VOLUME XIII, PART 2, MARCH/APRIL 1997

NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 3

Sixth Annual Ridge GCSA Invitational, The Grasslands CC

Mar 7-8

Spring Horticulture Show, Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa

March 11

North Florida chapter meeting, The Cimarrone Club

Mar. 13

Univ. of Florida Field Day/ SFGCSA Expo, Ft. Lauderdale

Mar. 18

Suncoast Scramble, Misty Creek GC, Sarasota

Mar. 18

Everglades GCSA chapter night meeting, Quail Creek

Mar. 19

Treasure Coast chapter meeting, Indian River Plantation

Mar. 27

University of Florida OverseedMini Field Day, Gainesville

Mar. 31

West Coast chapter meeting, Cheval CC

Apr. 2

Everglades GCSA Interclub Tournament, CC of Naples

Apr. 7

North Florida chapter meeting, Jacksonvile G&CC.
Annual Mike Richards Scholarship Tournament

Apr. 9

Palm Beach chapter meeting, Addison Reserve

Apr. 14

USGA Green Section Conference, Orlando Airport Marriott

Apr. 17

Ron Hill, CGCS, Amelia Island Plantation, right, receives
congratulations from GCS AA President Bruce Williams
5th Annual Envirotron Golf Classic, World Woods Golf Club on winning the National Environmental Steward Award
in the Resort Course Division. Ron and his course were
recognized
for outstanding environmental achievements
Everglades GCSA Seminar, La Playa, Vanderbilt Beach
that benefit golfers, the golf industry, the general public
51st Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference, Tifton, GA and the superintendent profession. This is the awards
fifth year. The GCS A A staff has written an interesting
article
on Amelia Island Plantation in the February issue
TCGCSA Blue Pearl Tournament, Loblolly Pines CC
of Golf Course Management. In addition to the four
National Winners, the GCS A A also announced regional
Poa Annua Golf Tournament, Naples Beach Hotel
winners. Florida winners were Bobby Ellis of Indian
River
Club in Vero Beach and Richard Wise, CGCS, at
G. C. Horn Golf Tournament, Naples Beach Hotel
PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie.
Everglades GCSA chapter meeting, Fiddlesticks
See page six and seven for other actitivites during the
GCSAA
convention in Las Vegas.
Palm Beach Future of Golf Tournament, PGA National

Apr. 21
Apr. 25
May 5-7
May 10
May 17
May 18
June 10
June 28

USGA Green Section Conference, Palm Beach Marriott

President's Message

President's Message
by Dale Kuehner, CGCS
Another GCS AA National Convention
has come and gone and this year, like
the last, it seems to keep getting bigger
and better. While Orlando is still the
number one location for the conference,
Las Vegas was no small affair. There
were a lot of excellent seminars offered
in Las Vegas and the trade show has to
be seen to be believed. I find every year
that the most educational aspect of the
conference is seeing golf courses in
other regions of the country and talking
with superintendents from around the
world. It is amazing what you can learn
and the ideas that can be gained from
this type of interaction. If you were not
able to attend the show this year I highly
recommend attending next year's conference.
It was good to see so many people from
Florida at the show. Our annual reception was an overwhelming success again
this year. We had approximately 500
people attend our party. I would like to
thank Paul Crawford for organizing another great event — keep up the good

work, Paul! One of the main functions
I performed at this year's conference
was to represent Florida at the GCS AA
annual meeting. In the last Green Sheet
I expressed my opinion on the bylaw
issues that were going to be voted on at
the annual meeting in Las Vegas. No
surprises occurred at this year's annual
meeting. All the by law initiatives passed
except for the new C classification. I
was happy to see that I was not the only
one who thought this was a goofy idea,
hopefully it was put to rest once and for
all. In the election of officers Paul
McGinnis, CGCS, was elected President,
George Renault III, CGCS was elected
Vice President and David Fearis, CGCS
was elected Secretary/Treasurer. The
following were elected as directors:
Tommy Witt, CGCS, Michael Wallace,
CGCS, and Samuel Snyder VII, CGCS.
Now that the GCSAA conference is
behind us it is time to look forward to the
summer. The FGCSSA survey results
should be in your hands or will soon be
there by the time you read this. I want to
thank Paul Illgen for the hard work he
devoted to this year's survey. Our
public relations video should be coming
out in the not too distant future. Hopefully it will be ready by the time the Poa

GREEN SHEE1

Editor:
Greg A. Plotner, CGCS
International Golf Management
Lakeland, FL
(800)413-5500
(941)667-0137 (fax)
News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(561) 692-9349
(561) 692-9654 (Fax)
(800) 732-6053 (Florida Wats)

TheGreen Sheet isabimonthly FGCSA
newsletterprinted 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 sponsored by:
Golf Ventures
2101 East Edgewood Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33803
(800) 330-8874
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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: April 15.

