VOLUME XIV, PART 6, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1998
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

For his continuous service
to the FGCSA, 1987 Past
President Scott Bell
(right) receives the 1998
FGCSA Distinguished
Service Award from current President Michael
Perham, CGCS, at the
Treasure Coast chapter's
September meeting.
Scott is the superintendent
at Bent Pine GC in Vero
Beach and currently
serves as Assistant Editor
of the Florida Green.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Nov. 5

North Florida chapter Field
Day at Nutri Turf

Nov. 19

South Florida chapter
meeting, Palmetto GC

Dec. 12

Palm Beach GCSA Christmas
Party, "Rambling Rose"

Nov. 9

West Coast chapter meeting,
Bloomingdale GC

Nov. 19

Everglades chapter meeting,
Bonita Bay East

Dec. 15

Central Florida GCSA
meeting, Celebration GC

Nov. 11

Ridge chapter meeting,
Southern Dunes GC

Dec. 5
-6

Suncoast chapter Christmas
Party, Gasparilla Inn

Nov. 17

Palm Beach chapter meeting,
Polo Trace GC

Dec. 5

South Florida GCSA
Christmas Party, Oak Tree

Nov. 18

Suncoast /IFAS sponsored

Dec. 8

North Florida Christmas
Party, TPC at Sawgrass

seminar, Selby Gardens
Dec. 11
Nov. 18

Central Florida GCSA
meeting, Alaqua Lakes

FTGA Pesticide
Jan. 12
Jan. 13
Jan. 21
Jan. 22
Feb. 3
Feb. 4
Feb. 8
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Seminars: See pg. two
Lake Worth
Fort Myers
Tampa
Mid-Florida
North Florida
Gulf Coast

GCSAA 70th Convention,
Orlando Convention Center

Treasure Coast GCSA
Christmas Party, Gator Trace Feb. 12 FGCSA Reception, Omni
Rosen Hotel

President's Message

1998 GCSAA Chapter
Delegates Meeting
On September 18 and 19, Dale Kuehner
represented FGCSA at the annual GCSAA
Chapter Delegates Meeting. Also representing Florida were Jeffrey Brown (Ridge
GCSA), Randall Bushway (Palm Beach
GCSA), Thomas Crawford (Suncoast
GCSA), Wayne Estey Jr., CGCS (Treasure
Coast GCSA), Jim Goins (South Florida
GCSA), John Lammrish (Central Florida
GCSA), and Dale Walters, CGCS (Everglades GCSA). It should be noted that,
after the year 2000, failure by a chapter to
send a representative to the Chapter Delegates meeting for two consecutive years
would result in the loss of that chapter's
right to vote by delegate in the annual
GCSAA election.
Meeting highlights included a 44meet the
candidates" section which served notice
that the field of candidates is very strong
this year. There are six superintendents
running for the office of director. They are
David Downing II, CGCS (South Carolina), Joseph Emmanuel, CGCS (Kentucky), James Nicol, CGCS (Minnesota),
Timothy O'Neill, CGCS (Connecticut),
Samuel Snyder VII, CGCS (Delaware), and
Mark Woodward, CGCS (Arizona). "This

is without a doubt the strongest field of
candidates that we have had run for the
board in my tenure as a voting delegate,"
stated Kuehner. All Florida chapters have
been sent a Voting Delegate Statement
which must be returned to the GCSAA office by November 1 st in order for your
chapter to vote in the February election.
If you have any questions on this form,
please call Dale Kuehner.
An impressive association update was
given by Steve Mona which outlined
GCSAA's current strategic initiatives as
image, environment, chapter and career opportunities.
Some of the programs described by various GCSAA staff included the First Tee
Program which provides economically disadvantaged youth with the opportunity to
play golf; the Environmental Stewards
Award Program; and the GCSAA Membership Standards Initiative. The goal of
this particular initiative is to increase the
value of the superintendent in the eyes of
the employer and influential golfer, increase compensation, job security recognition, and job opportunities.
Again this year, those representatives who
had never been to the GCSAA headquarters came away with a feeling of renewed
respect for their national association.

