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VOLUME V i n , PART 4, JULY/AUGUST 1992
NEWSLETTER

OF

THE

FLORIDA

GOLF

COURSE

SUPERINTENDENTS

ASSOCIATION

Suncoast Scramble
Raises $6,000
The Tenth Annual Suncoast Scramble
sponsored by the Suncoast GCSA held
on April 28 was a huge success, raising
a total of $6,720for turf research.
The Venice Golf and Country Club
course was in excellent shape thanks to
host superintendentfTroy Smith. Twenty
nine teams made up of the general
manager, superintendent, pro, and a
supplier member from the Suncoast
chapter, battled it out for the $1,680
worth of prize money. The team from
Lake Venice CC won the event with a 59
followed closely by Capri Isles with a 60
and the Plantation team with a 61.

Jim Miller, Suncoast chapter president, enjoys the Tenth Annual
Suncoast Scramble at Venice Golf and Country Club

UPCOMING EVENTS
July 8

Treasure Coast chapter annual
meeting, Willoughby GC, Stuart

July 13

Everglades annual meeting,
Hole-in-the-Wall GC, Naples

Aug. 1

FGCSA Annual Board of
Directors Meeting/Election of
Officers, Bay Hill Club

Aug. 2

FGCSA seminar, Bay Hill

Aug. 3

Sept. 18

Adam Walsh Tournament,
Inverrary East

Sept. 19

Lake City Golf Tournament,
Orange Park GC

Crowfoot Open, Bay Hill Club

Sept. 20

FGCSA Team Championship,
TPC at Sawgrass

Suncoast chapter meeting,
TaraG&CC, Bradenton

Sept. 20

FTGA Research Tournament,
Hidden Hills, Jacksonville

Sept. 20
- 23

FTGA Conference & Show,
Prime Osborn Convention
Center, Jacksonville

Nov. 13

FGCSA/GCSAA Regional
Seminar, "Wildlife
Management and Habitat
Conservation", Naples

July 13

West Coast chapter meeting,
Hunters Green

July 13

South Florida annual meeting,
TPC at Eagle Trace

Aug. 25

July 15

Central Florida chapter
meeting, Orange Lake CC

Aug. 26

July 15

Palm Beach chapter annual
meeting, High Ridge GC

Sept. 9

Palm Beach chapter meeting,
Binks Forest GC

July 24
- 26

North Florida Transition
Tournament, Jekyll Island

Sept. 15

July 28

Suncoast chapter meeting,
Sable Trace GC

Treasure
meeting,
Vero Beaci

Treasure Coast chapter golf
outing, Sailfish Point, Stuart

COLLECTION

President's Message

President's Message
Tom BenefieId,CGCS
Thank heavens the summer is here. Gone
on their long flight back to their winter wonderland are the snow birds we have all grown
to love so dear. It must truly be heaven on
earth up north because according to them,
everything is better up there and, of course,
they know how to do everything and we are
blessed to have them show us ignorant
southerners how things should be done. It
amazes me that we in the south were able to
live as long as we have down here before
they came.
Anyway, the important thing is the rain is
falling everyday, the grass is growing faster
than my waist line and the aerifiers are plugging along. Everyone knows how critical
this process is yet we continue to get reprimanded after the aerification process due to
the poor putting surface. It never fails every
year we get the comments, "I just played
yesterday at Po-Dunk Golf Club. They had
aerified the day before we played and the
greens were perfect.", or "Why do we have
all this sand on the greens? Bogey Creek has
never had sand on their greens after
aerifying." I guess the one that really hits
home is, "Why did you have to do it now. I'm
going back home (up north) in another
month."

