The FGCSA rented out
the entire Hard Rock
Cafe in Atlanta for this
year's GCSAA Reception. The staff at the
Hard Rock called it the
Best Private Party they
had ever had. Most of
the 700 attendees will
agree!
See page 7 for details
and the list of sponsors
who made this popular
event a reality.

Upcoming Events

Mar. 6

Ridge Invitational,
The Club at Eaglebrooke

Mar. 21

PBGCSA Chapter Meeting,
Aberdeen CC

Apr. 27

PBGCSA chapter meeting,
Broken Sound Club

Mar. 8

Seven Rivers GCSA Vendor
Appreciation Day, Chiefland

Mar. 23

SFGCSA Exposition UF Fort
Lauderdale REC (See page 6)

May 4
-7

Mar. 9

Calusa GCSA chapter meeting, Mar. 25
Edison College, Fort Myers

Everglades GCSA event,
Naples Princess

Everglades GCSA Poa Annua
Weekend, Naples Beach Hotel
(See page 6 for details)

May 4

Mar. 13

North Florida Research
Tournament, Pablo Creek CC

Apr. 6

Treasure Coast GCSA
dinner meeting, PGA

FGCSA Board Meeting and
Past Presidents Dinner

May 5

Mar. 14

Coastal Plains GCSA meeting,
Hilaman Park Municipal,
Education: PDI Training

Apr. 6

Everglades Spring Symposium
Naples Beach Club (See pg 6)

FGCSA Seminar, 8:00 a.m.,"Time
Management," Dr. Bree Hayes,
Naples Beach Hotel (See pg. 6)

Apr. 10

Mike Richards Tournament,
Jacksonville G&CC

May 9

North Florida GCSA chapter
meeting, Cimarrone GC

June 8

Everglades GCSA joint meeting
with CMA, Lexington CC

Mar. 15

Central Florida GCSA meeting,
Red Tail CC

Mar. 16

Treasure Coast GCSA
meeting, Links at Pointe West

Mar. 21

Florida West Coast GCSA
Benevolent Tournament,
Wentworth GC

April 17 Seven Rivers GCSA Envirotron
Tournament, World Woods

June 15
April 26 TCGCSA/GCSAA Regional
Seminars, Dr. Keith Karnok,
2 half-day programs, PGA, Port Sept. 12
-15
St. Lucie (See page 6)

Treasure Coast GCSA Blue Pearl
Tournament
FTGA Conference & Show,
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point

I

President's Message

President s Message
Craig Weyandt
The Golf Industry Show in Atlanta met
all of my expectations and some
beyond. While I only took one class
this year, it was a good one (Developing
an IPM program for your golf course).
IPM is the integration of knowledge and
cultural management systems that focus
on long term environmental health, for
the suppression of pest problems with
minimum impact on human health, the
environment and non-target organisms.
It is a program that is never finished and
always changing so that the best
management solutions are used. I
thought I was doing pretty well until I
took this class. Sometime we all have
to be reminded just how little we really
know. If you donit have a good IPM
program now, start one. GCSAAhas
many resources that you can use to start
a program.

was chairman for this event and the one
responsible for coming up with the
unique idea of having the event at some
place other than a hotel banquet room.
Many thanks Paul. While this format
has been done before it has been many
years. All of the superintendents and
most importantly the vendors that
sponsored this event seemed most
pleased with the accommodations,
food and service. I would also like to
thank the board members that were
there for their hard work to make this
great event a success.
During the reception the FGCSAboard
raises money through raffle tickets for
the benevolent fund. The winner
receives a cash prize of $500.00. The
winning ticket this year was Ray Duffy
(Dow Environmental Sciences) who
generously donated the funds back to
the FGCSA benevolent fund. Thank
you Ray.

