VOL. VI, PART IV, J U L Y / A U G U S T , 1990
NEWSLETTER

OF

THE

FLORIDA

GOLF

COURSE

SUPERINTENDENTS

ASSOCIATION

UPCOMING
EVENTS
July 2
July 13
July 18
July 18
July 20-22
July 25
August 4
August 5
August 6
August 15

Sept. 22
Sept. 30Oct. 3

South Florida chapter
Annual Meeting, TPC at
Eagle Trace
Everglades chapter Annual
Meeting, Palmetto Pines
Palm Beach chapter
Annual Meeting, Banyan
Central Florida Annual
Meeting, Orange Lake CC
North Florida chapter
Transition Tournament
Palm Coast Resort
Effluent Reuse Seminar
Fort Lauderdale
FGCSA Board Meeting,
Grand Cypress, Orlando
FGCSA Computer
Seminar, Grand Cypress
Crowfoot Open, Grand
Cypress Resort, Orlando
Joint chapter meeting Palm Beach and South
Florida chapters - Indian
Creek CC, Miami
6th Annual Adam Walsh
Tournament, The Clubs of
Inverrary, Lauderhill
FTGA Conference and
Show, Orange Co. Convention Center, Orlando

FGCSA BOARD
MEETING
The next FGCSA Board Meeting will
be held on Saturday, August 4,1990 at
1:00 p.m. in the Grand Cypress
Conference Center. The Annual
Meeting and Election of Officers of the
FGCSA will be held at the conclusion
of this meeting—approximately 4:00
p.m.. All interested FGCSA members
are cordially invited to attend and
become an active member of your
association!

"The Clearing before the Storm"
Dave

Oliver,

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this year's

at the Naples
Poa Annua

Beach

Hotel

Tournament?

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details.

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GREEN SHEE

PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE

EDITOR

Mike Bailey
16379 Country Lake Circle
Del ray Beach, Fl 33484
(407) 499-8480 (Recorder)
(407) 642-5125 Fax

EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY

Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(407) 692-9349
(407) 692-9654 Fax

PUBLISHER

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CIRCULATION
The Green Sheet is a bi-monthly
FGCSA Newsletter printed as follows:
Jan./Feb.; Mar./Apr.; Sept./Oct.; Nov./
Dec. The Green Sheet is designed to
be a current, up-to-date newsletter as
compared to the "Florida Green" (an
educational communication magazine.)

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The 1990 FGCSA Green Sheet
operating budget for issues Sept./Oct.
thru July/Aug. is being financially
supported by:
ESTECH FERTILIZER INC.
2121 3rd Street S.W.
Winter Haven, FL 33880
(800) 282-9588

CRITERIA

All material submitted for printing will
be edited per the discretion of the
editor. Material must be typed or
clearly printed. All photos must be
black and white (color photos reproduce poorly for this text). Items
submitted must be for the good of the
association.

President, Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 876-4244
Vice President, Ray Hansen
(407) 495-0536
Sec./Treasurer, Tom Benefield, CGCS
(407) 622-0177
Immediate Past President
Cecil Johnston, CGCS
(407) 692-9349
Executive Secretary, Marie Roberts
(407) 692-9349; Membership Services
Employment Referral
Membership Directory
Florida Green Editor, Joel Jackson
(407) 876-4244
Florida Green Ed. Asst., Tom Benefield
(407) 622-0177
Florida Green Publisher, Larry Kieffer
(813) 967-1385
Green Sheet Editor, Mike Bailey
(407) 499-8480
Fund Raising, Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 876-4244
Public Relations, Mark Jarrell, CGCS
(407) 965-0046
Education, Walt McMahon, CGCS
(407) 686-4700
Voting Delegate/By-Laws, Cecil Johnston
(813) 962-3018; Government Regulations
Membership, Tom Benefield
(407) 622-0177
FTGA, Larry Livingston, CGCS
(813) 922-0833
Research, Kevin Downing, CGCS
(407) 220-1010
Golf/Crowfoot, Joe Ondo, CGCS
(407) 657-7565
Ethics, Paul Crawford
(407) 845-2395
Long Range Planning, Ray Hansen
(407) 485-0536

DEADLINE

POA Classic, Bob Shevlin
(813) 499-8480

All material must be submitted prior to
the 2nd Friday of the preceding issue,
i.e. Aug. 10th or the Sept./Oct. issue and
Oct. 12th for the Nov./Dec. issue.

