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Volume I, Part V, July-August, 1985

The Green Sheet is the official communications newsletter of the Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association. The
purpose of this publication is to aid members with current, up-to-date news-related items which can benefit the good of the
Association. A special thanks must be given to Mac's Lawn & Turf Equipment Co. and Snook Flower Farms for their
advertising support to cover operating expenses.

Re-organization
Northwest Florida

POA Results
The POA Annua Golf Classic winning team was the Palm Beach
Chapter for low gross and the South
Florida Chapter for low net.
Low score for Superintendent's was
Gary Smithers with a 72. Gary also
won a weekend paid at the Naples
Beach Club. Dave Oliver, defending
champion was second with a 73.
'Dates for the Crowfoot Open at
Indigo Lakes in Daytona Beach are
August 4 & 5.
joe Ondo

Suncoast Scramble
Tournament
The 3rd Annual Suncoast Scramble
was again a BIG SUCCESS! There
were 23 teams that played in the event
which consisted of Club, Supt., Pro,
Manager and Supplier. We also had a
whopping increase in the number of
Sponsors from 34 last year to 43 this
year, which increased our amount of
donation to our local Junior Golf Program from $850.00 last year to
$1000.00 this year, to which Larry Livingston presented a check to Mike
Clayton at the meeting. Another
$1000.00 was raised for Suncoast
G.C.S.A. Scholarship and Research
Fund.
River Wilderness' team won 1st
place with a score of 60. The team consisted of Mike Miles, Gary Geiger,
Bruce Cohenour and Jud Debra. 2nd
place went to the Palm-Aire team of
Jim Larner, Will Frantz, Phil
LaBrecque and Allen Hanchey with a
score of 60. 3rd place went to the FoxFire team of Tom Rainey, Mike Toale,
Tom Rich and Doug Powell which shot
another score of 60. And 4th place
went to The Bradenton Country Club
team of Jim Svabek, Phil Wagnor,
Pard Lewis and Michael Ayer with a
score of 62. The Straightest Drive
contest was won by Jerry Godin on
#2. Closest to the Hole contest was
won by Allen Hanchey on #4 and
Jerry Godin on #16.
We wish to thank all the people who
donated gifts.

Adam Walsh

Child"®»..
Dear
On July 29, 1985 the South Florida Golf
Course Superintendents Association will
hold the First South Florida
G.C.S.A./Adam Walsh Invitational Benefit
Golf Tournament This event will be
hosted at the Emerald Hills Country Club
in Hollywood, Florida. We expect to accomplish several goals through this event. We
expect to upgrade the image of our profession and to benefit a very worth while
organization. We need your help and
cooperation in making a success of this
project
For this event we are asking you for a
minimum tax deductible $300.00 cash
donation. This will make you an Eagle
Sponsor, and will entitle a representative
from your company to play in the golf tournament, in a foursome with a Club
Superintendent, a Club Pro, and a Greens
Chairman. We will also post the Eagle
Sponsors on the score board, and do
whatever we are able to get media coverage.
This tournament will provide for those
involved in the golf business an opportunity
to make a significant contribution towards
the protection of our most valuable
resources . . . our children.
Although the event itself will be held in
south Florida, the tragic events surrounding the abuse of children knows no
economic or geographic boundaries; for this
reason I appeal to every individual, club
and business involved financially or recreationally with the game of golf in the State
of Florida to send support to this event in
the form of a tax-deductible contribution.
All net proceeds will go directly to the
ADAM WALSH CHILD RESOURCE
CENTER.
Please fill out the entry form and return
with your check, as we only have room for
thirty teams, and we don't want you to
miss this event.
Yours truly,
The Committee
Bill Entwistle
Dave Lottes
Ed Ramey
Scott Zakany
Loy Faulk

There has been an increased interest
in establishing a newly organized Golf
Course Superintendents Association in
Northwest Florida to encompass an
area from Tallahassee, Florida
eastward toward Mobile, Alabama and
Biloxi, Mississippi.
A planning committee of Don Allen,
Scenic Hills C.C. in Pensacola; Chuck
Rettew, AC Read N.A.S.; Roger
Kunkle, Seascape Resort in Destin;
John Wilson, Osceola GC in Pensacola;
and John Chaney, Bay Point Resort in
Panama City has met twice during the
month of April 1985 to work on a professional set of By-Laws to administer
the organization. Those By-Laws have
now been completed in rough draft and
are being finalized by the planning
committee.
Tentative plans are to have each
meeting annually in each of the zones
of the association, which will be called
"GULF COAST GCSA". Meetings
will be held in Panama City and
Tallahassee, Florida; Destin and Ft.
Walton, Florida; Pensacola, Florida
and Gulf Shore, Alabama; and in
Mobile, Alabama and Biloxi,
Mississippi.
Board of Directors are scheduled to
be elected from each of the major cities
mentioned above, with each director
responsible for his area's attendance.
Because of the large area of the proposed association, supplier members
will become a more viable part of the
organization and will be responsible to
help car pool association members to
the various meetings.
Mailing lists of all Superintendents,
Asst. Supts, Suppliers, and interested
parties are now being developed. As
soon as a total mailing list is accomplished, a general meeting has been
planned half way
between
Tallahassee, Florida and Biloxi,
Mississippi at which time all parties
will be invited to attend and approve
the By-Laws and to elect a slate of

