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Skorulski 15 RAY GORDON 10 ASSOCIATION DATES 15 ALBION GOLF CARTS 11 MASTER SCHEDULE 15 ZANDER SOD CO. LTD. 12 MARKETING PRODUCTS 14 TURF OR CONSEQUENCES 16 NU-GRO CORPORATION by Doug Breen 17 NUTRITE 16 FAST GREENS 17 SUMMER FIELD DAY 19 TURFCARE by Rob Witherspoon 18 HALL OF FAME by Rob Witherspoon 19 50TH ANNIVERSARY G.C. Duke Equipment Ltd. 20 BUNKER RENOVATIONS by Bill McAllister editor's comments In this issue of Green is Beautiful, 1998 O.G.S.A. Board of Directors we’ve tried to gather as much President Ian Bowen Oshawa Golf Club information on events that have 905-725-9511 occurred in the past month or two as we could. Nu-Gro Corporation and Past President Simon George Oakville Golf Club Duke Lawn Equipment have both put 905-844-5796 on appreciation days. Our contributing Vice President/ Bob Heron CGCS editors Gordon Witteveen and Doug Breene will once Treasurer & GCSAA Liaison Beacon Hall Golf Club again enlighten us and Bill McAllister Superintendent at 905-841-0252 Cherry Downs Golf Club will educate us on their bunker Vice President/Secretary Keith Bartlett renovation project. Dr. Clay Switzer has been inducted Thornhill Country Club into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame and Rob 905-889-2735 Witherspoon will advise us of some new activities at the Director & Bylaws Lamont Anderson Guelph Turfgrass Institute this summer. Pointe West Golf Club 519-736-5050 In this issue we will be sending out a small questionnaire for suppliers and members on how we can better Green Directors & Public Relations John Gravett is Beautiful. Changes are in the works but we need your Credit Valley Golf Club 905-275-2505 Ext. 225 input to finely tune our final decisions. Please fax them back to Dorthy Hill O.G.S.A. Office Manager at 1-519- Rob Ackerman Markland Wood Golf Club 766-1704, before August 30th, 1998. 905-625-2062 Mark Piccolo Director & Golf & Meetings Dean Baker Newsletter Editor Glen Abbey Golf Club 905-844-1800 Ext. 240 Membership Director Jim Flett & Newsletter Co-Editor Muskoka Lakes Golf Course 705-765-3165 Green is Beautiful 1998 Although every effort is made to check material for publication, the association is not responsible for material published on behalf of its Director & Newsletter Editor Mark Piccolo contributors. Galt Country Club All rights are reserved by the publisher and any reproduction in whole or part without the written permission of the publisher is prohibited. 519-650-1503 Director & Scholarship Jeff Burgess Weston Golf Club 416-241-5551 DOROTHY HILL: OFFICE MANAGER ONTARIO GOLF SUPERINTENDENTS'ASSOCIATION GUELPH TURFGRASS INSTITUTE 328 VICTORIA ROAD, SOUTH Telephone: (519) 824-OGSA Combines Promotional Products with Graphic Fax: (519) 766-1704, Email: ogsa@gti.uoguelph.ca Design & Printadding a new dimension of OFFICE HOURS Quality and Reliability to our Customers Image. Monday, Wednesday,& Friday 8A.M. -12 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday 12 P.M. - 4 P.M. Designed & Printed by CityCo. Inc. Tel: (519) 650-5515 Fax: (519) 650-1202 1-800-605-7793 president's message customer appreciation day IMAGE-FOUNDATION TO BUILD UPON By Rob Field Sales & Marketing Manager, NU-GRO Corp. Every man is the architect NU-GRO'S 8th Annual Appreciation Day was held on of his future. Image, is the June 22nd, 1998 at Heron Point Golf Links. The intense heat had no effect on Singapore's Daniel Chan as his foundation which you as an foursome won the event. Daniel experiences that type individual must build of weather year round. upon. Our guest speaker this year was Patrick Differ of Sport Are we a Trade or a Turf Inc. Pat's talk featured the benefits of tissue Profession? I believe many sampling in Golf Course Management. The Ninth of us would prefer to look Annual Golf Day will see us return to Heron Point on June 23,1999. upon us as a Profession. Therefore, presentation of Canadian Society of Club Managers Event ourselves to the general Southwestern Ontario Branch public and to our By Jeff Germond, Manager St. Thomas Golf Club memberships is very important. Taking the time to improve our image will On Thursday June 25, 1998, the St. Thomas Golf and pay many benefits to you as an individual and to our Country Club played host to the 10th Annual Club Manager, Club Superintendent, Club Professional, and Club. Self image is not only how you present yourself, Club President - sponsored by the Canadian Society of but also how you communicate your professionalism Club Managers, of the Southwestern Ontario Branch. to others. Writing a column in our Club's monthly This was attended by 21 clubs from across Ontario from newsletter, taking the time to stop and answer Windsor to Toronto. The weather, golf, food and members questions and being visible, all contribute to beverage were first class with the foursome from being professional. Dressing for success, is only half of Craigowan winning this modified scramble - best ball. A unique variation to this event had each Club picking the equation, how you present our profession is the the pin placements to their assigned green on the other half. course - which led to some mighty difficult pin Remember, the worth of a management team is the placements ! Ryan Beauchamp, greens superintendent worth of the individuals composing it. at St. Thomas, as usual, had the golf course in wonderful condition. St.Thomas Golf and Country Club, commonly known O.G.S.A. President as Union, is located 25 minutes south of London and Ian Bowen will celebrate it’s 100 year anniversary in 1999. our building project represents many things: a Y tangible asset, an aid to productivity, and an expression of your goals and values. They can all be summed up with two words: pride and confidence. We build large quantities of both into every Braemar project. Isn’t that reason enough to call Braemar first? For your FREE ESTIMATES ADDITIONS • RENOVATIONS call RICK or JACK BRENZIL NEW BUILDINGS • WOOD and STEEL STRUCTURES RRI YORK, ONT. N0A IRO TELEPHONE: (905) 772-3551 • FAX: (905) 772-3422 That’s the Braemarframe ofmind. slo-pitch tournament McCracken Golf Supplies & Nu-Gro Slo-Pitch Tournament For 5 consecutive years we’ve had perfect weather for the McCracken & Nu-Gro baseball