Survey Committee, Mike Bailey
(407) 499-8480

NEXT
EDITORS
DEADLINE

August 10th

Advisory Committee, John Foy, USGA
(407) 546-2620
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS:
FTGA OFFICE: (407) 898-6721
GCSAA: (800) 472-7878

by Joel Jackson, CGCS
At last month's FGCSA Board meeting in
Naples, Vice President, Tom Benefield,
Chairman of the Government Relations
Committee, requested each Chapter to
name a member to serve on the committee.
The idea being, that we can more efficiently
and equitably attend hearings and
meetings held around the state by water
management districts, DER, EPA, and
other agencies. If your Chapter hasn't done
so, please get those names to Tom as soon
as possible. We must continue to network
the most current environmental and
regulatory information in order to address
the issues in a timely manner. Frank Cook
and Chip Lewison of the West Coast
Chapter attended a Southwest Florida
Water Management District meeting on
"Caution Use Rules", which had some
language that could affect irrigation
practices, and Scott Bell attended a DER
h e a r i n g w h i c h f u r t h e r addressed
Underground Storage Tank regulations. It
will take this kind of unified participation by
all members for our industry to survive.
Dr. Tom Latta, FTGA Vice-President of
External Affairs, reported at the Poa Annua
meeting that our recent letter writing
campaign was not successful in gaining the
sought after funds for the Turfgrass
Industry Survey, but we did make our
presence felt. I encourage you to continue
to write your legislators everytime an issue
surfaces. They need to become very
familiar with who we are and what we're all
about.
We also recently caught the attention of the
GCSAA with our record setting donation
last February, and by the fine work of the
members of the Conference and Show
Committee. Gerry Faubel, President of the
GCSAA attended the Poa Annua and
sincerely pledged to provide meaningful
support for our efforts here in Florida.
Speaking of GCSAA, I'm serving on the
Nominating Committee this year. We will
be meeting in September to consider a
slate of candidates for 1991. If you have any
ideas or suggestions, please give me a call.
The Georgia Turfgrass Association has
approached the FGCSA to consider a joint
effort to help finance a study of genetically
fusing bermudagrass and bentgrass. The
technology is available to physically fuse
the genes, but the viability and the
characteristics of the plant are of course
unknown. Let me know what you think of
this idea, and if we should consider
participating.

"DR. HORN"
HONORED
The Commissioner of Agriculture
for the State of Florida, Doyle
Connor; Dr. G. L. Zachariah, Vice
President for Agricultural Affairs of
the University of Florida's Institute
of Food and Agricultural Services,
Mr. Bob Yount, Executive Director
of the Florida Turfgrass Association
joined other leaders of the State's
Turf Industry to honor posthumously, P r o f e s s o r E m e r i t u s of
Ornamental Horticulture, Dr. G.C.
Horn on May 9th and 10th.
Dr. Horn's recommendations for
The Care of W a r m C l i m a t e
Turfgrasses won him world-wide
acclaim. He developed the chinch
bug resistant "Floratam" variety of
St. Augustine grass; advanced the
technology for nematode and weed
control, overseeding, fertility
enhancement and bermudagrass
cultural practices. Dr. Horn died in
1988.
Dr. Zachariah presided over a
dedication ceremony which named
the p r e s e n t T u r f g r a s s
Field
Laboratory Station at the University
of Florida's Gainesville campus the
G.C. Horn Memorial Turfgrass Field
Laboratory. This Field Laboratory
consists of 5.5 acres of irrigated turf
plots, a classroom building with
office, storage and laboratory; and
equipment storage and m a i n t e nance building, facilities for soil,
fertilizer and heavy equipment
storage.
At the same time, Mr. Ralph White
and Mr. David Barnes, Co-chairmen
of the G.C. Horn Endowment Fund
Contributor's Dinner announced
this fund now approaches $60,000
with a goal of $100,000, which when
combined with state matching funds
will be used to fund a post-doctorate
candidate in Turfgrass Research
studies. At this dinner, hosted by
The Florida Turfgrass Association,
the well k n o w n Golf Course
Architect Ron Carl, a former student
of Dr. Horn's presented his own
personal check for $5,000 to the
Endowment.
White, Barnes and members of the
Horn family who attended the
dedication all stated that "G.C. Horn
would be very proud of this facilit
bearing his name."