One of my goals in attending the GIS
One of the high points of the show for show each year is to get a new outlook
me was the Florida GCSA Reception and sense of direction. Recharge the
at the Hard Rock Caffi. Paul Crawford batteries if you will. Normally this is

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Craig Weyandt
accomplished at the GCSAA opening
session or some other event. This year
my motivation comes from the
enthusiasm of the new turf grass breeder
at the University of Florida, Dr. Kevin
Kenworthy. Dr. Kenworthy is looking
for industry support and input from
superintendents like you to make the
turfgrass breeding program at the
University of Florida one that all others
follow. If you get a chance, give him a
call at 352-392-1823 x 201 and let him
know your needs for the turfgrass of
the future.

FGCSA Board Meeting
to be held May 4th
The FGCSA Spring Board Meeting will
be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May
4th at the Naples Beach Hotel. All
Chapter Presidents are encouraged to
attend the board meeting with their
External Vice President. FGCSA Past
Presidents are also encouraged to
attend.

Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C.?
by Joel Jackson
1. Government Relations: Methyl Bromide
n Following the GCSAA Winter Board
Meeting, a meeting on Methyl Bromide was
set up at the recent GIS in Atlanta. In
attendance were: FGCSA- Matt Taylor, Tim
Hiers, Darren Davis and Joel Jackson.
GCSAA - CEO Steve Mona, Senior Manager
of Government Relations Carrie Riordan,
Managing Director Hannes Combest,
GCSAA President Sean Hoolehan, Director
of Environmental Resources Greg Lyman,
Director of Research Dr. Clark Throssel and
Director Bob Randquist. Also attending was
Bob Collins, Chairman of the GCSAA
Committee on Government Relations, Dr.
Brian Unruh and from Hendrix & Dail n Gene
Aust, Roger Rhuby and Steve Godbehere.
The meeting was convened to find a way to
move forward with another Critical Use
Exemption application for golf courses.
A Task Group will be formed to work on the
application and to solve the question of how
to respond to EPAis two points in refusing
to forward the FGCSA application this year.
(1) We must absolutely demonstrate the
alternatives are not feasible and (2) We will
need to also demonstrate a significant market
disruption if Methyl Bromide (or an
acceptable alternative) is not available.
Golf does not fit a neat crop yield/loss
formula so we will have to present a clear
fact based explanation of the many ways
golf courses will spend more money on
inputs, lose revenue to better conditioned
competition and a variety of grow-in
scenarios to link them all together to
constitute financial loss or hardship. When
the proceedings of the meeting are officially
released I will report the outcomes of the
various key points and goals and who will
do what. Suffice it to say that some sort of
economic study will be done and will need
supportive input from golf courses when
called for, so be prepared to share
information. Dr. Unruh will be the point man
on the project due to his extensive work on
alternative products.
We appreciate the GCSAA for putting their
full support behind this effort to help the
EPA and USD A recognize the importance of
Methyl Bromide to the turfgrass industry.