Forgotten to these people are the other
nine months of the year that the greens are in
great condition. Gone are their memories of
how quickly they putted on the weekend of
the member/guest when their guests lavished praise on the course and greens. No,
the only thing the golfer can relate to is what
he is playing on TODAY. I can recall what
Jeff Hay den told me one time when I first
decided to pursue a career in this business.
"You're only as good as you are this very
day. What you did yesterday and what you
are going to do tomorrow doesn't matter. It's
only what you have today that counts."
I have never forgotten that idea. It hasn't
caused me to alter aerification plans or cultural practices but it has helped me immensely
to handle the frustration of member's comments. We all understand that we need to
hear member comments but some should be
taken with a grain of salt, or in certain situation, with a whole box of it!
Yet it is a good thing that we hear these
comments. How else can be keep a pulse on
what the membership is thinking? It is not
easy to sit there and be criticized but now you
know what their perceptions are. Now you
can start the process of changing their perceptions. You have an open dialogue with
these people; you now can earn their respect
and trust.
Rarely are things as bad as they are first
made out to be or as good as they seem.
Human nature tends to make people overreact to both good and bad. How quickly we

GREEN SHEE
Editor:
Mike Bailey
8892 Palmetto Park Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(407) 482-3052
News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(407) 692-9349
(407) 692-9654 (Fax)
The Green Sheet is a bimonthly
FGCSA newsletter printed as follows: Jan./Feb., March/April, May/
June, July/Aug., Sept./Oct., Nov./
Dec.

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Financial Support:
This issue of the Green Sheet is
being supported by:
Hector Turf
1301 N. W. 3rd Street
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
(305) 429-3200
All material submitted for printing
will be edited at the discretion of
the editor. Material must be typed
or clearly printed. All photos must
be black and white. Items must
be for the good of the association.
Deadline next issue, August 14

can fall from being the fair haired golden one
to being the red headed stepchild. We have
all experienced it and it will happen to us
again. The most successful day in my operations is when we flow on an even keel — no
highs and no lows —just like clockwork, the
plan works with no glitches.
It is difficult to explain to the members in
language they understand the importance of
the things we do each summer. As the lady
in the pro shop told me the other day upon
viewing the east fairways being aerified,
"Young man (everyone around here under
seventy is young to her), that is a great way
to ruin a perfectly good fairway. I guess you
are going to be
putting out those
smelly chemicals
again this year,
too." I nod my
head in agreement about the
chemicals,
I
mean that garlic
stuff really does
smell. Hell, you
can smell it a half
mile away. It is
so smelly that my
boss said to hold
Tom Benefield
off on that garlic
stuff until he went home for the summer.
Well anyway it does work and that is the
reason I keep using it. Besides taking care of
the mole crickets, it keeps the golfers off the
course. Kind of like killing two birds with
one shot. (Well many birds is not the right
choice of words here, but you know what I
mean!)
Well, I have spent enough time at this
computer today. Besides that I am about out
of scotch. Being my last president's message, I have to admit it has been fun, at least
for me. Some people say they wouldn' t write
the things I do. Thank God for small favors!
If there is someone out there that I have
offended, then it must have been your lucky
day. If there is someone out there who would
like to be offended, just give me a call.
Seriously though, I would like to thank
the members of the association for allowing
me this opportunity. I will fondly remember
for years to come. May God bless and keep
thinking those good thoughts.

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The FGCSA Election of Officers for
fiscal year 1992-93 will take place on
Saturday, August 1 st, at Bay Hill Club in
Orlando during the FGCSA Annual
Meeting, at approximately 4:00 p.m.
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FGCSA Updates

Job Changes
Tim Cann, CGCS, has moved from the
Reserve GC in Port St. Lucie to Harbor
Ridge CC in Stuart.
Mike Strahowski has been promoted to
head superintendent at the Reserve.

Critical Needs for
G. C. Horn
Ttirfgrass Field
Laboratory
Genera) Equipment;

Jeff Keech has moved from Palm Aire
CC to University Parkway G&CC in
Sarasota.
Doug Powell has switched from Oakford
CC to Palm Aire CC in Sarasota.
Gary Grigg, CGCS, current member of
the GCSAA Board of Directors, has
accepted the superintendent's position
at Naples National GC.
Andy Pearson has moved from Admirals Cove GC to become superintendent
at Eaglewood GC in Hobe Sound.
Tim Rappach, formerly at Eaglewood
GC, is now at Hobe Sound GC.
John Snyder, formerly at PGA National,
is now at Kendall Lakes G&CC, Miami.
Ed Ramey, formerly at Keys Gate GC
has accepted the superintendent position at Miramar CC.
Jim Beaston has moved from Deering
Bay CC in Miami to join the Palmer
Management team.

