VOLUME XV, PART 4, JULY/AUGUST 1999

NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

Dr. John Cisar, Turf Coordinator for
the University of Florida (center) receives a check for his Ultra Dwarf
research project from the PBGCSA
Future of Golf host superintendent,
Steve Pearson (left), and Chip
Fowkes, Palm Beach president.

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SFGCSA chapter meeting,
CC of Coral Springs
Treasure Coast annual
meeting, Stuart Y&CC
Central Florida GCSA
meeting, Lake Nona GC
West Coast GCSA meeting
Countryside CC
Coastal Plains GCSA
Golf Classic, Golden
Eagle GC, Tallahassee
Everglades GCSA Annual
Meeting, Quail West CC
North Florida Transition
Tournament, Jekyll Island

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UPCOMING EVENTS
July 22

July 30
July 31
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Aug. 6
Aug. 9 -13
Aug. 17

FGCSA/GCSAA Regional
Seminar, "Protecting
Natural Resources on the
Golf Course," Dr.Charles
Peacock, Orangebrook CC
PBGCSA chapter meeting,
Bear Lakes CC
Larry Kamphaus Crowfoot
Open, Grand Cypress
West Coast GCSA Pro/Supt.
event, Lansbrook GC
FTGA Conference and
Show, University of
Florida, Gainesville
Palm Beach chapter meeting,
Broken Sound GC

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Sept. 13 Blue Pearl Tournament,
Medalist GC, Hobe Sound
Sept. 21 GCSAA Regional Seminar,
"Human Resource Management," Dr. Bree Hayes,
Orlando
Sept. 30 West Coast GCSA chapter
meeting, Hunters Green CC
Oct. 2 FGCSA Golf Championship
Southern Dunes GC
Oct. 8 SFGCSA Tournament for
Missing & Abused Children,
Colony West GC
Oct. 11 Bud Quandt Tournament,
Pasadena Y&CC

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Editor:
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FREE Lunch Wednesday
FREE Admission Thursday

Superintendent Educational
Sessions at FTGA Conference
The superintendent education portion of the
FTGA program has been completed and includes two GCSAA/Etonic seminars for
CEU or PDU credit - one by GCSAA Secretary/Treasurer Tommy Witt, CGCS, on
"Communicating with your Employer" and
the other by Ms. Lisa Micunek on "Enhancing the Professional Image of the Golf
Course Superintendnt". Concurrent sessions include a presentation by Brad
KocherfromPinehurst on the preparations
for the 1999 U. S. Open and two panel discussions - one on continuing evolution of
management techniques and information on
the new ultradwarf greens and the other on
labor issues facing Florida golf courses.
There will, of course, be other sessions of
general interest including one by Dr. Joe
Vargas on "Chemical Phobia."
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Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C.?
by Joel Jackson
1. Government Relations
Each Chapter should meet and discuss the
organophosphate and carbamate products
most important to turf their management
operations. Let legislators and chemical
manufacturers know your needs and what's
most important. FQPA compromises will
have to be made. Products and uses will
be lost. Which products can you sacrifice?
The recent Nitrate Symposium held by the
Southwest Florida Water Management
District in the Seven Springs area on May
1 st is just a precursor of what can be expected in the future. Begin to examine and
modify your fertilization programs to follow the Nitrate Bill BMP's promulgated
by Drs. Cisar and Snyder.
Representative Alan Boyd of Florida is
submitting a bill to Congress requiring
EPA to use real science and not hyper-conservative models and assumptions in
implementing the FQPA. See, all that letter writing does get results. On another
front, In a recent court ruling, EPA took a
hit on their "scientific" claims in regard to
regulations concerning the Clean Air Act.
They have appealed.
2. Allied Associations