Tournament. Unfortunately the 4th of July, 1998 turned out to be a rainy day but this is not dampen the spirit of the tournament. After an one hour rain delay all teams persevered and the tournament continued. Some teams made the best of it, running and sliding through the mud enjoying the day with their fellow superintendents and staff. Pelino Scenna Sr. brought picnic baskets full of food, that were shared by many (excellent chicken, by the way) There were 36 teams competing for the bragging rights of the 1998 tournament, at Turner Park in Hamilton. The semi finals saw the National from Woodbridge defeat Maple City from Chatham 9-8 in a hard fought affair. The other semi-final saw Kings Forest from Hamilton defeat Lakeview from Mississauga 12-5. The National pulled away from Kings Forest 12-6 to take the A - Championship. In the B - finals, Maple City defeated Lakeview 7-0. Thanks to all the teams that participated for their sportsmanship. Hope to see everyone in 1999. question of the issue time/money "Why is it important for golf course superintendents Computers Save Your Course Time/Money to have administrative assistants?" Answered by: Armand LeSage, White Beeches Golf Computers are making superintendents more and Country Club, Haworth, N.J efficient. How: Although computer technology has been used for irrigation control for many years, savvy I have a part time administrative assistant to help me superintendents are taking it one step further. By with the large amount of paper work that has to be using PC Anywhere software, the irrigation control done. Sixty-five to 70 percent of my time is spent away system can be accessed via modem from home or on from the turf. I got to the point where I wasn't even the road. Significance Up-to-the-minute decisions and getting out to the golf course every day. The golf changes can be made based on weather conditions, course is actually a business, just like the clubhouse. You need the same type of support as the clubhouse. eliminating the need for trips back to the golf course. If you have 180 acres of land and 18 people to The irrigation program can also be checked by modem take care of it, you have paperwork when they are to ensure that the pumps are running and that the hired; when they are dismissed; for disciplinary or program is operating as scheduled. evaluation purposes; and for purchase orders and Computers are also helping superintendents be other administrative work. Employers are very more efficient in producing payroll. How: Employees reluctant to accept the idea of a superintendent having punch in and out by swiping a plastic card through a an administrative assistant. It's easier to sell the idea system called "time in a box." The time swipes are when you are first starting a job. You can ask for that in the beginning. Because having an administrative downloaded to a computer, which keeps a total of the assistant is more efficient , it will save employers time worked, overtime, vacation and sick leave for money. Administrative assistants don't cost money, each employee. At the end of each pay period the they save money. information is transferred by modem to the payroll Employers need to answer the question, "Why office where checks are generated. Result: This system am I paying a superintendent to be behind the desk ensures accuracy, eliminates paperwork and greatly when he or she should be out there on the golf reduces the time spent figuring payroll each pay course?" The best bang for your buck is to keep your period. superintendent on the golf course where the pulse of the members' interests lies." GCSAA - Leader Board Source: Jerry Matthews, CGCS, July/August 1998 - Vol 4 No. 4 Highland Creek Golf Club, Charlotte, N.C. 1067 Beach Boulevard Hamilton, Ontario L8H 6Z9 Telephone 905-545-5363 Fax 905-545-2647 CAN-USA 1-800-263-8606 Express Dual & AngleMaster Reel Mower Sharpeners a bit of history By Gordon Witteveen The following year Keith Nisbet replaces David Moote Board of Trade Golf Club secretary and the latter now becomes treasurer. In 1956 Lloyd Reilly of the Downsview GC becomes president. Last fall, Jim Wyllie's wife Fran, rummaged through Lloyd Reilly carries on for another year and then Dave some boxes in a closet of their home in Brampton. Moote takes over in 1958. Bruce Woolley of St. Georges Among file folders, old papers and magazines, she meanwhile becomes treasurer and Tom Unsworth of found a beat up and torn minute book with neatly the Ladies Club is the new secretary. In 1957 Jim hand written notes on the lined pages. It turned out to Wyllie, then superintendent at the Guelph Cutten be the long lost minute book of the Golf Greenkeepers Club becomes a new member of the Association. Association of Ontario. The first entry in the book pertains to a meeting attended by ten greenkeepers at The minute book contains many interesting snippets the Royal York Hotel on January 12, 1937. The last of information about the founding greenkeepers of our entry is of a meeting on January 14, 1958. In between Association: Their social lives, their drinking habits, these dates lies the carefully recorded history of a 20 the annual banquet, guest speakers, plans for a short year period of our Association. course at the old OAC, etc. etc. In the next issue of Green is Beautiful I will recount some of this The first meeting of the Association was held in information. In the meantime, the list of Past September 1924 at the Weston GC. A photograph of Presidents on page 3 of the OGSA Roster can now be those in attendance has been preserved. On Dec. 31, filled in accurately. What puzzles me most is how this 1924 the directors of the Greenkeepers Association valuable document, the old minute book, was hidden under the leadership of President William John in a closet of the Wyllie home in Brampton for such a Sansom applied for incorporation under the long time. provisions of the Ontario Companies Act. The original application was carefully folded and included with the minute book. It was signed by Sansom, Albert Horne, Charles Robinson, John Cameron, Malcolm Bunting and Bert H. Hawkins, all greenkeepers at Toronto area golf courses. The letters of patent were granted on January 13, 1925. It must have been a mere formality since governments rarely