Aerifier (Ryan G.A.30)
Computer
Cushman top dresser
Cushman core harvester
Heavy duty verticut (Ryan)
Heavy duty front-mounted rotary
mower (Toro Groundsmaster)
Rotary mower (21 inch) with "clean"
housing for St. Augustinegrass
Sod Cutter with cutoff
Walking greensmower (need 2)
Walking reel mowers (need 2 equal to
Jacobsen tee mowers)
irrigation Equipment;

Digital 15-20 station irrigation timer
1,000 feet replacement for existing
metal lines (includes pipe and impact
sprinklers).
Please contact Dr. Ed Freeman at the
University campus (904-392-7231) if
you have an in-kind or cash donation.
The University of Florida Gainesville
campus will also be needing some high
tech equipment for the Envirotron in the
near future. Please contact the FTGA
office to offer your donation for the
Envirotron.

New Rebate
Programs for
FGCSA
An exciting opportunity for the
FGCSA to raise significant dollars for
research is at hand. Two Florida companies have made it simple and painless for
every superintendent to make a substantial contribution.
Ciba-Geigy, in cooperation with the
FGCSA, has generously offered to donate
$25 to the FTGA Research Foundation for
every case of Banner, Subdue, Triumph,
Award, Pernnant and Exhibit purchased
by FGCSA superintendents between November 1,1991 and September 15,1992.
DowElanco has followed suit by offering to donate $3 for every case of
Surflan, Rubigan, Gallery, Pageant and
Dursban purchased from July 1992 through
October 1992.
A simplified, one-page form for
each program is enclosed for all Class A
superintendents. If you have used these
products in the past or intend to use them
in the future, please sign the form and
return it to the FGCSA office as instructed.
The DowElanco form must be returned by
August 15th and the Ciba-Geigy form has
a September 15 deadline. This is all the
paperwork you need to do!
This is an opportunity for the FGCSA
to support the FTGA by earning hundreds
of thousands of dollars for turfgrass research. If you have any questions, please
call theFGCSAofficeat 1-800-732-6053.

Root BioStimulant Project Begins
Dr. Monica Elliott reports that the FGCSA-sponsored project, "Products for
Enhancement of Turfgrass Quality and Rooting", has begun at the FGCSA Otto
Schmeisser Research Green, University of Florida, IFAS Research and Education
Center in Fort Lauderdale.
Products to be tested during the two year study are: Enersol (American Colloid),
PanaSea (Emerald Isle, Ltd.), Kelpak (Arbor Groves), Eco, Sustane, Ringer and
Milorganite. Manufacturers of these seven products are contributiong $2,000/year
for the study. The products for the study have been received at the U of F site and the
rootwasher (Hydropneumatic Elutriation System) has been ordered. Arrangements
have been made to fund additional labor for the project at the Research Green.

July/August 1992

Mickey Lovett,
Marketing
Specialist for
Ciba-Geigy,
explains the
revised Rebate
Program at
the FGCSA
Board of
Directors
meeting in
Naples.

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FGCSA Spring Board Meeting Minutes

