Spring 2013 Green is Beautiful The Official Publication of Ontario Golf Superintendents' Association Time to Rethink Bunkers ALSO INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Ontario IPM Program for Golf Courses Pests, Trials & Bio-pesticides Doing More with Less CANADA POST PUBLICATIONS MAIL PUBLICATIONS AGREEMENT No. 40027105 Postmaster: Please return undeliverable copies to The OGSA, 328 Victoria Rd. S., Guelph, ON N1L 0H2 Spectacular Turf May Not Be Rocket Science ...BUT IT’S CLOSE Perhaps it’s not rocket science, but like you, our success depends on applying expert knowledge to a very complex system - a job far more complicated than it may first appear. We’ve spent millions and worked for almost 10 years defining the science behind INSIGNIA® Fungicide and the benefits unique to INTRINSIC™. We invite you to discover the INTRINSIC benefits of INSIGNIA on your course. Imagine; improved quality, better colour, higher stress tolerance, more vigorous root growth versus commonly used commercial fungicides. 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I would like to encourage our members to participate in our Editor golf outings this year; the schedule is shaping up to be a great one. Justin Parsons We can’t emphasize enough the value of getting together with justinparsons@engageagro.com your peers to enjoy the day, and share stories and experiences. Publisher & Advertising Manager The Can/Am Challenge recently took place at Essex Golf and Terry Davey by Rob Gatto Country Club. We would like to acknowledge the support, once terry@blenheim.ca OGSA President again, of Essex and host Superintendent Chris Andrejicka. It was Tel: 877-618-8696 ext. 102 especially nice networking with our neighbours across the border. The Pro Super Challenge will be held at Oviinbyrd Golf Club on June 5, 2013, hosted Administration Manager by Greg Aljoe, and President’s Day will be hosted by Rob Ackermann at Weston Golf & Diane Davey Country Club on July 15, 2013. We encourage you to register for these exciting events. diane@blenheim.ca Both events will be well attended, so please register early. Tel: 877-618-8696 ext. 103 Plans are now well underway for the Ontario Golf Course Management Conference Production & Design and Trade Show, which will be held from January 22-24, 2014 at the Westin Harbour Jeanette Thompson Castle in Toronto. jeanettethompson@mac.com The education programs combined with the networking and social opportunities are Tel: 877-618-8696 ext. 101 of immeasurable value, and our keynote speaker, James Duthie from TSN, will engage Green is Beautiful is published four times you with his interesting sports stories. a year (November / March / June / August) Golf course managers from all across Ontario will gather to develop the skills to by Blenheim INK for: become leaders in the industry and collectively celebrate the OGSA’s 90th anniversary. We have some very special things planned and we hope to see you there! 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EDITORIAL MESSAGE olf course bunkers are a funny without erasing the evidence that he or she was there in G thing. Everyone seems to hate them, and yet they play such a the first place. It’s interesting how most players demand perfection from a bunker, yet rarely (and by rarely I mean prominent role in the landscape of most never) do they display the same level of commitment and layouts. Golfers certainly dislike them interest in upholding that standard when the time comes for because the average player is not able to them to clean up their own mess. effectively negotiate the challenges they I am convinced that not a single amateur golfer in Ontario, present. Maintenance staff can’t stand golf course maintenance employees notwithstanding, by Justin Parsons, them because the upkeep involved is actually knows how to rake a bunker properly. If they did, Engage Agro Corp. tedious and seemingly never-ending. their only complaint about bunkers would be the inadequate As a result, turf managers despise them mini rakes that are provided for them to use. Indeed, I am because all they hear is constant complaining from the willing to bet that not one superintendent has ever been two aforementioned groups of people. Yet, somehow, if asked by a player, “How do I properly rake a bunker?” we removed every bunker from every golf course, nobody Nonetheless, they are a hazard, and, as such, they are not would be happy with that either. supposed to be meticulously maintained. This often seems I don’t know why bunkers have gotten such a bad rap. to get overlooked by the average player, which is odd because They provide an important strategic element to the game, golfers are less apt to complain about the water in the pond they often enhance the aesthetic beauty of a property and, that they hit their ball into being too deep, or the forest on well, those are all the positives I can think of. I am sure the 17th hole being too lush. there are others, but those are two pretty big ones. In any event, it is always worthwhile to explore various On the downside, the shelf life of a bunker is only a perspectives on the bunker debate. In this issue, golf course handful of years and they require constant maintenance architect Jeff Mingay walks us through this subject from a throughout their existence. In fact, all the hard work that design perspective. Hopefully you will enjoy this article as goes into preparing a bunker for a day’s worth of play can you read your way through the Spring 2013 issue of Green is be undone in just moments as an angry golfer exits the trap Beautiful. ■ The most advanced, most durable and most flexible irrigation products. Built for today’s golf courses. The right choice. Turf Care Products Canada 200 Pony Drive, Newmarket, ON L3Y 7B6 • PH: 905-836-0988 • FAX: 905-836-6442 LONDON Ph: 519-668-7664 • Fax:519-668-3722 EDWARDS Ph: 613-821-1880 • Fax:613-821-2919 www.turfcare.ca TURFCARE Helping your business grow. WHAT'S NEW by Sally Ross, OGSA Executive Manager IN OTHER NEWS Since the January conference, the MARK YOUR CALENDAR FROM THE OFFICE OGSA Board has met twice, with another UPCOMING 2013 OGSA The OGSA office is a hive of activity lately meeting scheduled for the end of May. with plenty of things on the go. First and Committees were approved for the Tournament & Events foremost, we are planning for Conference coming year, with Mark Prieur stepping 2014 and the OGSA’s 90th Anniversary down from the IPM Council of Canada event, which includes the compilation of and Cory Janzen and Jason Boyce Pro/Super Challenge historical data, pictures, advertisements now representing the OGSA. Cory is also and articles for display at the conference. sitting on the advisory committee of the Oviinbyrd Golf Club We are also preparing the 2013 - 2014 IPMCC. Mark is focussing on the Queen’s Foots Bay, Ontario Membership Directory (which you should Park lobby and the golf caucus along with receive with this issue of Green is Beautiful), Scott White. Wednesday, June 5,2013 as well as organizing our summer events Phil Scully is conference chair for this and much more. comingjanuary, as well as Events Director Please go to the conference pages at and incoming President, and John Presidents' Day www.ogsa.ca, and review the schedule and McLinden as Treasurer, is the conference details we have firmed up to date. These chair for 2015. The site selection has taken Weston Golf & Country Club pages will be changing almost weekly with place and the 2015 OGCM Conference & Toronto, Ontario new updates and we expect the online Trade Show will be held in Niagara Falls, Monday, July 15,2013 registration pages to be completed for July. January 28-30, 2015. Not only is the OGSA managing the The OGSA Board has approved an conference ourselves, but we will be ‘association exchange’ newsletter to Alex McClumpha managing the online registration for the be produced quarterly. It will be a conference through our own website, cooperative effort between the OGSA and Memorial Tournament rather than a third party. the regional associations, including news We have had a new telephone system from all groups and will be distributed to Trafalgar Golf & Country Club installed, which allows the caller to select members of all the associations. Milton, Ontario who they wish to talk to specifically and The OGSA Board has also agreed to Monday, October 7,2013 leave a message for, rather than a general increase support to the OTRF this year, mailbox. with a planned goal of returning to the higher financial support levels of the past. The associate committee has met twice since being formed and is reporting back to the OGSA Board with their ideas and Welcome to Our New Members recommendations to assist the association overall, and to bring forward information related to the segment of the membership Kimberley Best................ Class F Nick Panasiuk (Jr)............ Class A that they represent. Irish Hills Golf & Country Club Hydeaway Golf Club I encourage all our members to go to Ryan Campbell............... Class S Greg Patterson ............... Class F our website for updates and information University of Guelph Lambton Golf & Country Club at www.ogsa.ca. If you want to know how Ian DeCastris................... Class A Jeff Robertson................. Class A your association is doing, look under the The Club at Bond Head Station Creek Golf Club ‘association reports’ tab. Mark Drain...................... Class A Jeff Taylor......................... Class S The OGSA staff wishes you a great Big Sky Golf Club (BC) University of Guelph season with neither drought, nor flood, Kyle Emms....................... Class C Rob Wilson........................Class F and some moderate temperatures. ■ The Club at Bond Head London Hunt & Country Club Brent Gibb....................... Class C Gro-Bark (Ontario) Ltd ....Class E Cherry Downs Golf & Country Club Chelsea Stroud Seniors Event Kevin Hart........................ Class C Kerri Stevenson This years event will be held Thursday, DiamondBack Golf Club Kam's Growers Supply ...Class E August 8, 2013 at Mono Hills near Charles Ihrig............... Class Supt Doug Hubble Orangeville. 11 am shotgun. Cost is Sparrow Lakes Golf Club Kameron Fordyce $55 per person. Open to all OGSA Brent McDougall............. Class C Julie Fordyce members, retirees and associates over London Hunt & Country Club National Leasing............. Class E the age of 50. For more info contact: Todd Fanning Mark Schneider at 1-519-372-5181 or David Meyer.................... Class C Julie Noschese email marks@agri-turf.ca Brantford Golf & Country Club Can/Am Challenge Recap hile the temperatures dipped for the Brown from Essex G & CC, and Chris W 37th Annual Can/Am Challenge, Essex Golf and Country Club was in great Lecour from Direct Solutions. Both teams scored a net 130. shape despite the frosty morning. This was Individual prizes were awarded to Brian due to the hard work of Superintendent Schweihofer, Graeme Calder, Dave Cours Chris Andrejicka, his Assistant Greg and Ryan Moore. 8112 KING RD.WEST Brown and the maintenance staff. The Second place teams for the Americans BOLTON, ONTARIO L7E5T3 sun brought some warmth in between the were Todd Genske andJames Higg (gross), 1-905-857-2000 cloud and the winds. and Steve Loveday and Terry Poley (net). The Canadians finally brought the While the Canadian second place winners www.allianceagri-turf.com cup back to Ontario with a close victory were Chris Andrejicka and Jeff Alexander of 26.5 points over the American score (gross), and Greg Anderson and Robbie See Us for Cost Effective of 24.5. American 1st low gross team of Robinson (net). Custom Blends Kevin Franks and Gary Thommes, tore up Greg Pattison, MiGCSA President, won the course with a total score of 151, while the 50/50 draw. Water Soluble, Granular, the Canadian 1st low gross team of Gavin Accolades go out to the golfers from both the OGSA and the MiGCSA who Liquid & Organic Fertilizers Worden and Jason Crawford scored a 159. American 1st low net team was John braved the frigid morning, and, despite Bulk Spreader Service Cooney and Brain Schweihofer, while Mother Nature, thoroughly enjoyed their the Canadian 1st low net team was Greg day at Essex G & CC. ■ Full Line of Turf Chemicals Homogenous Methylene Urea Blends SGN100&150 Simon George Central Ontario, GTA & Niagara 1-519-841-3378 Mark Schneider Georgian Bay,Muskoka, Western Ontario & Quebec The Canadians finally bring the Can/Am Cup back to» Rob Gatto, OGSA President (right) presents Ontario. Greg Pattison, MiGCSA President (right) and Chris Andrejicka (left) with the Host 1-519-372-5181 Rob Gatto, OGSA President (left). Superintendent Plaque. Rae Murray North East GTA & Eastern Ontario 1-416-819-3404 OTRF Golf Tournament Monday, September9,2013 Dave Magee Ottawa Valley St. Georges golf & country Club 1-613-286-5199 Mark Obee Lake Simcoe & Central Ontario 1-705-623-8873 VISIT WWW.OIRF.CA FOR DETAILS Lebanon Turf "Dog of the Year" Presentation to OGSA Randy Rogers, Lebanon Turfpresents Dog of the Year’ award to Tim Muys, Superintendent, Piper’s Heath GCfor his photo of his dog, Maple. prize money awarded, and is sponsoring the “Paws in the Park” event, being held this coming September in Toronto. “Paws in the Park” is a fundraiser for the Toronto Humane Society, and the OGSA Board felt that the money raised by the lovely “Maple” and Tim Muys, should go to a worthy animal related cause. This photo of Maple overlooking the course was selectedfor the “Dog Days of the Year” calendar. OGSA will also exhibit at the walk, to showcase not only what superintendents ebanon Turf representative Randy cheque. do, but also how they love their canine L Rogers was on hand recently at the Can/Am Challenge at Essex Golf and In order for a dog to qualify for the “Dog Days of the Year” calendar, companions. This has certainly been on display recently with the many pictures of Country Club in LaSalle, Ontario, to the owner must be a member of an Ontario golf course dogs being featured present the $3,000.00 cheque to the affiliated chapter of the Golf Course on the main page of the OGSA website, OGSA for “Dog of the Year”. Superintendents Association of America under the ABOUT US/DOGS OF THE Tim Muys, Superintendent at Pipers and the OGSA is the only Canadian OGSA tab. Once again, congratulations Heath Golf Club, and proud owner of chapter of the GCSAA. Tim and “Maple” and thank you to “Maple” was also present to receive his The OGSA has committed to taking the Lebanon Turf. ■ For optimum turf response rely on... Nutrite 22-9-19 Water Soluble Fertilizer 75% UMAXX® with Phosphite & Pekacid Ideal for greens, tees and fairways. Nutrite 22-9-19 water soluble fertilizer provides outstanding colour, turf response and uniform growth. The high rate of potassium improves drought tolerance, wear tolerance and disease resistance. Nutrite Best Management Practices... For responsible and effective turf management 1.800.265.8865 www.nutrite.com Ontario IPM Program for Golf Courses - A Primer by Cory Janzen, OGSA Director of Ontario. The IPM Advisory Committee is a sub-committee of the IPMCC and is responsible for the development and content of ince joining the OGSA Board last year, I have been given the the IPM Accreditation Program. Duties include the review of IPM S Government Relations portfolio. This entails sitting on the recordkeeping forms, auditor qualifications and awarding CEC’s IPM Council of Canada Board, and, because of that role, the IPM to educational opportunities. Members of the committee include Advisory Committee. Being a member of these committees has the following: a minimum of two members of the IPM Council of been a learning experience and brought to my attention many Canada (this must include representatives from industry sectors things I was not aware of prior to being involved. I thought this affected by the government regulation), OMAF and MRA turfgrass article would be a good way to give some inside perspective from specialist, MOE staff member, a minimum of one IPM researcher/ a previous outsider, on the IPM Program and what we can expect academic, and the Executive Director of the IPMCC (non-voting in the future. staff support person). There are four groups involved in the Golf IPM Accreditation Why is all this important? It is important because we all need Program - The Ministry of the Environment (MOE), the IPM to understand how the system works if we are going to try to Council of Canada (IPMCC), the IPM Advisory Committee, (a sub improve it. It makes no sense to complain to the IPMCC about committee of the council, with additional representation) and the public meetings when it is part of the legislation, which can only end users of the program (golf courses). Each of these groups be changed by government. Several OGSA Directors have been has a different role and varying responsibilities which I will try to directly involved in this program from the onset. I have spoken explain. with all of them over the course of the last year and we have all The MOE is obviously the government agency that administers been made very aware that change from the government comes and enforces the legislation