effective and accountable to industry and I will be covering the Coastal Plains
Chapter's annual turf research fund raisthe consumers.
ing event on July 12th in Tallahassee.
3. Media Relations
Craig Weyandt, President of the Treasure
Agriculture Institute of Florida: The FTGA Coast Chapter has been in touch with Janet
has agreed to pick up my expenses for my Satterlee of GCSAA Chapter Relations for
participation with this association of agri- ideas on improving attendance at monthly
culture communicators. The current AI meetings. We will be sharing the ideas Janet
newsletter is being revamped to assist key sent to Craig with all the chapters
leaders in all commodity groups in deal\
ing with communications, public relations /
1999
Crowfoot
Open
to
be
and media issues affecting the agri-business industry. There will also be some
Held at Grand Cypress
questions on their next consumer survey
that will probe the publics awareness of The 23rd Annual Larry Kamphaus
environmental risk with regard to pesti- Crowfoot Open will be held at Grand
cides.
Cypress Golf Club in Orlando. The
opening pool side cocktail party will be
Editorial Board Visit Results: The Tampa held on Sunday, August 1st at 6:00
Tribune ran an editorial on June 1st call- p.m.at the Villas of Grand Cypress.
ing for EPA to not ruin American farmers
while trying to implement the FQPA. The banquet and entertainment follows
While we didn't get a mention for turfgrass at 7:00 p.m. Dress is casual. Presentadue to the focus of the small family farmer, tion of the Larry Kamphaus Award will
the points made in the editorial showed the be made immediately following the banneed for EPA to use restraint and common quet This Award is given to a Central
sense. A goal we can all live with. Chip Florida member, superintendent or venFowkes of the Palm Beach Chapter was to dor, who exemplifies Larry Kamphaus
do a similar editorial board with the Palm characteristics of longevity with the
Beach Post.
same employer, association involvement, strong family values, community
I attended the 1999 Spring International service and mentoring of future vendors/
Network of Golf Conference in May and superintendents.
made some new golf media contacts. I also
was able to meet face to face with some of Monday morning, August 2nd, begins
the golf writers I have been sending new with breakfast at 7:00 a.m. followed by
releases to this past year. I also gave a re- an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. Tom Alex,
port on the GCSAA at a panel discussion superintendent at Grand Cypress and
called, "Associations 2000." Jeff Bollig, Committee Chairman will serve as host
GCSAA Public Relations guru asked if I
as well as the Master of Ceremonies.
could sub for him since he had a conflict. Immediately following the golf, a cash
bar and awards presentation will sig4, Chapter Relations
nify the end of the weekend's activities.
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The FTGA Conference and Show will be
here before you know it. August 9-12.
There will be a lot of education for superintendents, and the University of Florida
location will get you up close and personal
with the leaders of 1FAS who do the research we are depending on. Help support
the FTGA and the progress they are mak- I will be attending the UF/IFAS Summer Lodging is available at the Villas of
ing with 1FAS. Plan now to attend.
Field Day, June 23rd, which will be held Grand Cypress (1-800-835-7377) at the
in Milton, FL this year as IFAS moves the Crowfoot rate of $ 150.00 per bedroom.
The University of Florida's "Florida First" field day sites around the state to be inconference on May 21st for all agricul- clusive for all user groups. Chip Owens, a Practice rounds will be available on July
ture commodities was well attended by superintendent of the Gulf Coast GCSA 31 st and August 1 st. The rate is $30.00
over 260 university and industry represen- has offered me complimentary for superintendents and $55.00 for comtatives. Mark Jarrell, Don Benliam and I accomodations at the Moors Golf Club and mercial members. Grand Cypress Golf
discussed golf turf issues with select 1FAS Lodge in Milton during my visit. We ap- Club is a spikeless facility. To obtain a
administration and faculty members in a preciate the hospitality and hope to find registration form for this event, please
half day breakout session. The entire pro- more ways to work together with the Gulf call Lisa at the Grand Cypress golf maincess is geared toward making IFAS more Coast GCSA in the future.
tenance office, 407-239-1948.
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Minutes of FGCSA Spring Board Meeting
The Spring 1999 meeting of the FGCSA
Board of Directors was called to order by
President Michael Perham, CGCS, at 8:00
a.m. on Friday, May 14th at the Naples
Beach Hotel.
All officers except Vice President Darren
Davis were in attendance. All chapters were
respresented except Coastal Plains, North
Florida and Seven Rivers chapter.
Other FGCSA members attending the meeting were Steve Pearson, Research Committee Chairman; Dale Kuehner, GCSAA Voting Delegate; John Van Vranken - Suncoast
chapter; Joel Jackson - Florida Green editor; John Gallagher, West Palm Beach chapter; Jim Walker - South Florida chapter president; Joe Boe -representing the now forming Calusa GCSA; and Past President Kevin
Downing. Dr. John Cisar, University of
Florida Fort Lauderdale was also in attendance.
OLD BUSINESS: Cary Lewis gave a report from our C.P.A. firm describing the options available for a financial accounting system review. After a discussion it was suggested that we instruct the firm to do an Internal Control Evaluation which helps an organization ensure that its assets are safeguarded and procedures are in place to allow efficient operations. The evaluation
would be performed on the FGCSA as well
as the chapters. A knowledgeable person
from each chapter would be required to fill
out a check-list as sent by the CPA firm who
would then develop recommendations that
would have to be implemented by each chapter. Cost should be in the $5,000 range,
assuming all chapters respond in a timely
manner. The motion to conduct an Internal
Control Evaluation was made by Roy
Wilshire, 2nd by Gary Grigg and approved.
SECRETARY/TREASURER REPORT Cary Lewis went over the Financial Statements for the third quarter of the fiscal year
1998-99 and the minutes from the Winter
1999 board meeting. Both were approved.
BUDGET: Cary then discussed the
worksheet for the 1999-2000 FGCSA Operating Budget. Line items that are not expected to change for the next year were filled
in and Cary discussed the blanks to decide
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on suitable figures. Mike Perham suggested that a meeting be held of the
Executive Committee and as many
Past Presidents as possible to discuss
the duties and compensation for staffing the FGCSA. The meeting will be
held in June and minutes will be sent
to all board members prior to the
Crowfoot meeting.