T h e Spring 1992 meeting of the FGCSA
Board of Directors was called to order by
President Tom Benefield at 8:00 a.m. on
Saturday, May 16, at Naples Beach Hotel.
SECRETARY/TREASURER:
Paul
Crawford submitted the minutes to the winter
1992 Board Meeting and the current FGCSA
financial statements. Both were approved.
He then led a discussion on the first draft of
the proposed 1992-93 budget. It was suggested that the line item for accounting be
increased to allow for a financial review or
an audit to be done immediately following
the end of this fiscal year.
Paul noted that some of the Executive
Secretary's time is allotted to other projects
($1,000 to Green Sheet, $2,000 to Membership Directory, and $ 1,500 to survey), rather
than the line item for secretary wages. If all
her time were allocated to the one category,
it would total $13,000 through April. At this
time, the Board voted to offer the Executive
Secretary a $2.00/hr. increase or a yearly
bonus of $2,000 to fund an IRA.
Other budgetary items discussed were:
• The 1992-93 membership goal will be set
at 800 members @ $60.00/each.
Donations: Florida Golf Council and
FTGA could possibly be increased from
$5,000 to $7,500 if the final budget allows.
• Research Green - Biostimulant Project
will generate $12,000 income this year with
an additional $12,000 next year. It was
decided to increase the technicians salary by
$1.00/hour. The SFGCS A has volunteered
to donate another $ 13,000 to the green for the
1992-93 fiscal year and it was assumed that
some of the other chapters would continue to
donate funds to the green. In addition to this,
it would seem that the Biostimulant project
will realize a net gain which would enable
the green to start to become self supporting in
the future.
FGCSA JACKET: Scott Bell reported that
Palm Beacher will supply a green blazer for
approximately $120. He will try to present
his final recommendation at the Crowfoot
meeting.
AWARDS: Scott Bell presented his suggestion for a non-superintendent aw ard. After
some discussion on the number of awards the
FGCSA should be giving out, Scott was
asked to present definite criterion for this
possible new award to be voted on at the
Crowfoot.
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BY-LAWS: John Gallagher presented a By
Law change to the Board regarding Article
EI, Officers and Directors to separate the
position of SecretaryATreasurer into two
positions those increasing the number of
Officers on the Executive Committee to five.
Ray Hansen noted that if this change were
approved, it would extend the time commitment to at least one year as Director and then
five years as a member of the Executive
Committee for a total of six years. He felt
that this would be an unnecessary burden to
all future nominees and might present a
problem in getting people to serve on the
Executive Committee in the future. After
some discussion, the proposed By Law
change failed.
PUBLICATIONS: Mark Jarrell reported
on two major developments with the Florida
Green: 1) Larry Kieffer of Janlark stated at
the February Publications Committee meeting that he had lost $20,000 on the last two or
three issues combined of the Florida Green
and that he would like to amend his current
agreement with the FGCSA. 2) Joel Jackson
has resigned as Editor effective with the
Crowfoot meeting. In light of these developments, the possible future direction of the
magazine was discussed. Joel has probably
been too generous with his free time and
taken on too many projects for the magazine
that were above and beyond his roll as editor.
Therefore, when the Publications Committee meets it will seriously consider restructuring the roll of editor to consider a committee or panel of editors rather than a single
editor. The Publications Committee will
report their suggestions/recommendations to
the Board at the Crowfoot meeting.
GREEN SHEET: Mike Bailey gave a
quick review of the original purpose of the
Green Sheet which was to be a chapter
newsletter, not a magazine. Costs have risen
dramatically and Vigoro has now decided to
regroup. In an effort to enable the Green
Sheet to continue to be self supporting, it was
decided to streamline the costs of the newsletter. Larry Kieffer was unable to meet the
financial goal as set by Mike so decided to
withdraw as publisher. The May/June issue
was revamped, economized, and produced
locally through the FGCSA office at half the
previous cost. Mike feels that at this new
cost (approximately $1,500 an issue) he will
not have any problem getting future advertisers to support each issue.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: Marie
Roberts reported that letters will go out to all

