Matt Taylor, center, of the
Bonita Bay East GC in
Naples, receives the 1999
GCSAA Environmental
Stewardship Award for the
Private Club Division
during the 199 GCSAA
Conference and Show.
See page 7 for additional
coverage of the Show.

Mar. 1

Ridge Invitational Tournament, Grasslands

Mar. 2

Core Class, St. Augustine
Technical Center, 1:00 pm

Mar. 4

Ornamental & Turf
Course, St. Augustine
Technical Center

Mar. 10 Everglades GCSA chapter
meeting/outing,
EverBlades Arena, 4:00
p.m.meeting, 7:30 game
Mar. 11 SFGCSA Exposition, UF
IFAS, Fort Lauderdale
Mar. 17 Treasure Coast meeting,
Indian River Plantation
Mar. 18 Overseed Field Day, UF,
Gainesville campus

UPCOMING EVENTS
Mar. 23 Suncoast Scramble, Misty
Creek G&CC
Mar. 24 West Coast chapter meeting,
Summerfield GC
Mar. 24 Central Florida meeeting,
Halifax Plantation
Apr. 12 North Florida Mike Richards
Memorial Tournament
Apr. 19 Envirotron Tournament, World
Woods GC
Apr. 20 Suncoast chapter meeting,
Pelican Point GC, Venice
Apr. 21 Everglades Spring Seminar,
LaPlaya, Vanderbilt Beach
Apr. 27 USGA Green Section Conference, Orlando Marriott
Apr. 29 USGA Green Section Conference, Palm Beach Marriott

May 14, FGCSA seminar, Naples
Beach Hotel, noon - 5:00 p.m.
May 15 Poa Annua Golf Tournament,
Naples Beach Hotel
May 16 G. C. Horn Tournament,
Naples Beach Hotel
May 17 Aquatic Weed Control,
- 20
Aquatic Plant Culture Short
Course, Fort Lauderdale
May 18 Suncoast chapter meeting,
Sara Bay, Sarasota
June 5 PBGCSA Future of Golf
Tournament, The Falls CC
July 31 Larry Kamphaus Crowfoot
- Aug 2 Open, Grand Cypress
Aug.9 - FTGA Conference and Show,
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University of Florida,
Gainesville campus

Upcoming Events
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"Experience the Connection"

presented by the
Florida Turfgrass Association
In conjunction with the University of Florida

USGA Conferences
Green Section Regional Conferences were
established in the 1970's as a way to reach
golf course superintendents, course officials, club managers, golf professionals and
other industry personnel with pertinent
information about golf course maintenance
and management issues. A few years later,
with the involvement of the USGA Regional Affairs staff, these educational conferences now reflect a broader perspective
and include important facets of the golf
industry as well as other USGA activities.

The FTGA is gearing up for a great week in Gainesville where they
will host the 47th Annual Conference and Show. This year's venue
will be different than others presented in past years. Challenged to
meet the needs of the Florida Turf Professional, quality education,
stimulating activities and a 'better than ever' tradeshow has been scheduled for August 9-12, 1999 when attendees will 'Experience the
Connection' of the Turf Industry and the University of Florida.
The USGA has announced the dates for
the two Green Section Conferences to be
held in Florida this year. The first ConferHighlights featured this year include:
Technical training by FTGA supporting Vendors
Industry Concurrent Sessions, GCSAA Seminars
Outdoor Equipment Demonstrations
University of Florida Tour
Sod Growers Field Day and Cook-out
Awards Dinner in the exclusive 'Touchdown Terrace
and... special keynote message by University of Florida
President Dr. Lombardi
Watch for more details and mark your calendars for
August 9-12, 1999. Don't Miss It!!
Limited Booth Space
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GREEN SHEETS

Editor:
Joel Jackson, CGCS
(407) 248-1971 (fax/phone)
e-mail: FLGm@aol.com

News Coordinator:
Mrs. Marie Roberts
1760 NW Pine Lake Drive
Stuart, FL 34994
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The Green Sheet is a bimonthly FGCSA must be for the good of the association.
newsletter printed as follows: Jan/Feb,
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ence will be held at the Orlando Airport
Marriott on Tuesday, April 27th and the
second will be held at the Palm Beach
Gardens Marriott on Thursday, April 29th.