officers for this new association.
Pending approval of interested
members in the area, the association
will start business for the fiscal year
with an inaugural July 1985 meeting.
John Chaney
The Green Sheet is a bi-monthly
newsletter produced by the Communications Committee, Mike Bailey,
Chairman. All pertinent information or
questions regarding such can be
mailed to Mike Bailey, Editor,
19642 Trophy Drive
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
(305) 482-1005 (Recorder)
or (305) 734-9022
The purpose of The Green Sheet is
to benefit all members of the FGCSA
in regards to communications. The
priorities of The Green Sheet are to
print:
1) current, up-to-date news items
2) future meetings
3) review of previous events
4) appropriate communications within
the industry
T h e Green Sheet is designed to be
a current up-to-date newsletter as compared to the "Florida Green" *(an
educational communications magazine). Items printed shall be deemed
fit by the editors of both publications,
whereupon The Green Sheet and the
Florida Green can mutually benefit the
FGCSA.
The Green Sheet bi-monthly issues
are printed as follows: Jan-Feb,
March-April, May-June, July-August,
Sept-Oct and Nov.-Dec. Deadlines are
set for the 2nd Friday of the month
preceding the next coming issue, i.e.
August 16th for Sept-Oct and October
18th for Nov-Dec. The Green Sheet is
printed by
Vette Print
4722 N.W. 2nd Avenue
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(305) 994-1066
Advertisers play an important role to
the success of this newsletter. Because
of their advertising support, The
Green Sheet is not a burden to the
FGCSA.
Each issue produces a total printing
volume of 1500.1150 issues are mailed
to 9 local chapters and then distributed
within their respective local members
mailing list. The balance of 350 are
mailed to media, GCSAA chapter
newsletter editors, IFAS, commercial
vendors and others upon request.
Mrs. Marie Roberts serves as the
secretary for The Green Sheet.
Any matters regarding mailings can
be mailed to
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 33494
(305) 692-9349

Sandpiper Bay Honors
Lonnie Stubbs
On May 31, 1985, Lonnie Stubbs
ended a quarter century of employment with the Sandpiper Bay Resort in
Port St. Lucie without much fanfare.
The surprise came a few days later
when the club, employees, members
and friends came together for "Lonnie
Stubbs Day." On Monday, June 10,
over 200 people came from near and
afar to pay tribute to a man who has
certainly left his imprint on golf course
management in the state of Florida.
Lonnie Stubbs, a native of the
Bahamas, at first thought the event
was going to go by unnoticed because
the parent company (General Development) sold the resort two years ago to
a new International Hotel Consortium
(Tollman & Huntly). Lonnie was
delighted with the tribute, and
expressed deep admiration towards his
new employer since he had not actually
worked for them during the past 25
years.
The day's festivities started with a
scramble that had the Sinners golf
course full to the brim. After golf, a
reception was held in the banquet hall
with Lonnie and friends. Chuck
Johnson, Director of Golf at Sandpiper
Bay and organizer of the tribute,
praised Xonnie for his dedication and
years of exceptional service. He
presented a set of golf clubs with a personalized golf bag and a generous
check to Lonnie in appreciation on
behalf of the club and his friends.
Tom Burrows, President of the
Florida GCSA offered congratulations
from all Florida golf course
superintendents. He then presented a
letter from GCSAA President Eugene
Baston to Lonnie which read as follows
"On behalf of your 6,000 fellow
members of the Golf Course
Superintendents Association of
America, we join with the members of
the Sandpiper Bay Golf Club in congratulating you on your 25th Anniversary of service to the Club. As a
dedicated employee of the Sandpiper
Bay Club, you have exemplified our
profession in every way. May we wish
you and the Sandpiper Bay Club
another 25 years of a beneficial relationship. Congratulations and best
wishes!"
Lonnie, who was most appreciative
of the recognition received, took time
to reflect his past 25 years for THE
GREEN SHEET. He started work at
Sandpiper Bay after a brief stay with
General Development in Vero Beach
as landscape supervisor of Vero
Shores. After the hotel was built,

Lonnie immediately put his talents to
work on the first golf course known
today as the Sinners. During the peak
construction years, Lonnie supervised
over 60 people as the complex grew to
45 holes. In addition to completing the
maturation of the courses, he has over
the years, maintained them to perfection in hosting the Annual Florida
Open Golf Championship.
Lonnie has witnessed the mechanization process of the golf course industry first hand and today maintains the
Sandpiper Bay complex with a crew of
22. He gives credit to his employees
for pulling through during the hard
times, especially his right hand man —
L. C. Miller, who has been with Lonnie
for 17 years! And he doesn't forget his
loving wife, Daisy, who has stood by
him over the years.
It is a great testament for one to
have served 25 years as a golf course
superintendent. To have served 25
years tenure at the same club is a
milestone! The Florida GCSA is proud
to claim Lonnie as a member and
wishes him all the success and happiness in the future.