work that fast in this day and age. Fred Hawkins who was greenkeeper/pro at Lakeview GC, is listed as president of the • Bentgrass • Premium Bluegrass • Establisher™: Seed Enhancing Mulch greenkeepers starting in May 1936. Sansom had led the group through its first ten years and then became the first Canadian President of the American group. (GCSAA). In 1936 John Austin was secretary and retained that position till 1942 when he became president. Dick Homewood (Lambton GC)was secretary during that time. In 1946 there was another change: Homewood is now president and J Lewis of the Islington GC starts as secretary. In 1949 Jack Abbott is listed as president and Wm. Forrester of the Weston GC as secretary. There are HAMILTON SOD COMPACT SOD HAMILTON CAMBRIDGE no changes for the next three years but ini952 the (905) 389-1315 (519) 653-7494 association filed its annual return for the last time. In Fax: (905) 679-4444 Fax: (519) 653-0833 that year Alex McClumpha of Thornhill CC becomes SOD OUTLET ONTARIO SOD President and Bill Calhoun is the new secretary. In NIAGARA REGION MISSISSAUGA (905) 984-8448 (905) 257-8795 1954 David Moote of the Rosedale GC becomes Our reputation is growing! secretary and Alex McClumpha stays on as President.. common chemicals infractions Top 10 Common Chemical of pesticide applications. Infractions to Avoid 8. Spray tank not properly cleaned; applicator not familiar with tanks's history. This can also lead to The golf course superintendent manages and plant damage or illegal residues. When purchasing maintains the most valuable asset in the game of golf used spray equipment, determine the type of products - the golf course. that have been applied by the previous owner. Remember: The superintendent's role as an 9. Sales representative make erroneous product environmental steward requires proper knowledge of safety claims. Lack of familiarity with the label may and training in the chemicals used on the golf course. be a major reason for unrealistic claims. Look critically He or she is crucial to the success of the facility and - for cautions or warnings, such as sensitivity or effects more importantly - the health of the environment. of specific weather conditions on applications or Note: Listed below are 10 common infractions of product efficacy. pesticide laws found by inspectors in one EPA region. 10. Failure to use personal protective equipment. 1. Invalid business or applicator license. Your Specifications may even require specific types of superintendent is responsible for keeping it renewed gloves or spray units. Use quality equipment and and accessible. keep it clean and functional. Replace it as needed. 2. Label violation. The labels for many pesticides Warnings: The penalty for using a pesticide in a have been changed over the past four to five years as manner inconsistent with its labeling can include fines a result of the EPA's re-registration program. up to $1,000 per offense for private applicators - Consequently, many uses for products, such as owners/operators of golf courses. Check your local diazinon and malathion, have been eliminated. Yet, and state laws and regulations. some applicators may continue to buy and use Key: Be sure to allocate a budget for your products on plants (sites) that are no longer on the superintendent to provide for ongoing training for label. applicators. 3. Improper mixing. Problems can come from Sources: Kentucky Pest News prohibited tank mixes that cause interactions. There Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service can be plant reactions from combinations of certain Number 762, November 25,1996 and classes of pesticides that are applied days - or even North Carolina Turf-grass, Nov/Dec 1997 weeks - apart. 4. Failure to survey the site before applying a pesticide. For instance, overlooking or forgetting area Why 'Fore?' wetlands. 5. Poor preparation for spills or other emergencies. Golf related questions keep coming in to the How many application rigs carry some soap, water, Lawrence Journal-World, the hometown disposable towels and an eyewash kit? Worker newspaper of GCSAA's headquarters in protection standards now are very specific about Lawrence, Kan. A reader recently asked, Why do providing decontamination materials. Applicators golfers yell 'fore' when warning of an errant golf should be familiar with how to handle spills of shot?" pesticides. The expression actually started", the paper 6. Drift complaints. Knowledge of product replied, "as an English military term. When the troops were in firing lines, the command 'ware characteristics and attention to environmental before' indicated that it might be prudent for the conditions such as wind speeds or inversions will front line to kneel so that the second line wouldn't reduce the potential for problems. Be aware of blow their heads off. 'Fore' is simply a shortened sensitive nearby crops or plants. version of the 'before' in 'ware before." 7. Incomplete or missing records. Private and Source: Golf Course Management - June 1998 commercial applicators must keep appropriate record core cultivation It's time to re-think a time-honored cultural practice. compaction still a major concern even after the soils Core Cultivation: Too Much of a Good Thing? are modified? Hopefully not, but there are other less disruptive aerification tools available for alleviating By James E. Skorulski, Agronomist surface compaction alone. Does core cultivation then In the Green Sections Northeastern Region become a thatch management and overseeding tool and, if so, can the operation be completed less Some issues are probably better left for after-hours frequently, with smaller tines, or replaced or round-table discussions in places where the music is a supplemented with deep verticutting or some other little loud and cigar smoke fills the air. The topic of type of cultivation? coring greens may be one of those, but I will take a Another consideration involves coring sand-based chance in hopes that this opinion will cause a few to bentgrass greens. Assume that the greens are properly reevaluate their programs or at least stimulate some built with a sand meeting the guidelines developed by healthy debate. the USGA for putting green construction. The primary I will start by saying