CROWFOOTOPEN
n? J F T U R F 1 1 %

FTGA APPROVES

ENVIRONTRON
The Florida Turfgrass Research
Foundation Board of Directors
voted on June 1, 1990 to fund the
states first Environtron. The
Environtron, an enclosed structure
for the study of turfgrass will be
located on University of Florida
property in Gainesville, Florida.
The structure will be a field
laboratory with components for root
zone, greenhouse and other
controlled environment features.
The complete Environtron will
consist of 3,172 square feet of
phytotron, head, house, storage,
wet laboratory, rhizotron with
automatic retractable rain shelter
and living quarters. Adjacent nonenvirontron support facilities for turf
maintenance equipment, irrigation
and pesticide storage will be
provided. Cost to construct this
state of the art facility is $700,000
which would include
some
environmental control
and
monitoring equipment necessary
for its operation.
The goal of the Florida Turfgrass
Research Foundation is to raise
funds of $350,000 by March 15,
1991. U n d e r State of Florida
g u i d e l i n e s , g i f t s f o r research
facilities may be matched 100%from
Florida's Capital Facilities Matching
Trust Fund. This matching of funds
would occur on or before April 1,
1991, providing the $700,000 to
build this unique facility.
If Florida is to maintain its
leadership in the turf industry,
research is needed to identify
enhanced ways to develop, grow
and maintain turf as the ground
cover of choice with minimal
negative environmental impact. The
finest scientists and best research
programs cannot fulfill their
potential without access to state-ofthe-art laboratory. The Environtron
will provide this type of a f a c i l i t y . ^

This year's Crowfoot Open will be
held on Monday, August 6, at the
Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando.
The golf tournament will be played
on the South 9 and the East 9 at
Grand Cypress.
The Crowfoot Committee has
again obtained a special rate for
lodging from the Villas of Grand
Cypress. Registration forms and
housing information is available
through your local chapter
secretary.
The Banquet will be held on
Sunday night, August 5 a t t h e Grand
Cypress Convention Center. Please
note that the FGCSA Distinguished
Service Award and the President's
Award for Lifetime Service will be
presented at this dinner.
^J^

FLORIDA TURFGRASS
CONFERENCE AND SHOW
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 1990
Exhibitors from all overthe United
States, Canada and England will
welcome you to the largest, warm
season Turfgrass Trade Show in the
southeast. On three days, a great
variety of services, products and
equipment will be displayed for the
T u r f g r a s s Professional at the
Turfgrass Paradise FTGA '90!
The Workshops and Seminars will
cover Environmental Regulations
and E n f o r c e m e n t
Policies,
Biological Control Programs and
Advanced Turf
Management
Practices. Recognized authorities in
Florida's Turf Industry will present
Hands-on Workshops
and
Seminars. Continuing education
credits will be offered for selected
topics.
The Research Update Program by
the University of Florida, IFAS, will
present c u r r e n t facts f o r the
Turfgrass Industry from a full year's
research.
Plan now to attend the Florida
Turfgrass Annual Conference and
Show at the O r a n g e C o u n t y
Civic/Convention Center, Orlando,
Florida, September 30 - October 3.
For more information call (407)
898-6721 or Fax (407) 894-3975.