Research
Contributions
Research is vital to the very existence of our industry. It is absolutely
essential that it not only continue, but
also increase. All avenues leading to a
successful program must be pursued.
As a step in that direction, the Board of
Directors of the Florida Turf-Grass
Association has seen fit to change the
basic structure of the Scholarship and
Research Foundation.
The Florida Turf-Grass Association
Scholarship and Research Foundation,
Inc. has been changed to the Florida
Turfgrass Research Foundation, Inc.
Scholarships will continue to be
awarded, but they will be funded
through the Association's operating
budget. All monies, and I emphasize
ALL, donated to the Research Foundation go directly to research.
Remember, not one penny of administrative costs, either by us, the grantor, or I.F.A.S., the grantee, is taken
from the fund.
Further study as to the make up of
the Foundation's Board of Directors is
being conducted along with the possible procurement of prominent names
in the industry as honorary trustees.
We must and will bring research into
its prominence.
Your personal contribution is
solicited and encouraged — it is of
great importance!!
Bill Wagner

Bermudagrass
Variation is
Emphasized at Poa
Annua Seminar
A special seminar was held for golf
course superintendents at the Poa
Annua. Dr. Phil Busey, Turfgrass
Breeder at the University of Florida,
led a half-day seminar on "Bermudagrass Variation." There were 36
registrants for this course. The entire
scope of biological variation in grasses
was covered, from the principles of
mutation and evolution, to practical
cultivar identification and protection of
variety purity.
For many years there has been concern about the appearance of contamination on golf course greens.
Spots of bermudagrass have been
shown to occur which are genetically
different. In some cases, mutations
have been proposed as an explanation.
Disease and environmental factors are
also involved. The contaminants
behave differently at certain times of
the year. Some bermudagrass variations do not discolor equally in the fall,
and other genetic variations on greens
are more prone to a pathological
yellowing that occurs in wet summers
in Florida. In other cases, contaminant
bermudagrasses may be superior to
the authentic varieties. Tifdwarf bermudagrass was believed to have occurred as a mutation in 'Tifgreen'
(Tifton-328). As Dr. Busey explained,
the basic knowledge of variety mixing
was outlined by Mr. James B. 'Monty'
Moncrief, in the mid-1970's. As Mr.
Moncrief described in the USGA
Green Section Record (Vol. 13, No. 6),
"A pure strain of bermudagrass is first
the responsibility of the researcher,
then the sod grower, and finally the
turfgrass manager. The researcher has
a long, tedious job in selecting strains
of turfgrasses. He has to keep close
surveillance while evaluating the
merits of each grass for a particular
use. There is constant roguing of
cultivars and foreign bermudagrasses
from research plots. Any strain of bermudagrass to be released has had
several years of testing and has been
cleared through State and Federal
agencies before it is released.
Mr. Moncrief continued in his
publication, "Light, chlorotic areas
appearing in the greens have caused
considerable concern across the South.
Many soil samples have been taken
from these areas and a complex problem exists causing the grass to have
the chlorotic appearance. Usually
diseases and nematodes cause the
grass to be in a weak condition and
off-color.

'There is one way;" said Dr. Busey,
"of knowing with certainty that you
have a particular bermudagrass. This
is to be able to trace an unbroken line
of accountability back to the source
breeder stock."
Representatives of two commercial
grassing firms confirmed this comment. Mr. Chip Powell, of Southern
Turf Nurseries, enumerated the
various points of contamination which
could occur during bermudagrass production, distribution and maintenance.
He emphasized the standard specifications that he believed were necessary
in order to ensure uniformity of
greens. Copies of the Georgia Crop
Improvement Association Certification
Standards were distributed. New
varieties being released from Tifton,
Georgia, and Beltsville, Maryland,
may only be produced as certified turfgrass, and there is currently no Florida
certification program.
Mr. Rod Davis, of Central Florida
Turf, reinforced Mr. Powell's comments on the subject of procedures to
ensure pure planting stock. As a
member of the Board of Directors of
the newly formed Turfgrass Producers
Association of Florida, Mr. Davis is
interested in establishing high standards of quality for turfgrass
production.
A lively discussion took place on the
subject of field conditions at the time
of sprig harvesting. Several golf course
superintendents stated a preference
for mowing sprig fields at greens
height prior to harvesting. In this manner, they said, genetic contamination
would be more easily noticed. Bermudagrass production representatives
said that this would greatly increase
the cost of sprigs. A compromise solution was proposed by Mr. Clint
Smallridge, of Royal Poinciana Golf
Club. He suggested that a representative strip (or strips) of the production
area might be mowed at greens height,
as a means of better diagnosing the
turfgrass uniformity.
Dr. Busey concluded the seminar by
pointing out some researchable areas,
not only on bermudagrass variety identification, but in the development of
new improved types for Florida golf
courses. "I am afraid that the well of
knowledge is drying up," he said.
"Very little performance data has been
published since Juska and Hanson's
1964 report. Other than the excellent
work on identification by Dr. Jeff
Krans at Mississippi State University,
we have learned little since Dr. Bill
Thompson's 1964 thesis at the University of Florida. As far as the development of new cultivars, the performance of some new cultivars and
cultivar candidates has been
disappointing.