that the benefits of conventional reason for core cultivation on such greens should be to core cultivation cannot be denied. Core cultivation is manage the organic matter that accumulates in the used to alleviate the negative impact of surface upper profile. However, there are other cultivation compaction, modify poor quality soils, reduce the tools that may manage the organic material equally effects of layering, manage thatch, help overcome the well. Have you investigated or experimented with the effects of poor quality water, and overseed existing use of smaller 0.25-inch hollow quadratines, more turf. It will continue to be an integral practice at golf aggressive vertical mowing or slicing programs? Do courses around the world for those reasons. There are, you have the ability to topdress as needed throughout however, negative aspects associated with core the season to minimize thatch buildup and prevent cultivation, the most obvious being the disruption it layering? Can the fertility programs be modified to causes to the playing surface. How often have you meet the growing needs of the turf without heard, "Just when the greens get good you go tearing stimulating unnecessary growth? Is it practical to them up"? I have little sympathy for the golfer in most manipulate pH to encourage the decomposition of instances, knowing the benefits of core aerification. organic material that already exists? The answers to However, life would be a little bit easier if we did not these questions can only be determined through have to do battle over this issue each and every extensive field evaluation, laboratory testing, and summer. Another question to ask is, Does repeated knowledge of the greens' performance and the core cultivation create an opportunity for annual resources that are available. Core cultivation will bluegrass to invade? The answer is yes, it probably likely continue to be an important tool for managing does, especially if the operation is completed at times the organic matter and layering problems in sand­ when the turf is slow to recover. This may be of little based systems. But if we begin utilizing other concern if Poa annua is already your predominant available cultivation tools and fine-tuning our cultural grass species, but it is a point worth considering at practices, then perhaps the frequency or new golf courses. There are other reasons why aggressiveness of coring can be reduced, minimizing traditional core cultivation is not a popular topic in Poa annua encroachment and the surface disruption so maintenance facilities around the world, but it is despised by golfers. generally accepted that the program is a necessity I am not advocating, nor do I ever anticipate, the whose benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. complete elimination of core cultivation from golf This is probably the case at most golf courses. But, and course operations. Even reducing the frequency of be careful here, what if you could reduce traditional core cultivation may not be possible at many golf core cultivation without jeopardizing the turf and, courses where soil quality is marginal, traffic heavy, more importantly, your job? Would you do it? To the greens small, or the water quality poor. As the golf answer this question, first review the aerification course superintendent, only you should make the programs in place to determine their effectiveness, and ultimate decisions regarding what, when, and how decide whether they remain consistent with your cultivation programs are carried out. However, re­ agronomic objectives. For example, when core evaluate the goals of your current core cultivation cultivation is used to modify native-soil, push-up style programs and the new tools that are available with an greens, it is the most effective tool for this purpose. open mind, and begin asking yourself, "What if . . . ?" However, what is the role of core aerification after the You might just surprise yourself. upper 4 inches of the soil profile has been completely Source: USGA Green Section Record - March/April 1998 modified with a sandy material? Is surface Keep Your Course Top Condition.... IN Legacy Golf Control water, labor and energy costs with a Legacy irrigation system. 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Kent/Essex Golf Superintendents Association...(K.E.G.S.A.) Contact: Randy Fielder (Bonaire Golf Club) Contact: Pat Herbers (Roseland Golf Club) (705) 835-3125 Fax: (705) 835-2082 (519) 969-5112 Fax: None or (705) 686-7650 Northern Ontario Golf Superintendents Association...(N.O.G.S.A.) NIAGARA REGION Contact: Kevin Wingerden (North Bay Golf Club) (705) 472-7270 Fax: (705) 472-4787 Western Ontario Golf Superintendents Association...(W.O.G.S.A.) Contact: John Taylor (Twenty Valley) Ontario Golf Superintendents Association...(O.G.S.A.) (905) 562-4181 Fax: (905) 562-7618 Contact: Dorthy Hills (519) 824-6472 Fax: (519) 766-1704 INSTITUTES/FOUNDATIONS Ontario Golf Association...(O.G.A.) Contact: Head Office Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation...(C.T.R.F.) (905) 853-8511 Fax: (905) 853-0803 Contact: Thom Charter (Bayview Golf Club) (905) 881-7640 Fax: (905) 889-1791 Toronto Society of Golf Superintendents...(O.S.G.S) Contact: Rob Ackermann (Markland Woods) Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation...(O.T.R.F.) (905) 625-2062 Fax: (416) 626-7814 Contact: Ted Tom (Uplands Golf Club) or (416) 625-1669 (905) 889-3291 Fax: (905) 889-6559 EASTERN ONTARIO REGION Royal Canadian Golf Association Contact: Dean Baker (Glen Abbey Golf Club) Eastern Ontario Golf Superintendents Association...(E.O.G.S.A.) (905) 844-1800 Fax: (905) 844-1163 Contact: Peter Lucust (Bay of Quinte) (613) 968-9954 Fax: (613) 968-7404 Seneca College...(Seneca) E-mail: boq.cc@sympatico.ca Contact: Mike Van Beek (905) 833-3333 (ex.5088) Fax: (905) 833-2085 Ottawa Valley Turfgrass Association...(O.V.T.A.) Contact: France Lacelle University of Guelph/Guelph Turfgrass Institute...