Green is Beautiful” tario Golf Superintendents Association On ARNSHAW CRESCENT - ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO M9C 3M4 - TELEPHONE 622-9929 MARCH 1977 MEETING DATES 1977 March 8 — Pesticides Symposium March 14, 15, 16 — C.G.S.A. Conference, Calgary, Alberta March 30 - O.G.S.A. North Halton Golf Club April 15 — Spring Dance, Mississauga Golf Club April — O.G.S.A. (to be confirmed) June 9 — Turf Plots, University of Guelph Galt Country Club July.8 — President, Greens Chairman, Superintendent Golf Day, Islington Golf Club August 8 — Pro Superintendent Golf Day York Downs Golf Club August 25 — O.G.S.A. Wyldewood Golf Club September/October — to be finalized McLumpha & C.G.S.A. Field Day DecemberChristmas2- Party St. George's Golf and Country Club O.G.S.A. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ONTARIO GOLF SUPERINTENDENTS / would like to take this opportunity to thank the members ASSOCIATION of the Association for their confidence in electing me their 7th ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM president. To the new Directors, welcome, and to the outgoing Rosedale Country Club provided the spacious grandeur Directors, a big thank you for your contributions during your and this popular highlight in the calendar year of the Golf term. Superintendent was, as expected, a continuance of the success Your new Board is hard at work, preparing meetings and of preceding years. speakers, Symposium '78, social events, golf tournaments, 112 superintendents, assistants, students and associates newsletter, roster, etc. were in attendance. This symposium is ideally timed, every­ One of the projects last year's Board initiated which will be one has had time to relax and unwind over Christmas holidays, followed through by the incoming Board is in the area of turf and it is evident there is a positive eagerness to attend, renew research. Our main objective is to establish and maintain a old acquaintances and possibly learn a few new ideas. The close liaison with the University of Guelph so that they are increasing number of new young faces to this outstanding aware of our problems in turf management and acquiring event also assures success in the years ahead. funds to explore these particular areas. This is one of the most The proceedings opened with a few brief remarks from ambitious undertakings our Association has ever started and President Al Beeney, who was Chairman for the opening it will mean a great deal of hard work, time and thought speakers. Dr. Jack Eggens and Keith Nisbit conducted the but we feel the benefits will be appreciated by our dubs and speakers for the remainder of the day in their usual efficient golfers alike. To make this a success, we need the input from manner. many people and so I ask all of you to give us your support. The schedule very quickly became untracked as speakers I have attempted to give you a brief outline of what your spoke longer than the allotted 10 minutes. It was obvious, Board will be doing in the coming year and again I stress, it however, that a great deal of time and effort had gone into is your Association. We need your support, interest and partic­ preparation of papers and the interest of the audience was ipation to make it all worthwhile. maintained throughout the day. In dosing, my wishes for a healthy, happy and successful A number of papers were collected and excerpts are as season in '77. follows: Bob Kennedy Alan Beeney "The conifer trees are planted on beams, approx. 5' in President height. This planting is necessitated because of the lack of depth in the soil cover. For deciduous trees it is necessary The creation of the Western Association is an indication to use trees that have a fibrous root system as opposed to a that some underlying problem does exist. Its founders taproot system. For example, Oak will quickly die once the must have felt that there was some need, or void, in the roots become in contact with the garbage." present system so as to create another Association. That is Bernie Macdonald why I suggest decentralization, regional development, "Approximately every other year we experiment with creation of branch or chapter officers of the Ontario new or different fungicides for "in season" and snow mould Association. One could consider an Eastern Association control. An accurate evaluation is gained by employing such — Toronto-Kitchener-Niagara, and Windsor-London- a product as directed, over approximately half of a given Sarnia, Western Association. This