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VOLUME XI, PART 5, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1995
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION
Sept. 9

UPCOMING EVENTS

GCS AA Chapter Relations Meeting, Lawrence

Sept. 12

PBGCS A golf outing, The Little Club

Sept. 12

Suncoast chapter meeting, Tara GC

Sept. 19

Everglades meeting, Wildcat Run CC, Naples

Sept. 23

Lake City Community College Alumni Golf
Tournament, TPC of Tampa Bay

Sept. 24

FTGA Research Golf Tournament, Sun City
Center - Cypress Green and South Course.
FGCSA Chapter Championship Tournament,
River Hills CC, Valrico. Both tournaments
followed by Toro Corn Boil at Simmons Ranch.

Sept. 24
- 27

FTGA 43rd Annual Conference & Show,
Tampa Convention Center

Oct. 5

GCS AA Regional Seminar co-sponsored by
FGCSA, Integrated Pest Management, Naples

Oct. 10

North Florida chapter meeting, Ponte Vedra Inn

Oct. 13

SFGCSA's Adam Walsh Golf Tournament,
Inverrary, Fort Lauderdale

Oct. 16

Suncoast chapter meeting, Pasadena Y&CC

Oct. 20

Everglades Pro/Super Golf Tournament,
The Forest CC, Fort Myers

Nov. 2

GCSAA seminar, Preventative Maintenance of
Turf Equipment, Riverwood GC, Port Charlotte

Nov. 7

SFGCS A chapter meeting, Key Biscayne

Nov. 8

PBGCS A chapter meeting, The Falls CC

Nov. 9

2nd Annual Golf Course Expo, Orlando

Nov. 14

North Florida chapter meeting, Windsor Parke

Tom Benefield, CGCS, addresses the crowd at the Crowfoot Open
banquet after being announced as winner of the FGCSA 1995
Distinguished Service Award
Tom Benefield, CGCS, is a true Gator Fan! He received his degreee in
Golf Course Operations from Lake City CC. After serving at two golf
courses in Texas, he returned to Florida as superintendent at Sun Air CC
in Dundee, then on to Beacons Woods in Spring Hill and finally to
Ballenlsles CC in Palm Beach.
Tom served on the Board of the FGCSA from 1988-1993 and was
President ofthe FGCSA in 1991. He served as editor of the Green Sheet
from 1992 to 1994 and also took over the editorship of the Florida Green
from Joel Jackson during that same time frame. Tom has been -- and
continues to be - a leader in keeping a watchful eye on the Florida Water
Management Districts as they formulate regulations on reclaimed water
useage. He has been instrumental in seeing that the WMDs are aware
of the true value of golf courses as users of this recycled water. Even
though Tom is no longer employed as a golf course superintendent, he
continues to give his time unselfishly to serving the industry.

President's Message

President's Message
by Greg Plotner
As the new President of the
FGCSA, I would like to thank all
of you, especially Scott Bell and
Dale Kuehner, CGCS, for making
this past year such a successful
one and with some hard work and
a little luck, this coming year could
be even better.
In review of this past year, our
Research Committee, headed by
Kevin Downing, CGCS, delivered to the Board of the FGCSA a
proposal to fund the DNA study
in a co-operative effort with the
Florida Turfgrass Association. It
was accepted and funded at the
Poa Board Meeting in Naples last
May. This year a ball roll study
on our research green in Fort Lauderdale is receiving a lot of attention. This type of study has been
done in the past, but not on Bermuda grass.
G R E E N
Editor:
Greg Plotner, CGCS
The Medalist Golf Club
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(407) 546-0647
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News Coordinator:
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Mark Jarrell, head of the Fund
Raising Committee, is continuing to find vendors who wish to
start up a rebate program. New
programs this year will include
Valent USA.
The CIBA program increased
dramatically from last year and
has every indication of increasing
again this year. Golf Agronomics
continues to increase their donation every year as well. These
types of programs are the lifeline
of the FGCSA. Anyone interested
in starting up such a program
should contact Mark.
Our Education Committee,
headed up by David Court, CGCS,
brought to the membership this
past year some quality seminars.
Attendance at some of the seminars was somewhat disappointing so efforts will be made this
year to increase participation from
our members. Please call Chip
S H E E
Financial Support:
This issue of the Green Sheet is
being sponsored by:
Golf Ventures
2101 East Edgewood 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, October 15.

