VOLUME X, PART 3, MAY/JUNE 1994
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION
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UPCOMING EVENTS
May 9

West Coast chaptcr
meeting, Avila G&CC

May 18

PBGCSA chapter meeting,
Dclray Dunes G&CC.

June 17

South Florida chapter golf
outing, Ocean Reef Club

May 10

GCSAA Irrigation
Specialist seminar, Alaqua

May 19

June 15

PBGCSA chapter meet
ing, Atlantis GC

May 12

GCSAA Spray Technician
Training, Tampa Palms

BioControl Seminar
presented by Everglades
GCSA, Lee County
Extension office

June 20

Pro/S uperintendent
Tournament, Lake Region

May 13

Environmental Management Seminar, Naples
Beach Hotel. Noon-5:30.

June 27

Central Florida Field Day,
Heathrow CC

May 14

June 28

Suncoast outing, Golden
Ocala GC

July 22-24

North Florida Transition
Tournament weekend

Aug. 1

Crowfoot Open

Sept. 17
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FTGA Conference and
Show, Ft. Lauderdale

May 19

Ridge chapter meeting

May 21

Treasure Coast benefit
tournament, Loblolly Pines

G. C. Horn Tournament,
Naples Beach Hotel

May 24

Suncoast annual chapter
meeting, Sara Bay CC

May 15

Poa Golf Tournament,
Naples Beach Hotel

June 1

Treasure Coast meeting,
Bent Pine GC

May 17

Central Florida meeting,
The Great Outdoors

June 11

PBGCSA Future of Golf
Tournament, Emerald
Dunes GC

President's Message
further information, call Marie
Roberts at our FGCSA office 800
number and she will be glad to see
that you get the information you
need.

President's Message
by Paul Crawford

We have one of our biggest
gatherings of the year coming up
on May 13, 14, and 15 in Naples.
Activities begin with an educational seminar on Friday afternoon and the FGCSA board
meeting in the evening. Saturday
is the Granny Horn Tournament
followed by the banquet with
Sunday being the day for the Poa
Annua Tournament. Definitely a
weekend full of education, camaraderie and, of course, a little golf.
Anyone who has not attended this
event at the Naples Beach Club
should consider coming. The Everglades chapter does an outstanding job. It is important to
know that you do not have to play
golf to attend the other events.
You can pick and chose what you
would like to do. There is also

Paul Crawford

plenty for the family to do while
you are busy with the sponsored
activities. We also have a full
weekend the first of August when
the Central Florida chapter hosts
the Crowfoot Open.
Both of these events are great
opportunities to get to know the
other superintendents in the state.
I encourage everyone of you to
try to make it to one of these
weekends (or both). You will be
happy you did. If you need any

GREEN S H E E T

Editor:
Tom Benefield, CGCS
P O Box 1783
Hobe Sound, FL 33475
(407) 546-8033.

News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(407) 692-9349
(407) 692-9654 (Fax)
TheGreen Sheet isa bimonthly FGCSA
newsletter printed as follows: Jan./Fcb.,
March/April, May/June, July/Aug.,
Sept./Oct., Nov./Dec.
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Financial Support:
This issue of the Green Sheet is
being sponsored by:
Golf Ventures
2101 East Edge wood Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33803
(800) 330-8874
Now in Tampa and Fort Myers.
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, June 15.

It appears our fund raising efforts
are coming in very well and should
be even better than last year. This
money comes from the rebate
programs sponsored by some of
our suppliers throughout the state.
Any companies considering this
should contact our office. We
would be happy to sit down with
you and discuss a program. Once
again, guys, don't forget to support the people who are supporting us. It's one big cycle and it is
up to us to keep this going.
Thank you to the people who have
helped out and sent in articles to
the Florida Green. We will accept
full length articles but most important are the 2-3 paragraph
segments that are grouped together with a central theme in
each issue. We will be sending
out Florida Green staff writer golf
shirts to those superintendents
who supply these for us. These
particular articles have been very
popular with the golf superintendents and we need your help to
keep it going. So when Tom or
Marie call you, help us out and
send in your part.
See you at one of the summer
events.
REMEMBER: Next FGCSA
Board Meeting is scheduled for
Friday night, May 13th, at the
Naples Beach Hotel. All FGCSA
members are invited.
The Green Sheet

Chapter Activities

20th Annual Poa Golf Classic Tournament Weekend Activities
The Everglades chapter proudly presents the 20th Annual Poa Annua
Golf Classic Tournament at the beautiful Naples Beach Hotel and Golf
Club on Friday, May 13th through Sunday, May 15th.
Activities begin with an FGCS A-sponsored five hour seminar at noon
on Friday. The topic is Environmental Management and promises to
be an extremely interesting seminar presented by Michael Coffman.
Early pre-registration figures predict that there will be a large crowd.
Certified superintendents will received CEU credit for recertification.
Seminar fee is $40.00 pre-registration and $50.00 at the door.
The FGCSA Board Meeting will be held on Friday night. All
interested parties are invited to attend the meeting.
The G. C. Horn Memorial Tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the
Naples Beach Club on Saturday morning. The cocktail party begins
at 6:30 p.m. that night with dinner and entertainment to follow. The Poa
Annua Golf Classic begins at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday morning with
presentation of awards at 1:30 p.m. Late entries may call George
Bowling at the Fort Myers Country Club for further information.