Dale Kuehner; CGCS

rolls around. At our last board meeting,
the idea was brought up to look into the
feasibility of starting an FGCSA web
page on the Internet. At the very least
we want to set up an e-mail account for
Marie to help make correspondence
easier. If you have any thoughts about
this, please contact your chapter's external vice president or me and share them
with us.
I hope that this year's season has been a
good one for you and with any luck may
we have good weather throughout the
summer.
NOTE:
The next FGCSA Board Meeting
will be held on Friday morning, May
16,1997, at the Naples Beach Hotel
This will be the weekend for the
Everglades chapter to host this year's
Poa Annua Golf Tournament on
Saturday, May 17th and the G. C.
Horn Tournament on Sunday, May
18th. Make your plans now to attend
this popular family affair.
The Green Sheet

Local Golf Course Superintendent Chapters
Plan Major Fundraisers in March and April
Fifth Annual Envirotron Tenth Annual SFGCSA
Turfgrass Exposition
Golf Classic

The Fifth Annual Envirotron Golf Classic will be held on Monday, April 21 st at
the World Woods Golf Club in
Brooksville. The field is limited to 144
players on the Pine Barrens and Rolling
Oaks courses. Registration begins at
8:30 with a 10:00 a.m. shotgun start for
the 4 person Handicap Scramble event.
This tournament has generated more
funds for the University of Florida
Envirotron research equipment than
any other fundraiser thanks to the generosity of the World Woods ownership
and the hard work of the Seven Rivers
chapter members. Last year's Envirotron
Golf Classic raised $45,000 with overall
research contributions totaling $132,500.
The tournament fills up early so if you
have not already sent in your registration form or your sponsorship application, please call Glenn Oberlander of the
Seven Rivers GCSA at 352-795-7017
today.

14th Annual Suncoast
Scramble
The Suncoast GCSA will sponsor their
14th Annual Suncoast Scramble on
Tuesday, March 18th at Misty Creek
Golf Club in Sarasota. Tom Crawford
will be the host superintendent at Misty
Creek. Proceeds from past tournaments
have now totaled over $70,000 which
have been distributed to turf research,
turf student scholarships and the Sarasota
and Manatee Junior Golf programs.
Suncoast Scramble teams consist of golf
professional, club manager and golf
course superintendent from area clubs
who team up with a Suncoast chapter
supplier. Anyone who is interested in
playing in the tournament or making a
contribution as a sponsor should contact
Tom Hilferty at Tatum Ridge Golf Links.
March/April 1997

The South Florida GCSA will be hosting their Turfgrass Exposition on
Thursday, March 13th, in conjunction
with the University of Florida Turfgrass
and Landscape Ornamentals Field Day
in Fort Lauderdale.

This popular event is the major fundraiser
for the upkeep and maintenance of the
FGCSA research green and turf plots at
the Fort Lauderdale site. Registration
begins at 7:30 a.m. with the equipment
demonstration beginning at 8:00 a.m.
This year's equipment demonstrators
include Kilpatrick Turf, Hector Turf,
Florida Coast Equipment and Pifer, Inc.
Immediately following the equipment
demonstrations, the crowd will move to
the suppliers display area where 30
turfgrass suppliers will have the latest
information on pumps, fertilizers and
pesticides on hand in their booths. After
lunch, the turfgrass field day and landscape ornamentals seminars will provide more education to participants who
will earn CEUs for the days activities.
The South Florida chapter is expecting a
large crowd this year and invites any
superintendent who has not attended in
the past to make this the year to come see
the green that your research dollars are
supporting.