This year's program offers something for
everyone and includes: "Identifying
Ecoystems on the Golf Course" by Tom
Stone, NaturGolf; "Monitoring Nitrate
Leaching in a Golf Course Treated with
Reclaimed Water" and "NTEP Project
Update" by Dr. John Cisar; "Florida Employment Law: Looking to the Future" by
Stuart Charlson, West Coast Employers
Association; and "Getting Started: Creating an Environmental Plan" by Joellen Zeh,
Audubon International.
The all-day program will also include discussions by the following USGA
speakers:"Member Guest or US Open: Preparing Your Course for a Championship"
by Chris Hartwiger; "Understand it Before
You Buy It: Sorting Out the Mystical,
Magical, and Microbial," by Matt Nelson;
"A Walk on the Wild Side: USGA Grants
Programs" by Kim Erusha; and "USGA
Research Update: Putting Green Construction Projects" by John Foy.
IN ORLANDO ONLY: "The Man Who
Almost Killed Arnie and Jack" by Peter
Kessler, The Golf Channel.
CEU's will be available for GCSAA, pesticide license, PGA, and CMA. Program
brochures will be mailed by mid-March.
For more information, contact Shelly Foy,
(561) 546-2620.
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Director of Communications Report

What's Up D.O.C.
by Joel Jackson
1. GCSAA Conference and
Show
On Wednesday, February 10th, during the
opening ceremonies of GCSAA's 70th International Conference and Show in Orlando, Dan Jones, CGCS, was one of three
superintendents recognized for their service to the industry. President George
Renault III, CGCS presented Dan with his
plaque signifying GCSAA's recognition of
Dan's hard work and sacrifice on behalf of
the Florida GCSA. Dan's 95 year old
mother was in the audience to see him receive the award. Dan also paid tribute to
his wife, Irene, for her help and support
through 42 years of marriage.
Also on Wednesday earlier in the day, Central Florida superintendents Tom Alex of
Grand Cypress; John Lammerish of Orange
Lake; and Tom Schlick, CGCS of Marriott
hosted the GCSAA Field Seminar. Assisting Dr. Phil Busey of the University of
Florida as bus captains and tour guides
were superintendents Don McCommon;
Jim Schleutker and yours truly. The "Turf
Tour" also stopped by Disney's Wide
World of Sports for a visit of sports turf
operations.
Earlier in the week Gary Grigg, CGCS, MG
of the Poinciana Golf Club in Naples
taught two one day seminars on Golf
Course Construction Management and
Grow-In. Gary also gave the invocation for
the Opening Session; supervised the election of officers at the Annual Meeting; and
served on the welcoming committee with
other past presidents to welcome 127 new
first time exhibitors at the Trade Show.
On Friday at the Golf, Government and
Environment General Session, Matt Taylor was named winner of the Environmental Stewardship Award in the Private Club
division. GCSAA and the sponsoring companies recognized Matt and Bonita Bay
East for their work in wildlife habitat enhancement and preservation.