Bermuda Grass
Decline
The current status of the Bermudagrass Decline Investigations are being
conducted by Ed Freeman and myself.
As we have reported earlier, a brown
fungus has been repeatedly found on
the roots of bermudagrass turf that
had symptoms of the 'Decline'. Under
a microscope the fungus appears as
thick, light brown fungal strands
(hyphae) and thin, dark brown fungal
strands. Spores and/or fruiting bodies
which were necessary to identify this
possible pathogen were not found on
the bermudagrass samples sent into
the laboratory for diagnosis.
The lack of identifiable fungal
features does occasionally occur when
diagnosing fungal plant pathogens on
plant parts such as roots or leaves.
Normally the fungus is placed on a
special agar growth media in a petri
dish, and in a few days identifiable
features grow-out. However, this did
not occur with the brown fungus we
found. For the last 18 months various
growing media, temperatures, light
levels, air and moisture conditions
were used to get the fungus to develop
spores and fruiting bodies for a
positive identification.
Just recently one petri dish
developed spores. Initially this was
thought to be a contaminate, because
nothing had developed in all this time.
But after re-isolation of the fungus and
microscopic examination, the brown
fungus finally yielded identifiable
structures!
The taxonomic features of the
spores and fruiting structures indicate
that the brown fungus is Phialophora
spp. This is the imperfect (asexual)
stage of one of the Gaeumannomyces
fungi species. Further research is
being conducted to determine the exact species of the fungus. Phialophora
spp. is weak pathogen on grass,
cereals, corn and has recently been
reported on Kentucky bluegrass.
There are reports of this pathogen
causing damage in England, Canada
and Australia. Other published information on Phialophora indicates it is a
fungi that grows best at high
temperatures, such as we have here in
Florida in August and September.
Based on the identification of the
fungus, and published literature about
the fungus, our previous recommendations for cultural control appear to be
sound. Keep the bermudagrass
healthy, growing, well aerified, and
'Decline' symptoms should be
minimal.
Sincerely yours,
Bruce J. Augustin
Extension Turf & Water Specialist

Minutes of Publications
Committee Meeting May 18, 1985 - Naples
Beach & Golf Club 8:45 a.m.
Present: Tom Burrows, Marie
Roberts, Don Delaney, Reed
LeFebvre, Irene Jones, Dan Jones,
Mike Bailey.
1. MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
- TOM BURROWS
Total # of pages - 52.
1985 Membership Directory was
very well received. Hereafter the
publication will be the responsibility of
the FGCSA Vice President. The directory will be assembled by our secretary
and will be directly mailed to all
FGCSA dues-paying members no later
than January 15.
The following recommendations were made:
1. Add a cross reference at the
back of the directory to include:
1) an alphabetical list of all golf
courses represented, and
2) an alphabetical list of all
Superintendents
2. Keep the Directory the same
size; use a past cover from the
Florida Green to keep costs
down; leave a blank page between each chapter to be used to
add new members' addresses
and phone numbers; make all
ads be full page ads (1 between
each chapter); include phone
numbers of all members.
3. Directory will be mailed to each
paid member of the FGCSA by
bulk rate mail rather than to
each chapter.
4. Advertisers - Keep a central
theme, preferably fertilizers.
Additional information will be
included and an increased
amount of pages will cause ad
prices to increase.
5. Editor - To be edited annually
by the Vice President FGCSA.
6. Next Issue - The Membership
Directory will be mailed annually no later than January 1.
2. GREEN SHEET
Editor - Mike Bailey
Report for Vol. 1, Part IV
(May-June):
Total # of pages - 8
Two advertisers - lk page each @
$400/each
29 articles
Date deadlines set for remaining
year (see pg. 2 of Part IV)

Overall opinion - "Strang, received
adequate volume of information,
articles were pertinent, informative
and interesting." Use more photos.
Difficulties - need stronger chapter
responses from surveys.
Distribution - 1150 copies mailed
to 9 chapters by printer, an additional number of copies to be
mailed by Marie Roberts to
various media, IFAS, and others.
1. Don Delaney recommended that an
effort be made to generate more
enthusiasm on the part of the
chapter presidents or secretaries
when reading the monthly questionnaire at their local meetings. It
was suggested that a cover sheet
be sent out with the questionnaire
that would list guidelines and suggestions for encouraging participation by more members.
2. It was suggested that all minutes
of any Board Meetings should be
included in the Green Sheet.
Mike Bailey would have the option
of paraphrasing minutes to fit his
format.
3. It was pointed out that since the
Green Sheet is sent to all
members the local chapter
newsletters would not have to
reflect state business and could
concentrate only on their local
news. This would save the local
chapters time and money.
Florida Green: Dan and Irene
Jones have decided to stay on as
Editor and Secretary for the
Florida Green. It was suggested
that an additional person (the FGCSA
secretary) be trained to assist in handling the clerical side of the magazine
should an emergency arise. It was also
suggested that
FGCSA Board
Member should become familiar with
the particulars involved in running the
magazine. Therefore, Dan will come
up with a list of guidelines to show his
job sequences in getting the magazine
to print.
Circulation - A total of 2500 copies are
printed. Three issues of the magazine
go to over 700 golf courses operating
in Florida. One each to the Superintendent, the Professional, and the
Owner/Manager and nearly 200 are
sent out of state.
Format - We are still striving to accumulate a two issue reserve, to be
accomplished in 3 more issues which
would eliminate cash flow problems.
Magazine on schedule - The Spring
issue was in the mail the week of May
13 and was on schedule. Expect future
issues to follow suit.
The Executive Committee and Board
welcomed Dan back as Publisher Editor and that both he and Irene continue their good work.