set out by the politicians. The slowly. Rest assured that the current OGSA Board is working legislation involved is the Ontario Pesticides Act and Ontario diligently toward improving this program for the end user on Regulation 63/09. If you haven’t read either of these, I encourage many different fronts. Once again though, it is important to you to do so. They are readily available online. If you take the time remember also that this type of change will be slow. For example, to read them, you will learn, for example, that the public meeting it is unrealistic to think the government will eliminate the public component of the IPM Program is part of Regulation 63/09, but meeting requirement based on one year’s worth of data. The best NOT part of the accreditation program. This means that only the practice for us as superintendents right now is to be patient, work government can change the public meeting requirement. The the IPM program diligently, and respond to any requests from Golf IPM Accreditation Program is one of a couple accreditation the OGSA for IPM related data collection. If we respond to the programs administered by the IPMCC. This accreditation program, government as respected professionals with concise data to support developed by industry in 2003, was accepted by the MOE under O. us, we have a very good chance of affecting positive change. If we Reg. 63/09. Having this accreditation program is the reason why express anger, frustration and non-cooperation, we will not achieve golf courses are still allowed to use Class 9 pesticides. any positive change, and, in effect, cause more harm than good. Aside from the public meeting, all aspects of the program In addition to responding to the OGSA’s requests for feedback, are set out by the IPMCC. The IPMCC is made up of various we have to remember that we are all in this together, and if a fellow industry groups with only one vote per sector to ensure that superintendent needs assistance or encouragement to get on no one group has undue influence. The following groups board with the program, for the good of the industry, we should all currently have representation on the IPMCC: International provide that assistance and encourage that participation. Society of Arboriculture, CropLife Canada, Landscape Ontario Our strength lies in knowledge, professionalism and our Horticultural Trades Association, National Golf Course Owners willingness to work together, and to that end, we will work toward Association, Ontario Golf Superintendents Association, Ontario a sound environmentally friendly process that will benefit all Parks Association, and Structural Pest Management Association stakeholders in the golf industry. ■ Corrie Almack P.Ag. www.mastersturfsupply.com Almack Agronomic Services Inc. Tel: (905) 689-6174 P.O.Box 629 Office: 519-510-TURF (8873) Box 256, Carlisle, On Fax: (905) 689-8522 80 William St. W. Fax:519-510-8875 LOR 1H0 Email: c.almack@sympatico.ca Harriston, ON, NOG 1Z0 Email: mastersturf@wightman.ca U of G UPDATE 20 Years Later: Sensitivity of Sclerotinia Homoeocarpa to DMI Fungicides in Ontario by Tom Hsiang, School ofEnvironmental Sciences, University of Guelph urfgrass managers are often concerned about the development T of fungicide resistance, particularly if they have experienced it previously. In Canada, we have fewer fungicides compared to the U.S. and we need to ensure that the activity of our registered products remain efficacious. In this article, we will brief look at what fungicide resistance is, how it develops, and ways of managing fungicide resistance, and also announce the continuation of a 20 year project on fungicide resistance in turf. Fungicide Use for Turf Pathogens American statistics show that the turf fungicide market is larger Fig. 1. The plot of grass on the right has been treated with a fungicide than for any other single crop, and that golf course putting greens while the plot on the left has a natural infection of dollar spot disease. receive the most intensive use of fungicides. Similar statistics are This demonstrates that fungicide use eliminates sensitive strains of not available for Canada, but they are likely to be similar for the intensity of fungicide use compared to adjacent American states. the fungus. If a resistant type were present and under the pressure of The dollar spot fungus, Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, is probably the repeated use of the same fungicide, the resistant type could reproduce one across North America for which there are the most repeated and establish a population resistant to this fungicide. annual applications of fungicides (Figure 1). Maxx®) and myclobutanil (Eagle™) have the same mode of What is Fungicide Resistance? action, and organisms resistant to one will show cross-resistance Fungicides usually act by inhibiting important processes in fungi to the other one. Another major group of fungicides which shows such as cell division (benzimidazoles), sterol formation (DMI cross-resistance are the strobilurin fungicides such a azoxystrobin fungicides), electron transfer (Qol or strobilurin fungicides) (Heritage®), pyraclostrobin (Insignia®) and trifloxystrobin or other general metabolic activities in fungi (dicarboximides, (Compass™). Under laboratory settings, we can often generate chlorothalonil, dithiocarbamates). Within populations of a mutants that are resistant to a fungicide, but usually these mutants fungal species, there occasionally are mutants that can withstand grow weakly or lack some feature that would allow them to persist higher levels of a fungicide than their normal relatives. In these in the field. What we are really concerned with is the occurrence mutants, some process is altered so that the fungicide either does of resistance in the field leading to disease control reduction or not penetrate to the site of action within the organism, or the failure when we make applications at normal rates and schedules. site of action is altered so that the fungicide cannot fully exert its effect. An individual that is resistant to a particular fungicide generally will show resistance to other fungicides that have the How Does Fungicide Resistance Arise? same mode of action. For example, propiconazole (Banner When we use a fungicide, we impose a selection pressure on the Figure 2a. At the start offungicide use, there are mostly fungicide-sensitive spores or hyphae in the population. Forfungicides where resistance can develop, there may be a few rare mutants that have less sensitivity to thefungicide. The resistant types (R) are smaller than sensitive (S) types because of resistance-related fitness costs. Figure 2b. Upon fungicide applications, the spores that are sensitive to the fungicide are mostly inhibited or killed off by the fungicide. fungi and remove ones that are the most sensitive to the fungicide (Figure 2). Within fungal populations, individuals that are able to withstand higher amounts of fungicide may survive and reproduce. The progeny of these resistant individuals are also able to inherit the resistance to the particular fungicide. Other individuals that are very sensitive may be totally inhibited or killed off by the fungicide. What differs between fungicides is the range of sensitivity that may be found within populations. For some fungicides that are general metabolic inhibitors, the range between the most sensitive and the least sensitive is likely very narrow. For other fungicides, there may be a wide range with the least sensitive isolates able to tolerate very high doses without adverse effect. It is this latter group of 9 ways to Healthy Turf fungicides where resistance may develop. RESPOND® 3 grows your turf health How to Recognize Fungicide Resistance? The first indication is likely to be reduced efficacy intervals, from the roots ud while a normal application controls disease for a shorter period, Increased depth of water penetration: such as a week rather than two weeks. This reduced duration of control occurs when the sensitive members of the population are 1 Increases rooting depth being gradually replaced by the less sensitive members who can withstand some level of the fungicide. This interval of control may 2 Aids survival in drought conditions continue to shorten (Figure 3). Another indication is that initial 3 Favours deeper rooting grasses uses of higher rates of the fungicide give control, but gradually this is eroded also, as there is selection for the less sensitive members of Water soaks in more evenly: the fungal population which tolerate this higher rate. 4Avoids puddling History of Resistance in Turf Pathogens There are several fungicides to which no field resistance has 5 Helps with drainage developed. These are fungicides that contain active ingredients such as thiram (Thiram, Arrest®), chlorothalonil (Daconil®), More even water distribution/retention: and quintozene (PCNB®). These types of fungicides are usually 6 Better use of water may reduce the need protectants, and act by inhibiting a wide range of metabolic processes within the fungus. The turf fungicides to which for irrigation resistance has developed in the past are systemic fungicides. 