Please be sure to put your full support into performance of your turfgrass. Save money
the project if and when you or your club is and reduce inputs.
called to provide critical data. Thank you.
2. Allied Associations: GCSAA: We have
Arsenic: It wouldnit be a DOC report if we always acknowledged that the primary
didnit at least mention arsenic. This time reason for attending the national conference
however there is some good news. Letis and GIS has been about continuing
hope it is something we can use to defuse education. From that standpoint the show
the wave of negative news stories. Pardon in Atlanta was successful with 7,229
me if I withhold all details, but unlike the attendees in 107 seminars. That number is
media, lid like to see the report firsthand down only slightly from 7,329 in Orlando
before I get specific. I had a call from a and given the nature of having to relocate
superintendent who said the city the show twice, thatis pretty darn good. The
commissioned an environmental last I heard on total numbers it was coming
engineering company out of Missouri to in below 20,000, so thatis not a stat that will
test his effluent monitoring well samples. be showcased, but again understandable
While the arsenic level (21 micrograms/liter) under the circumstances.
was above the Florida threshold level of 10
micrograms, the interesting comment on the Congratulations to a couple of our FGCSA
preliminary report was that they did not Members who were recognized by GCSAA
conclude that the arsenic was from MSMA. as Environmental Leaders as Jason Kubel
We are waiting for the final report to study (A) from TPC of Tampa Bay won an award
their data and comments. We will definitely in the Chapter Division for Public Courses
keep you posted.
and Bob Karnes (A) of Disney World won a
Merit Award in the Resort Category. The
Fertilizers: Citrus County and the City of Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards are
Naples have recently gotten their knickers presented in cooperation by GCSAA, Golf
in a twist and started saying things like Digest Magazine and Syngenta.
banning soluble fertilizers and mandating
isaferi fertilizers, once again showing that In other news, the two candidates Sandy
a little emotion goes a long way. Fortunately Queen and Pat Finlen that we supported for
cooler heads in the form of Dr. Laurie Director won their seats on the Board. It
Trenholm at a Citrus County meeting and was a shame anyone had to lose this year.
Tim Hiers in a meeting with local officials Everyone including the incumbents were all
have offered factual information and good candidates.
indicated our willingness to help any efforts
that are based on peer reviewed science and I met with two gentlemen from Australia with
practical real world products. There is tons the Orica Company, which specializes in
of information out there but it never seems water quality issues, especially in
to occur to the politicians or staff to seek it agriculture. They were looking for general
out before inserting foot in mouth. So we information about Florida golf issues. They
are going to work on ways to get them the develop products which help clean up
info up front. I will be attending a Fertilizer contaminated water and soils and are
BMP meeting in Tampa hosted by the looking to debut a product that can
Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical neutralize organo-phosphate residues in
Association, and I see RISE (Responsible spray tanks, mix/load soils and any other
Industry for a Safe Environment is also impacted location. Keep your eye out for
mounting a campaign to help end users to products from Landguard.
get the word out on the local level.
3. Education: Tons of education out there
In the meantime, review your nutrient to meet your PDI requirements.
programs and the use of buffers around GCSAA Webcasts n check schedule online
water bodies. Check your phosphorus usage at www.gcsaa.org
and see if you canit cut back, based on soil March 2 n IFAS Turf Management Update,
tests of course, and maybe reducing the Manatee Civic Center
frequency of applications. Donit go by the March 23 n South Florida Turf Expo
calendar. Go by the appearance and April 6 n Everglades Spring Symposium
nd

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th

The Winter 2006 meeting of the FGCSA
Board of Directors was called to order by
President Craig Weyandt at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 20th at the Grand Cypress Villas Clubhouse in Orlando.
All officers were present and all chapters
were represented. Others attending the
meeting were Mike Goldie, FGCSA lobbyist;
Joel Jackson - Florida Green editor; Greg
Pheneger, Past President and Marie Roberts,
Association Manager.
Mike Goldie gave a report on the recent
Florida legislative session. He discussed
plans for the next Tallahassee trip and suggested the middle of March. He also mentioned that there are currently no hot golf
issues scheduled for debate. He also discussed the Florida Sod Growers and the Ag
Coalition.

lars available especially since the FGCSA has
committed to co-funding 4 - 5 new projects
this coming year. GCSAA results will be
available in February. Matt Taylor noted
that the Everglades chapter has put a line
item for a Voluntary Contribution to Research
on their dues invoices for all of their chapter
members, superintendents and affiliates.
Matt will send a copy of their dues invoice
to all Externals to consider using in their
chapter when they send their invoices out
this year.

ted by E. Buss. Grant request is $ 13,900 for
a one year study.
(4) iRoot-Knot Nematodes on Turf in
Florida,! submitted by W. Crow. Grant request is $20,800 for a two year study.
Craig expressed his disappointment in the
number of letters of support that were sent
to the GCSAA for these projects.
A discussion was held regarding Kevin
Kenworthy from the UF. Craig will contact
Kevin in regard to applied research and the
role of a turf breeder in Florida. He also reported that Dr. Crow is looking for letters of
support for his proposal to the USDA. Dr.
Crow is not requesting any financial help
from the FGCSA but it looking for verbal
support only.