mitted approximately $1 million in grant
requests totheFTGA. He noted that the
next UF Field Day would be in Milton on
June 23rd.

A discussion was held as to how to
balance the Operating Account budget — continue to rely on chapter donations or raise the dues to cover expenses. It was decided that if we use
chapter donations, they should be on
a voluntary basis only. It was also
suggested that since we have not had
a dues increase in several years and
the services of the FGCSA have increased during that period, a dues increase could be justified. It was decided that, for this fiscal year, we will
continue to balance the budget through
chapter donations but expect to bring
up the question of a future dues increase at the Winter board meeting. If
approved, the dues increase would be
effective at the beginning of the 20002001 fiscal year.

PUBLICATIONS: Joel reported that
he is getting very little (if any) response
for the Hands-On section of the magazine.
Please continue to talk this up at your
monthly chapter meetings.

Cary Lewis will finish the Budget
Worksheet after the Executive Committee meeting in June and present the
budget in final form to be voted on at
the Crowfoot board meeting.

EDUCATION: Geoff Coggan announced that pre-registration for the Poa
seminar is strong at 40 attendees. The subject matter should prove interesting and
most of the expenses will be covered by
the registration fees. He noted that three
GCSAA Regional Seminars are planned
for Florida in the coming months - July,
September and November. There will be
no seminar at the Crowfoot this year but
Joel Jackson announced a strong educa-

D.O.C.: Joel reported on the Nitrogen
symposium, activities of the water management districts, and the Florida First program. He will continue to keep everyone
informed with progress reports. Joel was
The reception line item was discussed. complimented on his good communication
Some chapters were concerned that level with the board members.
small vendors were excluded from the
reception due to the high level of spon- SURVEY: Joel suggested that we request
sorship. It was noted that prior to this actual dollar figures rather than ranges on
year's reception in Orlando there was our next survey. He also suggested that
a lower category that was appropriate we get rid of some of the questions to try
for the small vendor. This lower cat- to get more participation. He noted that
egory will be offered for the New Or- the answers to the educational questions
leans reception. It was decided that, as distributed to all chapter external vice
once again, the line item will be bal- presidents should benefit all chapters in
anced with expenses to equal income planning their monthly programs. It was
received from sponsors so that no dues suggested that the report be put in an upmoney is spent on the reception.
coming issue of the Florida Green.