7 Improved turf colour Before the introduction of systemics, the most commonly used fungicides were probably dithiocarbamates such as thiram. There have been no major concerns about field resistance to these older Reduction in the symptoms of localized dry spot: compounds. 8 More even playing surface Benzimidazole fungicides such as benomyl (Tersan) were introduced in the late 1960’s. They provided excellent control 9 Healthier turf of many turfgrass diseases, and their use was very widespread. Very soon afterwards, there were reports of disease control Grow your turf health failure for dollar spot disease in Pennsylvania. By the late 1980’s there were reports of disease control failure with benomyl for from the roots up with anthracnose in Michigan and Ohio. Iprodione (Rovral®), which is a dicarboximide fungicide, was registered around 1980 for turfgrass diseases. Very soon after that, there were reports of field resistance for fusarium patch in Washington and for dollar spot in Michigan. There were also cases of multiple resistance to benomyl and iprodione involved in disease control failure for dollar spot in Michigan. There have also been reports of resistance to metalaxyl, which is used to control pythium diseases. There have been several cases where dollar spot was not control by DMI fungicides. These have been reported from several American states. Also, there have Ontario & Maritimes: 1-800-265-5444 been cases where anthracnose blight was not properly controlled West: 1-800-561-5444 by regular rates of strobilurin fungicides. None of these reports BC: 1-604-534-8815 have come from Canada. Quebec: 1-800-361-9369 www.uap.ca Always read and follow label directions. ...continued on page 12 Respond 3 is a registered trademark of Loveland Products, Inc U of G UPDATE ...continued from page 11 Will the Resistance Go Away Eventually? In our annual field trials for fungicide control of dollar spot disease, we found that benomyl failed to control the disease after we switched testing for a year to another range of turfgrass, although benomyl had worked well in previous years and in later years at our usual test site. Subsequently, we learned that benomyl resistance had been encountered in that field 10 years previously, but that no benomyl had been used on that range since then. This illustrates how resistance can stay in a population even after the selection for resistance (the fungicide) is removed. In the case of benomyl, the switch from sensitive to resistance just involves Figure 3b. With repeated application offungicides with the same mode a single mutation which does not cause the mutant fungus any of action, the sensitive ones are constantly knocked back, leaving the loss of vigor or growth. Hence, resistance to fungicides such as resistant ones to reproduce. Since resistant ones often don’t grow as well benomyl do not incur a cost, which is referred to as a resistance- as sensitive ones because of resistance-related fitness costs, sensitive ones related fitness cost. Resistance to other fungicides may come at a can constantly attempt to re-invade when the pressure from fungicide price, and the higher this price, the quicker the resistant mutants application is eased up. will fade from a population after fungicide is no longer used. There is a cost by fungi for developing resistance to fungicides such as the DMIs, dicarboximides, strobilurins among others. baseline sensitivity of the dollar spot pathogen to DMI fungicides. So, theoretically, if their use is discontinued, more sensitive A graduate student, Wayne Barton, worked on sensitivity to populations will return. But the timing of these shifts has not been propiconazole (Banner Maxx®), while other students and well documented in research. lab members worked on sensitivity to other fungicides. From eight locations throughout southern Ontario, we found that Anti-resistance Strategies most populations of the dollar spot pathogen were sensitive to A case study on the development of DMI fungicide resistance DMI fungicides. However, there was one population near the illustrates some of the conditions that may lead to disease control American border that had reduced sensitivity to DMI fungicides failure. At a golf course outside of Chicago where resistant isolates and we suspected that there had been previous exposure to DMI were found, an older variety of creeping bentgrass was used that was fungicides in this population. This 1994 study has been published very susceptible to dollar spot. This likely lead to greater frequency in the European Journal of Plant Pathology, volume 103, starting on of fungicide use. Secondly, nitrogen levels were purposely kept page 409. low to prevent the occurrence of other diseases such as Pythium We continued this study in late 2003, 10 seasons after the blight, which again may have contributed to greater fungicide use introduction of DMI fungicides. By then, myclobutanil (Eagle™) because dollar spot disease is favoured by low nitrogen regimes. also became registered for dollar spot control. Another graduate Thirdly, DMI fungicides were used extensively for several years. student, Angie Liao, examined hundreds of isolates of the dollar General recommendations to prevent DMI resistance problems spot fungus from nine populations in southern Ontario, including in fungi include: 1) not using repeated applications of DMI seven of the original 1994 populations. We found that populations fungicides alone; 2) using mixtures or alternating with non-DMI of the dollar spot fungus which were not treated with DMI fungicides; 3) reserving DMI use for the critical part of the season; fungicide during the previous 10 years remained highly sensitive, 4) using label rates rather than reduced doses; and 5) using other while treated populations showed a bit of reduced sensitivity, but measures such as resistant varieties and cultural practices. not at an economically significant or noticeable level. This study The Pest Management Regulatory Agency in Ottawa is re­ has been published in the journal Plant Pathology, volume 56, evaluating older fungicides, and some such as quintozene are no starting on page 500. longer on the market. Others such as chlorothalonil (Daconil®) Our studies are continuing by examining the effects of are under review. This change in fungicide availability can changing fungicide regimes on the development of DMI pose a problem for turf managers because one of the major fungicide resistance, and continued monitoring of dollar recommendations for resistance management is to mix or spot populations at several locations across southern Ontario. alternate a modern systemic fungicide with an older protectant We want to see if the shifts toward reduced sensitivity have fungicide. If older fungicides loose their registration, we will then intensified, and extrapolate from this data how much fungicide have to guard even more vigilantly against resistance to the newer use could lead to full-blown fungicide resistance. We plan to fungicides. start this study again in summer 2013. For this study, we will visit many of the same locations sampled in the 1994 and 2003 Research at the University of Guelph studies, as well as some additional locations, especially where Propiconazole (Banner Maxx®), a DMI fungicide became DMI fungicide use has been high annually. We need to collect registered for use on turfgrass in 1994. Because of the recent small samples of leaf blades from multiple locations on fairways discovery of DMI-resistant isolates of the dollar spot pathogen when dollar spot is obvious. If you are interested in partcipating in the Great Lakes states, there was great concern that resistance and have good records of fungicide use from the past decade, would develop in Ontario. We started a study in 1994 to look at then please contact me at: thsiang@uoguelph.ca ■ FROM ROOTS TO SHOOTS Pests, Trials & Bio-pesticides Highlights from the 2013 National Bio-pesticides and Minor Use Priority Setting Workshop urf stakeholders in Ontario are