Minutes of Board Meeting
— POA Classic — Naples
Beach & Golf Club —
May 18, 1985
Officers present were Tom Burrows,
Reed LeFebvre, Richard Blake and
Don Delaney.
Voting Delegate

Local Chapter

Chapter Dues Structure

Joe Ondo
Clint Smallridge
John Hayden
Steve Pearson
Les Brown
Gary Smither
Joe Snook
John Luper
John Chaney

Central Florida
Everglades
North Florida
Palm Beach
South Florida
Suncoast
Treasure Coast
West Coast
Gulf Coast-absent

$45.00*/$27.50**
$30.00
$35.00
$30.00
$50.00*/$30.00**
$35.00
$45.00*/$25.00**
$30.00l*/$10.00**

* Superintendent

* Assistant Superintendent

Other FGCSA members present
were Dan Jones, Joel Jackson, Dan
Hall, Jr., Bill Wagner, Jim Larner,
Larry Livingston, David Lottes and
Mike Bailey. Marie Roberts and Irene
Jones were also present.
Minutes of the previous Board
Meeting, held in Orlando on March 14,
were ready by Dick Blake. The
minutes were approved by Don
Delaney.
The treasurers report was read
by Dick Blake.
The Financial Statement listed
all income and expenses between
October, 1984 and May, 1985. In the
future we will have a quarterly Financial Statement broken down into
categories available before every
Board Meeting. NOTE: Our current
Financial Statement is included with
these minutes.
Florida Green - Report was given
by Dan Jones. He distributed their current Financial Statement which shows
a net worth of $13,868 but also shows a
cash flow problem with only $106.71
Cash on Hand. It is his goal to accumulate a needed Reserve of $20,000; he
expects to reach this goal next April.
Total amount of advertising sold for
Winter issue was $16,000. The
balance of the Accounts Receivable
includes $5,000 outstanding from the
Spring '85 issue.
Dan distributed copies of the freshly
printed Spring issue. A discussion
followed covering the many articles
and items of interest in the issue. Mention was made of the advertiser's
insert that was included with the
magazine. Dan asked that more pictures be sent in (3 x 5 black and white).
The publisher is adding a "Letters to
the Editor" column. It was noted that
the color prints used in the Bermuda
Grass Decline article were donated by
U of F at a savings of $500 - $600.
The Summer '85 issue will feature
the FTGA. The Fall '85 issue will be
featuring the GCSAA Conference in
San Francisco.
A

Job Referral:
Dan Hall reviewed his ideas for the
Job Referral Service as outlined in his
memo (copy of which was sent out
with Poa Agenda). He stressed that it
would have to be a totally unbiased
service. He has asked 5 qualified people to serve on this Committee but has
been turned down. A motion was made
to approve the Job Referral Committee. It was approved as "The formation of a Job Referral Committee
was approved. It was charged
with the job of coming up with
acceptable guidelines for a Job
Referral Service to be run
through the FGCSA."
Dan Hall will write to USGA, NGF,
FSGA and PGA to suggest that they
enter into a reciprocal arrangement
with the FGCSA.
Dan also discussed the MidContinent Event which he feels will
hurt the FTGA show.
Jimmy Blackledge Award Clint Smallridge suggested calling
Ralph White to help locate a member
of the family to accept the award.
Advisory Committee - A discussion was held concerning inviting people to serve on an Advisory Committee. This was a request from members
of IFAS. It was decided that Reed
LeFebvre would write letters to the
two individuals mentioned inviting
them to participate as Advisory
members for the coming year.
FTGA Affairs - Clint Smallridge
gave a report on research funds. Since
the FTGA has a restriction on using
money for capital expenditures, he
suggested that the FGCSA could supply that portion of the money so as not
to lose an entire grant. A further
report was given regarding Bermudagrass Decline. The FGCSA has
no current obligation to any one particular study.
Gulf Coast Superintendents
Association - Reed LeFebvre gave
an update on John Chaney's efforts to
reorganize the chapter. Reed feels that
it will probably go.
Education - John Luper reminded
everyone that the seminar would begin
at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow on Bermudagrass Identification and would be V2
credit. At the August Crowfoot Open
there will be an additional V2 day
seminar on "Right to Know" which
will be pertinent to all those who deal
with pesticides. It will describe potential problems from the labor standpoint. The seminar will probably be
accredited by GCSAA. John stressed
that it is important that the seminars
offered must be consistent with long
range goals. Superintendents must be
aware that there are certain required
credits that must be taken in addition
to the elective credits that are offered.

