out to
Anaheim and to the Noreaster Hospi­
tality Reception, you were treated to a
great time. The hospitality suite was
very well attended (between 400-500
people) and very well run thanks to
John Napier, CGCS, and all of his
hard work.
In closing, I would like to pass on
an example of the uphill battle that
people like golf course superintendents
seem to have to face all too often. It
was sent to me by a good friend and
the editor of the Wisconsin Golf

Conference & Show

(continued from page 1)

Course Superintendents Newsletter:
A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior
High School won first prize at the
Great Idaho Falls Science Fair. He was
attempting to show how conditioned
we have become to alarmists practic­
ing junk science and spreading fear of
everything in our environment. In his
project, he urged people to sign a peti­
tion demanding strict control or total
elim ination o f the chem ical
"dihydrogen monoxide ” . And for
plenty of good reasons, since it can:
Cause excessive sweating and vomit­
ing; it is a major component in acid
rain; it can cause severe burns in its
gaseous state; accidental inhalation can
kill you; it contributes to erosion;
it decreases effectiveness o f automobile
brakes; it has been found in tumors o f
terminal cancer patients.
He asked 50 people if they supported
a ban of the chemical. Forty-three said
yes, six were undecided and only one
knew that the chemical was water. The
title of his prize winning project was
“How Gullible Are We?”
I think the conclusion is obvious.

(continued from page 1)

Our show manager, David Rosenberg and his staff from Marketing & Events
were outstanding in all aspects of running the show and who were always one
step ahead of everything.
NERTCS Board of Directors put in many long hours starting back in
February of 1997 and going right through the show. I was very happy to sit on
this board along with Philip Neaton and share in this overwhelming experience.
Of course this show could not have been anywhere near its success without
the vendors for their financial support of the show through the purchase of
booth space.
Then there were our major sponsors who supported the effort through pur­
chasing Title Sponsorships: AgrEvo, Bayer, Floratine, Tom Irwin Co.,
Lebanon, Novartis, Toro Co., Turf Products Corp. and Turf Specialities.
Our supporting sponsors were FMC, Lesco, Lofts Seed Co., Rhome-Poulere,
Sawtelle Bros., Scotts Co., Zeneca.
CAGCS was well represented at the show, and I would like to thank Bob
Chalifour, CGCS, for supporting our association by manning our booth.
I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and we will see you in Providence, RI,
again in 1999.

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CT, finished in third place in the All-Star Kids Environmental Contest sponsored
by Fleet Bank. A grant of $2,500 was awarded to the school for their butterfly
garden project
Pictured here are Timothy O’Neill, CGCS, superintendent at the Country Club
of Darien, making the presentation to Dr. Jean Lowery, Media Specialist, and
students, Shannon Begley and Elizabeth Abeling.
Bishop Woods School was adopted by CAGCS as part of the Audubon Coopera­
tive Sanctuary Program
for Schools. It is a
small elementary school
of 350 students from
kindergarten through
4th grade. Dr. Jean
Lowery, Media Special­
ist at the school, has
mapped out a seven-year
plan to gain certifica­
tion in each of the four
categories
(Environmental Educa­
tion, Waste Manage­
ment, Wildlife Habitat
Management, and Re­
source Conservation) of
the Audubon program to make the school a fully certified Audubon Cooperative
Sanctuary. The school built and opened a butterfly garden as part of that certifica­
tion effort.
“We thank the Connecticut Association of Golf Course Superintendents for their
support in our Audubon program. Without their involvement, our school would
never have been in a position to enter this contest, let alone finish in third place,”
stated Dr. Lowery.
CAGCS congratulates the students and staff of Bishop Woods School. Our
association is committed to helping the school achieve their long-term goal of full
certification.
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At the CAGCS march meeting, Dr.
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place of Dr. Bill Dest at U-Conn, gave
an update on research utilizing com­
post to reduce fungicide use. This is an
ongoing project that will continue this
year. If you wish to participate in the
study, you may contact Dr. Guillard.
Dr. Bill Dest presented results from
his green speed study. Guest What?
Golfers could not rate green speed.
Further, 81% were satisfied with the
green speed at their respective courses.
Remember the old adage — The
greens are too fast. The greens are too
slow. The hills are too steep. The hills
aren't steep enough. The carts are too
fast. The carts aren't fast enough.
Add your "toos" to the list, and send
them to CAGCS in care of the editor.
* * * * *
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ment at URI on July 1, 1997.
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have gone by since we started Toelles
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Some of you may recollect, I started
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Upcoming events
April 27
CAGCS Monthly Meeting
Norwich Country Club
Bruce Morse, Host Supt.