chapter affiliate members in early June to
solicit their advertisement in the 1993 Membership Directory. Since this is the only way
these suppliers can obtain a copy of the
Directory, it is felt that the 1993 Directory
will be as successful as past issues.
FUND RAISING: Mark Jarrell introduced
Mickey Lovett of CIB A-Geigy to discuss a 3
year old fund raising program that has been
tailored to golf courses who use their
chemicals. In order to qualify for enrollment,
a golf course must purchase a minimum of 3
specific products from CIB A-Geigy between
November 1,1991 and September 15,1992.
The chemicals are Award, Pennant, Subdue,
Triumph, Exhibit or Banner. Payout on the
program is $25 per case with the funds donated to the FTGA. All purchase records
would be submitted to the FGCSA (or some
outside firm) by your supplier for compilation and submission to CIB A-Geigy for
payment.
All superintendents should sign the form for
their club and send the signed form directly
to the FGCSA. That is it! No further paperwork would be necessary from the superintendent. His supplier would keep the
record of how many cases are purchased and
submit the forms for payment. This is a very
simple way for superintendents who are already using these chemicals to support
turfgrass research. If your club qualifies for
the award (by purchasing 3 products), you
are signing over your award money to the
FTGA. Naturally, the more clubs to participate, the greater the reward. If 500 clubs
were to sign up, we could raise over $ 100,000.
Funds would go directly to the FTGA for
research purposes to be determined by a
committee of golf course superintendents.
The success of the program rests on the
shoulders of the External Vice Presidents to
get the word out to all chapter members to
sign up. Mickey Lovett is available to speak
at any chapter meeting to explain the program
and help get superintendents to fill out the
form. Other firms, such as Lank-Como,
DowElanco, and Hoechst-Roussel are planning similar programs on future sales.
FLORIDA GOLF COUNCIL: A discussion was held regarding the tenuous status of
the FGC. It is felt that it cannot survive it ints
present structure. Bob Yount of the FTGA
reported that a meeting will be held in two
weeks to consider a lobbyest under a separate entity, rather than the FTGA, to avoid a
tax situation. He discussed the merits of

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FGCSA Spring Board Meeting Minutes
combining Tom Latta's analytical approach
along with Bobby Brantley's influence with
the legislatures.
RESEARCH: Dr. Monica Elliott distributed a report on the five current projects
being performed on the research putting green
at the Ft. Lauderdale REC:
1) Nitrogren Source Study - second stage; 2)
Root Biostimulant Study; 3) Bermudagrass
Decline; 4) Pesticide Leaching Study; 5)
Blue-green Algae comparison. With so
much going on at the research green, Ray
Hansen suggested that is about time to
begin preliminary planning for a second
research greeb in the Central Florida area.
Dr Elliott reminded board members that the
Diagnostic Clinic on the U of F Gainesville
campus is not being used by the turfgrass
industry. It is on a fee basis, headed by Dr.
Gary Simone. Encourage your members to
use this facility.
EDUCATION: Rick Walker described the
very informative program for the Poa seminar which will be held on Sunday morning.
Pre-registration numbers are high and we are
expecting another successful turnout. The
topic for the Crowfoot seminar has not been
selected. He noted that the FGCSA/GCSAA
Regional Seminar, "Wildlife Management
and Habitate" has been scheduled for November 13. A motion was made that the
seminar be hosted by the Everglades chapter.
The motion was approved.
MEMBERSHIP: Buddy Carmouche suggested that an additional membership category be added to the FGCSA By-Laws.
This "Member at Large" category would
enable the FGCSA to gain those superintendents who are members of the GCSAA
but not currently members of the FGCSA.
Most of these superintendents are in the
Pensacola area. Tom Benefield asked Buddy
to research this further and be prepared to
submit a proposed By-Law change at the
Crowfoot meeting.
VOTING DELEGATE: Tom Benefield
stated that the FGCSA cast the largest number
of votes in the recent GCSAA election. He
noted that Paul McGinnis got the Florida
votes due to his bermudagrass background.
GCSAA : Paul Crawford reported that this
year's reception was over budget because it
was such a huge success. Paul volunteered to
remain as Chairman of this event for the
California Conference and will solicit con-