VOTING DELEGATE: Dale Kuehner,
FGCSA Voting Delegate, reported that the
combined Florida voting strength has risen
from 638 last year to 674 this year. After a
discussion of each of the GCSAA candidates,
Dale told the board that at this point he is
planning on supporting Pat Finlen and
Sanford Quinn. Local chapters need to contact Dale to let him know if they prefer to Matt Taylor, President of the Florida
Greg Kriesch presented the minutes from the have their votes go to another candidate. Turfgrass Assocation, made a presentation
Fall 2005 Board Meeting. The minutes were
to the FGCSA to co-fund an additional
approved.
RESEARCH: Craig Weyandt reported that project with the FTGA. The project was
the FGCSA is sending a $3,500 check to submitted to the FGCSA at our Spring Board
STRATEGIC PLANMNGCOMMTITEES: Bruce Witt to help co-fund his study to pre- Meeting but no action was taken on fundJim Walker, Membership Chairman, gave an pare a cultural diversity training model for ing the project at that time. The project is to
intensive report with suggestions on how use on golf courses. The funding is being fund an Assistantship at the new Rapid
the state and the local chapters may begin shared by the CMA, FTGA and FGCSA. Turfgrass Disease Diagnostic Lab in
programs to increase membership. Peter Bruce will be e mailing a survey to our Gainesville. The funding would be for one
Powell, Education Chairman, discussed the FGCSA members to complete on line. The year only, after which time Dr. Harmon feels
many opportunities superintendents have to survey will be brief and it is hoped that ev- the lab will be self supporting. Matt then
ensure they keep their Class A status or be- eryone will take the time to fill it out espe- presented a proposal where in return for our
come Certified with the GCSAA as well as cially since we are co-funding the project. support of this Diagnostic Lab in the amount
speaking on the Assistants Seminar and the
of $11,980.50, the FTGA will agree to conupcoming Poa seminar. Greg Pheneger, En- Craig then reported that he had attended the tribute $28,897 to the funding of the four provironmental Activists Chairman, asked all GCSAA Research Committee meeting where posals listed above. Matt presented the
External VPis to contact him with names of 34 proposals were evaluated for co-funding. FTGAis proposal as a Win-Win proposition.
any environmental groups active in their Results will be out next month. Craig rechapters so that we can develop a compre- minded everyone that even if one of our pro- DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS REhensive list. Matt Taylor and Joel Jackson, posals is not co-funded by the GCSAA, the PORT: Joel discussed the latest finding of
Publications, will meet with Larry Kieffer to FGCSA will fund the project. The proposals arsenic levels at a course in Collier County
discuss the future of the Florida Green.
that were forwarded to the GCSAA were:
and explained our involvement in the upcoming FFVAtour.
METHYL BROMIDE: Joel discussed the (1) iEvaluation of Soil Moisture and Evaporejected Critical Use Exemption returned from transpiration Irrigation Control to Reduce Joel then discussed the FGCSA website
the state. He reported that Bob Randquist Turfgrass Irrigation Water Use,î submitted which is still being serviced by Grigg Brothhad taken the issue to the GCSAA to find by M. Dukes and G. Miller. Grant request is ers. Joel is planning to become more inout why the GCSAA pulled their CUE. Craig $11,500 for a two year project.
volved in the workings of the web page and
Weyandt suggested that the UF be conwill have another report at the next board
tacted concerning a possible study on Me- (2) lField Evaluation of Bioherbicidal Con- meeting.
thyl Bromide.
trol of Tropical Signalgrass,î submitted by
C. Stiles and R. Charudattan. Grant request PUBLICATIONS: Joel reported on the winFINANCIAL REPORTS: The First Quarter is $23,094 for a two year project.
ners of the GCSAA Publications Contest with
financial statements were explained by Greg
the Carolinas receiving the top prize for both
Kriesch and approved. A discussion was (3) iThe Billbug Species Complex, Season- best publication as well as the most approved
held as to how to make more research dol- ality, and Management in Floridaî, submit- publication.