6th Annual Ridge
Invitational

The Sixth Annual Ridge Invitational
Golf Tournament will be held on Monday March 3rd at the Grasslands G&CC
in Lakeland. This tournament offers a
Chapter Challenge to all other FGCSA
chapters to take on the mighty Ridge
golfers! This is your opportunity to have
fun playing a great golf course while
helping your peers raise money for
turfgrass research. Last minute entrants
should call Roy Wilshire, Ridge chapter
president, at 941-688-3863

THE

Activities Planned for March and April

The USGA will be hosting their annual
USGA Regional Conferences on Monday, April 14th at the Orlando Airport
Marriott and on Thursday, April 17th at
the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott. The
all day seminars begin with a 7:30 registration and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. and
offer CEU's for Certified Superintendents, club pros, club managers and
Restricted Pesticide License holders.
Featured speakers include USGA
Agronomist Chris Hartwiger who will
explain the ten myths of turfgrass management; John Ribes who will speak on
Creating a Master Landscape Plan for
Golf Courses; Dr. Charles Peacock from
North Carolina State University will
speak on Protecting Natural Resources
on the Golf Course with Best Management Practices; and representatives from
Indian River Club in Vero Beach will
discuss their cooperative effort with the
Audubon program. The afternoon
program includes Dr. Ronnie Duncan,
UGA Experiment Station in Griffin will
speak on Paspalum's: The Right Choice
for the Environment; Dr. Wayne Hanna
will discuss new high quality
Bermudagrasses; Dr. Monica Elliott will
give an update on Bermudagrass Research in Florida; and Dr. Earl Eisner
will discuss purchasing genetically pure
turfgrasses which will be followed by a
discussion on producing certified
turfgrasses in Florida.
As you can see, the USGA has put together a new and exciting program this
year and all superintendents are urged to
make an effort to attend the seminar in
your area. This seminar is offered for
your convenience each year and it is
your responsibility as an informed superintendent to make an extra effort to
attend or send another representative
from your club to bring back this valuable information to your crew members.
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FGCS A Winter Board Meeting Minutes
The Winter 1997 meeting of the FGCS A
Board of Directors was called to order
by President Dale Kuehner, CGCS, at
1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 24th, at
Bay Hill Club in Orlando.
All officers except Greg Plotner, Past
President, were in attendance. North
Florida, Ridge and West Coast chapters
were not represented. Other FGCSA
members attending the meeting were
Past President Mark Jarrell, Committee
Chairman Steve Pearson, Florida Green
editor Joel Jackson, and Committee
Chairman Mike Mongoven.

Valent U.S.A. donates
$10,125 to Research
President Dale Kuehner introduced Peter Blum of Valent, USA who made a
presentation of the proceeds from the
1996 Valent Right Course Program to
the FGCSA Research Fund. He presented a $ 10,125 check which represents
50% of the rebate; the same amount was
donated to the FTG A from the proceeds.
Minutes of the Fall 1996 FGCSA Board
Meeting were approved. Michael
Perham reviewed the current financial
statements for all FGCSA accounts. He
discussed the advertising income on the
Membership Directory, keeping the reception under budget, the shortfall in
dues income, and asked for a progress
report on the video. Darren Davis reported that the video should be done by
the Poa and we should receive a final
invoice from Epic before the end of the
fiscal year.
Mike also discussed the need to update
our Job Description file. Descriptions
are needed for the Publication, Education, Membership, Research, Public
Relations and Long Range Planning
Committee Chairmenship positions.
Current committee chairmen were asked
to submit a Job Description by the May
board meeting.

GCSAA AFFILIATION/CHAPTER
INCORPORATION: All chapters
have filed their Florida Incorporation
papers. All chapters except Coastal
Plains, South Florida and Treasure Coast
have signed the Florida GCSA agreement. Five local Florida chapters have
completed the requirements to be recognized as GCSAA Affiliated Chapters.
All other chapters are on a 3 month
probationary status and were urged to
get their paperwork in if they choose to
be a GCSAA affiliated chapter.
PUBLICATIONS:
JoelJackson
reported that the Winter '97 issue will be
available at the Las Vegas Convention.
He and Larry are communicating with
more e-mail and downloading directly
to each other's computers. The covers
for the next two issues have already been
shot. Joel is, again, looking for more
input into the Hands On section.
Marie Roberts reported that the 1997
FGCSA Membership Directory has been
mailed to all members and to advertisers. This year's profit on the directory is
-$11,000.
EDUCATION: Darren Davis reported
that he is willing to help coordinate the
GCSAA Regional Seminars for Florida
this year so that there are no conflicts.
Palm Beach would like to hold a seminar
in early August and the FTG A is planning to sponsor one at their convention
in September. At this time these are the
only Regional Seminars planned for
1997. Other chapters should check with
Darren before making any final decision
on their topics and dates for Regional
Seminars. The GCSAA needs to be
contacted well in advance of your
planned dates.
POA: Darren announced that the Poa
weekend is scheduled for May 16,17,18
at the Naples Beach Club. The FGCSA
board meeting will be held on Friday
morning. Darren has a seminar planned
for Friday afternoon. Saturday is the
Poa tournament followed by the banquet
on Sunday evening. The G. C. Horn
Tournament will be played on Sunday.