Budget
Then began a lengthy discussion
concerning the budget and the dues
increase that is necessary for next
year. The South Florida chapter feels
that a dues increase will cut their local
membership; the local chapters will
suffer the consequences. They are not
opposed to the concept but feel they
cannot afford to lose any members.
They have 9 Superintendents in the
South Florida area who are nonmembers.
Dan Hall, Everglades, feels that
their chapter will accept a $25 figure.
Suncoast is a fairly young, relatively
small chapter. They feel that some
expenses were not justifiable and
could not support an increase. They
also feel they need to keep the
members they have.
Reed LeFebvre discussed the cost
structure of other organizations
(FTGA and GCSAA) with the "What
Do We Get" approach that is prevalent
today. He summarized by saying that
the state FGCSA is the only organization that is totally concerned with the
Superintendent and it is also the
organization with the lowest cost. In
order for the FGCSA to function, it has
to be run as a business, not just
volunteers. Many clubs have knowingly or unknowingly underwritten the
expenses of the FGCSA (xeroxing,
secretarial services, telephone, etc.)
but now it is time for the state to
become professional and pay their own
way. This will be realized with a dues
increase.
Tom Burrows discussed South
Florida's suggestion of "Greater
quality, less quantity." The South
Florida chapter believes that some projects, like the Job Referral Committee,
are very worthwhile and should be pursued further but feel that there are
other projects that should not be
undertaken unless we could do a good
job with them. For instance, they feel
that the Membership Committee
should be handled on a local level
rather than a state level. It was their
suggestion that other money raising
schemes should be used to build up the
treasury rather than a dues increase.
Scholarship/Research - Steve
Pearson read a letter on Bermudagrass
Decline which will be in the next issue
of the Florida Green as a continuation of the current article.
Legal - Bill Wagner stated that the
FGCSA does file every year as a Corporation. He strongly advised that the
FGCSA hire an attorney and a CPA to
decide our obligations to the IRS. He
stressed that this has been put off too
long and must be done as soon as
possible. All were in agreement.

Florida Golf Day - Kevin Downing's letter regarding the proceeds to
date of this year's Florida Golf Day
was read. We will have a more complete report when all returns are in.
Golf - Joe Ondo led a discussion on
the necessity of USGA Handicaps.
Green Sheet - Mike Bailey
reported that the May-June issue was
out and that June 14 is the deadline for
the next issue.
Membership Recruitment - Les
Brown led a discussion questioning
why certain Superintendents are not
members of the FGCSA. It was mentioned that there are some Superintendents who do not meet the requirements to become a member. He
suggested that we consider including
an application for admission in the
Green Sheet. It was also mentioned
that the External Vice Presidents
should include an up-to-date membership list with current phone numbers
of their members when paying their
state dues. This information would be
used for the M e m b e r s h i p
Directory.
Don Delaney gave a report on the
curriculum of Lake City Community
College's Golf and Landscape program. An applicant must have at least
one year's experience to be accepted in
the program. They will provide a
Mechanics Program beginning in the
Fall of 1986.
Gary Smither reported on the
Florida Scramble for Junior Golf and
Research.
Bill Wagner reported that all money
given to FTGA Research is now going
directly to that research.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:45
p.m.

IFAS Equipment
Request
In response to your request about
turf program needs, the following
items are equipment that Phil Busey
and myself need to conduct our turf
research program:
1. Topdresser, Mete-R-Matic, or
similar.
2. Red Rider or similar utility
vehicle.
3. Riding Rotary Mower, 60"
width.
Any help you and the
Superintendents Chapter could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Bruce J. Augustin
Extension Turf & Water Specialist

Florida Golf Day
Summary
Our second year sponsoring Florida
Golf Day generated interest from
various locations throughout the state.
Approximately forty clubs or associations were able to schedule an event to
promote golf turf research and to also
recognize the professional standards
that are retained in the field of golf
course management.
Many clubs used this time to display
and educate the members about the
intricacies of our profession. At
Countryside Country Club in Clearwater, David Demery displayed information concerning current research
projects and focused on the control
methods used in the industry. At
Mariner Sands Country Club in Stuart,
Kevin Downing had a festive outing so
that the membership could get a
chance to review the maintenance
complex while feasting on hors
d'oeuvres and soft drinks. The entire
golf maintenance staff participated in
the collection of donations on par three
holes and it turned out to be quite
enjoyable for the members and
employees alike since they were able
to converse on more suitable terms
rather than over the roar of an engine.
The financial contributions have
reached a total of approximately
twelve thousand dollars. This figure is
a little less than last year's total and it
reflects the margin that was accumulated from the two large scale tournaments that were held in 1984. The
Palm Beach Chapter just recently held
their Future of Golf Tournament and
their donation will project the
statewide total upwards.
The overall participation is a little
disappointing but we feel confident
that the concept will continue to
"catch fire" in the upcoming years. It
is important that we need to continue
to stimulate the theory of Florida Golf
Day amongst golf superintendents,
professionals and members to encourage participation. If everyone would
just give this event a little assistance it
could turn into a tremendously successful fund raiser and public relations
tool. These donations would help to
establish pertinent research projects
for our problems and could help
originate a network of product evaluation studies.
Thank you letters have been sent to
all clubs that got involved and we
express our sincere thanks.
Remember, next year make your plans
to give back something to the game
that you and your golfers enjoy so
much.