May 8
Annual Baseball Outing
Yale Field, New Haven

Welcome new members
James Chesbro - Class C
Aspetuck Valley Country Club
Kenneth W. Clear - Class Commercial
Alpine, Care o f Trees
Robert Decker - Class C
Pautipaug Country Club
Michael Rowers - Class Commercial
Flowers Landscape Developing
Shane Gurney - Class C
Richter Park
Stan Hildreth - Class Commercial
Winfield Nursery

May 15th - deadline to
request CAGCS
scholarship applications
The deadline to request a CAGCS
scholarship application is May 15th.
Applications must be requested in
writing from the S & R Committee,
CAGCS office, P. O. Box 3678,
Woodbridge, CT, 06525.
If you have any questions regarding
eligibility requirements, please call
Dan Rackliffe, CGCS, S & R Chair­
person, at 203/3415072.
* * * * *

Annual baseball outing
May 8th

Congratulations to Mike
Marino, the former assistant at the
Black Hall Club in Old Lyme, for the
past three years. He was chosen for the
superintendent’s position at Man­
chester Country Club.

Mark your calendar! CAGCS has
booked a date with the New Haven Ra­
vens (farm club of the Colorado Rock­
ies) for Friday, May 8 when they face
the New Britain Rock Cats.
Over the past few years, this has
been a great event for CAGCS mem­
bers. Watch your mail for details!

* * * * *

* * * * *

Would you like copies of the Con­
necticut Clippings sent to an official
at your club? If so, please call the
CAGCS office (203/387-0810 or 888/
561-7778) and leave the name and title
of the club official with the correct
mailing address.

Condolences to CAGCS member
Steve Divito, CGCS, on the recent
passing of his father.

* * * * *

* * * * *
The 1998 CAGCS membership
directory is presently at the printer and
should be ready for mailing in early
May.

May 18
CAGCS Monthly Meeting
Yale University Golf Club
Anthony Baviello, CGCS

June 16
CAGCS Monthly Meeting
Pautipaug Country Club
Anthony Grosso, Host Supt.

June 24
Turfgrass Research Field Day
University of Massachusetts
For booth information, contact:
Thom Griffin (413) 545-3066
griff@pssci.umass.edu

July 27
Annual CAGCS
Invitational Tournament
Hop Meadow Country Club
Host Supt. - Michael Wallace, CGCS

August - Open
Anyone able to host the August
meeting is urged to contact
Dennis Houle at 203/938-9640

September 12
CAGCS Annual Family Day
Lake Compounce
September 14

* * * * *

CAGCS Monthly Meeting
Orange Hills Country Club
Jud Smith, Host Supt.

CAGCS software will be avail­
able for purchase at all CAGCS
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CAGCS Office

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Deadline for June issue
May 9th!

P. O. Box 3678
Woodbridge, CT 06525
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GCSAA tournament review

PARTAC

by Les Kennedy, Jr., CGCS

GOLF COURSE

TOP-DRESSING

T he 1998 GCSAA Golf Championship was held in Irvine, CA, Febru­
ary 1-3. Over 720 players competed in
the first ever weather shorted event on
six of the best courses the Newport
Beach area had to offer. The weather
was again the focal point of our Na­
tional Championship as we endured
and eventually succumbed to the brut
force of the global phenomenon
known as “EL NINO”.
Upon arriving in California, we were
threatened each day with dire forecasts
of what was to come, but Mother
Nature held out to provide three
respectable days for golf. Not until
Tuesday, the last day of the tourna­
ment, did the inevitable occur. For the
first time in 48 years of the GCSAA
Championship a round was canceled.
Credit must be given to the committee
and staff for planning a very enjoyable
“Las Vegas” day to occupy everyone
during one of the worst rainstorms I
have ever witnessed.
Some 20 CAGCS members were
entered and from all accounts everyone
had a great time. In the first flight,
Scott Niven, CGCS, finished a fine
4th net, with yours truly right behind

CAGCS trivia contest
OOPS! Slight mistake - All of the
trivia questions for this year were inad­
vertently printed in the February issue.
Only one question was to appear in
each issue. You have now been given
another chance.
As you know, in each of the five
issues there will be a challenging
trivia question with a special prize to
be awarded for each question. Only
CAGCS members will be eligible and
the winner will be determined by a ran­
dom drawing from all correct entries.
The question for this issue is: Out
o f the 48 contiguous states,
which was the last to have its

in 5th. The 3rd flight saw Paul Jamrog finish 5th gross. In the 4th and 5th
flights respectively, Tim O’Neill,
CGCS, and Chris Mauro took home
the last plate for their 7th place
finishes in the gross division. John
Streeter, CGCS, ended years of frustra­
tion by finishing 7th net in the 5th
flight and returning home with his
first ever commemorative plate. It’s
great to see John back on his game! In
the 6th flight, Rick Schock finished
3rd gross, and rounding out the field in
the 8th flight Mike Wallace, CGCS,
finished in 4th place gross.
In the Four-Ball Championship,
Connecticut was not represented in the
gross division winners, but in the net
division at Tustin Ranch Golf Club,
John Streeter and Tim O’Neill teamed
up to finish tied for 2nd. In the net
division at Pelican Hill Ocean North,
Mike Chrzanowski and Chris Mauro
tied with Larry Pakkala, CGCS, and
Scott Niven for 6th place.
Congratulations to all winners, and
we look forward to seeing all of our
friends gain in Florida in 1999, as the
tournament moves to Tampa and the
Innisbrook Resort.