MEMBERSHIP: Chapter figures
were distributed. This is the time for all
local chapters to hold membership drives
to get those superintendents who work
at small clubs and are not members of
the GCSAA. If they become members
of a local chapter before July 1 they will
not have to join the GCSAA. All Class
A and B superintendents who apply for
membership after July 1st must also be
a member of the GCSAA in order to be
eligible to be a Class A member. It was
suggested that this notice be put in the
March/April issue of the Green Sheet.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that the
Interlachen tournament was a financial
success with over $4,000 being donated
to the FTGA for turfgrass research.
Interlachen donated the golf and the
Central Florida chapter paid for the food
so that all funds raised go to research.
Joe stated that several Florida superintendents have registered to play in the
GCSAA Golf Tournament so he hopes
to have at least 3 Florida teams. The
FTGA will continue to hold a scramble
format for their tournament so Joe is
again planning an FGCSA Team Tournament at Southern Dunes to use as a
qualifier for next year's GCS AA Florida
Team. The format at Southern Dunes
will be 5 man chapter teams with best 4
out of 5 scores counting toward chapter
championship.
FTGA: The 1997 FTGA Conference
and Show will be held September 5th
through the 8th with plans for a GCSAA
Regional Seminar on Thursday, September 4th, Friday golf followed by Com
Boil at Simmons Ranch, and the Show
on Saturday and Sunday.
The FTGA has cancelled their present
contract with Mac Vicar. The FTGA
Board was unhappy that the firm was not
aware of a water situation in Sarasota
County or, if they were aware, they had
not alerted anyone to the problem that
existed. The FTGA may consider rewriting the contract with more specific
responsibilities.

FGCSA Winter Board Meeting Minutes
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: Joe
Ondo, Tim Hiers and Kevin Downing
attended another Golf Summit meeting
at Grenelefe which was not well attended. Report on the meeting should
be coming from Roy Bates or the FTG A
office.
A comprehensive review of the UF
turfgrass program will be held in
Gainesville on February 19-21. Paul
Ilgen reported that members of the Seven
Rivers chapter will attend to represent
the FGCSA.
Paul Ilgen then distributed a copy of the
St. Pete Times which had a headline
criticizing golf courses re. water study
and runoff problems. A discussion was
held regarding the SWFWMD and how
best to handle the situation. Paul will
try to head off any more of this bad
publicity.
Mike Mongoven discussed the water
quality study that is being conducted on
five Dade County golf courses. Each
golf course will have 3 shallow well
sites, one near the mix/load stations.
The question is, what are they looking
for? Mike will continue to monitor this
program.
FUND RAISING: Mark Jarrell reported that in addition to the funds received by Valent, other companies are
continuing to look at rebate programs.
CIB A has discontinued their nationwide
program. Mark discussed the new program at Milton and the help that Jeff Ball
is giving in that part of the state. Mark
feels the best avenue for fund rasing
continues to be to work through our
legislators to get more money funded for
turfgrass.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Darren Davis
reported that the video script has been
reviewed by ten superintendents,
changes have been made and is now
back in the hands of EPIC. Final review
of the tape will be done by a PR firm
before the tape is approved. Darren
expects it to be mailed in early summer

and should be completed by the end of
our fiscal year.
GCSAA: Dale Kuehner, Voting Delegate, announced the slate of officers for
the GCSAA election. After some discussion it was decided that the FGCSA
would support Dave Fearis for Secretary/Treasurer with Tommy Witt,
Michael Wallace and Sam Snyder for
Directors. Any chapter that is opposed
to this slate should call Dale by the end
of next week. Chapters who were not in
attendance at today's board meeting will
be contacted by fax. Proposed by-law
amendments were discussed with pros
and cons presented for the dues increase
and the new proposed Class C-V. Some
chapters were against both of these
amendments and Dale will do his best to
vote according to the wishes of the majority.
SURVEY: To date we have received
about 300 completed surveys. Replies
can be accepted and tabulated through
the middle of February. Survey results
will be mailed to all Class A and B
members sometime before the end of
March.