The Future of Golf
Tournament

FTGA Sponsor A
Member Drive

On May 11th the Palm Beach
Chapter Golf Course Superintendents'
Association held its fourth annual
"Future of Golf" Tournament to raise
money for turf research and junior golf
programs. Once again, the beautiful
Golf and Racquet Club at Eastpointe
hosted the event, as they have done for
all the "Future of Golf" Tournaments
since its inception in 1982.
Tournament Chairman and course
superintendent Gary Grump had the
golf course in flawless playing condition, and Director of Golf Bob
Komarinetz and Head Golf Professional Don Schultz perfectly orchestrated the event's proceedings.
The format was a 4-man scramble,
and the winning team of Fred Klauk,
Larry Mueller, Kerry Schwencke, and
Dave Craft posted a superb effort of
16-under par. Each man received a
beautiful plaque and a gift certificate
for $60. Close behind at 15-under was
the team of Kevin Downing, Mike
LeFebre, Rusty Carr, and Mark
Jarrell.
Following the tournament, the
players enjoyed a sumptuous buffet
dinner where numerous door prizes
were given away in addition to the
prizes awarded to the top 8 teams.
Nearly everyone left with a prize, and
all left with good feelings about the
tournament and its purpose. All the
proceeds from this tournament are put
back into the game of golf through programs doing research on the problems
that plague our golf courses and
through junior golf programs which
help ensure that the future of golf is,
indeed, bright.
This year over $6,000 was netted to
donate to these various organizations.
This brings the total to over $22,000
that the Palm Beach GCSA has
donated for turf research and junior
golf through the "Future of Golf"
Tournaments since 1982.
Special thanks are due the many
area merchants and golf course suppliers who purchased sponsor signs at
$100 each to make this tournament a
success, the area golf clubs who
donated merchandise for door prizes,
and to the members and staff at The
Golf and Racquet Club and Eastpointe
for the use of their outstanding facility
and their hard work in hosting this
event.

The FTGA, in its efforts to increase
membership and attract the largest
attendance at the annual Conference
and Show, is promoting a new
membership drive with a direct benefit
to YOU: Free registration at the
Conference!
Here's how it works!
As a member, just sign up 5 new
members to FTGA in the categories of
active, associate, and affiliate memberships. Student memberships do not
count. When you have all 5 members
and when we've received their paid in
full memberships, both you and your 5
sponsored members will attend the
1985 Conference and Show in Tampa
with all registration fees waived!
Help yourself to a substantial savings at registration while at the same
time helping FTGA in its goals: attaining new members and increasing
attendance at the largest Conference
and Show in the Southeast.

Turf-Grass to
Turf Grass
The Turfgrass portion of the name
has been changed to eliminate the
hyphen. The Board of Directors can
and has done so for the research foundation and for legal reasons.
Sincerely,
Bill Wagner

FGCSA Education
The 1985 Crowfoot Open will
have a half day seminar Sunday morning, August 4th. The topic will be
"Florida's Right to Know Law" and
other legal situations pertinent to Golf
Course Superintendents. The program
will be presented by the 4'Employers
Association of Florida." Those interested in more details get in touch with
your external VP or with Larry
Kamphaus or John Luper.

New Members
Central Florida
Ted Daum, Mayfair G.C., Supt. A;
Mike Martin, Water Oak G.C., Supt. A;
Dick Medford (A) & Warren Lastinger
(A), Daytona Beach G & CC;
Win Yount, Suntree, B;
Matt Shook, Wheeler Fertilizer, G;
Mark Neufeld, Joyce Environmental, G

Change of Positions

Job Openings:

Mr. Tim Hiers, formerly the Golf
Course Superintendent of Quail Ridge
C.C. in Boynton Beach, has taken upon
the Superintendents position at John's
Island in Vero Beach.
Because of Tim's new responsibilities to his club, he has stepped
down as the editor of the Florida
Green, whereupon Mr. Dan Jones will
continue to be the editor.
Mr. Dick Blake, previously G.C.
Supt. at Card Sound G.C. at North Key
Largo, is now the G.C. Supt. at Quail
Ridge.
Because of Dick's relocation to the
Palm Beach chapter, Mr. Bill McKee
has been appointed Vice-President of
the South Florida chapter.
Bud Nolder has been appointed
Director to the South Florida chapter.
Mr. Lee VanValkenburg, previously
the Assistant at John's Island, has
been promoted to the G.C. Supt. at
Card Sound G.C.
Mr. Robert Hewgley, former Assistant at Cocoa Beach, is now the G.C.
Supt. at Winter Park C.C.
Charlie Hubbs went to Hollywood
Lakes C.C. as Supt.
Joe Pantaleo left Greynolds G.C.,
went to Key Biscayne G.C. as Supt.
Mike Dmytriw left Palmetto G.C.,
went to Greynolds G.C. as Supt.
Jim Walker left Briar Bay G.C.,
went to Palmetto G.C. as Supt.
Mr. Stuart Leventhal has changed
G.C. Supt. position from Rolling Hills
in Altamonte Springs to Interlachen in
Winter Park.
Mr. Lou Oxnevad is the new Director of Golf Course Operations at the
Breakers in Palm Beach, replacing Mr.
Joe Inman.