decentralization program green. Currently Arrest 75W is being compared for its snow should develop a close and more communicative group mould protection effectiveness." whose environmental similarities and other liknesses would Paul White tend to make discussions far more beneficial and easier "In Montreal, if we began to see just a hint of that dull to relate to. Regional groups would make attendance blueish colour we lost the Poa. Now I find that the Poa at easier, and would create a more accessible group. Some­ Glendale will recover with watering 6 to 8 hours after the thing must be done, there are over 400 golf courses in first signs of problems. Water was in short supply at Ontario and by the number present today should indicate Glendale for many years and possibly this has resulted in a - to us that we are not representative of all Superintendents stronger more drought tolerant strain. in Ontario. There is no doubt, regional development is not I fertilize heavily, I apply 1 to 1-1/2 lbs. of N in complete the total answer, but perhaps its a step closer to a stronger fertilizer every two weeks during the season. The hotter the and more representative group. weather the more fertilizer is required. Doug Hoskins "Fertilizer budget — $6,700. Greens 5 lb N Tees 4.5 lb. N Fairways 2.65 lb. N Made up of Milorganite and Scotts Fertilizers. Grass population — Greens & Tees 50% Bentgrass CROSS COUNTRY SKIING 50% Annual Blue Looking over the snow covered Rosedale Golf Course Fairways: 60% Annual Blue from the warm comfort of the Clubhouse, a lone set of ski 40% Kentucky Blu- tracks wound their way down the first fairway and disap­ grass" peared behind the mounding behind the 1st green. An enticing Paul Dermott observation for the cross country skiers in our midst. A fungicide expenditure for the year of $5,300 allowed This sport has really become popular the past 4 years a complete preventative programme of 12 applications each and for the golf superintendent, an ideal winter activity to on greens, tees and fairways. Paul's fungicide programme on inspect the golf course, young tree groupings, which during fairways was made up predominantly of P.M.A.S. and wetting the course of a golf game, you try to avoid, now become an agent. attraction to ski through and relieve the wide open spaces. Paul reports that the systemics do not give Dollar Spot control for him on fairways. Dennis Pellrene showed slides on the development of the Glen Abbey Golf Club. This championship golf course has become so popular in its infancy that the fee for golf and cart will be increased to $25.00 this year. Helmut Kopp had us all impressed with the quality of his colour slides on preparations and play during the "Canadian G.C.S.A.A. NEWS Open 1976" at Windsor Essex. More Canadians than ever before attended the 48 Annual G.C.S.A.A. Turf Conference held in Portland, Oregon, Dan Ardley February 6th, 11th. There were 160 Companies displaying Gentlemen, my intention today is to try to take a pro­ various products, and a grand total of 5279 delegates attended gressive look at our Superintendents Association and what this years show. Next year the same event will be held in San role it will play in the future development of Superin­ Antonio, Texas. tendents. My purpose is not to criticize the present system Our own Jim Wyllie was not elected to office this year, or any of its officers, but rather to layout some objective but our hope is that Jim will try again next year. A person ideas to review. There are 2 areas I wish to emphasize in nominated for a position on the G.C.S.A.A. Board needs all today's discussion — (1) Regional Representation, (2) the help he can possibly get, to become elected. Better luck, Educational Development. next year James. The problem of our Association is a geographic problem. Thanks are in order to Gord Witteveen for serving on the Ontario is a large Province and a Toronto centralized Board for four years, he represented Ontario very well during Association cannot properly serve .its total membership. his term of office. Back Row: left to right: Paul White, Paul Dodson, Ken Nelson, Stu Mills, William Bowen. Front Row: left to right: Bill Hynd, Paul Dermott, Al Beeney, Paul Scenna, Hugh Kirkpatrick. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEE OF THE O.G.S.A. FOR 1977 President Alan Beeney (416) 877-2642 Vice-President Paul Scenna (519) 623-3292 Secretary Stuart Mills (416)270-0716 Treasurer Paul Dodson (416)648-1265 Past-President Paul Dermott (416) 247-9281 Golf Bill Bowen (705) 743-5010 Membership Crests & Plaques Ron Allen (416)447-5575 Meeting & Speakers Paul White (416)561-1216 Bylaws Ken Nelson (519) 433-5136 Hospitality & Parties Paul Scenna (519)623-3292 Roster Hugh Kirkpatrick (416) 885-8144 Symposium 1978 Paul White (416)561-1216 Nominating Committee Paul Dermott (416)242-9281 Executive Newsletter Editor Bill Hynd (416) 231-3393 Welfare — West Ken Nelson (519)433-5136 East Hugh Kirkpatrick (416) 885-8144 North Bill Bowen (705) 743-5010 Turf Research Foundation Paul Dermott (416) 247-9281 Paul Scenna (519) 623-3292 Keith Nisbet (416) 727-9851 TIPS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT: Discuss salary in full. Most summer employees will be paid CHOOSING THE BEST SUMMER CREW a little above the minimum wage. Tell the person when payday is and about how much each check will be. Discuss vacations Although it's still early, now is the time to think about and other requests for time off in advance, make clear whether hiring summer crew help. Some young people may already hoildays will warrant more than the standard hourly rate and have contacted you during the Christmas holidays or during what overtime arrangements there are, if any. Discuss with­ their semester break; more will come during spring break, holding tax, and tell students about the special W-4 forms and the crunch will hit as the end of the school year that will exempt them from having money withheld. approaches. How you choose your summer help could make Mention equipment or clothing that is provided by your a difference in the kind of summer you have. course and explain OSHA regulations that will affect the Most superintendents hire from two pools of labor — employee. Ask the applicant if he has any questions, and turf students and nonturf high school and college students. evaluate what he asks as you provide answers. Experience has shown that men and women work out equally How you start the new person working will depend on his well. Turf students often need on-the-job training as part of experience or lack of it and on the job to be done. For the their education, and you can influence the future of your novice, some superintendents provide a map of the course, profession by helping them learn on your course. lead the person to the first tee, and send him around the Turf students are interested in turf management, not just course to pick up trash, sticks, etc., to familiarize him with the a summer job, and they bring a certain degree of expertise physical layout. Sometimes new employees are encouraged and understanding. to play a round of golf first, to get a feel for the course. Then Your supervision during the summer can be of real benefit start the person on the first task, with complete instructions to the students when they return to school in the fall, too, and with someone around to help for a few days. especially if you have given them genuine experience over When you thoughtfully and thoroughly choose your crew a broad range of tasks. Many superintendents have a list of members and when you keep them busy and give them lots of operations a turf student should try during a summer intern­ encouragement throughout the summer, you will have few ship - mowing greens, managing equipment, calibrating spray personnel problems and your work will be well done. equipment and numerous others. If you give the students broad experience, they will give you hard work and effort in return, and your goodwill rating will be boosted as well. Aside from turf students, what kinds of people make good summer golf course employes? Those who want to work outside and who enjoy hard work, those who can be on their feet and operate machinery all day, those who will get to work GOLF NEWS on time, stay the required number of hours and follow through on assignments — these are the people who belong The President, Greens Chairman and Greens Superinten­ on your qolf course. dent Tourament will be held this year at the fine Islington Golf Before you hire a summer employee, consider exacty what Club in Friday, July 8th, 1977. At a recent meeting, it was you want that person to do and be sure that you will have decided that the same format as last year would be followed enough work to keep him busy all day every day. Boredom with the first forty teams being accepted. Entry forms will be robs your employees of enthusiasm and a lack of enthusiasm issued in the future but remember to mark down this date now robs you of quality workmanship. Friday, July 