Fowkes if you have any ideas or
concerns.
Mike Mongoven, CGCS, who
heads up the Government Relations Committee, has assisted the
DEP for the State of Florida in
bringing a manual to all of our
members on Best Management
Practices for Golf Course Operations. It should be of assistance to
anyone having questions about
being in compliance with state
regulatory agencies. The committee also urges all chapters to
invite Mike Goldie, our lobbyist
in Tallahassee, to speak at a
monthly meeting.
These are but a few of the many
people who have taken the time to
help make the FGCSA what it is
— an association that is working
hard for its members. I urge all of
you to get involved and help
support our great association. If
there is anything I can ever do for
you, please feel free to give me a
call. I look forward to serving as
President of the FGCSA this year.
New FGCSA officers for the
1995-1996 year are:
President: Greg Plotner, CGCS,
The Medalist Golf Club,
Hobe Sound.
Vice Pres.: Dale Kuehner, CGCS,
Colony West GC, Tamarac
Sec/Treas: Joe Ondo, CGCS
Winter Pines GC, Orlando
Past President: Scott Bell
Bent Pines GC, Vero Beach

Member Activities

19th Annual Crowfoot
Open Recap
The 19th Annual Crowfoot Open was
held this year at Arnold Palmer's Bay
Hill Club. The weekend started on
Friday with a seminar by Mr. Richard
Kithil on Lightning Protection on your
course. Some helpful ideas on how to
protect your golfing members on the
course and also protection of your
computers, pumps, phones, controllers
and all aspects of your maintenance
program was appreciated by all who
attended. Clean-up from Hurricane
Erin forced many superintendents to
miss this outstanding presentation.
Local chapter officers are urged to
contact David Court, FGCSA Education Chairman, if they would like to
hold this seminar in their area.
On Saturday, the FGCSA Board
Meeting was held with GCSAA
President Gary Grigg informing the
board of the proposed changes that
GCSAA wants to implement for their
affiliated chapters. Kevin Downing
and his Research Committee should
be applauded for all the hard work
being done in getting the DN A project
started as well as all the current research work that is being done on the
FGCSA green that will benefit all
superintendents and other people in
our industry for years to come.
On Sunday evening, Dan Riley (with
a little help from Larry Kamphaus)
entertained all superintendents, wives,
sponsors and guests. Congratulations
to all the FGCSA Presidents Awards
winners Paul Frank of Everglades
chapter, Billy Wright from Palm Beach
chapter and Mike Barger of the South
Florida chapter. Special congratulations is due to Tom Benefield who
received this year's Distinguished
Service Award.
Now to the important information —
tournament results! On Monday
morning, an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start
was held and Superintendent Dwight
Kummer and his staff had Bay Hill

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prepared in excellent condition for the
140 superintendents, suppliers, sponsors and guests. Bay Hill showed why
it is one of the toughest courses in Florida
as only seven players managed to break
80. Mark Hopkins managed his way
around to a fine 71 to win Low Gross
honors and a spot on the Florida GCS A
team. Finishing second was Steve Sorrel
with a 74 and Buck Buckner finished
third with a 76. Low Net honors went to
Tom Trammel in a match of cards with
Jay Gratton as both had 68. Fred
Kleinfelder was third in the supplier and
guest division; John Meade fired a 76 to
win Low Gross honors and Gary
Wilhelm won the division with a match
of cards with Mike Miles for second. In
the Net division, Bill Lloyd finished
first with a 68 followed by Rod Turner
second and Gerry Millholen third.
For the Crowfoot team trophy, the Ridge
chapter had one bounce off the rocks
less than the Central Florida chapter.
Members of the winning team were Mark
Hopkins, Buck Buckner, Alan Puckett
and Steve Ciardullo.
A special thanks to all Diamond and
Gold sponsors plus the Par 3 and putting
contest sponsors for their support of this
event. Also thanks go to Larry and
Vilma Kamphaus and the Crowfoot
committee for another successful tournament.