perform a bio-pesticide trial for the An interesting observation at this T consulted annually via the Turf control of European chafer grubs in turf. Technical Working Group of the Pest The product that has been selected for this meeting was the number of crop protection companies that are increasing Management Research and Services purpose is Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae, their research and development into Committee to put together a turf GrubGONE from Phyllom BioProducts. bio-pesticides. For example, BASF had minor use list of insect, disease and Trials will begin in the summer of 2014 on purchased Becker-Underwood, the UK weed management priorities. This this product. Trials on an older formula supplier of insect parasitic nematodes. stakeholder committee is made up had been conducted on this product in Bayer has purchased a bio-pesticide of researchers, extension personnel, Ontario in 2009 with modest results. The company based in California called representatives from Landscape Ontario hope is that the new formulation will AgraQuest and this company will be Lawn Care Commodity Group, Ontario be more effective. Again, this product called Bayer Biologies. In addition to Golf Superintendent’s Association, should qualify as a Class 11 pesticide these companies, there were at least a Nursery Sod Growers Association and under Ontario’s Cosmetic Pesticides Ban. dozen other bio-pesticide companies that representatives from crop protection presented information on new products companies. This process is duplicated that they are developing for the Canadian in every province across Canada and market. the national priorities are presented at a "An interesting observation Ontario and Quebec’s turf disease meeting hosted by the Pest Management priority was summer patch. Bayer and Regulatory Agency. The 2013 Minor Use at this meeting was BASF will consider adding summer Priority Setting meeting took place in the patch to the labels of Compass and the number of crop Triton through the Minor Use Label national capital region, Hull, Quebec. In conjunction with this meeting, there is protection companies that Expansion program. This will require also a National Bio-pesticides meeting. letters of support from the Ontario If a pest on a crop is deemed to be a are increasing their research Golf Superintendent’s Association and significant problem and there are no and development into the Quebec Golf Superintendent’s pesticides currently available in Canada Association to control that pest, the Pest Management bio-pesticides." On the subject of pesticides, the Centre will fund pesticide trials to Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and determine if there is a product that can Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs has control the pest. published a 2013 Supplement to the In 2012, Ontario was successful in There was an update from Dr. Karen Turfgrass Management Recommendations, obtaining funding to perform a bio­ Bailey, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Publication 384. The supplement can pesticide trial for the control of hairy scientist who has been developing the be found online at http://www.omafra. chinch bugs in turf. The product that was fungal herbicide Phoma macrostoma gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub384/ tested for this purpose is the bio-pesticide with the Scotts Company. This product pub384sup.pdf It contains the turf Grandevo, from Marrone BioInnovations. received registration in 2012, but pesticide recommendations for the Four trials were conducted, two in production issues have held back the pesticides that have been registered in Ontario, one in Quebec and one in Ohio. launch. Their hope is to have the product 2012 and early 2013. ■ The results of these trials were varied, in the marketplace by 2014. mainly due to the very dry conditions Marrone Bio-Innvovations has a new experienced in Ontario and Quebec bio-herbicide called Opportune or MBI during the trial period in 2012. There are 005. It is a heat killed Streptomyces with plans to repeat the trials again in 2013. good pre-emergent control against Poa Pamela Charbonneau The hope is to provide sufficient data to annua. It is supposed to have efficacy OMAFRA Turfgrass support the addition on hairy chinch bug against crabgrass applied to bare soil, Specialist, The Guelph to the Grandevo label. Grandevo should but they are not sure if it will work when Turfgrass Institute qualify as a Class 11 pesticide under applied to turf. Trials on this product Guelph, Ontario Ontario’s Cosmetic Pesticides Ban. will be conducted this summer at the Email: At the 2013 National Bio-pesticide GTI to determine its efficacy against pamela.charbonneau@ meeting, turf obtained funding to crabgrass in established turf. Ontario.ca MEMBER PROFILE 42 Years and Counting Lamont 'Monte' Anderson, Superintendent, Pointe West Golf Club by Greg Brown, Assistant Superintendent, the day, then heading home to be with Essex Golf and Country Club his family for a short dinner break, and amont “Monte” Anderson started IN THE then back again to the course to repair any equipment. By the time the sun L working at an early age for his grandfather on the family farm, HOT SEAT was beginning to set, he was back on the course night watering. which had been passed down from Q - Favourite piece of After a successful stint there, he was generation to generation. One year, turf equipment hired on at Pointe West Golf Club, his great uncle, who was also a farmer, A - New updated and advanced Amherstburg, Ontario as the grow-in had his entire crop ruined when a irrigation systems Golf Course Superintendent. Twenty devastating storm passed through six years later, Monte remains the the area. As a result, his great uncle Q - Favourite sport course superintendent. He has seen it decided to sell the farm to Larry A - Hockey - played for 30 years all at Pointe West during his impressive Bunkowsky. Bunkowsky then made tenure, from successfully completing the decision to develop the property Q - Rate your home lawn on a a grow-in to just recently overseeing a into a golf course. scale of one to ten (1 worst, complete bunker renovation. One of Monte was hired on by Bunkowsky, 10 best) the biggest differences between Monte for seventy cents per hour, to drive A - Three, but I know what is and a most other superintendents is equipment and help build the golf wrong with it and what I that Monte didn’t necessarily choose course that is now Burlington Springs need to do to fix it! this career because of the golf. He was Golf and Country Club. After finishing raised a farmer and working the land up the construction, it was time for Q - What would you envision came naturally to him. Nowadays, Monte to move on. However, he decided yourself doing if you weren't dealing with the day to day challenges to keep pursuing golf course work. He working in the turf business of meeting member expectations and ended up at a couple other local courses A-Something involving striving for a flawless manicured piece where he eventually landed his first working with the land of property is what motivates Monte superintendents position. most. He also thoroughly enjoys Within a few short years, Monte hiring his crew and working alongside found himself at The Toronto Golf Club, Monte made the move to Erie them all season long, even if it means Club as the Assistant Superintendent. Shores Golf Club where he soon faced he will be seen walking sock footed in Even though he was previously a the challenges of a low budget golf the clubhouse as a trail of dirt would be superintendent, he took the job as course. This was especially tough for left behind him if he were to wear his an assistant because the money was Monte having come from an affluent work boots. better and so was the experience. golf club in Toronto. Not only was he He claims that the secret to his success To this day he still does not see that bringing a great deal of experience was taught to him by his grandfather, move as counterproductive, rather to his new position, he also brought who believed that dedication, hard a smart one that helped shape his modern maintenance trends to the work and keeping a positive attitude career. Working at the Toronto Golf course and the area for other local would go a long way to keeping day Club is where he truly learned the superintendents to learn from. During to day operations running smoothly. skills necessary to maintain a high his first day on the job, he faced one Throughout all of this, Monte has end golf course. Working