8th, 1977. When you know clearly what you want from an employee, Also the Superintendent — Pro day which most of us enjoy choose persons to hire by evaluating their job application is being held this year at the York Downs Golf Club sometime forms and conducting a thorough interview. Have them in August. More details to follow later. use a standard application form that asks for personal data, Gentlemen, for years I have played in a few of our monthly job experience and educational background. The form, meeting golf games and I was hoping this year, being Golf available at most office supply stores, should have a place for Chairman, to begin a program whereby maybe twice a year, your comments and for recording the date work began and the we run a regular golf tournament draw at a golf meeting. salary. This will give you similar information on each person Instead of playing with the same gentleman or groups each so you can compare one to another. time I would be willing to organize a draw whereby each During the interviews try to ask each person about the one of us would know in advance the starting time and with same questions so you can compare their answers. Ask each whom you are playing. I think this would help us all to meet to expand on his work experience and try to assess some of everybody over a period of years and promote fellowship the following: Is this person interested in the work? Has he in our association. I certainly would be willing to keep a shown leadership? Does he seem forceful and appear to have record of each draw so that I could mix up the players each good reasoning ability? Is he sincere about his ambitions and time. I know myself I have no regrets playing with a higher objectives? Does he really want to become involved? What handicap player. I know this will take a little effort from all is the extent of his knowledge in the field and his interest of us to make it work, but I hope gentlemen, you will be in learning more? Does he show pride in a job well done? willing to make any small sacrifice. You can ask about the person's future plans as well as his past I was sincerely hoping to begin this little experiment in experience, and certainly find out what his job goals are. Ask June when we play in Galt. what he expects from his position and why he wants the job. Hoping you are willing and wishing you all good golfing. Tell each applicant exactly what the job and working en­ vironment will be and what you expect in the way of Bill Bowen, standards of conduct and quality of work. Golf Chairman MEETING - OSHAWA GOLF CLUB - MISCELLANY FEBRUARY 16th, 1977 Bill Hynd won a trip to Eleuthera in the Bahamas by A good turn out of 45 Superintendents and Associates hitting the ball closest to the hole (6' 3") at Lachute, Quebec attended for this fine day. at the Canadian Golf Superintendents Annual Tournament. Jack Salter, Past President of the O.G.A., spoke on course ratings and measuring the golf course, and was followed by a Gord Witteven scored a hole-in-one in Florida during lively question and answer period. his vaction in January. A 3 iron on a 183 yd. par 3. Sup't. Rusty Warkman estimates that the Oshawa Golf Club's chef is one of the best in the business and this was Paul Dermott started off impressively at the G.C.S.A.A. evident in a very excellent steak lunch. Tournament on Spyglass Hill, Monterary Peninsula, playing An afternoon's curling followed and 24 participated — the tough first eight holes in 1 under par, then became careless looks like we have some scratch curlers among us. to finish with 91. In reference to Mr. Jack Salter's talk on course ratings at the recent meeting at Oshawa Golf Club: John Stoughton, Barrie Golf Club reports that he is re­ To maintain uniformity in degree of difficulty, the tee covering from a minor operation and would like all corres­ markers should be moved forward as the pin placement is pondence sent to his home address — R.R. No. 3, Barrie. moved back on greens, the theory being to play the course at its maximum length at all times. Jack Wilson, Manchester Products salesman, well known Fortunately, the esthetics of any fine golf course allows to all Superintendents is recovering from a major operation variety and character in the construction of greens and tees, and would like to near from his old friends, his address is thus the front to back measurement of tees from the popular R.R. No. 3, Brighton, Ontario G886 white course is likely to be inconsistent with the front to back scope