(UofG/G.TI.) (613) 443-0027 Fax: (613) 443-0103 Contact: Rob Witherspoon (519) 824-4120 (ex.6886) Fax: (519) 766-1704 association. .date. .event.. place AUGUST O.G.A. August 4 - 6th Junior Match Play..Kedron Dells GC AUGUST O.T.R.F. August 10 th Bayview GC AUGUST W.O.G.S.A. August 10 th 98 Season Meeting..Rolling Meadow GC AUGUST O.G.A. August 10 - 12th Seniors Championship..Oshawa GC AUGUST G.L.A.G.S. August 20th Mt. Elgin Golf AUGUST O.G.A. August 24th Junior Champion..Cutten Club AUGUST G.B.S.A. August 25th Brookles Golf & CC..Marlon Gieseler AUGUST O.T.R.F./G.T.L. August 25 th Research Field Day & Turf Mgmt Clinics AUGUST O.G.A. August 27th Associate Members' - St. Andrews' Valley AUGUST G.T.I. UofG August 29th Lawn & Garden Festival (Public Open House) SEPT. G.L.A.G.S. Sept. 10th Scyence Hill Golf SEPT. R.C.G.A. Sept. 7 - 13th Bell Canadian Open..Glen Abbey GC SEPT. O.G.A. Sept. 14th George. Lyon Club Team..Weston G & CC, Markland Wood GC, Islington GC, Lambton G SEPT. C.P.I. Sept. 20-23rd Crop Protection Institute 46th Conference and Annual Meeting Delta Medowvale, Mississauga, ON SEPT. C.G.S.A. Sept. 21st Fall Field Day..The Willows, Saskatoon SEPT. O.G.A. Sept. 22nd Senior Better Ball..Brampton GC SEPT. W.O.G.S.A. Sept 28th 98 Season Meeting..Whirlpool GC SEPT. G.B.S.A. Sept. 29th Horseshoe Resort.John Hughes OCT. A.McClumpha Oct. 5th To Be Announced Oct G.B.S.A. Oct. 13th Lake Joseph Shotgun..Keith Walton Oct G.L.A.G.S. Oct. 22nd Forest City National NOV. UofG Nov. 16 - Turf Manager Short Course Dec. 11th JAN. O.T.C. Jan. 5-7th, 1999 Ontario Turfgrass Symposium Regal Constellation Hotel Jan Toronto, ON L.O.H.T.A. Jan. 12-14th, 1999 Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association, Trade Show and Conference Congress Centre, Toronto, ON ontario turfgrass symposium Brian Williams, CBC Sportscaster, will be the keynote premier education and trade show for the turf speaker at Ontario Turfgrass Symposium in January industry with seminars on topics for golf turf 1999. Williams' talk is "Going for Gold". professionals. "The program is shaping up to be one of Considered the dean of Canadian sports the best yet," said OMAFRA turf specialist Pam commentators, with more than a quarter century of Charbonneau. broadcast experience, Brian Williams maintains a Advance program information on the trade show, youthful exuberance that endears him to fans of every contact Symposium Manager, Peggy Nagle at the sport he covers. University of Guelph. 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OFFICE BY: Phone: 519-824-6472 Fax: 519-766-1704 Email: ogsa@gti.uoguelph.ca Mail: O.G.S.A., Guelph Turfgrass Institute, 328 Victoria Road, S, Guelph, ON, N1H 6H8 PAYMENT INFO: We can bill all purchases through the OGSA office or accept a personal cheque. please provide the following information: Name, Co. or Club, mailing address, phone #. Daconil 2787 The all-season fungicide Daconil 2787 is the all-season fungicide of choice to use on greens, tees, fairways and ornamentals. Daconil’s unique WeatherStik™ formulation ensures that it Sticks and Stays between sprays to protect your turf in any season. ZENECA Grower Hotline 1-800-980-6980 Disease Management Solutions Turf or Consequences turf or consequences By Doug Breen, Superintendent One day, a few years greens, over trees, off bridges, into ponds, and into each other. ago, the pro shop staff I've heard countless stories involving carts and the Niagara informed me that there Escarpment, carts leaving the property, and carts on highway was a horse on the on ramps. course. They seemed And the pro shop staff doesn't help a bit. You would not to actually notice think that the hopped up Barracuda, the case of beer in the golf that it was a horse, but bags clinking like a Brewer's Retail on the Friday of a long were concerned that it weekend, or the "Lucifer's Boll Weevil's" concert shirt would hadn't paid its green set off some kind of alarm bell in the pro shop that perhaps fees and didn't meet these two clowns aren't the ideal candidates for a rented cart. dress code. As the But no, instead of heading off this divot on a green looking for terrified animal was a place to happen, the assistant doofus behind the counter herded from place to hands them the keys to their own personal "Roundup with a place by an odd steering wheel" and consequently increased their alcohol collection of wannabe cowboys on golf carts, cushmans and carrying capacity and expands exponentially their ability to kill tractors waving rakes, shovels, and ball retrievers, I shouted, turf, trees, wildlife, and other golfers. Then, he sends one of the "Don't let it on the greens whatever you do!" "Why not," said back-shop club rats over to you, where you're buried knee deep one of the staff, "It can't possibly do more damage than the in an irrigation hole with ice cold water shooting up your boxer golfers." shorts as you watch the searing heat turning the course that These words have stuck with me for more than a sickening shade of blue that it always turns 10 seconds after a decade, because its true. No one does more damage to the major irrigation break, and the pimply faced Tiger Woods course than the people who have the most to lose. I've seen a wannabe looks you in the eye with a straight face and says, "If horse, a few deer, the odd cow, and even a small flock of sheep you're not too busy, could you keep an eye on those two guys. trot across the links, but none of them has ever taken a divot Cause we're pretty sure they're drunk and they just bought two without replacing it, walked over their own ball mark without more beers each and I'm pretty sure the one driving is the Anti fixing it, pushed down a barrier rope to walk over it, or my Christ." So you look up through the water spouting in your personal favourite - used a divot mix box as a garbage pail. face, and sure enough, there's Beelzebub (in soccer cleats) If you doubt for a moment that golfers, as a group, are driving at full speed in a circle while his buddy struggles to not anywhere as clever as any of the aforementioned creatures, light his crack pipe and load range balls into his bag at the same go look at the parking lot. Right now, at least one car will be time. parked sideways, 10% of the lines will be straddled, two So we put up more ropes, improve and expand cart vehicles will have their lights on, and you may even see one left paths, put up more ropes, get more instructional signs, put the running by a golfer in his rush to the first tee -I have. ropes back up, get signs with more threatening