IFAS: Dr. John Cisar gave a recap of
the positions available. They include
a Pathologist, an Entomologist and the
Director of the Fort Lauderdale station. He noted that the UF has sub-

AWARDS: Gary Grigg announced that
he has received 4 nominations for the
President's Awards for Lifetime Service.
Palm Beach nominated Steve Pearson; Everglades nominated Dale Walters; South
Florida nominated Al Ross and Ridge
nominated Paul Hickman. Craig Weyandt
asked that the board accept a late nomination from the Treasure Coast for Dave
Hollar. A motion was made to approve
all five nominations. The motion was approved. Gary announced that Past Presi dent Dale Kuehner had been nominated for
the Distinguished Service Award.

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Minutes of FGCSA Spring Board Meetihg

tional program for superintendents at the FTGA/IFAS: Don Benham, Public Relations Director for the FTGA announced
FTGA in Gainesville this year.
that he is working on a funding project that
MEMBERSHIP: Tom Crawford urged is targeted at golfers. The University of
all chapters to use the new FGCSA Mem- Florida IFAS faculty has agreed to meet
bership Form when sending their chapter with the boards of several golf clubs in the
dues invoices this month.
vicinity to let them know what their research dollars would support. The goal is
POA: Gary Grigg reported a good turn- to get clubs to make an annual line item
out for the tournament and the banquet. for turfgrass research.
CROWFOOT: Joe Ondo reported that the GCSAA: Dale Kuehner announced that
Crowfoot would be played at Grand Cy- the next Chapter Delegates meeting will
be held in Lawrence on September 10thpress on Mon, August 2nd.
12th. Membership Standards will probGOLF: This year's GCSAA Tournament ably be one of the important issues of the
will be held in Mobile, Alabama. The meeting. If your chapter is not sending a
Florida team will be composed of the win- representative, you MUST notify the
ner of the Poa, the Crowfoot, and the GCSAA in writing that you are selecting
FGCSA Championship. Joe Ondo an- someone else as your representative. If a
nounced that the FGCSA Golf Tournament chapter is not represented at two consecuwill be played at Southern Dunes on the tive annual meetings, the chapter may lose
first Saturday in October (October 2nd). their affiliation status. Dale announced
Host superintendent will be Bayne that all chapters previously affiliated with
Caillavet with each chapter encouraged to the GCSAA have completed their re-afhave a five man team, with the top four filiation qualifications.
players scores counting.
RECEPTION: Paul Crawford announced
RESEARCH: Steve Pearson discussed that the sponsors for this year's reception
the Light Intensity Study that was approved felt that their money was well spent and
by the FTGA and is being funded by the that they were the ones who requested that
Seven Rivers chapter through the proceeds attendees be limited to superintendents and
of their Envirotron Tournament. If any- sponsors. Paul announced that the recepone would like to suggest any additions that tion did go over budget somewhat but that
would fit into the scope of the study, call the excess funds from last year's recepSteve. Steve also reported on Dr. Cisar's tion were used for the shortfall. Paul
proposed research program that would require renovating the turf plot area of the
Fort Lauderdale site to do ultradwarf studies. This area is currently being maintained
by the FGCSA so questions would arise
as to the distribution of funds should the
grant be accepted.