presentation with the help of IFAS Administration and faculty to take to the grass
roots golfers. The first phase will focus on
private club members and will provide a
simple yet effective way for golfers to participate. The presentation will be fine tuned
Later on Saturday, The Florida Green was before test audiences until it is perfected.
honored with its selection of Best Overall Stay tuned for more details.
in its category for the 5th year in a row in
the GCSAA Newsletter Editors Contest. B. Florida Golf Alliance: A Golf Impact
Study update was presented to the Florida
Many thanks to Paul Crawford for his con- Golf Alliance Board during the recent
tribution to the FGCSA as Business Man- GCSAA conference. Dr. Joe Cronin, in
ager for the Florida Green for the past five charge of the survey, is asking for help in
years. Paul has also served as Chairman following up on the surveys mailed out. I
for the FGCSA Reception at the GCSAA have volunteered my time to make calls to
Conference and Show. Paul is stepping clubs stressing that they participate in ordown this year and Mike Perham, CGCS der to help make the survey more valid in
will assume the duties of Business Man- its numbers.
ager. Thanks again, Paul, for helping to
make the magazine strong and the recep4. Media Relations
tions memorable.
If you have seen the new Golfdom maga2. Government Relations
zine, which premiered at the GCSAA Trade
Show, you may have seen my mug in there.
A. The GCSAA Greens and Grassroots With the FGCSA Board's approval, I am
Forum in Orlando yielded little new infor- writing a regular column for them. The
mation on the FQPA Implementation pro- monthly magazine will have an
cess except to alert pesticide users to the initialcirculation of30,000 and will go priinescapable fact that there will be losses of marily to decision makers in golf
some pesticide uses by the end of 1999. coursedesign, management and maintenance. It seemed like a great way to keep
Allen James, Executive Director of RISE putting superintendent views on the front
(Responsible Industry for a Sound Envi- burner to those we work with in the golf
ronment) encourages all product users to industry. Golfdom is focusing on easy to
keep the pressure on Congress to alert them read articles that provide solutions to probto the real world consequences of banning lems.
the whole class of organophosphate and
carbamate insecticides. WRITE YOUR There's no lack of information resources
CONGRESSMAN and SENATORS TO- for superintendents as Golfweek magazine
also debuted Superintendent News at the
DAY!
trade show. This bi-weekly publication is
B. I will be attending an FQPA "Experts" also dedicated to providing timely and relWorkshop in Tampa on March 3rd to learn evant information to superintendents. Edistrategies from other organizations and will tor/writers Brad Klein and Jim Achenbach
pass along the ideas and recommendations have both recently penned articles in
to your chapter representatives. Each Ex- Golfweek that support the undervalued
ternal Vice President was given a registra- position of superintendents. Mark Jarrell
tion form to this workshop if you have an used to write a quarterly column for
interest in attending. Registration fee is Golfweek. Now we have an entire publication dedicated to our specialty. Times
$125.
they are a'changing.
sions found Florida Superintendents Mark
Black of Quail West CC and Kevin Downing of Willoughby GC making presentations on Training and Written Standards for
Course Conditions.

3. Allied Associations

Both publications promise to have an "attitude"
and call the shots as they see them.
A. Florida Turfgrass Association: Don
As
long
as they are accurate and fair, they
Meanwhile, Friday and Saturday morning's Benham, Director of Public Relations for
will
be
a
welcome addition to our library.
early bird Innovative Superintendent Ses- the FTGA is puttingtogether a fund raising
March/April 1999