July/August 1992

tributions from suppliers to help underwrite
the costs. It was decided that the Distinguished Service Award would not be distributed at the reception but would, instead,
revert back to the Crowfoot dinner.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that the Crowfoot
Open will be played at the Bay Hill Club on
August 1 - 3 . He distributed registration
forms to all External Vice Presidents.
The GCSAA Golf Tournament will be held
in San Diego this year. Qualifying tournaments for the Florida team will consist of the
Poa, the Crowfoot and the FTGA Tournament.
FTGA: Bob Yount reported that there is a
good article on the Envirotron in the current
issue of Turf Digest. The FTGA is currently
compiling a list of high tech equipment that
will be needed for the Envirotron at a cost of
well over $100,000. He noted that the new
administrator, Dr. Nell, is getting a good
start at the U of F. The Turfgrass Report is
being sent to all legislatures. The FTGA is
offering a Complete Pesticide Label Handbook and MSDS Handbook at a cost of
$175.00 per set. Bob Yount and Dr. Elliott
spoke about the proposed expansion of FAU/
FIU onto the U of F campus in Ft. Lauderdale. Both feel this is still in the very early
planning stages and should not be a concern
to our research green at this time.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: Greg
Plotner volunteered to assistTim Hiers. Tom
Benefield and Greg Plotner are continuing to
represent the superintendents position with
the Water Management Districts in the state.
They are hopeful that the resulting plans will
be more cohesive.
POA: Buddy Carmouche reported that they
have received a tremendous amount of support from supplier donations.
CERTIFICATION: Dale Kuehner included a synopsis of the proposed changes
from the GCSAA regarding Certification
and more stringent requirements for educational programs to receive CEU's. He also
submitted a letter to be sent to the GCSAA
requesting re-testing for only one section of
the test at a time.
SURVEY: Mike Bailey reported that we
have received a 43% return rate on this year's
survey. He noted that information on fungicides, insecticides and fertilizer useage can
be obtained from Tom Benefield. A discussion was held regarding thetimelinessof the

survey to coincide with budget preparation
at member golf courses.
NEW BUSINESS: President Benefield
requested that each Committee Chairman
submit a written Job Description for their
position before the next board meeting.
Tom noted that the recent logo infringement
problem has been solved as soon as the
supplier was notified that he should not use
our logo in his advertisement.
The US DA is the funding mechanism
available for mixing/loading sites.
The FTGA Turfgrass Survey questionnaire
was distributed to all Board Members with
the request that they be returned to Mark
Jarrell as soon as possible.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m.

Crowfoot
Activities
The 1992 Crowfoot Open will beheld
on August 2nd and 3rd at Bay Hill C lub
in Orlando. Festivities include the
banquet on Sunday night and the golf
tournament on Monday morning. Cost
is $90.00 for both events with extra
banquet tickets being sold (in advance
only) for $ 4 0 . 0 0 .
Overnight
accommodations can be made at Bay
Hill for a special price of $60.00/night.
Deadline is July 26. Please contact
Vilma or Larry Kamphaus at 407-3516815 for more information.
The FGCSA will be presenting the
Distinguished Service Award and
Presidents Lifetime Service Awards at
the Sunday night banquet. The FGCSA
Educational Committee will sponsor a
pesticide/regulatory seminaron Sunday
morning.
The FGCSA Board Meeting will be
held on Saturday, August 1st at noon at
the Bay Hill Club. The Annual Meeting
of the FGCSA with Election of Officers
will be held immediately following, at
approximately 4:00 p.m. All interested
FGCSA members are invited to attend.