Marie Roberts reported that the 2006 Membership Directory has been sent to all members and sponsors. A discussion was held
on the cost savings to replace the current
spiral binding with a less expensive method,
such as perfect binding. There would be a
savings in printing and well as in postage
but the drawback would be the inconvenience of using another type of binding.
AWARDS: Chairman Chris Neff asked Externals to submit their chapteris nominations
for the 2006 FGCSA Distinguished Service
Award as soon as possible so that our officers can select the candidate within the next
month and notify the recipient so that the
presentation can be made at the Presidents
Dinner during the Poa Weekend in May.
Chapters are also encouraged to nominate
one of their chapter members for a Lifetime
Achievement Award. These awards are to
acknowledge one of your long-time superintendent members (20 years in the turfgrass
industry) who has contributed his time generously to the betterment of your chapter.
FGCSA will have a plaque made for your
chapter to present and the nominee will receive a write up in the Florida Green.

to the student chapter of the University of FTGA: Matt Taylor reported that the
FTGA has voted to fund Mike Goldie at
Florida turfgrass program.
$10,000/year. He also noted that some coThe Poa seminar will be a GCSAA SLS co- funding for the upcoming Conference will
sponsored program to be held on Friday be received from the Sod Growers and Sports
morning, May 5th, 2006 at the Naples Beach Turf Managers.
Hotel. The speaker will be Bree Hayes who
will speak on Time Management. The FGCSA GCSAA RECEPTION: All GCSAA memwill request that the Everglades chapter in- bers of the FGCSA have been asked to RSVP
sert the information on their Poa brochure for this yearis reception so that the Hard
Rock CafE can prepare properly for the crowd.
listing a $50.00 seminar fee.
A question was raised as to what should be
MEMBERSHIP: Chairman Jim Walker dis- done with a superintendent who arrives at
cussed the 50% decrease in the Assistant the reception without making a
Superintendent fee by the FGCSA which reservation....Should there be a fee attached
was meant to increase FGCSA membership for this inconvenience since the Hard Rock
in that category. He questioned if all chap- CafE will charge a premium for an overage
ters reduced their total fee for Assistants to on our guarantee? Should that person be
reflect that rate and whether this actually urged to make a contribution to the Benevoincreased membership. After a discussion, lent Fund? After a lengthy discussion, it
a motion was made to retain the reduced rate was decided not to impose a monetary fine.
of 50% for all Assistant Superintendents. The Sponsorship has been strong again this year
and the board expressed their appreciation.
motion was approved.
Jim then reported that 79 new superintendent members of the GCSAA are not currently listed as members of the FGCSA. The
names of these superintendents were reported to the GCSAA as non-members who
then do not fulfill the Dual Membership criterion. The GCSAA will send letters to these
superintendents advising them that they
must join a local chapter in order to retain
their GCSAA membership status.

The newly created Marie Roberts Lifetime
Achievement Award was discussed and
board members were advised that the recipients do not necessarilty have to be a superintendent but rather an individual who has
contributed greatly to the advancement of Jim reminded all Secretary/Treasurers to follow through on members who pay dues bethe FGCSA.
tween September and the end of the fiscal
BY LAWS: Mark Kann discussed the pos- year. All chapters are under an obligation
sibility of a ByLaw Amendment to change to report these members to the FGCSA as
ARTICLE I. Section 2 of our ByLaws to re- well as forward their dues payments so that
state the purpose of the FGCSA to be more they may be included on the FGCSA list.
in line with what was discussed at our May
Strategic Planning Meeting. The change is GOLF: The Florida team playing in the
actually very slight but Section 2 would be 2006 GCSAA Championship will be Bob
restated to: iThe mission of the Florida Golf Boyan (FGCSA Championship winner, Steve
Course Superintendents Association is to Bernard (Crowfoot Open winner), Stephen
promote the golf course management pro- Fox (Poa Classic winner), and Bob Harper,
fession and to unify golf course superinten- low average. Joe Ondo reported that the
number of golfers playing in the Tournament
dents in Florida.i
is down, but hopes to have more than one
EDUCATION: Peter Powell announced that team representing Florida in this event.
the next Assistant Superintendent Seminar
will be held at the Plantation Inn in Crystal FINANCE COMMITTEE: The Finance
River. The goal is to get at least 30 partici- Committee will look at the possibility of takpants from the surrounding areas. Brochures ing some additional funds out of the current
will be sent to all members in the West Coast Bank of America Reserve Account in order
GCSA as well as the Seven Rivers GCSA and to get a better rate of return.

