V O L U M E XIV, PART 2, MARCH/APRIL 1998

NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

Superintendent Panel Discusses Ultra-Dwarfs
Left to Right: Everglades superintendents Matt Taylor,
Cypress GC, is growing Champion; Darren Davis, Olde
Florida GC, has four ultra-dwarf varieties on a test green
and Rick Tatum, The Forest, is managing FloraDwarf on
his greens. All three agree that to manage the new varieties,
old Tifdwarf management techniques will have to be
modified to meet the growth habits of the new grasses.
The panel discussion was part of the 1998 Southwest
Florida Turfgrass Managemen Seminar. Attendance was
estimated at around 180 persons.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Mar. 2

Ridge Invitational
Tournament, Grasslands

Mar. 31

Suncoast Scramble, Misty
Creek GC

Apr. 23

USGA Conference,
Palm Beach Marriott

Mar. 2

North Florida chapter
meeting, Pablo Creek

Apr. 6

Mike Richards Memorial
Tournament, Jacksonville

Apr. 28

Suncoast chapter meeting,
Pelican Point GC, Venice

Mar. 10

Coastal Plains GCSA meeting,
Summerbrooke GC

Apr. 13

Central Florida GCSA
Danny Burgess Memorial
Tournament, Windermere

May 15

FGCSA/Etonic seminar.
"Financial Management",
Naples Beach Hotel

Mar. 11

Everglades chapter meeting,
1:00 p.m. Audubon GC

Apr. 14

Pesticide Seminar, Duval
Co. Extension, Jacksonville

May 16

Poa Golf Tournament,
site to be determined

SFGCSA Exposition, IFAS
Fort Lauderdale REC

Apr. 16

FGCSA Pesticide Seminar,
Fort Myers area

May 17

G. C. Horn Tournament

Treasure Coast meeting
Indian River Plantation

May 23
Apr. 20

Envirotron Classic,
World Woods GC

Treasure Coast Blue Pearl
Tournament, Loblolly Pines

IFAS Overseeding Field Day,
U of F, Gainesville campus

Apr. 20

USGA Green Section
Conference, Orlando

Sept 16
- 19

FTGA Conference & Show,
Tampa Convention Center

Mar. 12

Mar. 18

Mar. 26

President's Message

President's Message
by Joseph Ondo, CGCS
After coming back home from
the GCSAA Conference and
Show in Anaheim California, I
thought about a couple of questions people had asked while I
was there.
First was "When is the FGCSA
reception and where is it? If you
had read the last two issues of the
Green Sheet, it was listed in the
Upcoming Events section. There
were approximately 300 people
in attendance and good food, good
spirits and some lively conservations were enjoyed by all. Special
thanks to Paul Crawford and
Marie Roberts for setting it all up.
Hope you did not miss it. You
will find the list of reception
sponsors later in this issue of The
Green Sheet.

Second question was "Do you
learn something new in the Conferences or see something new at
the show each year you attend
that will help you in your program
at your own club?" lean honestly
say that each year I go there is
always something I can use or
learn. For example, Dr. Bruce
Martin's talks on the effects of
different rates of fungicides on
Poa Trivialis overseeding was
very informative. A new peat
material for absorbing hydraulic
leaks was something I had not
seen before.
I thought the Expo card, which is
used like a credit card, was a great
idea so the companies could send
you any information you wanted
instead of having to carry all the
pamphlets home. All the new
equipment changes, fertilizers,
chemicals, and industry products
are something to take home and
think about. There was even a

GREEN SHEE
Editor:
Joel Jackson, CGCS
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newsletter printed as follows: Jan ./Feb.,
March/April, May/June, July/Aug.,
SeptVOct., Nov./Dec.
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Joe Ondo, CGCS
seminar for first time attendees
on what to expect at the show;
which sessions to attend and what
they are about; how to network
with GCSAA participants of the
conference; and many other
questions were answered in the
three hour session.
Hope everyone there enjoyed all
the Conference and Show had to
offer except the weather and look
forward to GCSAA Conference
and Show in Orlando in 1999.
The Spring 1998 F G C S A |
Board of Directors meeting!
will be held on Friday morn-1
ing, May 15, 1998, at t h e l
Naples Beach Hotel. A l l !
FGCSA members who a r e !
going to the Poa weekend are I
encouraged to attend. You do I
not have to be a Board Mem-1
ber in order to attend!