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Everglades Chapter News

Everglades Chapter Hosts Poa Weekend
Gains Three Certified Superintendents
"The 1992 Poa Annua festivities were
the best ever!" These were the sentiments
expressed by almost all our FGCSA
members and their families who spent the
weekendofMay 16th at the Naples Beach
Hotel. Judging by the laughter coming
from the children' s end of the pool and on
the beach, fun was the word for the
weekend. The "adults" had their share of
fun at the banquet and Las Vegas night
activities. What a great place to hold this
type of event!
Both the G. C. Horn Tournament
played at the Naples Beach Hotel (despite
a short rain delay) and the Poa Annua
TournamentheldatFlamingoLakes were
an outstanding success. After a few
years of rain shortened play, the Poa
Classic went the entire 18 holes. In fact,
it took an extra two holes to decide the
superintendent low gross winner. After
18 holes, Mark Henderson, Glen Klauk
and Joe Ondo tied with 73's. On the
second playoff hole, Mark took the
championship with a par. Glen Klauk
finished second on a match of cards with
Joe. (You might wonder where 3 time
winner Dave Oliver was ... word has it
that he was still playing the wheel at the
Vegas night!). With this win, Mark
qualifies to be on the FGCSA team at the
GCSAA in California. Congratulations!
The Palm Beach chapter won the team
event for the second year in a row with
some outstanding scores. Besides Mark
Henderson and Glen Klauk with their
73's, Scott Foster captured 2nd low net
with a 68 while Gary Fischer held up his
end as the fourth member of the winning
team. First low net honors went to Jim
Witt, superintendent at Avila GC. The
suppliers division was won by BillFowler
whose low gross of 75 was enough to
come in ahead of James McCumber. First
place low net supplier honors went to
Wayne Garrett with a 67 followed by
Scotty Hamm. The longest drive contest
was won by Mark Hopkins and Gary
Wilhelm while Bill Itschner and Jay
Gratton took longest putt.

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On the serious side of the weekend,
Rick Walker's FGCSA Education
Committee put on a fantastic, well attended seminar early Sunday morning.
Steven Dwinell,
Florida DER,
provided Poa
seminar attendees
with plans for
designing
acceptable
mixing! loading
stations.

Steve Dwinell of the DER gave an
outstanding presentation on mixing/
loading stations which was very well
received by the 60 superintendents attending. John Hinkle of Employers
Association of Florida gave an enthusiastic and informative program on employer relations and personnel policies.
This seminar should not have been
missed and we hope some of the local
chapters may contact these speakers to
put together a seminar at their local
chapter meetings.
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Newly Certified
Everglades Members
Bob Bittner started his career in
the golf course industry by working on
the crew for Buddy Carmouche while he
was still in high school. He went off to
McNeese State University in Lake
Charles, Louisiana, to get his B.S. in
Horticulture with a minor in Agronomy.
After graduating, he returned to Florida
to accept a position as Assistant Superintendent at Pelican Bay in Naples,
working for Westinghouse. After four
years in that position, he was promoted
to Superintendent. Then in 1987 he
became involved with the construction
of Pelicans Nest CC and stayed on as
Director of Golf Course Operations until
1990. When The Club-Pelican Bay was

turned over to the members in early 1991,
Bob became superintendent.
Bob is an active member of the Everglades chapter. He served as a Board of
Director, Secretary/Treasurer, and Vice
President of the chapter until he became
too busy with the construction of Pelicans Nest GC to continue on the Board.
However, he still continues to be a major
force in the chapter by promoting the
professional image and respect for the
position of golf course superintendent.
Michael Mongoven is another superintendent who grew up on a Southwest Florida golf course. In his case, it
was in Port Charlotte under the direction
of Bob Sanderson.
Michael received his B.A. in history
from the University of Colorado and then
earned an A.S. from Lake City Community College. Upon graduation, he accepted a position as Assistant Superintendent to David Moote at Wildcat Run
in Estero. Seven years later when David
moved to Marco Island, Michael was
named superintendent and held that position for four years. In 1990, he accepted
the position as Assistant Director of Golf
for the city of Fort Myers. During these
past eighteen months he has been busily
spending his time overseeing the activities at both Ft. Myers and Eastwood GC.
Dick McCoy is the third superintendent from the Everglades chapter to become certified this month.
Unlike Bob and Michael, Dick is a
transplant from the north. He received
his A. A. in Applied Science and Turf and
Ornamental Horticulture from Illinois
Central College. After graduation, he
worked in Illinois for 9 years before accepting a position as Assistant Superintendent at Innesbrook Resort. After four
years at Innesbrook he moved to the
Foxfire GC in Naples to serve as superintendent for three years. Then in 1990
he moved to his current position as
superintendent at Wyndemere GC.
The FGCSA offers congratulations to
the Everglades chapter!
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