Security at the door to the Hard Rock was
discussed. There is also a need for volunteers for the Benevolent Fund table as well
as the Entrance table from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Several Board Members volunteered their
time. Mike McCullough, Benevolent Fund
Chairman, discussed the need for a written
criterion for distributing funds from the Benevolent Fund.
NEW BUSINESS: Mike McCullough discussed the Florida Adaptive Golf program
that provides training and support for physically challenged persons who wish to play
golf. He reported that the Suncoast chapter is supporting this program and was requesting financial support from the FGCSA.
Craig Weyandt will contact the Suncoast
chapter to consider if this is a program that
the FGCSA should be supporting.
SPRING BOARD MEETING: The Spring
Board Meeting will be held at the Naples
Beach Hotel on Thursday, May 4th beginning at approximately 1:00 p.m. Lunch will
not be served. The Past Presidents dinner
will be held that night at a restaurant in the
downtown Naples area. Matt will ask Darren
to Chair this event again this year. It is
expected that the Distinguished Service
Award will be presented after the dinner.
Since there was no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.

Upcoming Chapter Activities

2006 SFGCSA Exposition
The 19th Annual SFGCSA Expo/Field Day
will be held on Thursday, March 24th at the
Fort Lauderdale University of Florida REC.
The familiar schedule includes a great morning educational program filled with explanations and first hand accounts of each research project that is being performed on
the turf plots at the REC. At 10:00 a.m., the
booth and equipment areas will open for
demonstrations of everything that is new
in the turfgrass industry....from new pieces
of equipment to new products.
After the spectacular bar-b-que lunch prepared by the crew at Environmental Turf,
the afternoon turns to serious educational
opportunities. Training session for DACS
CEU's will be presented under the big top
while the superintendents head to the Auditorium to hear Dr. Billy Crow and Mr. Jeff
Michel speak on mole cricket biology. This
topic is always helpful to our superintendents and we expect a large crowd.
GCSAA Education Points are available for
the day's activities. Pre-registration is
$40.00 through March 16th and registration
increases to $45.00 after that date. Brochures can be obtained by contacting the
FGCSA office or by calling Dr. Cisar's office
at the REC at 954-577-6336.

Everglades GCSA
Spring Symposium
to be held on April 6th
The 14th Annual Turfgrass Spring Symposium will be held on Thursday, April 6th at
the Naples Beach Hotel. Featured speakers
for the all day Symposium include Dr. David
Kopec, University of Arizona; Dr. Robert
Carrow, University of Georgia,; Lane
Tredway, North Carolina State University;
John Foy, USGA; Dale Dubberly, Bureau of
Compliance Monitoring, and Gary Grigg,
Grigg Brothers.
The seminar offers Florida Restricted Use
Pesticide credits as well as GCSA Education
Points. To obtain a registration form, please
contact Everglades Education Chairman,
Matt Taylor, at 239-261-4987.