Deadline next Issue: April 15.
The Green Sheet

Upcoming Activities

Director's Diary
by Joel Jackson

FGCSA to Vote on
Student Memberships

South Florida Expo Set
for March 12th

Since formation of the Director of Communications position on Jan 24th:

The FGCSA Board of Directors will be
voting on an important ByLaw change
at the May 15th Board Meeting. The
ByLaw change is necessary to add an
additional category to membership classifications to allow for students to join
the FGCSA. The proposed By Law
amendment is as follows: Under Article
II Membership, Section 2, add: "Class S
- any person of good character who at
the time of application for membership
is currently a full-time turfgrass student
enrolled in a formal course of education
in the state of Florida."

The South Florida GCSA will host the
11th Annual Turfgrass Exposition on
Thursday, March 12, 1998, at the University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center.

Allied Associatifs; I have attended a
meeting of the newly formed Florida Golf
Alliance, representing Joe Ondo who was
unable to attend. The fledgling association is coming together slowly but surely
to unite all golf related associations and
interests to promote and protect the golf
industry in the state. A report on the
meeting was included in the agenda for
the FGCS A Winter Board Meeting and in
upcoming Florida Green.
Government Relations, Attended
meeting of interested and affected members of pesticide user groups in Florida to
organize and support a grass roots effort
to lobby Congress to require the EPA to
use good science, real facts and common
sense in implementing required pesticide
re-registrations under the 1996 Food
Quality Protection Act. All organophosphates and carbamates must be
relabeled by August 1999. GCSAA's
Government Relations Counsel was in
attendance and had contacted the FGCS A
about having representation present at
the meeting held at the Florida Fruit and
Vegetable Association offices in Orlando
in late January. A report of that meeting
and a GCS AA press release on the implications of the FQPA was sent to all chapter External Vice Presidents.
Media Relations: Spent a great deal of
time in the GCS AA Media Room during
the GCS AA Conference and Show talking to Jeff Bollig of GCSAA's Media
Relations Department and Greg
Crawford, Media Relations Director for
the Oregon GCSA and Western Washington GCS A, getting contact names and
ideas for building relationships with the
media. On a tip from Jeff Bollig, I spent
20 minutes with Mike Stachura, Associate Editor of Golf Digest magazine, explaining the reasons behind Monica
Elliott's letter and superintendent's difficulties maintaining turf conditions this
winter in Florida.
March/April 1998

This proposed Amendment Change has
been presented to the FGCS A Executive
Committee and, with this notice, is now
being presented to the membership. If
any member has an objection to this
proposed By Law Amendment, please
contact your chapter's External Vice
President immediately.

Pesticide Workshops To
Be Held in Jacksonville
and Fort Myers
FGCSA Education Committee Chairman, Geoff Coggan, announces the
following pesticide workshops to be held
at the Duval County Extension Office in
Jacksonville on April 14th and in the
Fort Myers area on April 16th.
Steven Farrington of DowElanco and
Jim Nedden of TORO will combine to
offer 4 hours of material on proper
pesticide application practices. Agenda
will include sprayer calibration and instruction on how to make your pesticide
application more productive as well as
MSDS review, storage hints and trouble
shooting. Four CEU's for Florida restricted use have been requested.
Fee for the morning program will be
$15.00 and registration forms are
available at the FGCS A office by c ailing
1-800-732-6053.

This one-day show is the major
fundraiser to the upkeep and maintenance of the FGCSA research green and
turf plots at the site. Registration begins
at 8:30 a.m. with the guided field tours
of the putting greens and fairways to
begin at 9:00 a.m. This year the equipment demonstration will be limited to
Hector Turf and Garden, Pifer, Inc. and
Kilpatrick Turf who will share the
spotlight for a one hour presentation and
the booth area will be open immediately
following at 11:00 a.m.
After lunch, Dr. Roblin Giblin-Davis
will speak on "Nematode Control Update: Is there any Hope for the Future"
and Dr. Monica Elliott will speak on "A
Root's View of Bacteria and Fungi in
the Soil". Two CEU's have been approved for the Turfgrass Exposition.
It