Superintendent, Palmetto Golf Course,
South Miami, 18 hole municipal golf
course. Send resumes to Alan Weitzel,
9300 S.W. 152 St., Miami, FL 33157,
Phone: 305-257-1631. Salary range
$24,517 - $31,184.

Commercial News
Mr. Dick Gray, previously with
Scotts Fertilizer, has taken upon the
position as fertilizer Sales Representative for LESCO.
During the interim for replacement,
Mike Chinich, the Southeastern
Regional Sales Manager, can be of
assistance for help or questions at:
3023 Woodbine Ave., Florence, South
Carolina 29501, Phone: (803) 655-9107
or (513) 644-0011, Ext. 2407.
Mr. Jerry Mills, previously with
LESCO, has changed positions to now
be the new Sales Representative with
Mac's Lawn & Turf Equipment in
Miami.
Mr. Jimmy Orr has resigned as
Technical Sales Representative for
Woodbury Chemical Co., whereupon
Mr. Russ Mitchell is the new
Technical Representative.

Assistant Supt., Spruce Creek C.C.,
Gary Morgan, Supt., 275 Brandy Hill
Dr., Port Orange, FL 32019.

Looking for work:
Christopher McRae, Lake City grad
and previous golf course exp., 51 St.
Margaret Rd., Lake City, FL 32055.
Kevin A. Scott, Lake City grad with
previous golf course exp., Rt. 10,
Box 492, Lake City, FL 32055.
Donald Zeffer, U of Fla. grad Ornamental Horticulture and golf course
exp., 19-0147 Hume East, U of Fla.,
Gainesville, FL 32612.
LOOKING FOR ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT POSITION
Jeff Roach, 1021 Broward St.,
Lantana, FL 33462, Phone: 585-8834
or 433-1526.

Used Equipment For
Sale:
MARINER SANDS (Contact Kevin
Downing, 305-283-7500, Ext. 210)
1 Lawn Genie 72" (LIKE NEW)
Sweeper/Flail Mower - $1500
1 Cushman Greensaver (LIKE NEW)
Aerifier - $1000
1 Smithco 300 Gallon Tank 5 HP
(NEEDS WORK) - $300

New Sprigs
Judy and David Miller had an 8 lb., 9 oz.
junior fertilizer salesman named Justin
David Miller. Congratulations. David says
nobody gets any strokes at the next
match. Baby needs a new pair of shoes!
Congratulations to Tom Howell and his
wife on the birth of their baby boy,
Jeffery Thomas.

Condolences:
South Florida is sad to announce the
passing of Bob Gerhart who died
May 19, 1985. Bob had been a
member of the South Florida
Association for 16 years. Our condolences to Bob's family. He will
surely be missed by his friends in the
Association.

Are You Receiving The
Florida Green?
Irene Jones, Secretary for THE
FLORIDA GREEN Magazine, is in
the process of updating the mailing
list. Each golf course in the state
receives three copies - one for the
superintendent, pro and manager. If
your course is not receiving THE
FLORIDA GREEN, please send your
club's correct mailing address to P.O.
Box 5958, Lake Worth, FL 33466.
Don't miss out on this valuable source
of information.

F.G.C.S.A. Dues
Increase
The Board of Directors of the
F.G.C.S.A. voted upon and approved a
$30.00 dues increase for the 1986
budget. The association, until now, has
predominantly been operating on a
good-will donation basis. Each
member usually expenses their operation via their employer. This obviously
has not been correct. We are a
legitimate business and should operate
as such. The party is over! If we are to
continue to strive towards professionalism, then we must also operate
our business like professionals. The
FGCSA 1986 budget is very thorough,
efficient and effective. I believe the
association has made noticeable strides
towards upgrading the golf course
superintendents image, especially in
Florida. With the proposed new dues
increase we will become even more
effective.
My intent of becoming Communications Committee Chairman and Editor
of the Green Sheet was solely for the
reason of wanting to become even
more active and to show my part of
trying to help upgrading our image.
I use to consider myself just like Mr.
John Q. Superintendent. I heard about
all the stuff the state does for me, but
just how can they really help me. Now
that I am on a committee and I attend
those long 8 hour state board
meetings, I have come to realize the
state association is very active, very
strong and very beneficial to me. The
purpose of creating the Green Sheet
was to pour out the wealth of
knowledge that everyone is working so
diligently for our benefit. Now that our
future appears even brighter, because
we will not have to be hiding and
operate at the expense of our respective employers, we will have the
freedom to operate like a real business
and progress onwards like
professionals.
Commentary
Mike Bailey

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