GREEN SHEE
Editor:
Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 248-1971 (fax/phone)
e-mail: FLGrn@aol.com
News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 NW Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
(561)692-9349
(561) 692-9654 (fax)
(800) 732-6053 (Florida Wats)
e-mail: fgcsa@tcol.net
The Green Sheet is a bimonthly FGCSA
newsletter printed as follows: Jan/Feb,
March/April, May/June, July/August,
Sept/October, November/December.
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Editor's Message
(in lieu of President's Message)
As many of you may know by now Mike
Perham has been on medical leave. We
have been keeping your chapter external
vice presidents posted with periodic updates. Mike had major surgery on September 30th in Boston for a tumor removal
from his left lung. His lymph system is clear
and his prognosis is excellent He has been
recuperating at home since October 7th.
Mike even went to his club for lunch the
other day, but he is taking it easy. If you
want to send cards and letters of support to
him his address is:
Mike Perham, CGCS
Fountains C.C.
4615-E Fountains Dr
Lake Worth, FL 33467

1999 FTGA Regional
Turf Conferences
The Florida Turfgrass Association has
announced the following dates for the
1999 Regional Turf Conferences:
Jan. 12
Jan. 13
Jan. 21
Jan. 22
Feb. 3
Feb. 4

Lake Worth
Fort Myers
Tampa
Mid-Florida
North Florida
Gulf Coast

These all-day conferences are designed
to meet the educational needs of the entire turf industry. They offer lots of
CEU's for Restricted Pesticide License
holders and were very well received last
year due to the quality of the presentations. Brochures complete with speaker
information, topics to be covered, times
and sites for each seminar will be sent
to all FTGA members in November.
For more information or to receive a
brochure and registration form, please
contact the FTGA office by phone at
800-882-6721
or
e-mail
to
ftga@aol.com.

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Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C.
by Joel Jackson
1. Government Relations.
A. Pesticide Review Council: The meeting in Immokalee on September 11th was
interesting in a couple of ways. Dr. Keith
Solomon gave a talk on using probability
models to evaluate risk in pesticide use.
Larry Hammond of Dow AgroSciences
gave the group a presentation on all the
testing and results found in the re-registration of 2-4,D. It is the largest selling herbicide in the world and 3rd largest in the
USA. No relationships to cancer were
found in yet another round of animal testing. In humans, the compound and metabolites are expelled from the body within 10
to 36 hours. Surface water is the hot button issue and the St. Lucie basin will be
scrutinized heavily. Using data from the
Dade County experience, regulators hope
to set up a working model for investigating and solving point source pollution that
can be applied generally for creating
BMP's and solving problems in all basins.
B. FQPA: Attended another FQPA Working Group meeting on September 24th. A
subcommittee will look at creation of a data
collection format that will protect confidentiality, but will also provide use data
for future assessments which are sure to
come under FQPA. Golf and urban use data
will not be collected at the present time
since EPA is focusing only on food crops
right now, but we need to face fact we may
need to provide factual basis for claims of
low risk and exposure in golf applications.
Group called for associations to endorse
FQPA mission statement and letters to
Congress in support of LaHood House
Resolution 290 calling for EPA to abide
by implementation guidelines in the Act.
And this just in from IFAS: EPA's current
"best effort" at evaluating aggregate and
cumulative exposures from forty
organophophate pesticides indicates that
even by themselves, several of these chemicals overflow the available "risk cup" by
factors of ten to 50. When these exposures
are cumulated for the entire class of chemicals, the Agency's current working data
produce anexposure estimate that appears
November/December 1998

to be more than 100 times higher than allowed under the Food Quality Protection
Act's health-basd standard for pesticide
regulation.
(Editors Note: All the more reason you
need to be heard stating your concerns
about the methods and science that EPA is
using in making these determinations!)

(2) On October 15th Joe Ondo and I also
went to Gainesville to partcipate in an industry wide working group with the Dept
of Horticulture Review Committee. The
object is for commodity groups to provide
input on the responsiveness of the Dept's
education and research to the needs of the
various groups it serves.
C. Florida Golf Alliance (FGA):

2. Chapter Relations:
Covered (1) the Distinguished Service
Award and Presidents Award presentations
at the Treasure Coast Pro/Supt event on
September 1st; (2) the West Coast Bud
Quandt Torunament on October 12th; (3)
spoke at the North Florida Chapter meeting on October 13th; and (4) Florida GCSA
Golf Championship on October 17th.