15th Annual Suncoast
Scramble
The Suncoast GCSA chapter sponsors
their annual Suncoast Scramble on
Tuesday, March 31, 1998. Host Tom
Crawford at the Misty Creek G&CC
will have his course ready for the first 36
teams to apply. The four man scratch
scramble teams will consist of a golf
course superintendent, golf professional,
club manager and a Suncoast association
member sponsor.
The purpose of the tournament continues to be to inform, educate and promote
a professional bond between those
dedicated to the golfing industry within
the Suncoast area. Fee is $225 per team,
$75 per person, and $100 per supplier.
For registration information, please call
Tom Hilferty at 941-378-4653.
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Minutes of FGCSA Winter Board Meeting

The Winter 1998 meeting of the
FGCSA Board of Directors was called
to order by President Joe Ondo,
CGCS, at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday,
January 24th at Grand Cypress.
All officers were present and all
chapters except Suncoast and Seven
Rivers were represented.
Other
FGCSA members attending the
meeting were Rick Tatum and Roy
Bates - Everglades chapter; Greg
Pheneger, Treasure Coast; Past
Presidents Tom Benefield, Dick
Blake, Kevin Downing and Mark
Jarrell; and Joel Jackson - Florida
Green editor.
Peter Blum, Valent, made a donation
of $7,500 from the proceeds of the
1997 "Right Course" program. This
program donates equal amounts to the
FTGA and the FGCSA.
Peter
announced that Valent will be
continuing the program into 1998.
Minutes of Fall 1997 board meeting
were approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
Joe Ondo and
Joel Jackson reported on the Florida
Golf Alliance.
Roy Bates is Vice
President of
the new association
which is in the start-up stage of a
public relations campaign
FTGA: Roy Bates and Darren Davis
discussed the joint meeting of the
FGCSA and FTGA Officers that was
held earlier in the day. The two items
on the agenda were the FTGA
Convention and the UF research
program. It was decided that each
association will allow an officer of the
other association to become a part of
their respective Boards to improve
communication between the two
groups. Interviews for the UF Turf
Coordinator position will begin again
on March 1st. Both the FGCSA and
FTGA expect to give input into the
decision.
A faculty/industry retreat
will be held in April.
The FTGA Show was discussed in
detail. It will be held in Tampa again
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this year with two half-day GCSAA
Etonic Seminars in addition to the
educational sessions held Wednesday
through Friday.
The FGCSA will
select the education for the golf side of
the show program. Roy Bates urged
all chapters to give the Convention
plenty of press in all chapter
newsletters and chapter meetings.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC RELATIONS: Joe
Ondo began the discussion on creating
a paid staff position of Director of
Communications.
After an
explanation of the job description,
Gary Grigg made a motion that the
FGCSA
create a Director
of
Communication staff position with
duties and salary as described in the
proposal. The motion was approved.
Joel Jackson announced that he would
like to apply for this staff position and
described a two tier pay schedule. He
would continue as editor of the Florida
Green and Green Sheet for a straight
salary of $10,000/year. He would be
available for any public relations work
for the FGCSA at a salary of
$10.00/hour.
Board approval would
be necessary before any of this work
would be undertaken.
Expenses
would vary and would need to be
studied at the next board meeting. Joe
Ondo made a recommendation that the
board hire Joel Jackson to fill the
position on a one year trial basis. The
motion was approved. To get an idea
of expenses, it was decided that a
review would be done at the next
Board Meeting before deciding on
how much to fund in an Expense
Category.
For the present, Joel's
expenses will be paid for out of the
Florida Green budget since the
majority of his work in this
preliminary period will be done for the
benefit of the magazine.
WEB SITE: A poll of the board
showed that there was not enough
interest to pursue this project due to
the expense involved.
SECRETARY/TREASURER
REPORT - Darren Davis went over