GCSAA Regional Seminar FGCSA Receives Co-Funding for Research Proposals

The Treasure Coast GCSA is pleased to
sponsor two Regional Seminars on April 26th 2006 is starting off as a great year for Florida
at the PGA Club in Port St. Lucie. You may researchers! At the Winter Board Meeting,
attend one or both of the seminars.
the FGCSA selected four proposals to send
to GCSAA for co-funding and then voted to
The morning seminar, "Managing Turfgrass fund any of the proposals that were not apRoot System in the South" will teach partici- proved.
pants how to manage warm-season turfgrass
root growth. The use of plant growth regu- Of the four proposals submitted to the
lars and biostimulants will also be covered. GCSAA for co-funding, the following two
The seminar begins at 8:00 a.m. till noon.
proposals were approved:
The afternoon seminar, "Localized Dry Spots
on the Golf Couse" will begin at 1:00 p.m and
end at 5:00 p.m. This seminar will discuss
the cause, detection and management of LDS
caused by water repellent soils.
The speaker for both seminars is Dr. Keith
Karnok, University of Georgia who uses a
unique root observation lab (rhizotron) for
his extensive studies. You may register with
the GCSAA through their web site or by
phone or fax. Fee is $65.00 for each seminar.

(1) iField Evaluation of Bioherbicidal Control of Tropical Signalgrass,î submitted by
C. Stiles and R. Charudattan. Grant request
is $23,094 for a two year project.
(2) iThe Billbug Species Complex, Seasonality, and Management in Floridaî, submitted by E. Buss. Grant request is $13,900 for
a one year study

The third proposal iRoot-Knot Nematodes
on Turf in Florida,î submitted by W. Crow
with a grant request of $20,800 for a two
Everglades Chapter Picks year study....has now received co-funding
us by the Florida Turfgrass AssociaMay 4 - 7 for Poa Weekend with
tion. In addition to this, the FTGA also voted
to co-fund the Signalgrass and Billbug studThe Schedule of Activities for the 2006 Poa ies with us!
includes the FGCSA seminar, "Practicing
Good Time Management" given by Dr. Bree The fourth proposal: iEvaluation of Soil
Hayes on Friday morning from 8:00 a.m. to Moisture and Evapotranspiration Irrigation
noon at the Naples Beach Club. Time is a Control to Reduce Turfgrass Irrigation Wanon-renewable resource. This dynamic semi- ter Use,î submitted by M. Dukes and G.
nar is intended to stimulate your thinking Miller. Grant request of $ 11,500 .... will be
about how you spend your time and pro- funded entirely by the FGCSA.
vide several time management techniques
for your consideration. Fee for the seminar As a result of this additional co-funding, the
is $50.00 and includes GCSAA Points. You FGCSA voted to join with the FTGA in supdo not have to play golf in order to register porting the Rapid Turfgrass Disease Diagfor the seminar although you may register nostic Lab in Gainesville previously submitfor the seminar with the Poa entry form. The ted by Dr. Harmon.
seminar will finish in time for the 1:15 Shotgun Start of the G C. Horn Tournament which The FGCSA is also co-funding with the
will be played at the Beach Club.
FTGA and the Club Managers Association
a Diversity Study by Bruce Witt from Lake
The Poa Classic Scramble Shotgun Start is City Community College. Any FGCSA m em8:00 a.m.on Saturday at the Beach Club while ber who has not been able to respond to the
the Poa Classic Stroke Play is also 8:00 a.m. on-line diversity survey is urged to contact
at the nearby Naples Grande GC. The ever Joel Jackson for assistance.
popular Luau on the Watkins Lawn will be
on Saturday night from 6:30 -10:00 p.m. Reg- So, as you can see, 2006 is a banner year for
istration forms are available from the Ever- Florida researchers at the University of
glades chapter and the FGCSA office.
Florida and Lake City Community College.