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The Spring 1990 meeting of the
FGCSA Board of Directors was
called to order by President Joel
Jackson at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday,
May 20, 1990 at the Naples Beach
Hotel.
Dick Blake was designated to
serve as Past President since Cecil
Johnston has accepted a position in
Thailand. All other officers were
present.
F I N A N C I A L REPORT: Tom
Benefield distributed an addendum
to the Financial Statement showing
t h a t t h e F l o r i d a G r e e n has
transferred $22,000 to the FGCSA
account to be used as the Florida
Green Reserve and should not be
used for FGCSA expenses. In
answer to a question, Dan Jones
explained that this Reserve has been
accumulated over the past several
years and would be used if the
FGCSA had to takeover publication
of the magazine at some time in the
f u t u r e . T h e r e f o r e , the c u r r e n t
FGCSA checking account balance
now stands at $24,375.73. The
Financial Statement was approved.
BUDGET: Tom Benefield presented
the 1990-91 budget worksheet in
preparation for submitting a final
budget for approval at the Crowfoot
Board Meeting. He has forecasted a
slight decrease in membership (to
650) in the event that there is some
negative fallout due to the dues
increase. Tom then went over each
expense item for the Board to
review. Increases were suggested in
the following categories: 1991
GCSAA Convention. 1991 Golf
Team, Awards, The 1991 Survey,
and possibly Government/Environmental Regulations. A discussion
was held regarding a suite to be
used for interviewing candidates at
the 1991 GCSAA Convention in Las
Vegas. A motion was made that we
reserve a suite for one night to
interview candidates. The motion
was approved. It was also suggested
that the suite could be used as a
hospitality suite. Tom Benefield
would look into the costs for
m a i n t a i n i n g the r o o m as a
hospitality suite for one or two
nights and would report back to the
Board in August.
At this time, the Board passed a

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motion to increase the Executive
Secretary's salary to $14.00/hour
and to increase the office rent paid
to her to $100/month effective in
July. A motion was also passed to
pay expenses for the Executive
Secretary to attend the National
Conventions and maintain a suite
for interviewing GCSAA candidates.

amount to $3,672.35 which when
added to the final closeout of the
Florida Green checking account
( a p p r o x i m a t e l y $2,000) w o u l d
amount to $22,000 for the Florida
Green Reserve. He suggested that
this money should be invested and
let accumulate to a maximum of
$50,000 which would represent the
cost for one issue ($30,000) plus
approximately $20,000 for start-up
fees should the FGCSA have to take
over publication of the magazine in
the future.
Joel Jackson thanked Dan and Irene
for their many years of service to the
FGCSA. He presented a motion to
permanently turn over to Dan the
desk, chair and camera he has been
using for the past several years in
appreciation for a job well done. The
motion was approved.

GCSAA: Jerry Faubel, President of
the GCSAA, thanked the FGCSA for
hosting the past Convention and for
our g e n e r o u s c o n t r i b u t i o n to
Turfgrass Research. He stated that
the G C S A A is o r g a n i z i n g a
c a m p a i g n to better serve its
chapters, and is planning to use the
FGCSA as a guide for other
chapters. He spoke on a new
structure for Committees so that
special issues will be taken care of
immediately and problems in the
field can be settled more efficiently.
He also discussed a proposed
change in the GCSAA voting
system.
FLORIDA GREEN: Since Larry
Kieffer is recuperating from minor
surgery, Dan Jones gave the report.
He stated that Larry has agreed to
purchase the FGCSA computer,
Imagewriter printer and related
software for the original purchase
price of $7,116. A motion was made
to allow Janlark Communication to
work off this debt through additional
services that are not connected with
the magazine. The motion was
approved.
Dan Jones reported on the final
turnover of funds to the FGCSA. He
distributed a' list of Receivables that
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MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: Marie
Roberts e x p l a i n e d that the
P u b l i c a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e had
approved a business card sized ad
to be sold for the 1991 Directory. All
local supplier members will be
notified that these ads are available
for $150 each and that each supplier
who purchases an ad will be given a
copy of the Directory. Local chapter
secretaries were reminded to get
their list of paid members into the
office by August 1st so that the
D i r e c t o r y can be p r i n t e d in
September.
E D U C A T I O N : Paul C r a w f o r d
reported that the Architecture
Seminar held in the morning had 42
attendees with 15 no-shows which
s h o u l d give the
Education
Committee a slight gain on the
Seminar. 27 attendees were CGCS
who will receive GCSAA credit.
Paul mentioned that an informal
survey of those attending indicated
that 40 would be interested in
attending the proposed GCSAA
Regional Seminar in November.
Choice of place was divided almost
equally between Orlando and Palm
Beach. A discussion followed on the
merits of holding the Seminar in a
central area - such as Orlando -or in
a proven audience area - such as
Palm Beach. Paul stressed that the
Palm Beach area has a track record
of good attendance in past FGCSA
Seminars and the USGA Meetings