of pin positions on greens. Stuart G. Mills, Golf Course Superintendent of the The extreme case at St. George's is the No. 1 tee area Hamilton Golf and Country Club is pleased to announce the where the white markers have a scope of 6 yds. forward to appointment of J. Douglas Rothwell to the position of back but 50 yds. from side to side. Assisstant Golf Superintendent. The No. 9 green pin placement from front to back is 48 Mr. Rothwell will be working closely with long time yds. No. 9 tee white marker front to back 12 yds. Assisstant Mr. "Bub" Walls who will be maintaining his An important consideration, from the point of view of the position until his retirement. "Doug" has been employed on Golf Superintendent, is that the tee areas are large enough the course for three years and has his M Sc. in Biology as well to sustain the heaviest traffic. 70% of play at St. George's is as being a recent graduate of the University of on the white course and it is our endeavour to place the Guelph "Turf Management Short Course" and is now enrolled permanent white marker in a position to allow equal move­ in the Ontario Diploma of Horticulture correspondence course ment front to back. In theory, area for white marker should at the University of Guelph "Doug" is also a member of the be 70% of total tee area. Canadian Golf Superintendents' Association and the Western Ontario Greenskeepers Association. Paul Dermott moves to Oakdale Golf Club. Helmot Kopp moves to St. Charles G.C., Winnipeg CONFERENCE TIP On a recent radio broadcast, a suggestion was made on how to stay awake during a talk that was interesting, but occured the morning after the night before. The "sand man" was still around. Concentrate on holding your feet one inch off the floor and sit up very straight in your chair. Try it — you may not like it, but it will certainly keep you awake. Paul Dermott, President 1975, 1976 receives Past President's Plaque from Bob Heron, Newletter Editor and President 1974. A SCOOPFUL OF SOIL... Lou experimented with various size buckets and scoops until he found the most practical and convenient sizes. After By Tom Mascaro trying the inexpensive buckets and scoops, he has gone to Riviera Country Club, located in South Miami, is one of the good substantial plastic buckets and metal scoops. He drills old established clubs in the area. When the site for this club 2-3/8" holes in each bucket about 3" from the top and 1" was selected it was part of the old Biltmore Club which was above the bottom for drainage in case of a sudden downpour. established in 1926. In 1930 the 18 holes of the present The buckets are fastened to the golf cars at a convenient Riviera Club was abandoned and much of it grew to weeds. height. They are out of the way and in no way inconvenience In 1946 the Riviera Country Club was formed. Through the the golfer. They are easy to fill, easy to use. All 58 golf cars years many changes and improvements have taken place. at Riviera are equipped with buckets of soil. Every morning all It has always been difficult to grow good turf at this club. buckets are refilled. About three wheelbarrow loads of pre­ One of the basic problems is that topsoil is practically non­ pared soil mix is required each day on the average. In other existent. When Golf Course Superintendent Lou Oxnevad, words, approximately one third of a yard is added on a daily came to Riviera he began a long range plan of improvement. basis. This may not sound like much, but Lou estimates that Anyone who knew the course in former years can attest to the the golfers have put out about 25 yards of soil since the plan fact that Lou has done a great job. His efforts have ranged was started in July. The great thing about this effort is that from improved parking facilities and landscaping to complete everyone is serious and conscientious about it. renovation of the fairways. Our story centers on Lou's fairway One weekend they ran out of topdressing and there were so improvement program. The common bermudagrass on the many demands by the golfers for full buckets that the crew fairways provided poor playing conditions. Lack of soil also had to use almost pure sand with whatever soil they could contributed to the problem. The course is built on a solid mix with it. On another occasion, one foursome came back coral rock base. Topsoil ranges from as little as one inch to five times to refill their buckets on one round. three inches. Lou felt that the only solution was to plant All in all, this effort at