The Officers of the FGA elected yours
truly as the Secretary for the FGA. Former
Secretary Ann Palmer of the LPGA Sprint
Titleholders resigned to take a job out of
state. The FGA is supporting a total golf
economic impact study being conducted by
two professors at Florida State University.
Letters of invitation to join the FGA are
being sent to all organized golf associations
in the state.

3. Allied Associations.
4. Media Relations:
A. FTGA: There was a great turnout at
the Greg Norman Turf Research Tournament at the Medalist Club in Hobe Sound.
David Barnes announced that $8,000 was
raised. Maybe we can get a few more celebrities involved in fund raising.The attendance at the Conference and Show in
Tampa was up over last year which was a
goal, but certainly there was room for more
to come and participate. Next year turf professionals from all industries will have a
unique opportunity to see the Envirotron
and Turf Research plots in action as the
Conference and Show moves the the campus of the University of Florida. The trade
show wil be held in the O'Connell Center
and very affordable hotels are located
nearby. FTGA and FGCSA held a joint
Board Meeting October 23rd.
B. IFAS:
(1) Joe Ondo, Cary Lewis and I attended a
joint meeting on September 2nd with the
FTGA Board and Deans Waddill and Jones
f r o m IFAS. We discussed the Turf
Coordinator's role and the university's
suport for that role. We left feeling assured
that the administration is on the same page
with us at last. Now we trust, but verify
subsequent actions. The FTGA is mandated
to provide a plan or goals so progress and
accomplishments can be measured.

(1) Sent news releases: to the St. Pete
Times on the West Coast Bud Quandt Turf
Research Tournament; to the Vero Beach
Press Journal on the Distinguished Service
Award to Scott Bell and President's Award
to Jim Callaghan of Treasure Coast; to the
Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald on the
South Florida Missing and Exploited Children tournament; and to the whole network
on the GCSAA Regional Seminar on Wetlands.
(2) Added thirteen new contacts to the golf
media network.

Watch Your Mailbox
The 1998-1999 FGCSA Membership
Directory is currently on its way to all
members. Please check your listing to
be sure it is correct.
The 1999 FGCSA Survey is also in production and should be sent to all Class
A and B superintendents by the end of
November. Please take the time to complete the survey and return it to the office as soon as possible. The survey is
only useful if as many members as possible are included.

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Local Chapter Sponsors Successful Charity Tournament

35th Annual Bud Quandt Research & Benefit Tournament
Pasadena Yacht & Country Club, St. Petersburg

35th Annual Bud Quandt Tournament Committee Members
These great events don't happen without time
and effort on the part of volunteers. The West
Coast GCSA is proud of
the
accomplishements of the 1998 Bud Quandt
Committee which included: Left to right- Bill
Focht, Eric Joy, Gerald Marquardt, Dale
Reash (Tournament Chairman), Will Cassidy,
Cary Lewis, and Louis deVos. Not pictured
are: Linda Williams, Scott Mason, Jason
Richards, Joe Clay, Joe McGuire, and Bill
Moore.
Special mention goes to Raffle Ticket Sales
Chairman Gerald Marquardt who singlehandedly sold 1, 265 tickets.
The tournament is named for Bud Quandt, 71,
former superintendent at Pasadena who
helped start the fund raiser and has made all
35 of them since.
Proceeds from this event help support the All
Children's Hospital; the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; Environmental turf
research; and college and technical school
scholarships.

1998 BUD QUANDT SPONSOR LIST
Platinum Sponsors
AgrEvo USA Co.
Bayer
Coastal Equipment Systems, Inc.
Golf Agronomics
Golf Ventures
Growth Products/Aqua Turf
Harrell's Fertilizer
IGM
Lansbrook GC/Growers Fertilizer
Liquid Ed, Inc.
Master Turf Farms, Inc.
Pickseed/Ag Resources
Quality Grassing and Services, Inc.
Rolling Greens Services/Rapid Turf
Southern Golf Products
Southern States/Chipco Choice
Tampa Bay Turf Management, Inc.
United Horticultural Supply

Gold Sponsors:
Dow AgroSciences
Du Cor International
Florida Potting Soils
Richard W. Ferrell, Sr.
Renaissance Vinoy Resort
The Scotts Company
Webb's Nursery
Wesco Turf
Patrons:
Countryside CC
FMC Corp - Specialty Products
Parkway Research Corp
Pro Greens, Inc.
Smithco, Inc.
The West Coast GCSA would like to
thank all of our loyal sponsors for
making this great event such a
financial success.