Poa Board Meeting
and stated that the Education
Committee recommends holding
the Seminar in Palm Beach. A
motion was approved to hold the
GCSAA Seminar in the Palm Beach
area.
The Crowfoot Seminar will be held
on Sunday morning, August 5, at
Grand Cypress. The topic will be
"Computers in Turfgrass M a n a g e ment". Speaker will be John Mervis
of Clubmaster Software. Because
this Seminar will offer some handson training, it will be limited to the
first 40 registrants.
RESEARCH: Ray Hansen reported
that this years South Florida
Exposition was another financial
success with a net of over $14,000.
He d i s t r i b u t e d a c o p y of the
Financial Report for the FGCSA
Research Fund which shows a
balance of $31,000. He reported that
the pump and all the irrigation
equipment is in place and will be
turned on next week. Grassing
should be finished before the end of
June. D & K Sprinkter donated their
services for this aspect of the
project.;
Tom Benefield reported on the
financial aspect of Cecil Johnston's
campaign for GCSAA Director.
Cecil has now accepted a position in
T h a i l a n d a n d his a d d r e s s is
available through the FGCSA office.
Most of Cecil's expenses were
covered by the $1,000 donation
made by the West Coast chapter.
FTGA: Tom Latta reported that the
T u r f g r a s s S u r v e y w i l l not be
included in the state budget again
this year. However, he did feel that
all the letters generated made a
positive impact on our Legislators.
He then discussed c h e m i c a l l y
sensitive, HRS problems. Hearings
will be held within the next 60 days
to determine criterion. The FTGA
needs help in finding sources to
p r o v i d e v a l i d g u i d e l i n e s . He
c o n c l u d e d the d i s c u s s i o n by
reminding all present that one
mistake with chemicals or improper
applications can nullify all of the
good things we do to promote our
industry.
USGA: John Foy stated that the
USGA will hold t w o Regional

Seminars in Florida next year. He
noted that attendance at this year's
S e m i n a r was l o w e r
probably
because the mailing done by the
college was late and many did not
receive any notice. The USGA has
sent Environmental Requests out to
Universities around the country.
Oklahoma State would like to test
strains of bermudagrass. He also
stated that 5,000 square foot plots
are needed in the West Coast and
Orlando areas. If a golf course in
your chapter would be interested in
p a r t i c i p a t i n g in t h i s R e s e a r c h
Program, please contact John.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reports that there
are 70 shoe bags left over from the
National Tournament. The FGCSA
and the Central Florida chapter
c o n t r i b u t e d j o i n t l y to their
purchase. Joe stated that if the
FTGA uses a new format, we may
need to change our criterion for the
state team.
CROWFOOT: Joe Ondo distributed
entry forms to all External Vice
Presidents for each chapter. Tom
Benefield suggested that it would be
a courtesy if both the Poa and the
Crowfoot Committees would send a
separate entry form to each FGCSA
Board Member. Joe reported that
the South 9 and East 9 at Grand
Cypress would be used for their
tournament which will be held on
Monday, August 6th.
AWARDS: Joel Jackson said that
nominations for the Distinguished
Service Award have been received
and the Award will be presented at
the Crowfoot dinner. Additional
nominees have been received for
the P r e s i d e n t ' s A w a r d . T h o s e
receiving the Award for this initial
year will be Bob Sanderson, Paul
T u r c o t t e , Carl M c K i n n e y , Bud
Quandt and Adam Yurigan. A letter
will be sent to the respective
chapters notifying them that their
candidate will be receiving the
Award. Each Chapter President
should then notify their candidate,
collect some background material,
and be prepared to present the
Award at the Crowfoot.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: Tom
Benefield led a discussion on the
level of c o m m i t m e n t ' t h a t will be
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needed in the next year to deal with
environmental and governmental
regulations. He urged all chapters to
have a Representative on this
committee. Joel Jackson noted that
Chip Lewison will be the FGCSA
Representative on G r o u n d w a t e r
Contamination. Mark Jarrell noted
that his latest article in Golfweek
deals with the test wells at PGA
National and Boca Lago. He stated,
"whereas no traces of c o n t a m i n a tion could be found on the golf
courses, some "hits" had been
found in agriculture areas. He
suggested that we may have to
separate ourselves from the
agriculture industry in the future if
this proves to be true.
NOMINATIONS: Nominations for
new FGCSA O f f i c e r s are Ray
Hansen - President; Tom Benefield Vice President; Mark Jarrell Secretary/Treasurer; Joel Jackson Past President. Officers will be
elected at the Crowfoot Board
Meeting which will be held on
Saturday afternoon, August ^ t h . - ^ ^