The Department of Environmental Protection for the State of Florida has printed
and endorsed a manual on Best Management Practices for Golf Course Maintenance Operations. The FGCSA is
distributing this manual to all FGCSA
members free of charge.
The manual discussed such concerns as
liabilities due to pesticide contamination, how to be in compliance with state
regulations, and how to avoid problems
within your maintenance operations. All
superintendents and assistants should
be able to put this manual to good use.
Any questions concerning this manual
should be directed to Mike Mongoven,
CGCS, Chairman of the FGCSA's Government Relations Committee. Mike's
telephone number is 941-278-7261.

43rd Annual Florida
Turfgrass Conference

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The FTGA has announced plans for
their 43rd Annual Conference and Show
to be held at the Tampa Convention
Center on September24-27th. As usual,
the Show begins with the golf tournaments which will be held on Sunday
afternoon. The Research Golf Tournament will begin at 1:00 p.m. at Sun City
and the FGCSA championship will begin at noon at River Hills.
Monday morning is reserved for the
Concurrent Educational Sessions in the
Convention Center with the Showroom
floor opening from 1:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday the show is open only from
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. so come early!
Workshops are held all day Tuesday and
finish up on Wednesday morning.
All FGCSA members are urged to attend your state turfgrass show!

The Summer 1995 meeting of the
FGCS A Board of Directors was called
to order by President Scott Bell at 1:00
p.m. on Saturday, August 5th, at the Bay
Hill Club in Orlando.
All officers were in attendance. All
chapters except Seven Rivers chapter
were represented.
Other FGCS A members attending the
meeting were Kevin Downing - Research
Committee Chairman, Joel Jackson Florida Green editor, Dale Walters Everglades chapter President, Gary
Grigg - GCS AA President. Guests were
Mike Goldie, FGCSA lobbyist; John
Foy, USGA; Steve Dwinell and Burt
McKee.
Scott Bell introduced Dale Mitchell and
Richard Colyer from Golf Agronomics
who presented a check to the FGCSA
Research Fund for $5,300. This is the
5th year that Golf Agronomics has donated the proceeds from their rebate
program to the FGCSA. Revenue to
date generated by the ever-increasing
program is now in excess of $17,000.
Scott thanked GASH for their support of
the FGCSA and our research programs.
Steve Dwinell from the engineering firm
of Levine Fricke then gave a presentation on Best Management Practices for
Golf Course Maintenance Programs.
The DEP has printed and endorsed a
manual on this subject which will soon
be distributed to all FGCSA members.
The manual discusses liabilities concerning pesticide contamination, water
runoff questions and gives examples of
what you can do to avoid problems in
these areas and be in compliance with
state regulations. Levine Fricke is interested in setting up a program for on site
guidance and Steve was looking for interest by the FGCSA. Gary Grigg
mentioned that the GCS A A had established a national program a few years
ago but that interest was not great. Scott
Bell asked all External Vice Presidents
to go back to their chapter members to
see if there would be support of this type
of program.

Scott Bell (left) accepts $5,300 donation from Richard Colyer
and Dale Mitchell of Golf Agronomics for turf grass research.
Lobbyist Mike Goldie then gave an update on legislative happenings. There
was only one water bill passed this year
which included costof reuse water. Mike
expects other similar bills to be re-introduced next session. He also noted that
Workmens Compensation would be an
issue. He noted that the FTGA survey
has opened the eyes of some legislators
regarding the worth of the golf industry
in Florida. Mike is available to speak at
any chapter meeting. Scott urged all
External Vice Presidents to call Mike to
schedule a speaking engagement. It
would be helpful if the local chapters
would also invite their local Florida
Senate or House representatives to the
same chapter meeting.
Secretary Report: Minutes of the last
Board Meeting held at the Poa in May
were approved.
Treasurer's Report: Dale Kuehner
presented the end of the year Financial
Statements for board approval. He then
went over the proposed budgets for the
next fiscal year for the operating budget,

the research account, and the Florida
Green. Since the Research Account is in
good condition, it was decided not to
make a donation from the Operating
Account. Kevin Downing will review
Marcus Prevatte's salary. Paul Crawford
suggested that the operating budget
should be self supporting without depending on the profits from the Florida
Green to make up any shortfalls. Some
line items in the budget that were discussed included the FGCSA reception
which will be held in Orlando this year.
It is budgeted as a break even project
because it is assumed that some of the
smaller vendors will want to be included
as sponsors this year. We will be inviting
our Florida legislators to this year's reception. Another line item that prompted
discussion was the award category. Dale
Kuehner made a motion that we no longer
keep the identity of the Distinguished
Service Award winner a secret. The
motion was approved. The FGCSA will
pick up expenses for dinner and a one
night stay at the Crowfoot for the winner. After going over a few other categories, the budget was approved.