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Minutes of the Winter 1999 FGCSA Board Meeting
The Winter 1999 meeting of the FGCSA Board budget. The motion was approved.
of Directors was called to order by President
Michael Perham, CGCS, at 1:00 p.m. on Fri- DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICAday, January 29th at Bay Hill Club in Orlando. TIONS REPORT - Joel Jackson reported on his activities since the Fall
All officers were in attendance. All chapters board meeting which included the Ag
except Seven Rivers were represented. Other Institute, Ag Council, and FAC. He
FGCSA members attending the meeting were gave an update on the FQPA and disSteve Pearson, Research Committee Chairman; cussed his travel plans for the next
Dale Kuehner, GCSAA Voting Delegate; Greg quarter.
Pheneger - Treasure Coast chapter; John Van
Vranken - Suncoast chapter; Joel Jackson - The Board voted to continue to pay
Florida Green editor; and Past Presidents Kevin his health insurance at the new rate
Downing and Dick Blake. Others attending through the end of this fiscal year.
were Mike Goldie, FGCSA lobbyist and Dr. Mike Perham noted that the D.O.C.
position was created with a one year
John Cisar, UF Fort Lauderdale.
probation period. Now that the year
is up, the board voted to make it a permanent
position with expenses to be
Valent U.S.A. presented a check for $6,000
included
in the annual budget. Joel
to the FGCSA Research Fund.
asked about the possibility of obtaining a business credit card. After a disPeter Blum of Valent U.S.A. presented a check cussion, a motion was made to obtain
for $6,000 to the FGCSA Research Fund. This a credit card for Joel with a $1,000
money was raised through the Valent USA limit. The motion was approved.
Right Course Program which has donated a (NOTE: After the meeting, it was detotal of $47,250 to the FGCSA over the past cided to raise the limit to $3,000 and
get a second card for Marie to use.)
three years.
SURVEY: Joel Jackson noted that
response has not been as good as expected so the board discussed giving
superintendents another month's extension to return the completed survey.
It was suggested that all chapters be
notified of the response from their
members with a request that the local
chapter board contact their superintendents with a reminder to get the survey completed and sent in. Extra surveys are available from the FGCSA
SECRETARY/TREASURER REPORT - office.
Cary Lewis went over the Financial Statements
for the second quarter of the fiscal year 1998- FLORIDA GREEN: Joel reported
1999 and presented the minutes from the Fall that Mike Perham had volunteered to
1998 board meeting. Both were approved. serve as Business Manager for the
He then discusssed our appeal to the IRS on Florida Green now that Paul Crawford
the Unrelated Business Tax problem which is has indicated his desire to retire.
still pending.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY:
Marie
Roberts reported that all direcThe question of an audit was again discussed.
tories
have
been mailed to members
The option of foregoing an official audit in faand
advertisers.
Advertising revenue
vor of a procedural audit that would concenwas
up
slightly
over
last year and extrate on proper business practices was
ceeded
budget
projections.
Extra Didiscusssed. A motion was made to do a prorectories
are
available
through
the
cedural business audit as long as the cost reFGCSA
office.
mains within the amount included in this year's

LOBBYIST: Mike Goldie discussed the transition team in the Florida legislature. He believes that the House will be pro-business with
special mention of Ken Pruitt, House Appropriations Committee who should be friendly to
turf needs. He also noted that the golf course
tournaments held last year for fundraising for
the political parties were very successful and
will be held again this year. He will be looking for club support, probably in terms of foursomes donated as prizes.