language, put Once on the course, golfers need to be herded like the ropes back up, hire another ranger, and put the ropes back cattle. I was bom and raised on a dairy farm so I can speak with up. When the day comes that I finally snap and start climbing some authority on this subject. As a matter of fact, most cattle the clock tower with a high powered rifle, it won't be because are easier to train. A cow will only walk into an electric fence 3 of irrigation problems, equipment problems, or even staff or 4 times before it stops trying and the power can be shut off problems. It will be because some idiot took three practice for the rest of summer. On the other hand, you can rope off a swings without replacing any of his divots, circled every tree in newly seeded or wear area for 10 years and if the rope sags the rough at full speed, didn't rake the bunker and parked his within 15 inches of the ground, 80 carts will drive through the cart on the apron. hole in about 6 seconds. There is a famous experiment where a pike is placed in an aquarium with a sheet of glass dividing it in half. After a week of banging its head against the glass, the divider can be removed and the pike will not go into the other half of the tank for the rest of its life. This fish, with little more than a knot in its spinal cord for a brain, would never drag its pull cart through a bunker -I guarantee it. Which brings me to the most terrifying combination on earth. The golfer and the golf cart. Otherwise intelligent adults (who by the look of their improperly parked cars have higher paying jobs than me) get this crazed look in their eyes like a 15 year old watching a Shania Twain video when they get behind the wheel of a cart. What is the obsession with driving a cart at full speed in tight circles? They circle trees, stumps, rocks, and anything else that isn't moving. They drive through bunkers, over • Turf Pride"4 Granular Fertilizers • Plant-Prod Soluble Fertilizers • Pest Control Products Corrie Almack, P.Ag. Box 256, Carlisle, Ontario LOR 1HO Plant Products Co. LTD., 314 Orenda Rd., Brampton, On L6T 1G1 Phone 905-689-6174 Fax 905-689-8522 905-793-7000, 800-387-2449, Fax 905-793-9157 c.almack@sympatico.ca Rob Field The Scotts Company PTP Sales Manager Car: (905) 541-8872 Fax: (905) 632-2158 Dave Dick Jeff McMaster Nu-Gro Corporation Turfgrass Specialist Turfgrass Specialist Highway 59 South, P.O. 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During the telecast of major golf championships, attention is often given to the condition of the putting greens. Result: This attention often causes golfers to request the same golf course conditions of the superintendent of their golf facility. But duplicating championship conditions may not be appropriate or technically possible. Examples: To produce championship quality putting greens like those seen at the U.S. Open Championship can require up to five years of intensive maintenance. Using vast resources, the staff entrusted with the care of the course strives to produce firm consistent putting conditions at Stimpmeter readings between 10.5 and 11 feet during the U.S. Open. At Risk: Maintaining these conditions for more than a relatively brief period is not possible because the turf is placed under tremendous physical stress by this procedure. Turfgrass can become more susceptible to diseases and pests, requiring more chemical treatments and increasing the maintenance cost of the golf course. to serve Remember: To compete on fast putting surfaces that are firm enough to resist ball marks requires a level of skill possessed by professional golfers. Note: Amateur golfers would be tortured you better! by championship putting conditions. In fact, most golfers would complain bitterly about their ball rolling off the back of the greens NU-GRO is Canada's Professional Turf Specialist if the superintendent actually followed through with the requests offering: for championship putting green speed. Solutions: The remedy to the request for fast greens versus • A choice of C-I-L and NU-GRO the long-term health of the green is two-fold. First, new grasses brands are currently being researched and developed that are more tolerant of fast speeds under adverse conditions. Second, golfers • Consistent blends utilizing should understand and accept the limitations of greens. Advice: quality raw materials The golf course superintendent best knows the parameters of possible and impossible golf course conditions. It is his or her job • Experienced Technical to manage, nurture and protect the health of the golf course, and Support Representatives he or she should effectively communicate that to green committees and golfers. • A wide range of Specialty Turf Fertilizers formulated with S.C.U.® NITROFORM® Raining Cats and Dogs and NUTRALENE® Have you or anyone you know actually ever seen it rain cats and dogs? So where does the expression come from? The Weather Vane, a newsletter by Lenexa, Kansas based Weather Metrics Inc., reports that in Northern mythology, the cat is supposed to have great influence on the weather. English sailors still say the cat has a gale of wind in her tail. The dog is a signal of wind and along with the wolf, is an attendant of Odin, the storm god. The old German pictures, the wind is often shown blowing from Woodstock, Ontario N4S 8P6 the head of a dog. From this mythology, the cat may be taken as Laval, Quebec H7S 1G3 Calgary, Alberta T2H 2S1 a symbol of the pouring rain and the dog of the strong winds that WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO Telephone : (519) 456-2021 sometimes accompany a rainstorm. Fax: (519) 456-5002 Source: Golf course Management - June 1998 summer field day New Activities Planned For Summer Field Day WE'VE GOT by Rob Witherspoon Director, Guelph Turfgrass Institute THE SOLUTION The Summer Research Field Day is FOR YOU! scheduled for Tuesday, August 25th at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute. Registration begins at 8:30 am with plot tours to follow. Some of the new projects to see this year include the new research green, a study of the effects of compost application on pythium and dollarspot, evaluation of compost as a USGA rootzone amendment, environmental fate of nitrogen fertilizers and the 1998 