Dale Kuehner reported that a Directors
and Officers insurance policy has been
purchased. This policy covers all board
members of all local chapters as well as
the FGCS A board.
FLORIDA GREEN: Joel Jackson
discussed covers and topics for the next
year. He discussed some options that
the Florida Green could use in the upcoming GCS A A Conference—an issue
devoted to the Conference, extra copies
of the Winter issue, reprints of the
Audubon series. It was decided that we
would print extra copies of the Winter
issue and hand them out from the host
booth. The board approved an expense
for a computer memory upgrade. The
cover for the Fall issue will be the Medalist Golf Club rather than Tampa Palms.
GREEN SHEET: Golf Ventures has
agreed to sponsor the Green Sheet for
the next fiscal year. Greg Plotner will
continue to be the editor.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: The
Medalist Golf Club will be on the cover
of the FGCS A1996 Membership Directory. All chapter secretaries were urged
to get their membership lists in.
EDUCATION: The Lightning Safety
seminar held Friday was an excellent
presentation. Unfortunately, many of
those pre-registered could not attend
due to clean-up from the hurricane so
that actual attendance was only 14 superintendents. The Education Committee will have to decide what day, if any,
to hold the Crowfoot seminar in the
future.
Garth Boline spoke on the success of the
GCS AA Regional Seminar that was cosponsored by the West Coast chapter
last month. They had 39 attendees and
a very interesting program at the S touffer
Vinoy Resort.
The FGCS A will co-sponsor a GCS AA
Regional Seminar on October 5th at the
Naples Beach Hotel. The topic will be
Integrated Pest Management. A discussion was held regarding sponsoring two

Regional Seminars each year to help
CGCS earn their CEU's. It was noted
that the GCSAA Conference will be
held in Orlando for three of the next six
years so it may not be necessary to add
a second Regional Seminar at this time.
CROWFOOT: Joe Ondo reported that
they have a full field of 144 players for
the 8:00 a.m. shotgun.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that Jim
Osburn, winner of the Poa tournament,
will be part of the FGCSA team at the
GCSAA Championship. The winner of
the Crowfoot will also be on the team.
Joe suggested that we consider adding
another tournament to our qualifying
system since the FTGA has gone to
allowing only one team per chapter in
their tournament. Most local chapter
fundraisers use the scramble format so
they could not be used for our qualifying
system. Joe will work on this. Entry fee
for the GCSAA Championship will be
$280 per player. Joe hopes to have three
Florida teams entered but Gary Grigg
noted that there will be some restrictions
about who can play in the tournament
since there is such a demand for spots.
The GCSAA has expanded the field to
600 players and will give priority to
those who have played the tournament
in the past. Entries must be in by
October 1st.
FTGA: Alan Puckett gave a quick
update on FTGA activities. The house
is still up for sale and progress is being
made on the annual audit. The Conference returns to Tampa this year and they
are looking for a large turnout. All
FGCSA superintendents were urged to
support the show.
FUND RAISING: It was reported that
Valent is organizing a rebate program to
help with turfgrass research.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS:
Mike Mongoven urged all External Vice
Presidents to invite Mike Goldie to speak
at a chapter meeting this year.
CERTIFICATION: GCSAA Presi-