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EDUCATION: Geoff Coggan has not finalized a speaker for the Poa seminar. The
date will be Friday afternoon, May 14th at
the Naples Beach Hotel. If anyone has an
idea for this seminar, please contact Geoff
immediately.
Because the FTGA is scheduled for August
this year, we will probably scrap the
FGCSA educational seminar during the
Crowfoot weekend. Joel Jackson is working on the education for the FTGA Conference.
There are no GCSAA Regional Seminars
scheduled for Florida in 1999 at this time.
If any chapter decides to host a Regional
Seminar, please inform Geoff of the date
and topic.
The Etonic Leadership Program will continue for another year. There are only a
few spots left for these seminars so if any
chapter is thinking about sponsoring one of
these, you need to call the GCSAA immediately to reserve your spot. They are a
very economical vehicle for this type of
seminar.
POA: Darren Davis announced that this
year's Poa would be held at the Naples
Beach Hotel on the weekend of May 14 16th. The Poa Tournament will be held on
Saturday with the G. C. Horn Tournament
on Sunday.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that Florida
will be fielding two teams in the GCSAA
Tournament.
The Crowfoot Committee has decided to
hold this year's tournament at Grand Cypress on August 2nd.
RESEARCH: Steve Pearson distributed
a list of current turfgrass research projects
that are ongoing at the University of Florida.
The projects are funded by vendors, state
funds, private individuals, the FTGA and
other associations. Steve then reviewed
grant procedures. The University of Florida
Turfgrass Advisory Working Group reviews
each proposal, ranks them, and submits all
proposals to the FTGA Awards Committee. The board discussed the feasibility
of some type of short summary of projects
to be made available to interested FGCSA
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Minutes of the Winter 1999 FGCSA Board Meeting
members. Dr. Cisar will look into getting GCSAA: Dale Kuehner, FGCSA Voting
this done by the University.
Delegate, read the list of candidates for this
year's election and announced that they are
Dr. J. H. Frank's project on Biological Con- all highly qualified candidates. He urged
trol of Mole Crickets was discussed. We the board to consider supporting Tommy
are in the second year of a three year study Witt for Secretatry/Treasurer and Mark
that is being funded entirely by the FGCSA. Woodwara as the new Director. Dale
The first payment was made in 1997 but, spoke on the need for good business-practo date, we have not received an invoice tice minded individuals to serve as strong
for the second or third year. The original leaders on the board so that they would be
payment schedule called for a payment of able to hold their own with the GCSAA
$5,500 in November of 1998 and the final staff. He feels that the above candidates
payment of $4,000 due on November 1, are very qualified to do this. As usual, there
1999. The board decided that we should will be a caucus immediately proceeding
not send a check until an invoice is received the election. If anyone has another opinfrom the University.
ion on the candidates, please contact Dale
immediately.
Steve Pearson then discussed the salary for
Marcus Prevatte who is the technician at FGCSA RECEPTION:
Paul
the UF Fort Lauderdale research center. Crawford's report indicated that he has
The FGCSA pays him $17.50 per hour for raised just over $70,000 from suppliers
30 hours each week. He was originally who wish to sponsor the reception. In adhired in 1990 and his last raise was received dition to these funds, there is also a $6,000
in 1994. After a discussion, a motion was surplus left over from last year's Califormade to give Marcus a one-time $2,000 nia reception which is included in this
performance bonus. The motion was ap- year's budget.
proved. Steve and/or Kevin Downing will
make some sort of presentation, probably This year the reception will be by invitaat the SFGCSA Exposition in March.
tion only which will include all FGCSA
superintendents and assistants, reception
FUND RAISING: Steve Pearson re- sponsors, University personnel and other
ported that he is not aware of any new re- V.I.P. 's. Attendance is expected to exceed
bate programs. His Palm Beach chapter 1,000 so there will be a security guard at
is currently planning their fundraising tour- the entrance for crowd control. Only those
nament which will be held at Steve's club with FGCSA wristbands will be admitted.
this year (The Falls CC). The chapter is Those who do not have a wristband will
looking for one major sponsor this year to need to register before entering. Board
see if that generates more interest. Steve members are needed to serve on the regisalso noted that Don Benham will be work- tration table. Reception sponsors have
ing with fundraising for the FTGA.
asked that, due to the large donations they
have made to sponsor this year's reception,
IFAS: Dr. John Cisar discussed the new suppliers who have not contributed to the
positions that are open at the University. reception be denied admittance. Paul
There are 7 new positions open of which 4 agreed to this but also limited the number
are in turf. He also discussed the March of tickets each paid sponsor was given. It
18th Overseeding Field Day in Gainesville is hoped that all of these things should keep
and the March 11 th SFGCSA Expo in Fort attendance at a reasonable level.
Lauderdale. Dr. Cisar reminded all External Vice Presidents that IFAS researchers Jim Goins, External V.P. from South
are good sources for speaker at your chap- Florida, read a letter by SFGCSA Presiter meetings and are always eager to be dent Jim Walker indicating that the South
invited.
Florida board is against raising this much
money for a one night reception. The
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Joel gave a re- South Florida board feels that the sponport on pesticide/chemical restrictions and sors donating to the reception will limit
notification as discussed with the Florida their donations to research because of the
donations to the reception. They are relegislators in January,.
March/April 1999

questing that the FGCSA board consider
limiting the scope of any reception that is
planned in the ftiture. Mike Perham suggested that if there is a surplus from the
funds for this year's reception, we could
consider making a donation to the research
fund. In that event, we would contact all
the sponsors to let them know our intentions for the surplus funds. This will be
discussed at the next board meeting. It
was also suggested that we find out how
other associations fund their hospitality
suites.
NEW BUSINESS: Dick Blake, FGCSA
Past President, urged all GCSAA members
to make an individual contribution to the
GCSAA Foundation. Small checks from
individuals add up,
Kevin Downing presented a letter to
GCSAA Board of Directors noting the proliferation of colleges, community colleges
and technical programs that offer turf degrees. He is asking the GCSAA to address this concern by generating some effort in this area. Mike Perham suggested
that the FGCSA support the letter and the
board agreed to have Mike co-sign the letter to show our support.
Mike Perham announced that he would be
unable to attend the GCSAA Convention
this year and would need help from the
other officers in performing his duties during the Convention.
The date for the Spring Board Meeting will
be held on a Friday morning, May 14th at
the Naples Beach Hotel.
Since there was no further business, the
meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