Riviera Country Club demonstrates a hybrid bermudagrass and hope for the best. Any other and proves many things: The golfer's pride and concern for approach, such as hauling in topsoil would have been too his golf course, good communications within the club organ­ costly. He selected 419 bermudagrass, which was cut and ization, good communications with the members and equally sprigged into the existing turf. Paraquat was used to burn back as important, Superintendent like Lou Oxnevad, is tuned in the common bermudagrass. In a nutshell, the renovation pro­ to the needs of his club. gram was successful. The problem of limited topsoil, however, is still a problem. Especially when divots are taken. Foot note: The author does not mean to imply that the Now Lou tackled this problem in a rather unusual way. procedures outlined in this article would be ideal in all Discussing the situation with Buck Luce, who is the club situations. Anyone considering these techniques must weigh professional, Buck mentioned that he had played a course the need and benefits against the costs and effort. where some of the members carried a pail of soil on their golf cars and put a handful down instead of replacing divots. Lou latched onto this idea in his usual dynamic way. First he reasoned that replacing divots was detrimental because they smothered new healing growth. Second, he knew that replaced divots only remained in place until the next mowing, which knocked them out and chopped them up. However, as a good Table of Metric-English Equivalents golfer himself, he knew that replaced divots also made for a fair lie for following golfers. 1 cm = 0.39 inch 1 inch = 2.54 cm Filling divots would do a number of things that would 1 m = 3.28 feet 1 foot = 0.305 m please the golfers and be good for the grass. Placing soil in 1 m = 1.09 yards 1 yard = 0.91 m divot holes would provide a fair lie for follow up golfers. 1 km = 0.62 miles 1 mile = 1.61 km Placing soil in the divot holes would be good agronomically, since grass would be stimulated for regrowth and not be 1 hectare = 2.5 acres 1 acre = 0.4 hectare smothered. And best of all much needed topsoil would be put down. However small, over a period of time this could become 1 ml = 0.2 tsp 1 tsp = 5 ml significant. 1 ml = 0.07 tbsp 1 tbsp = 15 ml 1 liter = 33.8 fl oz 1 fl oz = 29.6 ml The plan was simple. Provide every golf car with a bucket 1 liter = 2.1 pts 1 pt = 0.47 liter of good soil and a small scoop. At first, the membership was 1 liter = 1.06 qt 1 qt = 0.95 liter cool to the idea. After a while, they found it was no trouble 1 liter = 0.26 gal 1 gal = 3.79 liter at all to place a small scoopful of soil in the divot holes. As membership enthusiasm (and pride) increased, everyone got 1 gram = 0.035 oz 1 oz = 28.3 g the fever. Today most all of the members have adopted the 1 kg = 2.2 lb 1 lb = 0.45 kg system. 1 tonne = 2205 lb 1 ton = 907.2 kg REMINDER Have you paid your membership dues? If you have not already done so, PLEASE REMIT TODAY! CANADIAN GOLF SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION Presents the 28th ANNUAL CANADIAN TURFGRASS SHOW at Calgary Inn — Calgary, Alberta, Canada — March 14, 15, 16, 1977 Sponsored by the CANADIAN GOLF SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION IN CO-OPERATION WITH Southern Alberta Turfgrass Association — Northern Alberta Turfgrass Association — Alberta Golf Association — RCGA Green Section General Chairman TUESDAY, MARCH 15 9:30 a.m. James A. Wyllie, C.G.C.S. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. "History on the Development of Sprinkler Past-President, C.G.S.A. Exhibits Open — Visit at your convenience Irrigation in North America" Mr. C. J. (Colin) MacKay, General Manager SUNDAY, MARCH 13 8:00 a.m. Rainbird (Canada) 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Registration — Main Foyer Surrey, B.C. Early Registration — Main Lobby Morning Session Chairman Ken Olsyvik, Superintendent 10:15 a.m. 6:30 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. Coffee Break Redwood Meadows Golf Club "Wine & Cheese Party - Bonavista Room (Courtesy Rainbird (Canada) Bragg Creek, Alberta 1-0:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. "New Trends in Automatic Watering" MONDAY, MARCH 14 "The Use of Wetting Agents on Mr. John Singleton, Director 8:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Golf Course Turf" National Institutional Sales Registration — Main Foyer Mr. Robert A. Moore, President The Toro Company 