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VOLUME XXIII, PART IV, JULY/AUGUST 2007
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

May 3, 2007

Florida GCSA Research Fund $27,000
Seven Thousand And

Dollars

South Florida GCSA
At the FGCSA Spring Board Meeting, South Florida President Jason Bagwell (right) presents a check
for $27,000 from the SFGCSA Turf Expo to FGCSA President Craig Weyandt.

Upcoming Events

July 11 Central Florida GCSA Annual
Meeting, Northshore GC

July 24 North Florida GCSA Annual
Meeting, Windsor Park

Aug 4-5 CFGCSA Crowfoot Open,
Grand Cypress. See page 6.

July 12 Everglades Annual Meeting,
Twin Eagles GC, Naples

July 24 Palm Beach GCSA Annual
Meeting, Aberdeen G&CC

Aug. 6 West Coast GCSA Pro/Super
Championship, Cypress Run

July 17 Coastal Plains Chapter Meeting, July 24 West Coast GCSA/GCSAA
Seminole GC, Tallahassee
Seminar "Organic Approach to
Golf Course Management", Dr.
July 17 IFAS Field Day, University of
Frank Rossi and Jeff Carlson,
Florida, Gainesville
CGCS, Tampa Bay Palms GC.
8:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m.
July 18 IFAS Field Day, UF Plant
.55 GCSAA education points.
Science Unit, Citra
Aug. 3 FGCSA Annual Board Meeting,
July 19 South Florida GCSA Annual
Election of Officers
Meeting & Election, Westview

Aug. 22 North Florida GCSA seminar,
Timuquana CC
Aug. 29 Seven Rivers GCSA Joint Meeting
with Westech, Hernando Oaks
Sept. 11 FTGA Conference & Show,
-14 Hyatt Regency, Coconut Point.
See page 7 for details.

President's Message

President's Message
Craig Weyandt

same. All joking aside, I am truly pleased to
have this manual in place. If you only knew
how many people and how many hours of
The new phone books here!! The new labor went in to making this manual happen
phone books here!! Ok, well it's not the you would stand up and give those
new phone book, it is the much-anticipated involved a cheer.
Best Management Practices for the
Enhancement of Environmental Quality on The Crowfoot is just around the corner and
Florida Golf Courses. Or how about we I hope you can make it. Remember, the
Crowfoot is one of four chances you have
just call it the BMP manual?
at earning a spot on the state team. The Poa
is
done and Ryan Costello is in. That leaves
With county commissioners gone wild
the
Crowfoot in August, the FTGA
with trying to regulate soluble fertilizers, it
Tournament
in mid-September and the
is comforting to have this manual on my
FGCS
A
Championship
in late September or
desk. I can only hope that you keep your
October
(Date
TBA).
If you have never
manual close by and refer to it often.
been, make this the year. Grand Cypress is
I think the best part of the BMP manual is truly a first class meeting, golf and resort
Appendix E: Golf Course Management venue and something that my family looks
Practice Checklist. This checklist is not forward to attending each year.
mandatory but is intended to help the
superintendent review his or her current You may find this hard to believe but this is
operation and determine where my last President's message in the Green
improvements can be made. It is suggested Sheet. Oh how the time has flown by
that the checklist be updated annually and regardless that Joe, Matt and I did an extra
reviewed with the management team (i.e. term this year.
General Manager, Greens Committee, etc.).
Thinking back over the last two years and
The worst part of the manual is the picture some of the things that superintendents
on the lower part of the inside cover. Not have gone through in the state is really
to worry though, I have replaced the image amazing. We started with hurricanes and
in my book with a picture of a Great Blue have ended with droughts but one constant
heron taken on the golf course. Trust me... remains; the fact that superintendents stick
you won't hurt my feeling if you do the together.

GREEN SHEE

Editor:
Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407)248-1971 (fax/phone)
e-mail: FLGrn@aol.com

News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 NW Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(772)692-9349
(772) 692-9654 (fax)
(800) 732-6053 (Florida Wats)
e-mail: fgcsal23@bellsouth.net
The Green Sheet is a bimonthly FGCS A
newsletter printed as follows: Jan/Feb,
March/April, May/June, July/August,
Sept/October, November/December.

Financial Support:
This issue of the Green Sheet
is being sponsored by:
Golf Ventures
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888-222-7072
All material submitted for printing will
be edited at the discretion of the editor.
Material must be typed or clearly
printed. Photos are encouraged. Items
must be for the good of the association.
Deadline next issue: August 15.