also spoke on the operation of the Florida
Green and suggested that it may be time to
raise advertising rates. Paul was presented
with an award for his tenure as Florida
Green Business Manager.
NEW BUSINESS: Mike Perham announced that the Palm Beach chapter has
received a complaint that a PBGCSA superintendent had misrepresented facts on
his resume when applying for and subsequently receiving a position as superintendent on a municipal golf course. Gary
Grigg reported that this would be a violation of the GCSAA Code of Ethics and
should be handled by the GCSAA if the
superintendent is a member.
A question was raised about the three-year
rotation of external vice presidents. A
show of hands indicated that Central
Florida, West Coast and Suncoast chapters
will have new Externals at the next board
meeting. Since three chapters were missing from the meeting, there may be even
more new VP's.
Mike Perham announced that the Summer
Board Meeting will be held at Grand Cypress on Saturday, July 31 st. The meeting
will begin with lunch at noon, the Summer
meeting at 1:00 p.m. and the Annual Meeting to begin at the conclusion of the Summer meeting, approximately 4:00 p.m.
Since there was no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.

Steve also discussed the possibility of providing product evaluations not funded by
manufacturers. This has been brought up
many times before but no action has been
taken on the proposal.
Steve announced that the FGCSA has hired
Gary Pederson as an independent contractor to take over Marcus Prevatte's position
in Fort Lauderdale. He thanked Bob Klitz
and Bill McKee for interviewing and selecting Gary for the position and for their
help in getting him started.
July/August 1999

Jim Walker, South Florida president, (right) presented a check for $24,000 to
Mike Perham. The proceeds of this year's Expo are to be used by the FGCSA
Research Fund in funding the technician position at the Fort Lauderdale site.
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Everglades Chapter Scores Big with 1999 Poa
The 1999 Poa weekend was another winning event thanks to the Naples Beach
Hotel, the hard work of the Everglades Board of Directors and Mother Nature
for providing such a great setting with terrific weather.
The weekend began on Friday with the FGCSA Spring Board Meeting at 8:00
a.m. followed by a well attended seminar on Mole Cricket Management and the
Value of Soil Testing. That night, the Watkins Lawn provided the setting for the
exceptional Poa Annua Luau. This was when Mother Nature showed her full
force by providing a great breeze and showcase Naples sunset for all to view.
The Poa Golf Classic was held on Saturday morning with Mark Hopkins again
taking the top prize as low gross winner. The win assures Mark of another
year's place on the Florida team for the GCSAA Championship. The team
championship was won by the Everglades team of David Fry, Rick Tatum, Scott
Hamm and Roy Bates.
Rounding out the weekend was the G. C. Home Tournament that was played on
Sunday at the Beach Club. This tournament has been coupled with the Poa
since 1988 and is the major fundraiser for the G. C. Home Endowment Fund.
Funds raised from this event go to support the Envirotron on the University of
Florida Gainesville campus.
Special recognition goes to the major sponsor of the Poa Golf Classic, Liquid
Ag Systems, for their generosity. The Everglades Board of Directors would
also like to thank all of our sponsors for making the Poa a financial success as
well as a terrific weekend for all members to enjoy.

More Florida Clubs become
Audubon Sanctuary Courses
Newly Certified Audubon Cooperative
Sanctuary Golf Courses:
Country Club of Florida, Village of Golf
Lemon Bay GC, Englewood.
New members of the Audubon Cooperative
Sancutary System:
IGM at Oakwood GC, Lake Wales.
Palm River CC, Naples.
Heron Creek G&CC, North Port.
Riverwood GC, Port Charlotte.

FGCSA Board Meeting

The FGCSA Summer Board Meeting will
be held at noon on Saturday, July 31st at
Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando.
The annual Board Meeting will be held immediately following this meeting at approximately 4:00 p.m. All those attending the Crowfoot weekend are invited to
join us for the annual meeting.
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Paul Crawford (right) accepts a momento of appreciation from FGCSA President,
Mike Perham, CGCS, for his service to the association as the Business Manager of
The Florida Green. Crawford is stepping down after a five year tour of duty and
Perham will take his place to help oversee the magazine's operation.
The Green Sheet

Chapter Events

Future of Golf Tournament 4th Annual FGCSA Team
Championship
The Palm Beach GCSA sponsored its 18th
Annual Future of Golf Tournament on
Saturday, June 5th at the Falls CC. This
year's event was by far the most financially
successful thanks to the generosity of Ian
Smith and The Falls CC for donating the
use of their impressive facility. This most
generous offer was the catalyst that led to
a net profit of greater than $27,000.