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More Local Chapter News

South Florida GCSA
Tournament for Missing
and Exploited Children
The South Florida Chapter held its 1998
fund raising tournament for the National
Center of Missing and Exploited Children
at the Colony West Country Club on October 2, 1998. The event raised $13,000
this year for the Center.
Mike Christiansen, Director for the National Center wrote a letter to GCSAA
President George Renault praising the
South Florida Chapter for their steadfast
support for the past 14 years, "These guys
work ceaselessly and get very little recognition for the good works that they have
done. Their golf tournaments and silent
auctions over the years have netted our
organization well over $100,000, and they
have earned the undying gratitude of the
National Center. . . They are tremendous
ambassadors for your organization and
they bring honor to it."
Singled out by Christiansen for special
praise were: Bill Entwistle, Sr., the "founding father" of the event; Bill Entwistle, Jr.,
Flamingo Lakes GC; Bob Klitz, CGCS,
Orangebrook GC; Dale Kuehner, CGCS,
Colony West CC; Bill McKee, Oak Tree
CC; and Bryan Singleton, Riviera CC.
The South Florida GCSA is proud of the
hard work and dedication that these members have given in support of this tournament.
The team from Miami National GC led by
superintendent Bob Burns won the low
gross division with a match of cards at the
score of 59. Bob's teamates were Ramon
Perez, Chris Schmidt and Paul Blockens.
The team of Paul Thompson, Mike
Tchebanoff, Mark Owen, and Brian
Moldehauer took low net honors also in a
match of cards at a score of 61.
The Tournament Committee wants to give
special thanks to all the Eagle and Birdie
sponors, Rayside Truck & Trailer and
Eagle One Golf and all the prize donors.
Many thanks to the volunteers and a special thank you to host Dale Kuehner, CGCS
and the Colony West staff for making this
event another huge success.
November/December 1998

Suncoast GCSA
Co-Sponsors
Grounds Maintenance Seminar
The Suncoast GCSA and the
Sarasota County Extension Service will present the Suncoast
Grounds Maintenance Seminar
on Wednesday, November 18th
at Selby Gardens in Sarasota.
Key speakers and their topics include: Dr. Charles Peacock,
North Carolina State, "Environmental Golf Course Management"; Dr. Vernon Vandiver,
I FAS Fort Lauderdale, "Best
Management Practices for
Aquatic Sites"; Dr. AI Dudeck,
IFAS Gainesville,
"New
Bermudagrass Introductions";
and Dr. Monica Elliott, IFAS
Fort Lauderdale, on "Turf Diseases and Soil Innoculants".
The all day seminar will include
lunch and CEU's have been requested from both the GCSAA
for Certified Superintendents
and the State of Florida for pesticide license holders. Brochures
will be mailed to all superintendents in the surrounding areas.
Contact Mike Holzinger of the
Sarasota County Extension Service at 941-316-1000 for more
information.

FGCSA Golf Championship
Jim Torba, superintendent at the University
of South Florida Golf Course, was low gross
winner of the 1998 FGCSA Golf Championship. With the win, Jim joins Mark Hopkins,
Chris Cartin and Buck Buckner on the FGCSA
team for the 1999 GCSAA Golf Tournament
in Tampa. The Westin Innisbrook Resort is
the headquarters hotel for this event.
The team from West Coast GCSA won the
chapter division by edging out Treasure Coast
by one shot. The West Coast team consisted
of Cary Lewis, Jim Torba, Mike Wisher and
Duane VanEtten.
Other chapters entering the team division were
South Florida, Palm Beach, Central Florida
and the Ridge.
Joe Ondo, Chairman of the Golf Championship, wishes to thank Bayne Caillavet and his
staff at Southern Dunes GC for again hosting
this event.
Joe Ondo is also Golf Chairman for the
FGCSA and is hoping to get several other local golfers to join together so that Florida may
have a great representation in this year's tournament. Please let Joe know if you are planning on playing in the tournament and he will
do some pairing up to be sure that a Florida
team wins the event this year!