1996 FGCSA Wage &
Maintenance Survey
Results ready in March
CHAPTER NEWS: The Envirotron
Tournament will be held at World Woods
on April 21st. The field will be limited
to the first 144 players. Last year, Seven
Rivers chapter had to turn away about 60
golfers so everyone is urged to get their
entry in as soon as possible. The Treasure Coast chapter is planning their Blue
Pearl Tournament on May 10th. This
tournament has raised over $20,000 in
past years with most of the proceeds
going to Audubon school programs.
Everglades chapter is planning their
Spring Seminar for April 25th with proceeds going to support Audubon school
programs. Contact these chapters for
reservation information

NEW BUSINESS: The Florida chapter is one of 12 to undergo training on
new computer software for GCSAA
chapters. The training will be held in
May or June and the chapter is responsible for the airfare only. The FGCSA
will purchase a new computer system
that will be capable of running the new
program. $2,000 was earmarked for
this equipment at the Fall 1996 board
meeting but it was felt that we may need
to increase this figure at the Poa board
meeting after some research on prices
has been done. In a related issue, Darren
Davis suggested that we get prices on a
Web site for the FGCSA. He also
suggested that we reserve our call letters
at this time. A motion was made by
Mike Perham that we gather information on a Web site for the FGCSA. The
motion was approved. Darren Davis,
Mike Perham and Steve Pearson will
follow up on this and present their
findings at the next board meeting.
Mark Jarrell discussed the Rohm and
Haas Eagle Rewards rebate program
which offers GCSAA merchandise to
superintendents who buy their products.
Mark is not in favor of this type of
program and would like input from others on their feelings about this practice.
A request from John Piersol of LCCC
for assistance in promoting their mechanics program was discussed. There
was not much enthusiasm for pursuing
this but each chapter was urged to find
one person in their chapter who could be
a contact for LCCC.
Mike Perham discussed financial concerns re. future dues increase for the
FGCSA, expensing overhead items to
the Florida Green to bring down our
"paper profit" and other Florida Green
advertising options.
Dale announced that the next FGCSA
board meeting will be held on Friday
morning, May 16th at the Naples Beach
Club.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Everglades Chapter to
Sponsor Spring Seminar
The Everglades GCSA will sponsor
their annual Spring Seminar on Friday,
April 25th at La Playa in Vanderbilt
Beach. This year's featured speakers
include Dr. Jeff Krans from Mississippi State, Dr. Joe Vargas from
Michigan State who is the 1997
GCS AA Distinguished Service Award
winner, John Piersol of Lake City
Community College, Brian Scully the
local IFAS Extension Agent, John Foy
of the USGA, and Ken Mangum,
GCSAA Board of Director from Atlanta. The all day seminar begins with
registration at 8:00 a.m. and offers
CEU's for Certified Superintendents
and also for Florida Pesticide License
credits. For directions and registration information, please call Jerry
Bel yea, EGCS A Education Chairman,
at 941-283-3989.

Treasure Coast Chapter
Hosts 4th Annual
Blue Pearl
Tournament
The Treasure Coast GCSA will host the
Fourth Annual Blue Pearl Charity
Tournament on Saturday, May 10th, at
Loblolly Pines CC in Hobe Sound. This
year's tournament will again benefit the
Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Schools. Last year's tournament raised over $10,000.
Treasure Coast schools have been sponsored by the TCGCSA and adopted by
local golf course superintendents. Funds
have been used for library books, native
plant gardens, a nature trail, wetland
creation and other environmental
learning materials. Local superintendents work as an expert resource for the
schools and facilitate grant requests.
Anyone who would like information
about the Blue Pearl can contact Bill
Lanthier at 561-283-3644.
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New FGCSA Members