under Fred of his biggest challenges in his career been a member of the OGSA for 42 Charman, Monte was molded into to this day. An irrigation system blow years and served on the board for 3 who he is today. From discipline and out was not completed the prior year years. With a very understanding wife hard work to dealing with frequent and he soon found himself installing that has made it possible for him to vandalism, the skills Monte acquired at almost six thousand feet of irrigation accomplish all of this, two daughters The Toronto Golf Club would prepare pipe to repair the damaged system. and five grandchildren, Monte still him for any challenge he may face as a Monte had his hands full to say the manages to make any day seem easy, superintendent somewhere else. least, as he found himself preparing which is likely why he does not see After five years at The Toronto Golf the course and leading the crew during himself retiring anytime soon. ■ GOLF COURSE HIGHLIGHT Black Diamond Golf Club 705 Pontypool Rd., Pontypool, Ontario LOA 1KO Tel: 705-932-4659 www.blackdiamondgolfclub.ca Golf Course Superintendent: Andy Sandilands Assistant Superintendent: Justin Chadwick Equipment Manager: Cary (Carl) Davis Hole #11 Photo courtesy: Black Diamond Golf Club COURSE PROFILE Biggest Maintenance Challenge About the Course The biggest challenge we face is all the varying soil layers we have to deal with due to the property being entirely sodded The course consists of two unique nines. The front 9 is a very open during construction. links style course while the back 9 is a heavily treed parkland style course with a lot of elevation change. A CLOSER LOOK Established: 2005 What You Need to Know Original Architect: Jack Lally/Jason Miller Predominant Grass Type: Bentgrass greens and tees/dwarf blue fairways Type of Club: Public Predominant Soil Type: Sandy Loam Number of Holes: 18 Type of Greens: L93 Number of Rounds Annually: 27,000 Course Length: 7,062 yards Practice Facility: Driving range Size of Property: 185 Acres Size of Greens: 2.5 acres Size of Tees: 1.7 acres Size of Fairways: 23.5 acres Time to Rethink Bunkers By Jeff Mingay, Golf Course Architect Bayside could be mown wall-to-wall with a as I thought it might be possible to do Mingay Golf Course Design Ltd. single machine too. Well, aside from the so without detriment to the interest and putting greens of course. strategy of the course,” Mackenzie later rying to find ways to cut back on Ironically, Mackenzie’s Augusta wrote. “After careful study, we decided T golf course maintenance costs is National was designed along the same nothing new. During the early 1930s, lines. Many critics cite that famous to leave out fourteen of them, leaving only twenty-two bunkers in all. If twenty- another time when financial difficulties course as being the poster child for two bunkers are enough on Bobby Jones’ and uncertainty forced people to rethink extravagance and the root of unrealistic dream of his ideal course, they ought to things, legendary golf architect Alister expectations that too many golfers have be sufficient for the average golfer.” Mackenzie was strongly advocating the these days. The truth is that Mackenzie As Mackenzie goes on to say in the same importance of designing courses to ease and his collaborator, club co-founder and article, published in The American Golfer maintenance and reduce costs associated champion golfer, Bobby Jones, allowed magazine shortly after Augusta opened with upkeep. Principally, Mackenzie natural features to drive the design of for play in 1933, “On too many courses stressed the importance of building golf Augusta and created a course featuring there are far too many bunkers.” course features that could be mown long, flowing slopes and contour that One of the first things I study when mechanically and minimizing the use of are easily mown with machines. Most devising a golf course improvement artificial sand hazards. interesting, perhaps, is that Mackenzie’s plan these days are opportunities to His Bayside course on Long Island, original plan called for just thirty-six eliminate bunkers. Last year, as part of New York, which opened in 1931 but artificial sand bunkers. a comprehensive bunker renovation no longer exists, featured just nineteen “I then consulted Jones as to the project at The Oakville Golf Club, we bunkers over 18-holes. Reportedly, possibility of eliminating some of these, managed to reduce the number of Approaching the green at Oakville Golf Club’s par 4, hole #3. Mingay replaced a bunker right of the green with another mound that ties in with existing mounds behind this green and serves equally as a hazard, but is much less expensive to construct and maintain then a sand bunker. The bunker in the foreground, short right of the green, was restored as part of the 2012 bunker project at Oakville as per historic aerial photos of the course. Oakville Golf Club was originally designed by legendary Toronto Golf Club professional and pioneer course designer, George Cumming, in the early 1920s. Photo courtesy Clive Barber Photography www.clivebarber.com bunkers by half, without detriment to the I’m very fortunate to consistently have legitimately transfer more responsibility interest, strategy, challenge and beauty opportunity to visit many golf courses for the condition of the bunkers to of the course. Getting rid of superfluous throughout Canada and elsewhere. golfers. Let golfers know that the course bunkers at The Oakville Golf Club not Without exception, the biggest complaint maintenance staff will only be raking and only reduced project costs, but bunker I hear, everywhere, is about bunkers. doing other work to bunkers, say, three maintenance costs as well. Golfers criticize their condition and course or four days per week and that it is their Similar possibilities undoubtedly exist superintendents complain about the responsibility to leave a bunker in decent at many other courses. The key is to time, challenges and expense of trying to condition after playing from the sand. solicit advice from a golf course architect. maintain bunkers to that aforementioned Then again, why should bunkers be Unfortunately, without advice from a unachievable, but expected, standard. in decent condition? They’re supposed consultant, I’ve seen too many golf clubs and This standard is unachievable, at least in to be hazards after all, places on courses course owners spend thousands of dollars part, because no matter how much effort where golfers don’t want their balls to to renovate and maintain bunkers that do the course maintenance staff puts into go. Bunkers should be unpredictable, nothing to make a course more interesting, preparing bunkers for play each day, the because when golfers are sincerely fearful challenging or attractive. Fees paid to ultimate condition of a bunker falls on of hitting into those hazards, design a consulting architect who intelligently the last golfer who raked his or her way strategies and the traditional sporting advises on eliminating unnecessary bunkers out of the sand. nature of the game are significantly are miniscule compared to the savings With this in mind, an interesting enhanced. associated with reducing the number of experiment, which could result in bunkers on a course. reducing maintenance costs, would be to ...continued on page 18 The Oakville Golf Club’s short par 3, hole #2 where four bunkers were eliminated during a recent bunker renovation project. Two bunkers left of the green were replaced by mounds and another behind the green with a drainage swale that now directs water away from the putting surface. Right of the green, a short grass area was created, replacing another bunker. Photo courtesy Clive Barber Photography www.clivebarber.com Too many so-called 'golfers' these days, expect courses to cater to their games, which is why too much time and money is being spent on bunker maintenance. Overcoming a bad lie, every now and from his bag, and then look at Edwards Alister Mackenzie was preaching nearly a then, has always been an integral part of and say, “Watch this.” century ago. Creating golf courses that golf. And, optimistic golfers, like five­ Hitting into a bunker and expecting ease maintenance and reduce related time Open champion Tom Watson for a good lie is a very bizarre perspective. expenses, doesn’t mean we have to dumb- example, view bad lies and unfortunate ‘Real golfers’, like Watson, accept their down golf course architecture either. It breaks as opportunities to pull off an fate and tailor their games to specific simply means that we need to be more incredible recovery shot. conditions and situations. Too many so- frugal, which actually should inspire more The late Bruce Edwards, who caddied called ‘golfers’ these days, expect courses creativity. Alister Mackenzie’s original for both Watson and Greg Norman at the to cater to their games, which is why too designs at Bayside and Augusta National heights of their respective careers, relayed much time and money is being spent on provide remarkable examples of a frugal a great story. Edwards said that when bunker maintenance. yet still creative approach to golf course Norman found his ball in a tough spot, his More golfers should adopt Tom design. After all, if twenty-two bunkers instinct was usually to complain about his Watson’s perspective and attitude. were enough to satisfy Bobby Jones, they luck. 