2nd Annual Mike
Richards Tournament
Congratulations to the winners of
the Second Annual Mike Richards
Memorial Scholarship Tournament. The event, held April 18th
at Hidden Hills CC in Jacksonville, benefits turf students
throughout Florida. This years
top gross team winners were Tom
Prescott and Bob Jones. The net
team winners were Jim Davidson
and Carl Russell.
The North Florida chapter wishes
to thank all those who participated,
the volunteers and most especially
the tournament sponsors for helping to make this year's event a
huge success.
May /June 1994

"POA 94"

Bio Control in Turf and Ponds
The Everglades chapter is co-sponsoring a seminar with the Lee
County Extension Service on Thursday, May 19th. The two hour
seminar will be held at the Cooperative Office in Terry Park in Fort
Myers. CEU's have been requested for the program.
The seminar begins at 1:00 p.m. with Dr. Patrick Parkman, U of F, and
Cameron McCaskill speaking on control of mole crickets with Ormia
depleta (red-eyed Brazilian fly) and Steinernema scapterisci (Uruguay
nematode) respectively. Then at 2:00 p.m. the topic turns to triploid
grass carp. Paul Thomas will speak on biology and weed control and
John Cassani will speak on stocking and monitoring in Lee County.
The seminar concludes with Mike Mongoven discussing the triploid
grass carp as it relates to the golf course.
Cost of the seminar is $3.00. Reservations may be made by calling
Letha at the Lee County office, 813-338-3232.
First Annual Treasure Coast GCSA Benefit Scramble will take place
on Saturday, May 21st at Loblolly Pines with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun
start. Money raised will go to the Treasure Coast Animal Hospital.
Contact Roger Welker at 567-2351 or any TCGCSA board member.
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Envirotron Classic

Second Annual Envirotron Golf Classic
There were 232 participants in
what Bob Yountcalled "the single
largest turf research fund raising
event in the country" — the Second Annual Envirotron Classic
held at World Woods Golf Club
on April 18th.
Seven Rivers Golf Course Superintendents Association hosted
this event which grossed $44,000
according to Glenn Oberlander,
Tournament Chairman. The approximate net income will be close
to $30,000 and will be donated
directly to the Envirotron Equipment Fund. The Seven Rivers
chapter can be proud of this tremendous accomplishment.
The Envirotron Golf Class would
like to thank all sponsors and
participants who graciously donated their time and money. A
special thanks goes to the Ace
Sponsors who donated $2,500
each to the event: Helena/Vigoro;
Pro Equipment; Tresca/Jacobsen;
and LESCO. Again this year,
World Woods Golf Club General
Manager Stan Cooke donated
their courses which were in immaculate condition thanks to superintendents Steve Hritsko and
Bob Wagner.
Golf results were as follows. Low
Net winner of the traveling trophy
was the team sponsored by Glen
Lakes G&CC consisting of Dave
Craighead, Andy Padova, Rick
Sadler, and Ralph Glover playing
on the Pine Barrens course. The
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4-man scramble Low Gross team
winners were Mike Cook, Steve
Anderson, Mike Anderson, and
Glen Gabriel. Meanwhile on the
Rolling Oaks GC, the Low Net
winner with a 62 was Mack Baugh
while Pat Fitzpatrick captured
Low Gross honors with a 73.
In addition to the golf, lobbyist
Mike Goldie gave an update and
fair warning about the upcoming
battle over water use that will be
waged here in Florida. The program also included an update by
Dr. Bert McCarty who invited
everyone to vist the new
Envirotron and see some of the
studies already underway. The
Awards ceremony was preceded
by a Bar-B-Que dinner of chicken
and ribs while the scores were
being tabulated.

The FGCSA would like to add
their congratulations to the Seven
Rivers chapter members who
donated a considerable amount of
time to pull off this major event.
Everyone involved can be truly
proud of what was accomplished.

Mike Goldie talks to the group
while Glenn Oberlander, Tournament Chairman, rushes off to
attend to more details.
The Green Sheet

Envirotron Golf Classic

$30,000 Raised for Envirotron Equipment Fund

Entrance to
beautiful
World Woods
Golf Club,
host of two
successful
Envirotron
Tournaments

Low Net Winners from Glen
Lakes G&CC
were Dave
Craighead,
Andy Padova,
Rick Sadler,
and Ralph
Glover.