GTI fertilizer performance trials. Updates on continuing projects will also be featured. Test your putting skills while supporting turfgrass research at the OTRF putting contest. After the plot tours, enjoy a BBQ lunch at the Frost Centre building. A series of new optional half-hour workshops are planned for the afternoon. Workshops will include a turfgrass problem identification session, IPM scouting techniques, disease diagnosis, sprayer calibration and interpreting soil tests. The workshops will run concurrently and participants will be able to choose the three they want to attend on a first DELTASPRAY™ soluble fertilizers are formulated to spoon come - first serve basis. Space is limited in each feed your turf or supplement your granular program. session - early registration is recommended. Another new feature of the Field Day is DELTASPRAY the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation Silent Auction. The auction will feature new and used SOLUTIONS •free-flowing, non-hardeningformulae professional turf equipment, products and • responsive, ideal before tournaments services. If you have an old piece of machinery •formulated with micronutrients • easy to apply that has been lingering behind your shop, • no mower pick-up considering donating it in support of turfgrass •full spectrum of formulae: research in Ontario. Don't miss this opportunity 29-7-15 17-10-13 28-14-14 26-0-26 10-52-10 15-15-30 15-30-15 20-20-20 to support turfgrass research and pick up a great bargain in the process. NUTRITE Division of To donate an item for the auction, or Hydro Agri Canada L.P. receive more information about the Research Elmira, Ontario Telephone: (519) 669-5401 Brossard, Quebec Telephone: (514) 462-2555 Toll Free: (800) 265-8865 Toll Free: (800) 561-7449 Field Day, contact the Guelph Turfgrass Institute Fax: (519) 669-8971 Fax: (514) 462-3634 by phone (519) 767-5009, fax (519) 766-1704 or electronic mail : info@gti.uoguelph.ca hall offame Turf Industry Giant to be Inducted into the Canadian resulted in the construction of the G.M. Frost Research Agricultural Hall of Fame & Information Centre and the creation of a permanent by Rob Witherspoon, Director, Guelph Turfgrass home for the Guelph Turfgrass Institute. He continues to work with the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation as a member of the Dr. Clayton Switzer, board of directors. Among his many honours and avid golfer, scientist, awards, he is an honorary member of the Canadian teacher, Dean, Deputy Golf Superintendents Association and the 1994 Minister, and strong recipient of the CGSA's John B. Steel Distinguished supporter of the Service Award. Ontario turfgrass Clay is an active golfing member of the Guelph industry, is to be Country Club and is involved with a number of inducted into the community service groups and special university Canadian committees. He will be inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Agricultural Hall of Fame on Sunday, November 8, Fame this coming 1998 at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. November. Dr. Switzer, or Clay, as he is known to most in the Growing Your Green Committee industry, first came on the turfgrass scene with his work in weed control at One way to meet the challenge of golf the Ontario Agricultural College. In addition to his course maintenance's fast pace is to divvy up research, which included ground breaking work in the green committee assignments. Idea: Divide your development of glyphosate and other important green committee into four different areas of herbicides, Dr. Switzer taught numerous golf responsibility and assign a committee member to superintendents who passed through the halls of the each area. University of Guelph. His independent study course Example Weed Control in Turf, continues to spread his teaching Area 1- encompasses greens, fairways, among turf professionals across Canada and around tees, roughs and fringes; the world. Area 2 - covers trees landscaping, At the University of Guelph, he worked his bunkers, waste areas and walkways; way up the ladder of academia eventually serving as Area 3 - includes drainage, irrigation, Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC). As ponds, cart paths and markers/signage; and, President of the International Turfgrass Society he also Area 4 - involves people, finance, worked with Dr. Bob Sheard to host the 1981 materials and equipment. International Turfgrass Research Conference - the first ever held in Canada. After his final term as OAC Dean, Result: Using subcommittees for golf he accepted new challenges with the Ontario Ministry course management spreads the work efficiently, of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and was a provides superintendents with more strong promoter of the turf industry during his tenure knowledgeable committee members and grooms as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. committee members for chairmanship. After retirement from the Ministry, Clay began Sources: Al Johnson, Golf Course the work that will no doubt be his lasting legacy Superintendent and Jack Rockey, within the turfgrass industry. Working with the Green Committee Chairman, DeBordieu Club, Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation, and utilizing Georgetown, S.C his extensive contacts in industry, university and government, Dr. Switzer guided the campaign that 50th anniversary G.C. Duke Equipment Ltd. tournament and to address the entire group before 50th Anniversary Golf Tournament dinner, welcoming everyone to Lionhead. Mr. Kaneff also wished the Duke Company continued success in G.C. Duke Equipment Ltd. held its 50th Anniversary their next 50 years of operation. Golf Customer Appreciation Tournament on June 18th G.C. Duke Equipment Ltd. was founded by Clinton at Lionhead Golf Club. The Host Superintendent, Duke under the name of Duke Lawn Equipment in Martin Kopp, had Lionhead in excellent and 1948. It originally operated out of a small facility on challenging condition. All 144 golfers enjoyed Plains Road in Burlington. As the business grew, beautiful sunny weather as well as an outstanding golf several additions were made to the original building to venue. accommodate increased warehousing, parts and Jim Burlington