Thomas DeChant, Class A, Hunt-

ers Green CC, Tampa
Kevin Wilkes, Class B, Bardmoor
North St. Petersburg.
Lincoln Phillips, Class C, Hidden
Lakes GC, New Smyrna Beach.
Craig Clifton, Class A, Ace Golf,
Deltona
Jeffrey Cotton, Class A, The Links,
Altamonte Springs
Daron Murrell, Class A, Marsh
Creek, St. Augustine.
Stephen Champoin, Class B, Marsh
Creek CC, St. Augustine.
Shawn Sheridan, Class A,
Cimarrone G&CC, Jacksonville.
Jay Sporl, Class A, Lost Tree GC,
Jupiter
Tony Bryant, Class A, SombreroCC,
Marathon.
Bob Burns, Class A, Miami National
GC, Miami
Addison McHugh, Class A, Deer
Run Golf, Jacksonville
Quinn Kuite, Class B, World Woods
GC, Brooksville
Rick Watts, Class B, Oak Run GC,
Ocala
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Interns Available from
Lake City Community
College

Lake City Community College is pleased
to announce that 23 Turf Equipment
Management students will be completing their coursework May 2nd. Students
need a three month internship before
receiving their certificate. Anyone interested in having a golf course equipment technician full time for the three
month internship period should contact
John Piersol or B. J. Cannon at 904-7521822.
Lake City also has students from the
A.S. degree program in Golf Course
Operations and the A.S. degree in
Landscape Technology who are seeking
both internships and full-time jobs.

Past President Dick Blake
Honored During Las
Vegas Convention
In commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the GCSAA's Certification
Program, 15 members of the GCSAA
were recognized for 25 years of excellence in the GCSAA Certification program during the GCSAA Conference in
Las Vegas. The certification program
was established in 1971 with an inaugural
class of 47 superintendents. Of the
original 47 superintendents, four have
maintained their CGCS status by completing the CGCS renewal requirments
five times and 11 are CGCS Retired.
The Florida GCSA is proud to recognize
Dick Blake as one of these 15 who were
honored on February 10th. Besides his
distinction as one of the inaugural Certified Golf Course Superintendents, Dick
has shown his devotion and intense sense
of responsibility to the turfgrass profession by serving as a GCSAA board
member and working through the chairs
to serve as President of the GCSAA in
1971. After moving to Florida, Dick
accepted a position on the FGCSA Board
of Directors culminating in his term as
President of the FGCSA in 1987-88.
This is a feat that will probably never be
repeated by anyone. Congratulations
and thank you, Dick! Dick remains an
active member of the Palm BeachGCSA
and is always ready to serve the FGCSA
Board of Directors.
The Florida GCSA is also proud of all of
our more than 100 active Certified Golf
Course Superintendents.
CGC$

Commemorating the 25th Anniversary
of GCSAAs Certification Program
The Green Sheet

GCSAA Convention Activities

The Florida GCSA would like to thank the following sponsors for making the FGCSA Reception
in Las Vegas such an outstanding success.

DOUBLE DIAMOND SPONSORS
• Kilpatrick T\irf/TVesca/Jacobsen
• Boynton Pump & Irrigation/Rainbird
• Kubota Tractor Distributors of Florida
Coastal Equipment Systems/TVail Saw
Florida Coast Equipment/Naples Rent-All

• Toro Distributors of Florida
Hector T\irf/Wesco Turf/Zaun

• Golf Ventures/Helena/Rhone Poulenc
• Southern Golf Promotions
• United Horticultural Supply

DIAMOND SPONSORS
AgrEvo
American Cyanamid
Ciba
Club Car
DowElanco
Florida Superior Sand
Golf Agronomics
Harrell's, Inc.
IMC Vigoro
NuCrane
Palm Beach GCSA
Precision Small Engine
Pursell Industries
Quality Grassing
Rhone Poulenc
South Florida Grassing
Terra
TRW/Greens Barrier Systems
Valent USA
March/April 1997

GOLD SPONSORS
Aquagenix
Bayer
Central Florida GCSA
Everglades GCSA
Googe Transport
Hi-Tech Chemicals
North Florida GCSA
Nutri Turf
Pifer
Rohm and Haas
The Scotts Company
Sullivan Electric
TMI
Tom Burrows Turfgrass
Toro Liquid Ag
Vicksburg Chemical
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