the Financial Statements for the
second quarter which indicate that
the chapter is in a solid financial
position. He noted that we should
set more realistic goals in the
"chapter donations" category.
He will write a letter to all
chapter officers to determine a
definite schedule of donations
from the chapters. We will list
previous donations from all
chapters for the past few years
and give a brief explanation of the
line items that appear in the
FGCSA Operating Budget under
donations.
AWARDS:
Gary Grigg
volunteered
to
head
this
committee to receive chapter
nominations for the Distinguished
Service
Award
and
the
President's Lifetime Achievement
Awards from local chapters.
Nominations must be received in
writing by the first of May so that
they may be reviewed by the
FGCSA Executive Committee
immediately following the Poa
Board Meeting.
BY LAWS:
Darren Davis
discussed the By Law to allow
Student Memberships in the
FGCSA. One change was made
in the wording of the By Law and
it will now be printed in the
March/April Green Sheet which is
necessary to fulfill our guidelines
to establish By Law amendments.
The ByLaw would then be voted
on at the Poa Board Meeting. It
was suggested that prospective
student
members
sign
the
GCSAA Code of Ethics form and
send it to the FGCSA office with
their application for membership.
It was decided that dues for this
Class S membership would be set
at 50% of Class A membership.
Once the Student Classification is
approved, the FGCSA will send
literature and Student applications
to those Florida schools offering
courses of study in turfgrass
management.
The Green Sheet

Minutes of FGCSA Fall Board Meeting

PUBLICATIONS:
Joel Jackson
announced that the Florida Green had
won its category in the GCSAA
newsletter contest and distributed a
schedule and calendar for the rest of
the year regarding prospective articles.
Marie
Roberts
announced
that
advertising revenue for the 1998
Membership Directory was again at a
good level to yield a large profit to the
association. A discussion was held
regarding how much to charge for our
membership list since selling our list
was approved at the last board
meeting. It was decided that we would
have a three tier charge:
$500 to
those who are not members of any
chapter ; $250 for companies who are
members but do not advertise
regularly in the magazine; and labels
will be sent at cost to those companies
who are regular advertisers in the
Florida Green magazine.
RESEARCH: Kevin Downing gave
an overview of the FGCSA Research
Committee's activities for the past
several years and also mentioned that
both he, Steve Pearson and Mark
Jarrell serve on the FTGA Research
Committee. He asked that an article
be put in the Green Sheet requesting
ideas
from
superintendents
for
prospective research projects.
He
noted that the
South
Florida
Exposition needs more superintendent
participation this year to encourage
vendors to continue supporting this
project. It is the only fundraiser that
offsets the salary of the FGCSA
technician on campus.
Kevin asked that the FGCSA Board
approve a motion to donate $20,000
from the FGCSA Research Account to
the FTGA Research Account since it
has been several years since we have
made any donation to the FTGA Fund.
Before a motion was made, Dale
Kuehner asked to speak about the
GCSAA's $3.5 million Endowment
Fund to decide what part we would
play in the campaign. Gary Grigg
explained who is being targeted to
contribute to this fund and how the
March/April 1998

GCSAA is planning to meet their goal.
He noted that many in the "industry
partners" category were waiting to see
how the GCSAA chapters would
respond to the campaign before
making their decision.
Matching
funds were mentioned for individual
GCSAA members. Dale reported that
Palm Beach, South Florida and
Everglades chapters had already
pledged $10,000 each. Treasure Coast
has pledged $1,000.
Dale has
suggested that the Florida chapter
should pledge $25,000 over the next
five years.
After a very lengthy
conversation, a motion was made to
approve a $25,000 commitment to the
GCSAA to be paid over the next five
years. The motion was approved by
all chapters present.
A motion was made to transfer
$20,000 from the FGCSA Research
Account to the FTGA Research
Account. The motion was approved.
GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS:
Mike Goldie gave a report on the
upcoming Senate and House races and
noted that "eight is enough" will be
kicking in this year so there will be
lots of people trying for different
positions. Mike feels that the shift in
leadership to the northern half of the
state will be good for golfing interests.
EDUCATION: Geoff Coggan has
arranged for Etonic to help sponsor
the seminars at both the Poa and the
Crowfoot this year. The topic of the
Poa seminar will be a Financial
Management Workshop on Friday
afternoon, May 15th. The seminar will
be held at the Naples Beach Hotel
although the golf tournament may be
played at a nearby course. The
Crowfoot seminar will be given by a
Certified GCS from Texas who will
speak on computers in turfgrass
management.
It will probably be
held on the Sunday before the
Crowfoot Tournament
Central Florida is the only chapter that
has registered for a GCSAA Regional
Seminar this year. The FGCSA plans