POA RESULTS
The following is the list of winners
in this year's rain-shortened Poa
Annua Golf Classic:
Everglades GCSA, the host
chapter, won the team title this year.
Members playing for Everglades
chapter were Mark Atwood, Jack
Simpson, Wayne Kappauf and Lou
Conzelmann.
Superintendent's Division:
First Place Gross:
Dave Oliver
First Place Net:
Mark Atwood
Second Place Gross . . . Peter Brooks
Second Place Net:
Jerry Redden
Third Place Gross: .. Wayne Kappauf
Third Place Net:
Dale Reash
Fourth Place Gross: . . . Mark Hopkins
Fourth Place Net:
Jack Simpson
Supplier Division:
First Place Gross
Gordon Lewis
First Place Net
Nat Hubbard
Second Place Gross .. Morgan Evans
Seond Place Net
Walter Shirey
The Poa C o m m i t t e e
hopes
everyone had a good time during the
weekend despite the bad weather on
Monday. The tournament raised
over $4,000 for turfgrass r e s e a r c h ^

NORTH FLORIDA
TRANSITION
TOURNAMENT
The North Florida chapter of the
FGCSA is sponsoring their 1990
T r a n s i t i o n T o u r n a m e n t at the
Sheraton Palm Coast Resort on July
20 through July 22.
This weekend has been a very
popular event in the Jacksonville
area for the past ten years. Prior
tournaments have been held at the
Ponte Vedra Beach Resort and the
Ponce de Leon Resort with last
year's event held at Palm Coast. This
is a family oriented outing with
activities scheduled for old and
young alike. The tournament is
open to North Florida members and
applications have also been sent to
all other local chapters in the
FGCSA.
The golf tournament is limited to
144 players. Practice rounds will be
played by the first 80 registrants on
Friday, July 20, at Hammock Dunes
GC - Dwight Kummer, S u p e r i n t e n dent. The Opening Round of the
T o u r n a m e n t is s c h e d u l e d f o r
Saturday at Matanzas Woods GC Brigid Braun, Superintendent. Then
on Sunday, the Second Round will
be played at Pines Lakes CC - Fred
Kleinfelder, Superintendent. The
tournament concludes with a buffet
brunch and awards presentation on
Sunday afternoon.
Proceeds of the tournament are
used for turfgrass research and for
two scholarships presented to Lake
City Community College students
from the North Florida area.
^ ^

ADAM WALSH
TOURNAMENT
The 6th Annual Adam Walsh
T o u r n a m e n t w i l l be held on
Saturday, September 22nd at 8:30
a.m. at the Clubs of Inverrary in
Lauderhill. Registration fee is $60.00
per player.
Sponsorship forms and entry
blanks will be mailed shortly. For
more information, contact Bill
Entwistle, Jr. at (305) 435-6169.
^

POSITION
DESIRED
Assistant Superintendent available.
B.S. d e g r e e f r o m
Duquesne
University and 24 credit hours in
Turfgrass Management Program at
Palm Beach Community College.
Contact Rich Cernera, Broken
Sound Club, at (407) 9 9 4 - 8 5 1 0 . ^

RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTION
The Everglades chapter of the
FGCSA presented a check for
$1,000 to the FGCSA Research
Fund.
The money was raised at this
y e a r ' s 4th A n n u a l
InterClub
Tournament held at the Vineyards
CC in Naples, Peter Metcalf,
Superintendent. This is an annual
e v e n t w h i c h is h e l d in t h e
Naples/Fort Myers area by the
Everglades chapter.
The tournament is played by four
man teams consisting of the
superintendent and club officials
from member clubs in the area. The
tournament is very popular with the
members and is usually sold out
w i t h 26 t e a m s p a r t i c i p a t i n g .
Proceeds are donated to turfgrass
research.