from Loyalist Estates Country Club service requirements. was the "Low Gross" winner with a superb round of In 1982, Duke Equipment entered the Quebec 72. The "Longest Drive" winner was Paul Brown from marketplace and opened a facility under the name of Islington Golf and Country Club with a drive in excess Turfco in the Montreal suburb of St. Laurent. of 300 yards that would have made Tiger Woods Additionally, Duke operates a separate division out of proud. George Julie of Sawmill Golf Club was the Campbellford which markets grounds maintenance "Closest to the Pin" winner and as such was given an equipment to airports across Canada. opportunity at the end of the tournament to win a We at Duke Equipment would like to thank everyone $250,000.00 motor home with a hole-in-one attempt on who attended the tournament and hope they had an the 18th hole. Unfortunately, George was somewhat enjoyable day. We look forward to the challenges of off-line and was forced to drive home in the same the next 50 years and hope we can continue to provide vehicle he came in. the type of quality equipment and the after-sales The owner of Lionhead Golf Club, Mr. Iggy Kaneff, service that the turf industry has come to expect from made time in his busy schedule to participate in the G.C. Duke Equipment. SitePro Picture-perfect irrigation control. TURF CARE Contact the Irrigation Division at (905) 836-0988 for more information bunker renovations Bunker Renovations at Cherry Downs Golf Club Installation of proper drainage was the next major part By Bill McAllister of the project. Drainage was installed in all bunkers that did not already have it. Perforated tile was used Hidden on a quiet concession road fifteen minutes and was covered on all sides with peastone. It was north of Hwy. #401 in Pickering, Cherry Downs Golf decided that the majority of the bunkers would be and Country Club has long been regarded as a great drained into a sump that was to be dug approximately test of golf. The course has typically been known for its fifteen feet away from each bunker. The sumps were challenging greens, however its most glaring dug to a depth of 6 feet. The drainage tile from each drawback has always been the substandard bunkers bunker led into a tuff tile drainage catchall with a that littered the property. In order to rectify this, separate tile placed vertically down into the sump. ClubLink Corporation decided to embark on a major This vertical tile will be used to remove water via renovation of the bunkers at Cherry Downs. pump after severe rainfalls that flooded the bunkers The scope of the project included: an initial and sumps. Sumps were then filled with peastone and architectural design; excavation, shaping, and dishing­ the tuff tiles were graded flush to ground level. The out bunkers; removal of old sand, clay lining, main consideration for using the sump-type system drainage; and installation of new sand. was because good drainage already existed for the All of the work was performed in-house, with the most part (due to sandy soil) and to avoid excessive exception of the architectural design by Paul trenching throughout the golf course. Takahashi and the Kubota excavator operated by While Temiska bunker sand was chosen for the Bruce S. Evans Company operator. renovation. It was thought that this white sand would The main goal of the bunker design was to maintain effectively accentuate the high flashings. Upon the original style of the course and to not stray from installation, the sand was carefully measured for the original vision of the course architect, Howard proper depth. After the sand was distributed evenly, it Watson. A great deal of consideration was placed on was heavily watered with wetting agent. This helped a surface drainage from the greens and bunker great deal to aggregate the sand in order to achieve surrounds to ensure that no water would flow into optimal playability. sand faced slopes. The project was successful, challenging, and The excavator was chosen with certain specific rewarding. It was completed within the budgeted time considerations for this project. A unit had to be chosen of 6-8 weeks (specifically 7 weeks). After several heavy that would cause minimal damage to surrounding rain-falls not one bunker has yet to wash out. A lot of areas; fit into existing bunkers; and had a wrist-a-twist credit must be given to the staff of Cherry Downs. The grade all bucket. Re-shaping of certain green sites was bunkers have been received very well within ClubLink included in addition to the vast bunker excavation. and, specifically, by Cherry Downs' members. Once the excavation was complete, it was found that the subgrade consisted of a sandy soil that was not Superintendents' Compensation on the Rise suitable for a base because of the possibility of contamination with the new bunker sand. Therefore, it Compensation and benefits are increasing for was necessary to line the bunkers with gray or blue golf course superintendents. Statistics: In 1998, the clay. average base salary for all golf course superintendents As an experiment, on some of the particularly steep rose to $53,205 from $49,269 in 1995. Half of all flashings, a granitic bunker sealant/stabilizer was superintendents earn more than $50,000 annually. The median base salary for a certified superintendent at a used. When mixed with water, this product is applied daily fee facility is $52,000 and at a private facility in mortar-like fashion, it was applied at a very specific $69,743 (not inclusive of benefit compensation). Recent and consistent depth with a shovel and finished with a Findings The median income of a PGA head hand trowel. The entire face of the bunker was covered professional at a public golf course is $44,000 and at a and, upon completion of application, the private country club $75,000 (inclusive of benefit compensation). Typical Benefits: Fifty-seven percent sealant/stabilizer hardened and assumed a receive paid vacation, which averages 17 days plus and sandpaper-like surface consistency. The gritty surface additional six paid personal leave days, 10 paid sick of the sealant/stabilizer will help to keep bunker sand leave days and eight paid holidays. on high flashings. 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