Steve Pearson, superintendent of The Falls
CC, sparked the Committee to higher levels of fund raising which enabled them to
secure a $10,000 donation from Chipco
GT/Helena/Golf Ventures as Platinum
Sponsor of the event. Karl Schmidt,
Committee Chairman, reported that both
Hector Turf and Kilpatrick Turf had equipment stations on the golf course for their
contribution as Diamond Sponsors. The
Gold level of sponsorship saw contributions from Harrell's Fertilizer, Golf
Agronomics, United Horticultural Supply,
Novartis, Wyld West Annuals, Diamond
Turf, Yamaha Golf Cars, Irrigation Services Group and Yamaha Golf Cars rounding out the field of big contributors.

Southern Dunes Golf Club will be the site
for the 4th annual FGCSA Team Championship with Bayne Caillavet serving as
host. Date is set for Saturday, October 2,
1999. West Coast chapter is the defending champion as they edged Treasure
Coast chapter by one shot. Format remains the same atfivesuperintendents on
a team with the top four scores counting.
A traveling trophy was recently purchased
so plan now on sending a team for chapter
bragging rights. Entry forms will be sent
out in July with prices and all other information. Reminder, you do not have to be
on a team to participate. Individual entries are accepted.

GCSAA Regional Seminar
to be held on July 22nd
The first GCSAA Regional Seminar to be
held in Florida for 1999 will be "Protecting
Natural Resources on the Golf Course" on
Thursday, July 22nd. Dr. Charles Peacock,
formerly of the University of Florida and
now with North Carolina State University,
will be the speaker at the all-day seminar.
Bob Klitz, CGCS, superintendent at
Orangebrook CC in Hollywood will be the
host site.

This seminar focuses on evaluating the golf
course as part of the ecosystem, the interrelationship between golf course and environment, and how to protect these natural
resources. Participants incorporate strategies into the design and maintenance of the
golf course and study the management prinPrizes for low gross and net will be ciples that best protect natural resources.
awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The low
gross superintendent also qualifies for the .7 CEU's will be awarded to Certified Golf
state team and has his entry paid to the Course Superintendents and those seeking
GCSAA tournament which will be held in certification. For more information or to
February, 2000, in Mobile. Let your chap- register, contact the GCSAA Service Center know if you are interested in playing. ter at 800-472-7878.

In addition to Pearson and Schmidt, the
Future of Golf Committee included David
Court, Paul Crawford, Mark Henderson,
Keith Longshore, Walt McMahon, Dan
Miller, Dale Mitchell, and Peter Powell.
These hard working members were responsible for obtaining more than 50 other
turfgrass companies to support the Tournament by providing tee signs on the golf
course.
An overflowfieldof 136 players also contributed to thefinancialsuccess of the day
not only with their entry fee but also with
their generous response to the raffle and
silent auction held immediately following
the tournament. In addition to the great
prizes, they were rewarded with a tremendous round of golf at a great facility and a
top quality buffet.
The Palm Beach GCSA Board would like
to thank The Falls CC and all of our sponsors for helping to raise such an impressive amount for turfgrass research and
scholarships as well as for junior golf programs in the Palm Beach area.
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Steve Pearson, host superintendent, (far left) and Chip Fowkes, PBGCSA president
(farright)accept a $10,000 Platinum Sponsor check for the Future of Golf
Tournament from Peter Farno of Chipco (center left) and Walt McMahon (center
right) of Golf Ventures. See above for more details.
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