PRESIDENT'S
AWARD FOR
LIFETIME
SERVICE
Nominations have been received
by the FGCSA for the first recipients
of the President's Award for Lifetime
Service. This award is meant to
honor those pioneers who were
instrumental in the growth of our
association.
Presentation of these awards will
be made at the Crowfoot Open
banquet on Sunday, August 5th, at
the Grand Cypress Convention
Center. Presidents of the respective
FGCSA local chapters will present
the awards to their nominee.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
DEGREE OFFERED IN
FORT LAUDERDALE
by Stephen D. Verkade
For more than four years, the
University of Florida's Department
of E n v i r o n m e n t a l H o r t i c u l t u r e
(formerly Ornamental Horticulture)
has been o f f e r i n g a u n i q u e
educational opportunity at the Fort
Lauderdale
Research
and
Education Center. This innovative
program enables students to earn
the Bachelor of Science degree in
Ornamental Horticulture, without
r e l o c a t i n g to the Gainesville
campus of the University of Florida.
An important option within this
program is Turfgrass Culture.
Currently, 19 courses (60 credits)
are offered at the Fort Lauderdale
Research and Education Center.
When taken upon completion of an
Associate of Arts degree (available
at Community Colleges), students
can apply these course credits
toward a Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of
Florida. The University of Florida
curriculum in South Florida is
cooperative. In addition to courses
offered at the Fort Lauderdale
Center, the program draws upon
Science courses available at other
area colleges including Florida
Atlantic University and Florida
International University. Course
work taken at these schools include
C h e m i s t r y , Plant P h y s i o l o g y ,
Genetics and Physics.
Horticulture courses at the Fort
Lauderdale
Research
and
Education Center include Turfgrass
Culture, Turfgrass Science, General
Soils, Principles of Entomology and
Laboratory, Landscape Practices
and Arboriculture, Basic Plant
Pathology, Environmental Factors
in Ornamental Crop Production,
Cultural Factors in Ornamental
Crop Production, Plant Propagation
and L a b o r a t o r y , Nursery and
Foliage C o n t a i n e r P r o d u c t i o n
Laboratory, Culture and Production
of Aquatic Plants, Principles of
Horticultural Taxonomy, Commercial Production of Foliage Plants,
Production of Floricultural Crops,
Horticulture Seminar, Retail Florist
Shop and Garden
Center
Management, Palm Production and
Culture.,
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NEWLY CERTIFIED
Congratulations to Pat Sneed and
Brigid Braun for being designated
Certified Golf Course S u p e r i n t e n dents since our last Green Sheet!
The GCSAA's total of Certified
Superintendents living in the state
of Florida now stands at 97 out of the
1,100 in the nation. There are more
Certified Superintendents in Florida
than
in a n y
other
state.
Pat Sneed has been S u p e r i n t e n dent at Sara Bay Country Club in
Sarasota for the past two years.
Prior to moving to Florida, Pat
served as Superintendent for five
years at Tupelo CC in
Tupelo,
Mississippi.
Pat is a member of the Suncoast
chapter. He is married and h a s a f o u r
year old son, Will.
Brigid Braun became the fourth
woman in the nation to attain
Certified status last April. She is
c u r r e n t l y S u p e r i n t e n d e n t at
Matanzas Woods GC in Palm Coast.
Prior to that, she served as
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t at U n i v e r s i t y
Country Club in Jacksonville. She
has been a member of the North
Florida chapter for many y e a r s - - ^ j a

COMPUTER
SEMINAR
The FGCSA Education C o m m i t tee will sponsor a 5-hour seminar on
"Computers in Turfgrass M a n a g e ment" on Sunday, August 5, at the
Grand Cypress Conference Center.
The seminar will begin at 7:30 a.m..
The instructor will be John Mervis,
of Clubmaster Software.
Course content will include:
• Cpmputers: What they are and
What they do
• Computer Hardware
• Generic Computer Programs
• Government regulations and
maintaining accurate records
• Question and Answer period
All interested parties are invited to
attend. Because the program will
include hands-on training, we must
limit this seminar to the first 40
registrants. Registration fee is
$40.00 and pre-registration is a
m u s t . T h e s e m i n a r has b e e n
approved by the GCSAA for 5
CEU's.
^