$2,000 FGCSA Dependent
Scholarship Available
The South Florida PGA is offering a
$2,000 Bobby Goodman Scholarship
Grant for high school seniors or college
entrants enrolled in freshman or sophomore classes of undergraduate studies
whose parents or grandparents are employed in or retired from the golf industry. Applications are available from the
FGCSA office. Deadline is July 1.
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Local Chapter Activities

Local Chapters Schedule
Golf Tournaments
in March and April
1. Ridge Invitational:
The Eighth Annual Ridge Invitational will
be held on Monday, March 1st, at Grasslands G&CC in Lakeland with Roy
Wilshire serving as host.
2. Seven Rivers Envirotron Classic:
The Seven Rivers Chapter is proud to announce the 7th Annual Envirotron Golf
Classic on April 19th. Barbaron, Inc. has
again committed to being our Champion
Sponsor. World Woods Golf Club will
again be the host club and we THANK
THEM BOTH for their generosity.
Entry forms are being mailed to each of
the FGCSA Chapter Secretaries and to
FTGA members. If you want an entry form
mailed to you personally, call Stuart
Bozeman at 352-795-6665. If you are interested in our Corporate Sponsorships, call
Glenn Oberlander at 352-795-7017 for
details.
3. Suncoast Scramble
The Suncoast chapter announces their
Suncoast Scramble on Tuesday, March
23rd at Misty Creek G&CC. The format
is a four man scratch scramble with entry
limited to Suncoast GCSA members and
club officials only. Entry forms are available from John Van Vranken, River Wilderness G&CC.
3. NF Mike Richards Tournament:
This year the North Florida chapter is hosting the Mike Richards Tournament on
Monday, April 12, at Jacksonville G&CC
with Greg Tharp as host superintendent.
The Tournament was founded in 1993 to
provide scholarships for deserving students
majoring in turf management. Mike
Richards worked for Tresca Industries and
was very active in the North and Central
Florida chapters. The tournament has
grown to include memorial scholarships
given in memory of Allan MacCurrach,
PGA Tour agronomist.
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Mark Atherholt (left) of Pro Greens Turf Services presents IFAS Turf Coordinator,
Dr. John Cisar, with the keys to a totally refurbished FM-60 Deep Drill Aerifying
Machine. Looking on from Pro Greens are (1-r) Pat Kearney and Tim Osley. The
machine will be used on the Ft. Lauderdale research green and turf plots.

Two Local Chapters Feature UltraDwarf Education:
Everglades Chapter Hosts
South Florida Expo Set for
Spring Seminar
Thursday, March 11th
The South Florida GCSA will host the
12th Annual Turfgrass Expostion on
Thursday, March 11,1999, at the University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research
and Education Center.
This full-day show is the major fundraiser
for the upkeep and maintenance of the
FGCSA research green and turf plots at
the site. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.in
anticipation of the 9:00 a.m. round table
discussion featuring the four major
ultradwarf developers and superintendents who are using ultradwarfs.
The equipment demonstrations and booth
area will then be open from 10:00 a.m.
through lunch. The afternoon education
will be Dr. Will Hudson, University of
Georgia, on "Subsurface Insecticide
Treatment". Late registration forms are
available from the FGCSA office.