dent Gary Grigg reported that the certification process has had a change. In the
past, superintendents desiring to become
certified could choose their own attestors.
Now the GCSAA is gathering a list of
Certified Attestors for each state or local
chapter desiring to submit a name. Bill
Lanthier volunteered to be the Official
Attestor for the FGCS A. A poll of the
Externals showed that West Coast has
nominated Cary Lewis, South Florida A1 Ross, and Treasure Coast - Tim Cann.
GCSAA: Gary Grigg discussed the
important September 9th and 10th
Chapter Relations meeting that will be
held in Lawrence. All chapters are urged
to send a representative to this meeting.
Whatever comes out of the meeting that
might require By Law changes will be
voted on at the next GCSAA board
meeting. One of the points that will
generate lots of interest is the proposed
changes to affiliate chapter agreements.
Gary noted that there are 114 chapters
who are officially affiliated with the
GCSAA and have signed an agreement
to abide by certain standards. In the past
the GCSAA has not enforced this
agreement but, after discussing this at
the May 21-22 Chapter Relations Committee meeting, they will be coming out
with a new Affiliate Agreement which
will be enforced and the GCSAA has
recommended that all chapters reaffiliate
under the new agreement.
Gary summarized the privileges of affiliated status and discussed affiliated
standards. Paul Crawford, a member of
the 1995 Chapter Relations Committee,
then gave a slide presentation explaining the proposed changes to the affiliate
agreement. Several of the changes
prompted further discussion.. The most
important change for Florida will be the
umbrella status of the FGCSA. Florida
is one of only four states that currently
uses the umbrella system. Florida has
the option of retaining the umbrella status with all the chapters being affiliated
under the FGCSA or the local chapter
may elect to affiliate as an independent
chapter. The FGCSA currently meets
most of the standards being proposed

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such as being incorporated, tax exempt,
filing annual reports with the GCSAA
and IRS, officers and directors being
Class A members of the GCSAA, representation at the annual chapter relations
meeting, and insurance requirements.
Most (or all) of the local chapters do not
meet these standards to be able to sign an
affiliate agreement. The FGCSA would
have a few items to clear up before
meeting the proposed standards such as
consistency of membership and the
FGCSA ByLaws would have to be reviewed to see if we are consistent with
GCSAA ByLaws.
The GCSAA is proposing certain percentage membership requirements that
the FGCSA and the local chapters do not
currently meet. Gary suggested that
these numbers will be discussed at the
September meeting as well as the proposed time schedule for meeting these
requirements. The Board was especially concerned about requiring that

Assistant Superintendents must meet
the same high percentage rates.

time slot. Paul will keep everyone
informed.

Some of the other points discussed were
ethics violations and revocation of affiliate status should a chapter violate
any of the standards in the future.

VOTING DELEGATE:
Dale
Kuehner will continue to be the FGCSA
Voting Delegate this year. A motion
was made to nominate Kevin Downing
as Alternate Voting Delegate. The
motion was approved. Dale has recently received the list of Florida
members eligible to vote this year. The
total includes 391 voting with the
FGCSA, 29 listed as voting with another chapter, and 126 listed as independents. Dale will contact all of these
29 and 126 to solidify the Florida votes.

Greg Plotner asked that all chapters
send a representative to this meeting.
He asked that the representative call
him at his club at 407-546-0647 to set
up a time for a Conference Call that
would include every one who is planning to attend. If this can not be arranged, Dale Kuehner asked that everyone fax their chapter's opinions to
him at 305-720-9156.
GCSAA RECEPTION:
Paul
Crawford reported that he is planning
another big reception for the Florida
superintendents. The GCSAA time
schedule has changed for the Conference so we may have to change our
reception away from the Friday night

RESEARCH: Kevin Downing gave a
brief report on the progress of the DN A
project which is just in the very early
stages. He has recently submitted a
proposal to the GCSAA to generate
funding for this project from the
GCS AA Chapter Cooperative Researc h
Program. Kevin then discussed the
proposed putting speed analysis study
that has been suggested for the Fort
Lauderdale research green. He will
gather further financial figures for the
next FGCSA board meeting.
MISCELLANEOUS: Scott Bell
suggested that the FGCSA decide on
another color for the state blazer since
it is so difficult to decide on a color that
will continue to be available in the
future. The USG A uses dark blue and
the GCSAA has dark green.
Scott recognized thethree new FGCSA
board members — Bill Plante representing North Florida, Tom Crawford
from Suncoast, and Mark Richard
representing South Florida.