FROM THE
DESK OF
RUSS MITCHELL
Herbicide Applications
Summer means lots of grassy
weeds, sedges and spurge for most
Florida Turf Managers. Goosegrass
is always a problem and the rainy
season brings sedges. Spurge is a
p r o b l e m in weak areas where
nematodes are heavy. Let me
quickly go over some strategies for
control of these weeds...
1) The old standby of MSMA and
2,4-D tank mixed. This gives a very
wide range of control

on grassy

and

broadleaf weeds. Rates of 2-3 pts.
per acre of MSMA 6.6 and 1 pt. of
2,4-D are very effective and 419
bermuda is very tolerant. Take into
account drought stress, etc. Spray
every 5-7 days with your first
application both MSMA and 2,4-D.
Second application MSMA alone.
Third application 2,4-D and MSMA if
necessary one more shot of MSMA.
The two applications of 2,4-D
should knock out the broadleafs and
there seems to be a syergestic effect
of these two chemicals on both
types of weeds. A 3-way product can
be substituted for the 2,4-D at the
recommended label rate for even
broader control.
2) When grassy weeds are your
primary concern MSMA and Sencor
tank mixed is excellent. 419 is very
tolerant of Sencor but Ormand is
not! If you have anything other than
419 be very wary of Sencor. The
wetter the soil the more active
Sencor is due to root uptake so keep
this in mind. Apply at the rate of 1 oz.
per 1,000 sq. ft. and 2 oz. of Sencor
per ACRE. A little dab will do ya.
Make 3 applications 4-5 days apart
with the first two MSMA and Sencor.
The third application should be
MSMA alone. Remember to keep
Sencor use to 8 oz. per acre per year
or problems can develop.
With both MSMA mixes or alone
add 1 qt. per 100 gallons of spray
m i x as a n o n - i o n i c
wetting
agent/crop oil surfactant like Ag-oil
83/17 or Agridex.
3) The new kid on the block for
g o o s e g r a s s c o n t r o l o n l y is
HOELON. This product is super for
greens and tees. It takes it right out
with no damage to the turf. If greens

are cut under 1 /T you could see
some yellowing. In fairways it is very
important to mow just prior to
application to get g o o d control and
can even still be spotty if clippings
are heavy. Use a surfactant like the
ones listed above. Some people
prefer a sticker instead like Nu-film
17 or X-77. These work well but not
as well as the crop oils. I know w h y
they use them though because they
get some burn from the oils in
summer and they do not f r o m the
stickers. In most cases the tip burn is
worth the added efficacy.
The stickers stick, but the c r o p oils
burn through the waxy cuticle of the
plant

Control

in the roughs

is so

spotty with Hoelon that I do not
recommend it. Some s u p e r i n t e n dents get good control but they get
it early in the Spring when the plants
are young. Also remember that it
takes up to three weeks to see a kill.
Rates for Hoelon range f r o m .75 to
1.5 oz. per 1,000 sq. ft. 1.5 oz. per
year is the max.
4) Another product to remember is
IMAGE. When tank mixed with
MSMA you get control of sedges,
grasses and some broadleafs. This
mix should only be used on actively
growing turf from May through
Sept.. Rates on Image are .5 to 1 oz.
per 1,000 sq. ft.
Remember, that no matter what
y o u are s p r a y i n g f o r , p r o p e r
coverage is the most important part.

JOB OPENING
Assistant Superintendent needed
at Foxfire CC, Naples. Contact
Augustine Lucio at (813) 643-1055.

JOB CHANGES
Ray Hansen from Ocean Reef Club,
Key Largo to Delair CC, Delray
Beach.
Jack Ostrander, C G C S to Martin
County Golf Course, Stuart.
Art Helm from The Falls CC to
Boca-Delray CC, Delray Beach.
Bobby Ellis from Lake Region Y & C C
to Grassland G&CC, Lakeland.
Robert Dignin, Glen Eagles C C to
Westchester CC, Delray Beach.
Kevin Patten from Carolina C C to
Pifer, Inc., Indiantown.
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