Greg Norman Turfgrass
Research Tournament
Left to right. Greg Norman presents
the 1st place prize to Joe Ondo,
CGCS at the Medalist GC in Hobe
Sound. Norman sponsored the
August 31st event at his club to help
raise funds for turfgrass research.
David Barnes of the FTGA, who
works with Norman, reported the
event netted around $8,000.

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FTGA Conference and Show Highlights

46th Annual FTGA Conference and Show Highlights
Tim Hiers, CGCS, Wins
FTGA's Wreath of Grass
Left to right: FTGA President David
Barnes presents Colliers Reserve superintendent Tim Hiers, CGCS with
the highest honor of the Florida
Turfgrass Association, the FTGA
Wreath of Grass Award.
Hiers, superintendent at Colliers Reserve in Naples and Past President of
the FGCSA, was commended for
leading the industry in environmental
awareness and sharing the benefits of
responsible turf management with the
general public. Bonita Bay East superintendent, Matt Taylor (right) introduced Hiers and outlined some of his
contributions to the industry.
The 46th Annual Florida Turfgrass Association Conference was
held in Tampa September 16th through the 19th. The opportunities for education, sales and entertainment were endless.
On the Showroom floor the Sale of the Century, raffles and even
a free lunch helped to bring in many attendees to see what the
exhibitors had to offer. The entertainment started on Wednesday
night at the Caribbean Cookout at the Radisson's Riverwalk and
continued through Friday evening's Gala and casino night. For
those who really wanted to finish off the weekend in great style,
there was a choice of the golf tournament, the fishing tournament or the Busch Gardens tour on Saturday.
The Awards dinner Friday night started with the presentation of
the FTGA scholarship recipients which included five students
from Lake City Community College and one from the University
of Florida. Then Tim Hiers was announced as the winner of the
prestigious Wreath of Grass award which was presented by his
friend, Matt Taylor. Scott Wahlin, superintendent at Harbourside
GC in Longboat Key, was inducted as the new FTGA President.
FGCSA members played a big part in the FTGA Conference
Educational Sessions. Friday morning was all FGCSA! Fred
Klauk and Tom Alex gave a presentation on course preparations
for major professional golf events in the Innovative Superintendent Session I. Cary Lewis, CGCS; Prentis Knotts, CGCS; and
Steve Pearson, CGCS were featured in Innovative Superintendents Session II on topics ranging from employee training and
performance evaluation to wildlife management.
Superintendents Matt Taylor and Rick Tatum teamed up with
USGA's John Foy to discuss the new varieties of ultradwarf
bermudagrasses to a standing room only audience.
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FGCSA Vice President Darren Davis was part of two Concurrent Session presentations — one on Golf Courses and Wetlands with Steve Beeman and the other on Turf Maintenance
Facilities with fellow superintendent Matt Taylor.
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GCSAA Conference and Show

1999 FGCSA Reception
The FGCSA will hold its 1999 reception
on Friday night, February 12th, at the Omni
Rosen Hotel in Orlando from 8:00 -11:00
p.m. Due to the tremendous number of
people who attended our last Orlando reception in 1996, we will be taking steps to
ensure that there will be ample room for
all those who attend. Invitations will be
mailed to all FGCSA members in January.
Sponsors have been solicited and we have
already received a wonderful early response from our loyal affiliates. However,
there is still time for any affiliates to be
involved as a sponsor. Please call the
FGCSA office if you have not been contacted to join with the Florida superintendents for this annual event.
Entertainment has been booked and we
again promise an evening that you will not
forget.

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Jim Callaghan (right) one of the founders of the Treasure Coast chapter, receives a
1998 FGCSA Presidents Award for Lifetime Service from FGCSA President Mike
Perham at the Treasure Coast Pro/Super event at the Indian River CC in September.

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