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What a great time of year to renew and refresh your set in their ways and may believe that they already know how to complete the work. TO THE safety program. You have recently hired a number of young people and maybe some retired folk to work at your club. This may be an issue as you could have a different method that you want followed and your challenge is to work with the NEW AGE What a great opportunity to start the older employee to reinforce the need to season off on the right foot and ensure do the work in a manner that provides that you have a safe golfing season. for a safe work environment. This may This article is about the young workers mean having clear requirements for and the older workers that you may have personal protective equipment that recently hired or have on staff. older workers have never used before. Historically, it is known that these Or, it may mean ensuring that the older two groups are prone to a greater workers follow the rules that you have number of incidents in the workplace; established for use of various pieces of young workers because of their lack of equipment. knowledge and experience and older Training and monitoring needs for workers because of a number of issues young workers may be different from the that arise during the aging process. New training and monitoring needs for older and young workers in Ontario are four workers. To assist you, the Ministry of times more likely to be injured during Labour is conducting a workplace blitz their first month of employment than at this summer, beginning in May. any other time. The goal of the blitz is to: Have you established your training • Raise awareness of hazards programs with this in mind? involving new and young workers Young workers are full of enthusiasm and energy. 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All it took serious about making a change about was a four-inch piece of PVC pipe clamped crime.” Soon enough, “the bad guys wised to the steering wheel frame and a simple up and began to leave their weapons at extension to the step plate to house all home and pay their fares.” the tools required for course setup. “I As I read about this theory, I was have been able to save on labour by doing reminded of, “the seven deadly sins two jobs at the same time,” says Brent. “It against greenskeeping” in Gordon doesn’t take me that much longer to get Witteveen & Micheal Bavier’s book that I both jobs done and I can send staff to had read years ago. The seven sins were: complete other assignments who would 1. Fertilizer burns anywhere otherwise be busy either mowing greens 2. Poorly adjusted greens mowers or with course setup”. 3. Scalped plugs on greens 4. A greens mower scalped The Broken Windows Theory into the apron In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Tipping 5. Letting new sod die Point, the broken windows theory is 6. Killing greens with kindness credited to have played a major role in 7. A messy golf course and the decline of violence in the United maintenance building States, and, more specifically, in the New At the time, these ‘sins’ came across asjust York subway system. The brainchild of an exercise in good maintenance practices. two criminologists, the theory argued Looking at them now in a different light, I that crime is the direct result of disorder. would bet that they are ‘tipping points’ for For example, “if a window is broken golf course maintenance excellence just and left unrepaired, people walking like eliminating graffiti and panhandling by will conclude that no one cares was for reducing crime. We can often get and no one is in charge. Soon, more caught up with trying to reinvent windows will be broken, and the sense the wheel and implement of anarchy will spread from the building ‘big changes’ to incite to the street on which it faces, sending drastic adjustments to our a signal that anything goes.” Therefore, maintenance standards minor problems such as graffiti, public or workplace culture at disorder and aggressive panhandling are our respective facilities. invitations to more serious crime. Maybe looking at Subway crime reduction was tackled implementing a small on two fronts; putting an end to both change and searching the graffiti and panhandling problems. out these ‘tipping points’ Rail cars were ‘reclaimed’ one at a time is all it takes after all. ■ and never allowed to be vandalized again. Cleaning stations were set up and cars were cleaned of graffiti before being put back into service. 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I’ve mentioned all of these before and you thought it worth your while to take the time to comment. there is nothing revolutionary here, just a few things that have Finally, to you superintendents who are faced with the prospect and continue to work well for me, and that I feel are crucial to of being without a Tech and don’t have the time, skills or desire running an efficient turf equipment shop. to do the work yourselves, I leave you with this thought: if you First and foremost, look after your reel mowers. Well want better access to more trained turf equipment technicians, maintained and properly adjusted reel mowers stay sharp longer, the turf industry as a whole must come together and find a way so clean and adjust them daily. Treat them with respect because to provide and support this training. Superintendents must they are your money makers. Be meticulous with your washing commit to creating and maintaining positions for new techs to regimen and allow them to dry before making adjustments. learn on the job. It’s the only way to really learn what the job Reels that have been adjusted in the hot afternoon sun will entails. feel loose in the cool of the morning on the barn floor. Also, Have a great season! ■ sharpen your rotary blades more often than you have been. It’s a fast and inexpensive way to help keep your rough looking its best. Replacement blades are cheap, so buy at least one extra Warren Wybenga, Equipment Manager set, two is better because you will bend a few over the course of Donalda Club, Toronto a season. It minimizes downtime by making changeovers much Tel: 416-447-5575 x 263 faster as the dull set can be sharpened at your convenience. Email: wwybenga@donaldaclub.ca Be organized. Use whatever medium you choose, be it paper www.donaldaclub.ca or electronic, but try to stay on top of things and don’t use your desk for a filing cabinet. Once something is dealt with, deal with the paperwork too. I remember reading a sign in a bathroom somewhere that read, “No job is finished until the paperwork is done”. This is very true. And, in the same vein, get rid of unused bench space in your shop because it just becomes a PASSION. place to store crap, making your shop look the same. A messy work space is generally a direct reflection on the quality of work coming out of it, and impression often becomes reality. How do you want to be looked upon? Keep accurate and up to date records. I know you’ve heard this from me many times before, but apparently some of you IT DRIVES OUR are still not getting the message. For your own due diligence if nothing else, if it isn’t written down somewhere, it didn’t happen. Your JHSC should be able to help you get started, TURFGRASS. and, quite frankly, should be all over you if you are not doing 12 VARIETIES AND SPECIALTY BLENDS it already. INCLUDING ECO-SOLUTIONS™ Do your best to keep on top of equipment maintenance. Even for a dedicated Equipment Tech with a large fleet, keeping caught up on all the maintenance requirements for every different machine can be a struggle (here’s where the organization part really comes in handy) so I get what those who are wearing all the hats with shrinking budgets