Craig Weyandt
It has truly been an honor serving as
President of the Florida Golf Course
Superintendents Association and I wish to
thank Joel, Marie and the entire Board of
Directors of the FGCS A for their time, hard
work and counsel.

FGCSA Annual Board
Meeting and Election of
Officers
Date: Friday, August 3rd

Place: Villas of Grand Cypress
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Slate of Officers:
President:
Vice Pres:
Sec/Treas:
Past Pres:

Matt Taylor
Shane Bass
Bill Kistler
Craig Weyandt

All Chapter Presidents are welcome
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
FGCS A Website: Don't forget to check out
www.floridagcsa.com at least once a week. I
am updating our website every couple of
days with news and announcements on
people, events and government relations
issues to keep you up to date on information
that matters to you and your association.
The site also has links to all FGCS A chapters
that have websites.
Golf BMP Manual: The Best Management
Practice for the Enhancemnet of
Environmental Quality on Florida Golf
Courses has been mailed to every FGCSA
Superintendent Member. It has also been
mailed to members of the League of Cities
and Association of Counties, Water
Management Districts and others. 9,000
copies were printed in the first run. This
document created from 2-3 years of
meetings and input from regulators,
researchers and golf course
superintendents and even oversight by
environmental groups like A Thousand
Friends of Florida has already been cited as
the guideline to be used in the State of
Florida's Urban Fertilizer Rule, the Sanibel
Fertilizer Ordinance and the Sarasota County
Fertilizer Ordinance.
We wanted regulators and lawmakers to
have their rules based on sound science and
now we have it. This will not be a silver
bullet. There never is one, but it will give
the recently formed State Fertilizer Task
Force a basis for reviewing future local
ordinances that seek to regulate golf course
maintenance practices without due process
or the best available science. There is a
checklist in the back of the manual that will
give you an opportunity to see how your
operation stacks up to the BMPs and ways
you can improve your environmental
footprint and become compliant and avoid
legal action by the state if a downstream
problem comes up.
We send our thanks to Mike Thomas of the
Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection
for helping the FGCSA and other green
industry and agricultural commodities to
craft and draft a series of BMP manuals to
help our industries find ways to do business

and improve our
stewardship.

environmental This issue has been and will continue to be
of growing concern. Learn to manage it.

Urban Fertilizer Rule: The Department of
Agriculture held it's second Public Hearing
on the Urban Fertilizer Rule at the DEP
Offices in Tallahassee in . Many thanks to
Jeff Heggen of the Coastal Plains GCSA for
sitting in to make sure the sections
concerning golf courses had not been
modified since the last hearing. Jeff reports
golf remains governed by Dr. Jerry Sartains
nutrient recommendations contained in the
BMP Manual as previously stated.
Remember to follow these guidelines and if
you must exceed the N and P ranges, make
sure you have soil and or tissue tests to
validate the need for additional applications.
Water Restrictions: There's no denying
we took a credibility hit in the media recently
when the Palm Beach Post ran a story how
50% of area golf courses were not
complying with reporting requirements for
the Phase 2 and 3 restrictions which cut back
irrigation 30-45% from permitted amounts.
Another story ran a week later that the
number in compliance had reached 97%. Of
course the question remains why not 100%.
It only takes one or two to give the industry
a black eye and discredit our work to be
environmental stewards.
The reality of the situation was that Water
Management District records and online
reporting software was not 100% itself, so
the initial non-compliance numbers were
skewed to begin with including courses that
no longer existed or were on reclaimed water
and other glitches. As time passed the gap
narrowed and only a few have been singled
out for failure to comply to the weekly
reporting requirements.
The moral of the story is: First, know what
you are pumping. Keep accurate records.
Communicate your water source to your
members what constraints you may be under
during droughts. Begin to harden off your
turf during the usual dry periods in the
spring so plants learn to thrive and survive
on less water. One superintendent told me
recently his members "had" to adjust to
browner turf and they began to see the
benefits in greater distance on golf shots.
Experiment with run time reductions
whenever and wherever you can on the
course so you can meet mandated cutbacks.