May /June 1994

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FGCSA Chapter Activities

CHAPTERS EARN RESEARCH DOLLARS AT TELEVISED EVENTS
It all began back in late January of 1991 when the Palm Beach chapter was asked to help ESPN with the LPGA
event at Wycliffe CC in Lake Worth. They did such a good job for ESPN that they were contacted by NBC
to cover the PGA Championship in April of that same year. And then the ball started to roll!
During the past three months, three of our local chapters have acted as spotters or scorers for NBC and CBS
for tour events throughout the state. This is fast becoming a major fund raising coup for turfgrass research!
The networks must provide their own communications personnel and this is where the local superintendents
come in. The networks appreciate the fact that superintendents are "quality volunteers" who know the game
and the golf course.
The Central Florida chapter has worked the Bay Hill tournament for the past four years and this year added
the LPGA event at Grand Cypress to their schedule. They have also been asked to work for CBS during the
upcoming LPGA Spring Championship. The chapter uses a crew of approximately 16 - 20 volunteers to get
the job done.
The North Florida chapter received $2,500 for helping NBC during the TPC at Sawgrass last month. It
must be noted that NBC requires their volunteers to walk with the group, as opposed to CBS which prefers
that the volunteers be stationed at each hole throughout the course. So you can see that volunteering for an
NBC tournament is indeed hard work.
In April, the Palm Beach chapter earned another $2,600 by working the PGA Seniors Championship at
PGA National. This chapter also uses a core of 16 - 20 volunteers and there is always a list of superintendents
waiting to get on the list! When you realize that the team of volunteers must commit to work all four days
of the tournament, you begin to see what a large personal commitment it is for a busy superintendent to make.

Palm Beach chapter members Paul Crawford, Danny Miller, Dale Mitchell,
Brent Hawk and Andy Lemmel relax in front of the NBC trailer.

The FGCSA salutes the
Central Florida, North
Florida and Palm Beach
chapters for their dedication to the sport. They
have earned a reputation of
being savvy, knowledgeable spotters during the
coverage of these tournaments and have opened up
a new source of revenue
for other chapters to use.
We hope all chapters will
respond positively when
contacted to work a tournament in their area. And
it is a lot of fun!
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FGCSA Membership News

JOB CHANGES

Newly Certified Superintendent

JohnBautc is leaving Breakers West
GC to begin construction of the Royal
Westmoreland GC in St. James,
Barbados

Scott Hamm, our latest FGCSA certified superintendent, has been
working in the golf course industry since the age of seven when his
father built Turkey Run Golf Club in Waveland, Indiana. After high
school graduation, Scott was put in charge of the maintenance of the
family-owned golf course.

Frank Kynkor has moved from St,
Andrews CC to PGA National.
Tom Vlach has moved from Ekana
GC to become superintendent at Pine
Tree GC in Boynton Beach.
Steve Spaugh, former Assistant at
Bonita Bay, is now the superintendent at Wildcat Run in Estero.
Buddy Carmouehc, CGCS, has left
Hole in-the-Wall GC to go into a
related service position.
Tim Perez, formerly of Old Hickory,
is now superintendent at Pelican
Point G&CC in Venice.
Tom Mackanos is now head superintendent at Miles Grant CC in Stuart.

Three years later, Scott moved to Florida to become involved with the
construction of Fiddlesticks Country Club in Naples under the direction of Buddy Carmouche. He left Fiddlesticks to take the position of
superintendent at Okeechobee G&CC for a year until he decided to go
to Lake City Community College. While at Lake City, he did his
internship for David Court at Boca Lago GC.
After graduation, he returned to Fiddlesticks for two years, this time
under the direction of Lou Conzelmann. He then accepted the position
of golf course superintendent at Cape Coral CC for two years and is
now superintendent at Riverwood GC in Port Charlotte. He is very
proud to have been the host superintendent of the Annual LCCC
Endowment Tournament for the past two years where over $5,000 was
raised last month.
Scott would like to thank Buddy, Lou, and David for their help in his
early years in Florida and states that they were the role models who
encouraged him to seek the certified status as soon as possible.

Jim Slingland, formerly at Pipers
Landing CC, is now working for
Miles Grant CC in Stuart.
Brian Lentz, formerly assistant at
Intcrlachcn CC is now superintendent at DeBary Plantation,
Terry Stanley, fonmer Assistant at
Quail Creek GC, has accepted the
position as superintendent at Foxfire
GC in Naples.

POSITION AVAILABLE
TPC at Sawgrass is looking for an
Assistant for their Valley Golf
Course. Contact Fred Klauk, Jr.
at 102 TPC Blvd., Ponte Vedra,
FL 32082
May /June 1994

Scott Hamm's golf course, Riverwood CC, was the site of the
Second Annual LCCC Tournament held in January
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