Once again, the Everglades chapter has put
together a program that is not to be missed
at the Seventh Annual Everglades Spring
Symposium. The all day event will be
held on Wednesday, April 21 st at La Playa
on Vanderbilt Beach in Naples.
Featured speaker for the symposium is Dr.
James Beard who will speak on Fertilization and Cultural practices of Ultra Dwarfs.
Other speakers include Stu Buck, "Correlation between tissue and soil test"; Gary
Grigg, "Foliar Nutrition"; Dr. John Cisar,
"Poor Water Quality Management & Research project Update"; Dr. Jerry Sartain,
"Inorganic Soil Amendments," and John
Foy speaking on "Observations Across the
State of Florida".
Registration forms are available from the
Everglades board of directors.
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GCSAA Conference and Show

Florida Superintendents Serve as Active Hosts for GCSAA Convention & Show
Florida Golf Courses Host 1999
FGCSA Reception Biggest By Far!
GCSAA Golf Championship
Paul Crawford, FGCSA Reception Chairman, pulled out all
the stops for this year's FGCSA Reception. Attendance exceeded 1400 for the FGCSA February 12th reception at the
Omni Rosen Hotel. The reception was presented by The
Kilpatrick Companies as they celebrated 40 years of service
to the turf industry. And celebrate they did as they accepted
the challenges of the Dueling Pianos on center stage! The
food was spectacular and the setting was perfect for this exciting event.
The FGCSA board of directors would like to thank the following sponsors who made the evening possible:
Platinum Sponsors: Rhone Poulenc, Golf Ventures, Toro
Distributors of Florida, Harrell's Fertilizer/Pursell Polyon,
Southern Golf Products, Club Car and the Florida Green.
Gold Sponsors: Lesco, Florida Coast Equipment,
Golf Agronomics, United Horticultural Supply, Novartis
and Tresca/Textron Turf Care.
Silver Sponsors: Quality Grassing, Valent, Bayer, FMC,
Scotts Company, NutriTurf, Turf Merchants, Laser Turf,
Florida Superior Sand, AgrEvo,South Florida Grassing,
Sullivan Electric, Dow AgroSciences, Howard Fertilizer,
NuCrane Machinery, Precision Small Engines, E. R. Jahna
Industries, Terra, I.S.S. Golf Services and Toro Liquid Ag.

Clear skies, warm temperatures and six great golf courses
greeted over 700 players to the Tampa area for the 1999 GCSAA
Golf Championship. El ino of 1998 which cut short the
championaship last year in Irvine, California, was long forgotten this eyar. The courses used were Copperhead, Island and
Hawks Run at the Westin Innisbrook Resort, Pine Barrens and
Rolling Oaks Courses at World Woods Golf Club, and Southern Woods GC.

MidWest Association GCS #1 team defended its chapter gross
team title with a 4 stroke win over Florida's # 1 team. All Florida
players scored well, but with 3 out of 4 scores counting each
day could not quite catch Midwest # 1. Scores for Florida superintendents were Buck Buckner 151, Jim Torba and Chris
Cartin at 152, Joe Pantaleo at 153, and Joe Ondo at 156. All
these players were in the top 20 scores.
Chandler Masters won the individual title with a 145 total and
a 3 stroke win over defending champion A1 Pondel. Chandler,
playing out of Henderson, Nevada, shot a 71 the first day at
Rolling Oaks course and followed with a 74 at the Copperhead
course to win the Championship.
The GCSAA Championship in partnership with the Toro Company gets better each year. Tee prizes, breakfast each day, 19th
hold receptions each day, victory banquet and golf are included
in your entry fee. If you have never played, try it once to see if
you don't agree with me that it is worth the money. Plan now to
play in Mobile, Alabama in February next year.
(L-R): Joel Jackson, FGCSA's D.O.C.; Dr.
Phil Busey, UF/IFAS; Jim Schleutker and Don
McCommon , superintendents from Central
Florida GCSA, acted as tour guides for the
GCSAA Field Seminar.
One hundred sixty GCSAA Field Seminar students got to see un-overseeded Floradwarf
greens(Orange Lake); multi-course resort operations and IFAS fairway grass test
plots(Grand Cypress); a mega-golf practice
facility(Faldo Golf Institute); Disney's town
of Celebration and it's 3 hole mini-course for
beginning and youth golfers and the Atlanta
Braves spring training home(Disney's Wide
World of Sports) as part of the full day turf
tour of the SW Orlando area.

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