3. Allied Associations: FTGA- The FTGA
has mailed out exhibitor registration forms
for the 2007 Conference and Trade Show
and attendee registration forms are soon to
follow. By June 22 a new website will be
online and take online registrations as well.
New Executive Director Casey Pace and
Marketing and Events Coordinator have
been hard at work reorganizing operational
infrastructure of the FTGA and also moving
to a new downtown location for the office.
Meanwhile, it was announced that former
NFL All Star quarterback Jim Hart of the St.
Louis Cardinals will be the keynote speaker
at the annual lunceon and Florida Ag
Commissioner Charles Bronson will be the
speaker at the Closing Ceremonies. It was
announced at the FTGA Summer Board
Meeting that in keeping with suggestions
and requests the 2008 & 2009 Conference
and Shows will be held at the PGA National
Resort in Palm Beach Gardens. The two year
contract nets lower room prices. Attendees
will see a $20 discount on room rates.
nd

One other big change this year will be the
introduction of a Low Medalist event parallel
to the regular Scramble Event that will serve
as the fourth qualifier for FGCSA members
vying for spots on the FGCSA Team at the
GCSAA Championship next February in
Orlando. This replaces the low average
category and joins the Poa Annua, Crowfoot
and FGCSA Championship as one of the
qualifying events for the team.
Ag Institute of Florida: This group of
communicators and executive directors for
Ag commodities and assocations continues
its work on securing a contract with a PR
firm to help define and refine public
perception and awareness of Florida
agriculture and green industries. Once data
has been accumulated, key messages that
apply across all commodities will be crafted
and delivered to the media, the general
public and regulators and politicians. The
length and exent of the campaign will be
limited only by the amount of funding
provided by the various associations. The
AIF also has a website that provides media
and the public a one-stop shop to connect
to the various associations and has an
events calendar, to which I add our
meetings and events.

The Spring 2007 meeting of the FGCSA
Board of Directors was called to order by
President Craig Weyandt at 1:00 p.m. on
Thursday, May 10 at the Naples Beach
Club, Immokalee Room. All officers were
present and all chapters were represented.
Others attending the meeting were Joel
Jackson - D.O.C./Florida Green editor;
Marie Roberts, Association Manager;
Casey Pace, FTGA and Todd Lowe, USGA
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Minutes of the FGCSA Winter 2007 Board
Meeting were approved. Craig then
introduced Jason Bagwell, SFGCSA
President, who presented a check for
$27,000. These funds were generated by
the South Florida Expo and Jason noted the
funds should be sent to the Fort Lauderdale
Research Center to support the turfgrass
program at that site. In the past, the funds
generated by the Expo had been used to
support a technician at the site but the
technician is now employed at a golf club
in the South Florida area. A letter will
accompany the $27,000 check with explicit
directions to have the proceeds support the
turfgrass research programs at the Fort
Lauderdale REC. Craig thanked the SF
chapter for their work on the Expo.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY POSITION Matt Taylor then presented the Time Line
for hiring a replacement for Marie Roberts.
The Position Description as well as a detailed
list of the Job Responsibilities was included
in the agenda package. Matt's time line
calls for a list of applicants to be gathered
by the next board meeting. Bill Kistler made
a motion to approve the Position
Description. The motion was approved.
RESEARCH PROPOSALS FOR 20072008: Matt Taylor then presented a list of
projects that the FTGA has approved and
forwarded to FGCSA for co-funding The
list includes the projects that were approved
at the FGCSA Winter Board Meeting in
January. Matt noted that some of the
programs were forwarded to Kevin Downing
to forward to FSGA for possible co-funding.
The bottom line on the Proposed Funding
requested from the FGCSA for the next 3
years was as follows: $46,000 in the first
year; $33,000 in the second year and $23,800
in the third year. A motion was made and
approved that the FGCSA would co-fund
the list of Research Projects at the levels
stipulated in the report.