The Annual Meeting of the FGCSA was held at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 5th
immediately following the regular summer meeting. Newly elected FGCSA Officers
are (left to right): Dale Kuehner, CGCS, Colony West GC, Vice President; Greg
Plotner, CGCS, Medalist Golf Club, President; Joe Ondo, CGCS, Winter Pines GC,
Secretary ¡Treasurer; and Past President Scott Bell, Bent Pine GC.

Scott reported that incoming president,
Greg Plotner, will set the date for the
next board meeting. It will probably be
held in Orlando in late October or early
November.
Since there was no further business, the
meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
with the Annual Meeting to follow.

Membership News

CHAPTER OFFICERS
1995-1996
CENTRAL FLORIDA

President
Vice President
Ext Vice President
Sec/Treasurer

Kevin Rotti
Geoff Coggan
Joe Ondo
Brian Jenkins

EVERGLADES

President
Dale Walters
Vice President
Terry Wood
Ext Vice President Mike Mongoven
Sec/Treasurer
Mike Mongoven

NORTH FLORIDA

President
Kim Shine
Vice President
Bill Plante
Ext Vice President
Bill Plante
Sec/Treasurer
David Amirault
PALM BEACH
President
Robin Goodell
Vice President
Jeff Klontz
Ext Vice President
Chip Fowkes
Secretary
Joe Hubbard
Treasurer
Karl Schmidt

RIDGE

President
Vice President
Ext Vice President
Sec/Treasurer

Alan Puckett
Roy Wilshire
Alan Puckett
Ray Cuzzone

SEVEN RIVERS

President
David Hoggard
Vice President
Michael Swinson
Ext Vice President
Paul Illgen
Sec/Treasurer
Stuart Bozeman
SOUTH FLORIDA
President
Dale Kuehner
Vice President
Mark Richard
Ext Vice President
Mark Richard
Sec/Treasurer
Kelly Cragin

SUNCOAST

President
Vice President
Ext Vice President
Sec/Treasurer
TREASURE
President
Vice President
Ext Vice President
Sec/Treasurer

Troy Futch
Troy Smith
Tom Crawford
Tom Hilferty
COAST
Dick Gray
Bill Lanthier
Bill Lanthier
Craig Weyandt

President
Vice President
Ext Vice President
Sec/Treasurer

Kirk Sowers
Garth Boline
Garth Boline
Steve Cellucci

WEST COAST

1996 GCSAA Conference
The Florida GCSA will be the host chapter for the 1996 GCSAA Conference and
Show which will be held in Orlando from February 5 th through 11th, 1996. Thisyear,
the GCSAA has set the dates to run from Monday to Sunday so that all superintendents can be back to their golf courses on Monday. This may necessitate a change
of nights for our Florida GCSA Reception which has been held on Friday for the past
few years. Look for details in the next Green Sheet. And yes, we will get a bigger
room this year! Any supplier who is interested in helping to sponsor this spectacular
event is urged to call the FGCSA office.
This year the FGCS A has reserved a room block at the Red Roof Inn in Orlando. The
per night cost is $49.00 and the hotel is within walking distance of the Orange County
Convention Center. We have chosen a more reasonably priced hotel this year in an
effort to allow more Florida superintendents to attend the convention activities. We
are especially interested in attracting the many superintendents whose clubs do not
reimburse them for travel. See your External Vice President for specially marked
housing forms.
Joe Ondo, FGCS A Golf Chairman, reminds all golfers that spots are limited for the
GCSAA Tournament so you must get your reservation in right away. Special
consideration will be given to those who have played in the tournament in the past.
The Central Florida chapter is compiling a list of golf courses in the Orlando area that
will allow GCSAA members to play their club while they are attending the Conference.
If your club is willing to participate, please call Kevin Rotti, Central Florida chapter
president.
The FGCS A will be manning the host booth at the Convention Center from Thursday
through Sunday. We will be calling on all chapter officers to donate some time at
the booth.

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Winners of the 14th Annual Future of Golf Tournament sponsored by the PalmBeach
GCSA held at Emerald Dunes GC include (left to right) Robert Ainsworth, Karl
Schmidt, Roy Kimberly and Glen Klauk who combined for an amazing round of 17
under Par! This has been a very successful tournament for the Palm Beach chapter,
raising over $10,000 during each of the past three years.

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