first municipal golf course?
Name the state. Deadline
is May 15th.
Send your answer to the CAGCS
office, P. O. Box 3678, Woodbridge,
CT, 06525.
February issue trivia question was: Many
Connecticut courses were designed or operated
under different names from their current title.
Can you give the current name of all these
“oldies”? The answers are below. Sorry, there
was no winner.
Bel C om p o................................Blue Fox Run GC
GC at A spetuck............................ Connecticut GC
Hyfield GC.................................................Highfield CC
Norwich Inn G C ........................................Norwich GC
Cliffside C C ............................... Tower Ridge CC
Heritage Woods CC............ Heritage Village CC
N ew Britain M unicipal............................... StanleyGC
Orkil Farms G C ........................... Simsbury Farms
Edgewood G C ..............TPC at River Highlands
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Meet our host

Bruce Morse, Superintendent
Norwich Golf Course
Built in 1925
Architect: Donald Ross
PGA Professional: John Paesani

Date of meeting - April 27th

The April meeting will be hosted
by Bruce Morse, superintendent at the
Norwich Golf Course for the past
seven years. The course is a par 71,
that is not particularly long but will

get you to use every club in your bag.
The close proximity of the Casinos
has helped boost play to 50,000
rounds last year. (Don’t forget your
quarters!) The average green size is
3,000 sq. ft. with its signature hole
being #17 with the Norwich Inn over­
looking the tee. In the two years since
CAGCS has had a meeting at Nor­
wich, a new parking lot has increased
parking considerably, a mile of paved
cart paths has gone in around the
course, and this past October, the put­
ting green was rebuilt—tripling its
size.
Bruce has worked with Dr. Steve
Aim, Entomologist from the Univer­
sity of Rhode Island, for eight years on
cut worm and beetle grub control.
Much of this work involved research

evaluations of Conserve.
Bruce and his wife, Cheryl, live in the
Town of Windsor, one hour away from
Norwich, with their two boys, Kyle,
age 15, and Danny, age 12. Both of
their sons are active in little league,
basketball, track and soccer. Last year,
Kyle broke all Windsor town records
for running.
Bruce plays in a men’s hockey
league and also enjoys basketball as
well as golf. He credits his assistant,
Bob Dawley, with helping him to run
the course. Bob worked at Connecticut
College in New London for 7 1/2
years before joining Bruce.
Norwich joined the ranks of
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superintendents
Y a l e is a golf course everyone
should play once in their life. Its
beautiful, natural landscape challenges
every level of play. Par from the blue
tees is 72.8 with a slope of 139 (123
being the mean). Their signature hole
is the par 3 ninth hole. Watch for the
pin placement—there’s a 4 1/2 foot
swale that divides the front and back of
this 64 foot long green. The first putt
can be a doosy!
Yale Golf Club has been the site of
many state amateur championships
along with being the NCAA Division
1 Spring opener and Fall closer tourna­
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regular stop of the Ben Hogan and
Nike Tours.
Anthony has been in the golf busi­
ness since he was 14 when he began
working as water boy and a hand bunk­
er raker. During school for horticulture/plant science, he worked at Ardsey

CC, then on to Wykagul as an assist­
ant. In 1984, he took the superinten­
dent’s job at Pelham and was there
until accepting his position at Yale in
January, 1995.
A bunker restoration program is in
the plans for this fall. Twelve new tees
have been built since Anthony arrived.
A new teeing system has been adapted,
no more red-white-blue. From front to
bank it is gold-green-blue (6,500
yards)-black (6,800 yards). Last year,
Yale had 48,000 rounds.
Not only is Anthony busy at his
course, but he is also very active with
his family and in the community. His
children, Christopher, David and fouryear old Nicholas are all active in base­
ball, scouting and camping. He finds
the time to manage two baseball teams
of 9-11 year olds, is a cub den leader,
and heads up an annual Christmas Carroll Food Drive.