Craig thanked the FGCSA local chapters
who made donations to the FGCSA
Research Fund in the past and urged other
chapters to follow suit in view of the large
commitment that we have made. Mark Kann
presented a $5,000 check to the Research
Account from the Envirotron Tournament.

year dues last year? It was felt that we
would probably not lose the Class A and
SM members with the $10.00 increase and it
was noted that some chapters such as West
Coast, Everglades and Palm Beach are not
passing the increase on to their A's and
SM's. They are keeping the rate the same
as last year and using their balance to pay
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Sec/Treas. the extra $ 10.00 per Class A and SM.
Shane Bass presented the financial report.
Mark Kann made a motion to approve the With all of these changes coming up this
reports. The reports were approved.
next fiscal year, the proposed budget for the
2007-2008 budget will be addressed at the
Shane noted that the FGCSA Research Summer Board Meeting in August. This
Account has now dropped to the $10,000 should us give more time to receive the dues
level and suggested this was the time to payments from chapters which would enable
make the transfer of funds from the Morgan us to do a more realistic budget forecast.
Stanley Fund to the Research Fund. He
reminded the Board that our original DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
intention when setting up the Morgan REPORT: Joel gave the board a report on
Stanley Fund was to maintain the balance the Sarasota Fertilizer Ordinance. We don't
at a six month reserve level which would be know how this might affect the Crystal
$ 150,000. Therefore, Shane suggested that River Ordinance. Wayne Kappauf and
we transfer $50,000 from the Morgan Nancy Miller noted that the red tide
Stanley Fund (since it will still be at the connection to fertilizer was not conclusive.
$150,000 level) to replenish the FGCSA But the end result was to legislate fertilizers.
Research Fund. He noted that this
withdrawal will come from the interest Joel also discussed Water Restriction and
generated inside the Fund. This was tabled how you can keep your club members
until later in the Board Meeting when informed of what is really happening on
Finances will be discussed at length.
your golf course. He also noted that it is
important for chapters to network with your
Shane then discussed adding new projects local
especially when the Senate
into the FGCSA budget for the next fiscal is notpoliticians
in
Session.
Casey Pace discussed a
year. One of the items suggested was for Public Relations campaign
to generate a
an audit to be done in the next fiscal year. program at your own golf course
to inform
Expenses for hiring a new Association your members on turfgrass maintenance.
Manager were discussed. There should be
an overlap time listed in this year's budget
GREEN: Joel gave the
to allow for training of the new employee. FLORIDA
schedule
of
the
2007-2008 FG covers to
The possibility of hiring an outside include Coastal Plains,
North Florida, Ridge
Accounting Firm was discussed to and Central Florida. He
needs all of these
outsource the accounting procedures chapters to let him know which
they
needed to meet the state and federal have chosen by the Annual courses
Meeting
in
requirements. Using an Accounting Firm August. He also discussed increasing the
would provide checks and balances. The advertising rates sometime in 2007. They
FGCSA currently uses an outside were
3% in the summer of 2006. At
accounting firm to prepare the end of the the lastraised
Publications
Meeting, it was decided
year tax return for both the FGCSA and the to continue raising rates
percentage
Group Return for chapters but all other every year or at least on aa small
bi-annual
basis.
accounting procedures are done in house.
Hiring an Accounting Firm could cost as MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: Marie
much as $15,000/year.
Roberts reported that the rates for the
The board then discussed how much new FGCSA Membership Directory were raised
revenue the dues increase would generate. in 2006 to $700 for a full page, $350 for a half
Would we lose many of the Assistant page and $250 for a small ad printed 6 on a
Superintendents now that the rate is $70.00/ page. After a lengthy discussion on the
per year as compared with the $30.00/per pros and cons of raising the rates, Wayne