to sponsor a Regional Seminar or
an Etonic seminar during the
FTGA Convention again this year
- probably two half day seminars.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that
Florida will have 3 teams in the
GCSAA championship.
GCSAA
VOTING
DELEGATE:
Dale Kuehner
reported that he will be casting
the votes for the Florida chapters
during the GCSAA Annual
Meeting. Florida has 406 votes.
CERTIFICATION:
Cary
Lewis will send in a list of
certified testers for the GCSAA.
NEW BUSINESS: Cary Lewis
reported on a situation in the West
Coast chapter that will serve as a
reminder to all chapters to have
two signers on all checks and to
have an audit done on a regular
basis.
The situation has been
resolved and the monies will be
returned to the West Coast
accounts.
As a result of this
problem, the West Coast chapter
now has better
accounting
procedures which should serve as
a model for other chapters.
Joe Ondo reported on a letter
from Dr. Monica Elliott that will
help superintendents explain how
the extremely wet weather can
cause
various problems
to
turfgrass in the southern portion
of the state. As a result of this
letter, the GCSAA has sent a
package to all Florida members
that
will
also
help
our
superintendents explain to their
members the problems that have
been created by the bad weather.
Unfortunately, we still expect to
see some superintendent changes
due to this situation.
Joe announced that the Spring
Board Meeting will be held at
8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 15th at
the Naples Beach Hotel.
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FGCSA Meetings

Assistant's Day
at Palm Beach
Community College
Over 70 assistant superintendents and
golf crew members from southeast
Florida attended the 19th Annual
Turfgrass Conference held at the Palm
Beach Community College on January
29th. As noted in the brochure, this
conference "is not for superintendents."
Hosted by Joe Konwinski, the
unstoppable 82-year-old former superintendentand now consultantand adjunct
instructor, the event is sponsored by the
Palm Beach GCS A chapter for the sole
purpose of giving meaningful education
to golf course employees.
This year's slate of speakers included:
Randy Patrick, an independent consultant, who spoke on golf Course safety
issues ranging from innocent basketball
hoops in the maintenance area to guest
member safety on the course with worn
wooden steps on tees and cracked, uneven and crumbling cart path edges.
Scott Sincerbaugh, Lesco, who talked
about fertilizer products from formulations to release properties and how no
one type of product can meet all the
needs of the turf.

Gene Joyner of the Palm Beach Extension Service, who gave a slide presentation of the types of uses of ornamental
shrubs and annuals on golf courses with
emphasis on long lasting, labor saving
varieties.
Mitch Ryder, the Chief of Police of Juno
who spoke on "Team Building Techniques for Mid Level Management."
Mitch was a dynamic speaker and got
the audience excited and alert after lunch.
Superintendent Panel Discussion: Palm
Beach chapter superintendents Tom
Vlach, Pine Tree CC; David Court,
Boca Lago CC; Randy Bushway, Lake
Worth GC; Jeff Klontz, CC of Florida;
Steve Kuhn, High Ridge CC; and Chip
Fowkes, Frenchman's Creek CC, answered questions from 1998overseeding
problems and wet weather turf management problems to communications between the superintendent and staff.
This program is an excellent idea for
closing the comm unication gap between
supervisors and their employees. Every
chapter ought to look at sponsoring a
similar event through their local community college or extension office or
even as a stand alone all-day seminar.
The credibility of superintendents as
educators, mentors and stewards of the

game of golf and its rich tradition can
only be enhanced by involvement in
such a program for all golf course
employees.
Want to know more about how to
organize and run such an event? Give
Joe Konwinski a call at 561-5823702 or one of the superintendents
on the panel. They'll be more than
glad to share their experience and
information.
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Fairy Ring Research
Dr. Lawrence Datnoff, UF IFAS
Everglades REC, Belle Glade, has
requested superintendents to provide sites on golf courses where
fairy ring is presently a problem.
His research would design experiments to evaluate curatively many
of the products that are being sold
for fairy ring control more vigorously.
If you are interested in helping with
this research, please call Dr. Datnoff
at 561-996-3062, ext. 148.
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Equipment Needed
Willbrook Plantation Golf Course,
Pawley's Island, South Carolina,
is trying to locate a machine we
have used and known as a "cookie
cutter." We have used this machine
to cut vegetation and clear a small
channel through wetlands and tidal
marshlands. It may be know by
another name but I believe it was
originally designed for the Everglades in Florida.