8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. Aquatrols Corporation Minneapolis, Minn. Exhibits Open — Britannia Room & Foyer Area Pennsauken, New Jersey 11:15a.m. — Visit at your convenience 9:45 a.m. "Can We Recognize the Symptoms 10:00 a.m. "Manage your Turf to Encourage of Over Watering?" Welcome by: Poa Annua" Dr. Jack Eggens, Professor Larry Brown, President C.G.S.A. Dr. Paul Rieke, Professor Turfgrass Science Turf Management Aiderman M. E. Ryan, City of Calgary Michigan State University University of Guelph Stan Bishop, President S.A.T.A. Michigan 12:00 p.m. Ray McDonald, President N.A.T.A. 10:30 a.m. T. K. Summerell, R.C.G.A. Lunch "Panorama of Alberta Golf Courses" 10:30 a.m. Slide Presentations Afternoon Session Chairman Keynote Speaker Panel: Ashley Legeyt "To be announced" Mr. Dean Morrison — Willow Park Golf & C.C. Kelowna Golf & Country Club Mr. Norm McKinley — Canyon Meadows Golf Kelowna, B.C. 11:30 a.m. & C.C. Official Ribbon Cutting and Opening of 2:00 p.m. Gary Perks — Point Grey Golf & C.C. "Water — Let's Think of the Soil" Exhibits — C.G.S.A. Directors 11:30 a.m. Dr. Paul Rieke, Professor Lunch Visit Exhibits Turfgrass Science Afternoon Session Chairman Michigan State University Lunch Michigan Sid Puddicombe, Superintendent Mayfair Golf and Country Club Afternoon Session Chairman 2:45 p.m. Edmonton, Alberta Don Campbell, Mgr./Superintendent Coffee Break Riverside Country Club 1:30 p.m. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 3:00 p.m. "Golf Course Construction and "Growing Grass with GCSAA" The Golf Course Master Plan" 1:15 p.m. Mr. T. W. (Ted) Woehrle, CGCS, Superintendent W. (Bill) Robinson, Golf Course Architect "Water-Too Much and Too Little" Oakland Hills Country Club Fiddlers Green, Amherst, Massachusetts Dr. James Beard, Professor of Turfgrass Physiology Troy, Michigan Texas A & M University President — GCSAA 2:15 p.m. "Aquatic Ecosystems and your Golf Course" 2:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. Dr. John R. Allan C.G.S.A. Annual Meeting & Election of Officers "Traffic Stress — Causes & Prevention" Agriculture Canada Research Station — Mayfair Room Dr. James Beard, Professor of Turfgrass Physiology Lethbridge, Alberta Evening Texas A & M University 3:00 p.m. 8:00 -11:30 p.m. 6:30 — 7:30 p.m. Coffee Break "Beer Bash & Western Night" Reception — Foyers 1 & 2 3:15 p.m. — Lecture Halls 7:30 p.m. "Fertility Programs and Sponsored by the Southern Alberta CGSA Annual Banquet — Britannia Room Other Methods of Poa Annua Management" Turfgrass Association Dr. Roy L. Goss, Agronomist/Turfgrass Specialist Western Washington Research — Extension Centre Puyallup, Washington THURSDAY, MARCH 17 5:30 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 Irish Day in The Rockies Cocktail Party — Exhibit Area Morning Session Chairman Full Tour of Banff and Lake Louise Compliments of the CGSA Mr. R. (Bob) Trevis Lunch at Lake Louise Registered Delegates only Kanawaki Golf Club Does not include students or day passes Caughnawaga, Quebec See enclosed for details President FOR SALE ALAN BEENEY 5 — 1972 Blitzer Gang Mowers Georgetown, Ontario Used parts for Worthington F8 Tractor Phone 877-2642 Apply to Ron Allen Vice-President Donalda Golf Club PAUL SCENNA 447-5575 Cambridge, Ontario Phone (519) 623-3292 FOR SALE Secretary 1 — 1969 Roger Truckster STUART MILLS 1 — 1970 Red Rider (requires new power unit) Ancaster, Ontario 1 — Verticut Mower Phone 648-4474 Apply to W. Hynd Treasurer St. George's Golf & C.C. PAUL DODSON Mississauga, Ontario 231-3393 Phone 270-0716 Directors FOR SALE BILL BOWEN One "Toro Sand-Pro" Power Bunker Rake, Peterborough, Ontario 1972 Model! Good Condition, Phone 742-8465 $500.00 but open to offers. PAUL WHITE Hamilton, Ontario Phone (416) 561-1216 POSITION OPEN IMMEDIATELY KEN NELSON Greens Superintendent London, Ontario Phone (519) 433-5136 Essex Golf & Country Club (private Member Club) HUGH KIRKPATRICK 18 hole golf course Coburg, Ontario Canadian Open Site 1976; Auto Sprinkling Phone 884-8665 System; Greens & Tees; Fairways manual. Salary open to negotiation RON ALLEN commensurate with experience Don Mills, Ontario Apply in writing to: Phone 445-7791 David S. Moote, General Manager Essex Golf & C.C. BILL HYND 7555 Matchette Road Islington, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Phone 239-9630 Phone inquiries: (519) 734-1251 Past-President PAUL DERMOTT Islington, Ontario Phone (416) 247-9281 ONTARIO GOLF SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION Box 63, Islington, Ontario M9A 4X1