Kappauf made a motion to "Raise FGCSA
Membership Directory ad rates to $1,000 for
a full page, $500 for a half page and $300 for
the small "business card" sized ad." The
motion was second by Bill Kistler. The
motion was approved.
AWARDS: Rip Phillips reported that the
Distinguished Service Award would be
presented at tonight's Presidents Award
Dinner. Plaques were distributed to
chapters who had a nomination for Lifetime
Service for presentation at a local chapter
meeting as follows: North Florida - Butch
Singo; Ridge GCSA - Alan Puckett; and
Everglades - Steve Durand.
EDUCATION: Bruce Williams will be
presenting the Poa seminar on Friday
morning which will be completed in time for
attendees to play in the afternoon golfing
event. Again this year, the seminar is one
of the GCSAA sponsored Superintendents
Leadership Series seminars so some of the
expenses are underwritten by GCSAA.
Mark Kann reported that the University of
Florida is sponsoring two events on July
17 and July 18 . There will be a Field Day
at the Envirotron on the 17 and at the Plant
Science Unit in Citra on the 18 . CEU's
have been applied for. Mark also discussed
DACS Worker Protection Safety workshop.
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FINANCES: Joe Pantaleo led a discussion
on the need to withdraw funds from the
Morgan Stanley Fund as mentioned in the
beginning of the Board Meeting. Since
there are sufficient funds in the MS account
due to the interest accrual, a motion was
made to transfer $50,000 to the FGCSA
Reserve Account to cover the research
commitments made with the FTGA. The
motion was approved.
GOLF: Joe Pantaleo announced that the
FGCSA team won the GCSAA Championship
in California with Bob Harper tied for 2
place and Jim Torba finishing in 5 . Joe
also announced that the FTGA Tournament
will now be an FGCSA Qualifying event for
a place on the FGCSA team in the GCSAA
Championship.
In all, 260 players are signed up for the Poa
golf activities. The G. C. Horn has 90 signed
up and room for more. Two tournaments
will be held on Saturday — a fun scramble
at the Beach Club with 136 players and a
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stroke play competition at Naples Grande that superintendents let officials know that
with 41 players. The winner of the stroke they follow the BMP's in order to keep our
play will win a spot on the 2008 Florida team. CU Permits. Joel asked if any board members
had to monitor their ground water. No one
RESEARCH: Craig reported that in responded.
addition to our support of Dr. Crow's
proposal to study the use of Pasteuria to FTGA: Matt Taylor reported that this year's
Control Sting Nematodes, we have
Conference will again be at the Hyatt
been asked by the lead scientist at BioTech, FTGA
in
Bonita.
He reminded the board that the
makers of Pasteuria, to send letters of Golf Tournament
be part of the FGCSA
support to assist them in getting grant Qualifier. He alsowill
reported
this will be
money to help finance the production and the last FTGA Conference inthat
Bonita
before
distribution of this biocontrol material.
moving to the Palm Beach area in 2008. The
GCSAA will be at the Conference both as a
Craig reported that Dale Kuehner is now a speaker and will have a booth.
member of the GCSAA Research Committee.
Hiers continues to work on the fertilizer
USGA: Todd Lowe reported that the USGA Tim
fund
raising program and has had meetings
uses "Gift in Kind" in lieu of funding projects. with Mary
Harley to help out. There are still
many questions to be answered.. How is the
MEMBERSHIP: By now, all chapters collection going to work? There will be
should have sent renewal notices out. The accounting questions and legal questions
Chapter Secretary/Treasurer is required to that must be answered such as, What
send their list of paid members into the office precedent will this project start? Tim is
ASAP. It would be extremely helpful if a working on getting the kinks out of the
partial list could be sent by the first of program before it begins instead of after.
August and then another complete list to Roadblocks need to be discussed and dealt
the FGCSA by the end of August. All those with before a timeline can be drawn.. .It could
paid members on the chapter lists as sent to be as long as 3 years in the future.
the FGCSA by the end of August will be in
the 2008 FGCSA Membership Directory.
Tim has asked the FGCSA to help pay for
expenses. The FTGA is now paying the
BENEVOLENT FUND: Craig Weyandt expenses that he submits. Kevin Downing
submitted guidelines for approval of made a motion to support his expenses as
funding requests. Questions discussed submitted to the FTGA on a 50/50 basis.
were....Must the needy superintendent be The motion was approved.
a member of a local chapter as indicated in
thefirstsentence? Should we set a maximum GCSAA RECEPTION: Joe Pantaleo
assistance level or should it be based on
to the board that the FGCSA
how much is in the account and what the reported
reception
at
was meant to be a breaksituation merits? A suggestion was made even event.the InGIS2006,
was decided to
to alter the guidelines to specify that "the withhold a small % of theit income
to go in
amount can be larger than $2,500 per claim the Research Account. It was decided
that
at the discretion of the Board".
Paul Crawford would be the Chairman of the
2008 event and that it should be held in a
A motion was made by Nancy Miller to hotel
because of the large crowd expected.
alter the Funds purpose slightly to read:
"The purpose of the fund is to provide LONG RANGE PLANNING: The
financial assistance to FGCSA members or Committee met at the 2006 FTGA Conference
surviving spouse or children, etc."
and will reconvene again at the 2007 Show.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: It was
suggested that we get a copy of a list of
Golf Associations and consider doing some
"White Papers" and sending them out to
the golfer through their Association.