GCSAA Updates

Florida Members Honored
at Golf Industry Show
Jason Kubel, Class A member of West Coast
chapter and superintendent at the TPC at
Tampa Bay, received one of the five 2006 Environmental Leaders in Golf Chapter Awards
for Public Courses.
Michael Perham, former Past President of the
FGCSA and now superintendent at the Landings Club in Savannah, Georgia, was presented with one of the seven 2006 ELGA
Chapter Awards for Private Facilities.
Bob Karnes, Class A member of the Central
Florida chapter and superintendent at Osprey
Ridge and Eagle Pines courses in Walt Disney
World, received one of the 2006 ELGAAwards
for Resorts.
Several GCSAA Scholarship Awards were announced at Thursday morning's Opening Session. Florida winners of the $1,500 Legacy
Awards funded by Syngenta Professional Products were: Ashley Bittner, who is attending
the University of Florida,daughter of Robert
Bittner, CGCS at The Club at Pelican Bay; Kevin
Klauk, also at the University of Florida, son of
Glen Klauk, Pablo Creek GC; Kelly Mongoven
attending Florida State University, daughter of
Mike Mongoven, CGCS at Shell Point GC; Alexa
Wood, Edison College, daughter of Terry Wood,
Naples National GC; and Casey Wright, Baylor
University, daughter of Steven M. Wright,
CGCS at Boca West CC.

Reception Chairman Paul Crawford and
Association Manager Marie Roberts put
together another excellent reception at the
Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta.

Another Record Crowd at the Florida GCSA Reception

The Hard Rock Cafe was just about filled to capacity as 700 Florida GCSA members,
guests and sponsors enjoyed a great evening in Atlanta. The staff at the Hard Rock did
their part in keeping the buffet filled with great food for the entire evening and the bartenders were kept busy throughout the night! Chairman Paul Crawford worked the door all
night long with assistance from our FGCSA Officers and External Vice Presidents. Again
this year the Benevolent Fund raffle was a big success, raising $3,400 in donations. Extra
thanks go to raffle winner, Ray Duffy from Dow AgroSciences, who generously donated
his entire winnings back to the Benevolent Fund.

Level I. Platinum Sponsors

Bayer Environmental Science
Dow AgroSciences
Florida Toro Distributors - Hector, Wesco Turf, Wesco Turf Supply
Golf Ventures Industries
Harrell's Fertilizer and Polyon
John Deere One Source - Coastal Equipment
KilpatrickTurf Equipment and Boynton Pump & Irrigation
Show Turf - John Deere Golf and Turf One Source
Syngenta Professional Products

Level II. Gold Sponsors
Calusa GCSA
Club Car
Country Club Services
Everglades GCSA
Greensmiths, Inc. N-Control
Grigg Brothers
LESOO
Pro Source One
Quality Grassing & Services
Southeast Partners/TMI
UAP Professional Products

Level III. Silver Sponsors
BASF
C. R. Sanders
Coastal Plains GCSA
Disbrow Enterprises
Dupont Professional Products
Florida Superior Sand
Flowtronex
Go-For Products
Gro-ProLLC
Hendrix and Dail
Independent Turf Partners
Laserturf S.E.
MacCurrach Golf Construction
North Florida GCSA
Palm Beach GCSA
Precision Small Engine
Pro Plus/Sandtrapper
Total Golf Construction
Treasure Coast GCSA
Valent U.S.A.

Level IV. Bronze Sponsors
Aerification Plus
Aeration Technologies
Almar Turf Products
Becker Underwood
Detailed Sports Turf
Eagle One Golf Products
Florida Potting Soil
Golf Agronomics
Green Technoloies
GREENZKEEPER
Hamilton Grading
Jon Mahannah, G.E.R.
Lakemasters
Novozymes/Roots Plant Care
Parkway Research
Plant Health Care
Precision Laboratories
Purdy Construction
Raindancer Irrigation Solutions
South Florida Tractor
Sullivan Electric & Pump
Tee-to-Green Turf Products
Tom Burrows Turfgrass
Turf- Seed, Inc.
Upstart Products, Inc.

We look forward
to having everyone
back for another fun
event in Anaheim
in 2007!

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