Moderator Joe Konwinski (at podium) directs questions to a panel of Palm Beach
superintendents during the 19th Annual Palm Beach Turfgrass Conference. (Left to
right) Tom Vlach, David Court, Randy Bushway, Steve Kuhn and Jeff Klontz. Not
pictured: ChipFowkes.
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It is a flat bottom boat with huge 6'
blades on front of the boat and can
cut up to 4' underwater. If anyone
knows of an operator who provides
this service or a telephone number
of someone who may have more
information on thistype of machine, please contact Jim Neely,
CGCS, at 813-237-8780.
The Green Sheet

FGCSA Reception

El Nino Wreaks Havoc
with the GCSAA Golf
Tournament in Anaheim
Even before any golf was played, El
Nino and the weather moving in off the
coast was the hot topic of conversation
at the 1998 GCSAA Golf Championship in Anaheim, California.

The Florida GCSA would like to thank the following
sponsors
for supporting the 1998 FGCSA Reception in
Anaheim

DOUBLE DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• C l u b Car
• Harrell's F e r t i l i z e r / P o l y o n

The four-ball championships was held
on Sunday, February 1st and Jim Torba
and Joe Pantaleo tied with 3 other teams
for first place and combined to shoot 68
on a wet Pelican Hill's south course.
Views of the ocean, rolling terrain, tee
shots over canyons, and a series of holes
built along the coast were a treat on the
only sunny day we had.
Monday was cool and cloudy and turned
out to be a nice day to play and it was the
only day to be played in the tournament
as El Nino moved in early Tuesday and
cancelled all play that day. The tournament was reduced to 18 holes atTustin
Ranch for the championship flight. Low
gross in the championship flight was
Alan Pondel of Deerfield Golf Course in
Deerfield, Illinois who shot a great 69.
The Mid Atlantic #1 team of Illinois was
the team competition gross winner with
a one over par combined 3 out of 4
scores counting.
Low score from Florida was Mark
Hopkins with a 76. Joe Pantaleo won
low gross honors in the first flight with
29 points to win by a shot. I did not have
all the scores as I wrote this so do not
know how everyone else finished. The
entry fee included all green fees for play,
welcoming reception, three breakfasts,
four 19th hole receptions, victory banquet, and tee prizes which included a
private label sports coat, soft black leather
briefcase, golf shirt, money clip, and
golf balls. GCSAA, since its partnership with the Toro Company in 1995,
has only made this event bigger and
better each year I've played. Hopefully
we can provide this tournament some
better weather in Tampa next year.

• Golf V e n t u r e s / H e l e n a / R h o n e P o u l e n c
• S o u t h e r n Golf P r o d u c t s
• Kilpatrick T u r f E q u i p m e n t / J a c o b s e n /
B o y n t o n P u m p & Irrigation S u p p l y / R a i n B i r d
• T o r o D i s t r i b u t o r s of Florida
Hector Turf
Wesco Turf
Zaun Equipment

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
AgrEvo

Quality Grassing

American Cyanamid

Rhone Poulenc

Aquagenix

Terra

Florida S u p e r i o r S a n d

LESCO

Bayer

Valent U S A

DowEIanco

Golf Agronomics

Everglades GCSA

NuCrane Machinery

Precision Small E n g i n e

Palm Beach G C S A

S o u t h Florida G r a s s i n g

Novartis

U n i t e d Horticulture S u p p l y

GOLD SPONSORS:
Central Florida GCSA
Googe Trucking
North Florida GCSA
Pifer, Inc.
Rohm & Haas

We look forward

to having

yet at the Florida
March/April 1998

Sullivan Electric
The Scotts Company
Tom Burrows, Consultant
Toro Liquid Ag
Turf Merchants

all sponsors
reception

back for the biggest

in Orlando

in

event

1999.
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for superior disease control

Please see inside for more product information.
FIRST CLASS
Seventh Annual Envirotron Tournament set for April 20th

FGCSA Secretary
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 N.W. Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994

U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit #137
Stuart, FL

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
Golf Course Management
S f R e s e a r c h Park Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66049