SURVEY: Kevin Downing reported that
there were 157 Private clubs and 87 Public
course superintendents responding to the
survey. He reported that the survey results
were sent only to those who submitted one.
Surveys can be requested by calling the
BMP's: Joel reported some changes in the
...Continued on page 6
BMP's and the new permit. He suggested

Minutes of Spring Board Meeting Continued
....Continuation of Minutes from page 5
FGCSA office. Kevin suggested that a
survey done by a local chapter is more
beneficial to the members than a state-wide
survey.
GCSAA RESOURCE GROUP: Kevin
announced some of the items that were
discussed at this group. Such as:
—How do chapters react and intervene with
the GCSAA?"
—Using Volunteer leadership is difficult to
get results" — no surprise in that one!
— Invoking the Dual Membership
Requirements has not gone well.
—Would Regional Affiliation be better than
chapter affiliation?"
—GCSAA wants all the members and all the
chapters to use the GCSAA logo as well
as their own"
Kevin reminded the board that the role of
the GCSAA is to promote national
recognition of the golf course
superintendent and to provide good
education at the Golf Industry Show.
Kevin then discussed the "Comparative
Maintenance of Paspalum...." project. The
CMAA and the GCSAA have been urged to
give testimonials; discuss cultural practices;
and restructure in order to give practical
guidelines"
MEMBERSHIP: The Seven Rivers chapter
presented an application for Lifetime
Membership for Mike Swinson. After it was
established that he did meet the
requirements, Mark Kann made a motion that
Mike be accepted as a Lifetime Member.
The motion was approved.

At the FGCSA Past Presidents Dinner in Naples, President Craig Weyandt presents
Greg Pheneger with the 2007 FGCSA Distinguished Service Award for his
effective volunteer service and leadership.

2007 Crowfoot Open Set for Saturday, August 4th
This year's Crowfoot Open will be a one-day event — play the tournament in the morning
and attend the banquet in the evening ~ all on Saturday, August 4th. The fee remains at
$125 for superintendents. The Entry Fee includes continental breakfast, box lunch, beverages on course and the coctail reception that night. The format of the tournament has
changed. You can play the modified stableford method and we will also have a two-man
scramble. If you're competing for a playing spot in the GCSAA Tournament, you must play
the modified stableford. We will have flights for the tournament based on handicaps.
Due to renovation at Grand Cypress, the field is limited to 144 players. Registration and
breakfast begins at 7:00 a.m. There will be an 8:00 a.m. Shotgun on the North/SouthCourses.
The cocktail reception and award ceremony will be held at the Executive Meeting Center.
Dress is casual.

On Sunday, August 5th, there will be a fishing tournament and a two man horse race golf
Mike McCullough was presented with a event on the East Course. The fee for the fishing tournament is $20. The fee for the horse
plaque for his four years of service to the race golf is $30 per team and play will continue until noon. Pairings for the horse race
FGCSA Board.
event or the fishing event begin at 8:30 a.m. with a 9:00 a.m. start.
SUMMER BOARD MEETING/ELECTION Practice rounds will be available on August 3rd at the rate of $50.00 plux tax for superintenOF OFFICERS will be on Friday at noon dents. Contact the Tee Time office at 407-239-1909 to reserve your tee time.
on August 3 at Grand Cypress in Orlando.
This meeting is generally held in conjunction Lodging is again available at the Villas of Grand Cypress. The rate is $ 150.00 per bedroom
with the CFGCSA Crowfoot Open which is plus applicable taxes. Check in time is 4:00 p.m. and check out time is noon. Reservation
being held that weekend.
number is 800-835-7377.
The meeting was adjourned. Directions If you would like to participate in any of the activities of the 31 st Annual Larry Kamphaus
were given to the Bistro Restaurant in Naples Crowfoot Open and have not received the Crowfoot brochure, please e-mail your request
for the Past Presidents Dinner at 7:00 p.m. to Lisa at lmcdowell@grandcypress.com.
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Chapter Activities

Palm Beach GCSA Hosts
Two Major Fundraisers
Despite Mother Nature

Everglades GCS A's own Ryan Costello
captured the Poa Annua Golf Classic
and a spot on the FGCS A Team for
the GCS AA Golf Championship.