Anthony Baviello, CGCS
Yale Golf Club
Built 1926
Architect: Charles Blair McDonald
PGA Professional: David Paterson
Date of meeting - May 18th
Anthony enjoys fishing, hockey, softball (he’s the oldest player on the
team) and is working on lowering his
golf handicap. Anthony and his wife,
Laura, a Director of Data Services at
St. Raphael’s Hospital, and their three
children live in Orange.
Bios o f Bruce M orse & Anthony
Baviello by Heather Garvin.

G e t r e a d y for the 1 9 9 8 golf s e a s o n
by John Motycka, Golf Chairperson
T h e 1998 CAGCS golf season is about to begin, so read
on for a brief description of some of the upcoming high­
lights.
The tournament for the April meeting at Norwich will be
the same as the last couple years, a two-person, better ball
SHAMBLE. Pick your own partner, or the committee will
pick one for you if needed.
Play will be as follows: each player drives, then the team
selects the best drive and each player then plays their own
ball from that spot until the hole is completed. That scena­
rio is repeated on every hole, resulting in a complete score
for each individual golfer. Each player receives 30% of their
handicap and the resulting net best ball on each hole is used
for the team’s score. So, pick your partner and sign up for
April’s tournament.
Our May meeting will be the first round of our CAGCS
Championship.
Continuing what we started last year, we will again run a
season-long, two-person team championship event. Last

year we had 14 teams and we hope there will be more this
year. The quantity of teams entered will determine the pre­
cise format of the event, but each team will play a mini­
mum of two matches, and a maximum of four before the
playoff teams are selected.
The entry fee is $20 per man, the top finishers divide up
the cash. Matches will start in May, with one a month
through August. These matches are on your own, at any
course of your own choosing and provide a good reason to
get together with your fellow CAGCS members for a round
of golf once a month throughout the summer. Last year’s
participants seemed to enjoy it; so, get a partner and join in!
Sign up deadline will be May 1st.
This year’s CAGCS Championship will be determined by
the total scores of the May and June meetings. The New
England and Met Team members will be selected by taking
the best two rounds of the May, June, July/August, and
September meetings.
As you can see, there are ample reasons to play good golf
this season - all we have to do is learn how!

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Connecticut Clippings

April, 1998

P e q u o ts buy in to R h o d e Is la n d g o lf c o u rs e s
by Bob Chalifour, CGCS, Editor

in Ledyard.
The tribe says it is going into a part­
Tribe bought into two golf courses.
nership with the Bernard Investment
The $6 million price will give the
Group of Rhode Island, the owner of
tribe access to Boulder Hills Golf and
the two courses. The courses will be
CC in Richmond, RI, on Rt. 138 and
operated as a joint venture, the first
the 45-acre executive Lindhbrook Golf
partnership of its kind for the tribe.
Course in neighboring Hopkington,
The two separate properties are
RI.
assessed at about $3.2 million,
The owners of the world's largest
although developers estimated the cost
casino want to add golfing to their
of the Boulder Hills project at about
gambling empire. They presently have
$5 million when it was finished in the
plans for two 18-hole courses designed
summer of 1995.
by Robert Trent Jones and Reese
As part of the new partnership, the
Jones. However, the project has been
Boulder Hills course, a 175-acre tract
delayed due to legal delays of their
about one mile south of exit 3-A off
request for annexation of 165 acres of
1-95 will be renamed Foxwoods Coun­
land adjacent to the casino. The
try Club at Boulder Hills. The second
courses which are two miles apart, are
course near exit 2 off 1-95 will become
a 20minute ride from the casino/hotel
the Foxwoods Executive Golf Club at
Lindhbrook.
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public. Mashantucket tribal counselors
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need to make golf courses available to
guests at Foxwoods. In particular, the
facilities will become an amenity for
the high rollers who will be staying at
the new Grand Pequot Tower.
Tribal officials said the tribe’s part­
nership in the Rhode Island courses
will not change the long-term plans to
develop championship courses in the
immediate vicinity of Foxwoods. The
tribe feels that there is a lot of room in
New England to expand golf courses.
It is a good investment. Kenneth
Reels, Tribal Vice Chairman, recently
made a private investment in the 185acre 9-hole Lisbon Country Club in
Lisbon, CT.
I have been to both Boulder Hills
CC and Lindhbrook GC. Boulder Hills
has many steep ravines, boulders and
doglegs making it difficult to play.
A shot that appears to be o.k. may
end up in trouble or lost because of the
unsuual terrain. A golf car is required
because of the many steep inclines.
Boulder Hills CC is definitely not a
walker's course.
Lindhbrook GC, on the other hand,
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(401) 826-2584

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75 Codfish Hill Rd.,Bethel, CT
(203) 748-0558

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Warwick, RI 02888
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311 Carriage Drive
Kensington, CT 06037
(860) 828-8905

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Niantic, CT 06357
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