are faced with. Remember this though, maintenance pays, especially if you plan on keeping your gear for long periods. Begin by referring to the individual operators manuals and chart out the various maintenance requirements. You can then add dates and hour meter readings and go from there. The point is, don’t neglect or cheap out on maintenance. Turf equipment isn’t getting any cheaper. Look after it and it will look after you. GREENHORIZONS SOD FARMS And finally, thank you to the OGSA and the editorial staff at HAMILTON: 905.389.1315 Green is Beautiful for allowing me the opportunity to share my CAMBRIDGE: 519.653.7494 experience with your membership these past few years. It has WWW.JUSTSODIT.COM provided me with an opportunity to step a little further outside LOOKING BACK Five Years Ago Today he Ontario Golf Superintendents Association executive in Belleville, was the recipient of the CGSA Superintendent T for 2008 was Jeff Stauffer (pres), Credit Valley, Sean DeSilva (past), Coppinwood, Randy Booker (vice), Otter of The Year Award. Congratulations went to Bob Brewster, of Mississaugua Creek, Jeff Alexander, Parry Sound, Chris Andrejicka, Essex, Golf & Country Club, as this year’s winner of the Gordon Jarrod Barakett, Deer Ridge, Doug Breen, Golf North, Phil Witteveen Award for the best CGSA article of the year. Brown, Summit, Rob Gatto, Kings Forest, Scott Heron, The Hugh Kirkpatrick Bursary was awarded to Kevin Bigwin, Stu Leachman, Diamond in the Ruff and Jennifer Collier, Assistant Superintendent of King Valley Golf Club Pendrith, Kawartha. Dorothy Hills was Executive Manager and Cameron Kusiek was the winner of the Turfgrass and Pat Thomas and Debra Badger were office staff. Education Award. Also congratulations went to Brian Ross ON THE MOVE: The following superintendents changed of Taboo Resort as winner of the OGSA University of Guelph positions: Sean DeSilva to Coppinwood, Andrew Hardy to Short Course Award. Pheasant Run, Corey Phillips to Frog’s Breath, Chris Gulliver Dennis Pelerine was presented with the Distinguished to Settler’s Ghost, Perry Beausoleil to Hylands, Andrew Service Award by the OGSA. Gyba to Eagle Ridge, Tyler Ruest to Dalewood, Peter Sinuita Tom Brain, Burlington Golf 8c Country Club, won the to Copetown Woods, Simon Brunton to Sawmill Creek, Chad Barry Endicott Award for best article in Green is Beautiful. Ziegler to Sally Creek, John Taylor to Grand Niagara Resort and Paul Gurr to a new course in Calgary. Adam Trenton Ian McMaster, son of Blake McMaster, Royal Montreal, to Greystone, Rick Buttenham to Marlwood, Jim Nicholls received the OGSA Heritage Award. to Loch Ness Links, Dan McCaffrey to Beach Grove, Deni TOURNAMENTS: The Spring Field Day was held at Muskoka Terenzio to Hawk Ridge, Bill Gilkes to Scarboro, Derrick Lakes Golf 8c Country Club with Jim Flett as host. The Weening to the Fairways at Kirrie Glen, Caleb Gibbons to winners of the scramble event at 10 under par were Barry Empire Springs, Michael Gutteridge to Ashbrook and Paul Endicott, Ron Biggs, T. J. Rule and David Kemp. Dave Cutting to Carrying Place. Schmelefske had his first hole in one. MILESTONES: At the Ontario Golf Course Management Pro/Super Challenge was held at Batteaux Creek Golf Conference and Trade Show, Jim Wyllie was presented with Club hosted by Paul Mickalko. Rob Bell with pro Chris a 50 Year Member plaque and Alex LaBelle and Stephen Neale, Copper Creek, won with a score of 65. Verral received their 25 Year Member plaques. The 40th Annual Presidents’ Day tournament was held EVENTS: Allturf Ltd. and Multitynes Turf Products, Nigel at Deer Ridge Golf Club hosted by Jarrod Barakett. The Rennie, announced a merger and will operate as Allturf Ltd. winning team was from The National, Chris Dew. Congratulations to Allturf Ltd. in the celebration of their The CGSA Fall Field Day was held at the Georgian Bay 30th anniversary. Club in Collingwood hosted by Bert McFadden. Bert and Thom Charters had a 72 and Bert won in a playoff. Agrium Advanced Technologies announced the acquisition of the Agronomics Division of Turf Care Products. 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These bees exist to help settle (and was watching The Learning Channel the other night and fuel) conflicts between I there was a program on that described the social structure other denizens of the of a bee hive. Now when I say that I was watching The Learning hive, and to make sure Channel, what I really mean, is that I fell asleep while flipping that the workers feel through the channels and I woke myself up when I dropped just unsafe enough to give the remote control on the floor and one of the batteries rolled up some of their own honey, under the couch. I wasn’t about to move the couch, so, like I just in case they don’t return said, I was watching The Learning Channel. I often wonder from an extended forage. what TLC told the CRTC that they would be programming The Insurance Bee will when they applied for a broadcast license, but I’m willing to remind you how vulnerable bet that they didn’t propose 24-hour marathons of midgets your family will be if you get shooting wild boars out of helicopters, storage locker auctions, smashed into a windshield. The and Extreme Cougar Housewives every day. But this time, worst case scenario is if these they were actually showing an honest to goodness educational two bees mate - those are the program. I know - I was as shocked as you! real Killer Bees. Bee hives are quite literally a hive of activity, where the wee Lately, there has been insects are as busy as, well, bees. But I learned that there is a marked increase in the an extremely regimented structure to all of that chaos. The number of Government Queen Bee runs the whole hive, with a very small number Inspector Bees. The government has three hives, Municipal, of attendants, and thousands of Worker Bees who fly up to Provincial, and Federal - and none of these hives are capable a mile from the hive to collect pollen, which is ultimately of actually producing any honey. As a result (to keep them manufactured into honey. No idea how they actually make well fed), the Tax Collector Bees come to every hive and take honey -1 can only assume that it’s magic. Then I got thinking 54% of the honey that we’ve produced. What we get in return, about how a couple decades ago when I started off in the is reams and reams of legislation (and swarms of inspectors), golf business, that our hive wasn’t too much different. There to enforce rules that actually make it nearly impossible to was a Queen Bee (or more often, a King Bee), a handful of produce honey - but ensure safe foraging conditions, a healthy attendants, and a bunch of workers like me. But today, our environment to fly around in, and programs to encourage hive has been overrun by other bees; that do nothing to aid in multi-entymologism. At the same time, bee hospitals are the production of our product, eat up a bunch of honey, and underfunded (I know a guy who waited 6 hours to get his more often than not, actually stop us from doing our work. busted stinger looked at), and the bee schools are a mess. The first one that I noticed, was the Lawyer Bee (often These bees would soon cease to exist, or be allowed to starve, confused with the Insurance Bee). Both of these bees eat if it weren’t for the Public Interest Bee. This is a relatively new a tremendous amount of honey, without actually adding type of bee, that isn’t exactly government, but isn’t exactly anything of substance to the hive. And when I say tremendous, working either. Somebody’s giving them honey, although no I mean more honey than anyone could ever need in a lifetime. one really knows who, and they buzz around everyone else’s Most of it gets invested into retirement condo developments hives, in a ‘holier than thou’ manner, stirring up trouble and clutching their bee pearls in horror, at whatever they have been preconditioned to be horrified by. Whatever their bone of contention, it will result in more inspector bees, and possibly another chamber in one of the three government hives. This will require yet another honey tax, while at the same time making it more difficult for the few remaining workers to produce enough honey for everyone else. Eventually, the remaining hives that are actually producing honey will collapse into bee bankruptcy, or they will transfer their operations to Asia. The golf industry isn’t collapsing Compost Based Topdressing & Construction Mixes yet, but it’s teetering under the weight. And I sure wish that USGA Spec. 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