Everglades Chapter Wins
2007 Poa Championship
Thanks to the tremendous support from
their sponsors who contributed $50,000 in
sponsorships, the Poa was another great
weekend for all. Major sponsors included
Harrell's Fertilizer, CA-RY Golf, Show Turf
of South Florida, WescoTurf, Lesco,
Kilpatrick Turf, Club Care, Golf Ventures,
Bayer Environmental Sciences, BASF Corp,
ProSource One, Aqua-Matic Irrigation,
UAP/DuPont, Natural Design Golf, Pro Plus
Golf Services, Florida Superior Sand, Dow
AgroSciences, Hendrix & Dail, Aerification
Plus, Almar, and Quali Pro.
The Poa actually consists of two separate
tournaments — the G.C. Horn Memorial
Endowment and the Poa Classic. The Horn,
which was played on Friday at Naples
Grande, raised $8,000 for turfgrass research.
The Poa Championship was then played at
Naples Grande on Saturday. Winner Ryan
Costello, who shot a 72, said the greens
were fabulous thanks to superintendent
Billy Davidson. Runner-up was another
Everglades player, Matt Nieder, who shot a
73. Together with Jim Torba who shot a 75
and Bryce Koch with a 78, the Everglades
GCSA ran away with the Chapter
Championship Trophy! The team from
South Florida, led by Seth Strickland's 74,
came away with second place this year.

The 6th Annual PBGCS A Fishing Tournament was scheduled to be held early Saturday morning, June 2nd. Mother Nature decided to put a damper on their plans with
high seas and plenty of wet weather leading
up to Saturday. Reluctantly Event Chairman Ed Miller postponed the event for 24
hours until Sunday without much hope of
getting any of the 32 boats out of port. But
they did! The weather cleared up by morning and even though the west wind was still
blowing, there was fish to be caught!

55th Annual FTGA
Conference & Show
Hyatt Coconut Point

The Florida Turfgrass Association's
(FTGA) 55 Annual Conference and Trade
Show, scheduled for September 11-14,2007,
will emphasize the importance of uniting the
sports turf, golf, landscape and farming
aspects of the turf industry in Florida.

The big winners were on the One and Done
They won the Largest Wahoo prize and also
won total weight of all fish caught with a
whopping 144.6 pounds. The Down and
Dirty brought in the Largest Dolphin and
the Largest Kingfish was caught by the an"It is more important than ever for the turf
glers on the Off Course.
industry to be united on issues like water
The PBGCS A 2007 Future of Golf Tourna- management, pesticide use and
ment took place on the following Saturday, governmental regulation," said FTGA
June 9th at Ballenlsles CC. PBGCSA Presi- Executive Director Casey Wohl Pace.
dent and Event Chairman Steve Pearson expressed his gratitude to Kevin Downing, "At this year's conference, we've tried to
superintendent at Ballenlsles, for volunteer- make sure there is information for everyone.
ing his club to host this year's event while There will be educational sessions from
weed control in sports fields to insect
The Falls is under re-construction.
control in landscaping," Pace said.
Kevin has been a part of the Future of Golf
Committee since its inception and was a gra- Other highlights of the conference include
cious host to this event at his spectacular keynote speaker and football aficionado Jim
golf course. Not satisfied to be only a great Hart, a trip to the Minnesota Twins spring
host, Kevin also proved he is a great golfer training facility for a sports turf workshop
by leading his Ballenlsles team of John Foy, and a live auction. FTGA is also hosting
Steve Utrecht and Marty Green to a first their ever-popular Trade Show again this
place win! Second place went to the Golf year, featuring more than 75 exhibitors.
Agronomics team of John Swaner, Steve
Ehrbar, Dale Mitchell and Brian Bowles. As The conference will be held at the Hyatt
usual, prizes also included Closest to the Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in
Bonita Springs. Hotel reservations must be
Pins and Longest Drive contests.
made by August 29th by calling the hotel
Thanks to this year's Diamond Sponsors - directly at 1-800-554-9288. Conference
ShowTurf of South Florida, LLC; Hector Turf; sponsorship and Trade Show exhibitor
and Chipco/Bayer - as well as the 14 Gold opportunities are still available. Those
Sponsors and the many Tee Sign Sponsors, interested in sponsoring or registering for
the event was another financial success. the conference, should contact Heather
Even the golfers chipped in with their gen- Russo at 800.882.6721.
erous support of the raffle that is held during lunch after golf. The PBGCSA will do- For a complete listing of sessions and
nate the profits to turfgrass research and events, please visit the FTGA Web site at
www.ftga.org.
scholarship programs.
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