LETTER
Association

Golf Course Superintendents
—SEPTEMBER,

-DA TES TO
September

11-14

September

16

GCSANE Regular Meeting
Essex County C.C.
Manchester, Mass.
September

25

GCSANE/CCTMA
Member Guest Tournament
Cummaquid G.C.
Yarmouthport, Mass.
October 6
GCSANE Superintendent/
Club Official Tournament
Hatherly C.C.
Scituate, Mass.
October

20

Superintendent-Pro Tournament
Brae Burn C.C.
Newtonville, Mass.
November

3

GCSANE Regular Meeting
Presidents G.C.
Quincy, Mass.
December

11-12

GCSAA RIGCSA Seminar
Golf Course Construction itProject Management
Seekonk, Mass.

—NEXT

The LPGA Tour recently made its annual visit to Danvers, Topsfield, Mass.
for the Boston Five Classic at Ferncroft C.C. An excellent field showed up for five
gorgeous days on the links.
We can all appreciate the amount of preparation that must go into this event
and Course Superintendent Paul Johnson was once again up to the task. The
golf course was in tip-top condition and the pros had many comments to that
effect. Paul could be seen riding around the course with his lovely wife, Joanne,
who oversees all of his operations. Esthedcally, the course continues to be
beautified with an extraordinary array of flowers. Despite the record turnout this
year, litter was a rare sight - what a clean-up job that must be!
Paul's job should get even more interesting next year as ESPN will move its
television cameras and trucks in for 3 days of coverage.
We should extend our thanks to the Boston Five for its sponsorship. We seem
to forget how much money goes to charity. Lets also not forget the Flatley
Corporation. Thank you for continuing the tradition year after year.
Paul is really looking forward to next year already - especially the closing
ceremonies where this year he received hugs from winner Jane Geddes and
runner-up Bev Richard.
Despite giving credit for all of his accomplishments we hear he gets input
from "Sasquatch" Cowan, CGCS, Eastward Ho! who was a starter on the first
tee for one of the days and Capt. Kirk from the Pitch & Putt who caddied for his
brother in the Pro-Am.
Thanks again to everyone who makes this wonderful event possible. The
LPGA falls in love with New England about this time every year.
—RON KIRKMAN

6

GCSANE Christmas Party
Needham G.C.
December

1986-

LPGA TOUR

REMEMBER—

PGA Tour, Bank of Boston Classic
Pleasant Valley C.C., Sutton, Mass.

OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.

MEETING—

Tuesday, September 16, 1986
Essex Country Club
Manchester, Mass.
10:00 Directors Meeting
11:00 Regular Meeting
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Golf - Shot Gun Start
Directions to Club: Rte. 128 North to
Exit 15 (School St.). Go Rightatendof
ramp. Club is approximately A
' mile
on left.
Host Superintendent: Tom Broder
Reservations Required - 617-526-7311

GCSAA News

Release—

—»Golf Courses Hit Hard By Drought In The Southeast—
The drought in the Southeastern
United States has had a great impact
on golf courses - and their
management - in that area. Water
rationing and dry irrigation ponds
have altered maintenance practices for
many golf course superintendents.
Less f r e q u e n t m o w i n g and
fertilization have been common steps
taken due to the lack of rainfall.
"We're about 14 inches below
average for rainfall," says Dave Powell
of Myers Park C.C., Charlotte, N.C.
"We're under mandatory water
restrictions. We normally were able to
water from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m., but
now we're only allowed to water from
12 a.m. until 6 a.m. on odd days. As a
result, we're just barely keeping the
grass alive and green. We've cut our
water use back to a third of what we

normally use."
"We've had an inch of rain since
June 7th," says Andy Brennan of
Temple Hills GfcCC, Nashville,
Tenn. "We've had several days of
record high temperatures. I normally
have five lakes that I pump from, but
I've already emptied a couple of them.
We've also lowered our fertilization
rates.
"I think we can 'make do' until
Labor Day, but there's no assurance
that it will rain by Labor Day. A
couple of years ago," Brennan adds,
"we had a drought and didn't get rain
until October 14th."
"Our main irrigation pond is so low
that we're having to supplement it
with water from another lake using a
temporary pumping station," says
Reed C. Hopke, Jr., Atlanta C.C.,
Drought cont. on pg. 3—

Golf Course Superintendents Association
OF

N E W

E N G L A N D ,

INC.

—Shakespeare Major Makes Minor Adjustment—
Jeff Carlson says it was a minor
adjustment.
"True," the self-assured Ocean
Edge superintendent spouted. "I
majored in English (Shakespeare
studies at the top of his interest level)
and then discovered the minor in back
of my head was more important in
plotting my future."
That's how Carlson took his
direction, away from the egghead life
of a potential college literature
professor to the more adventurous life
of a golf course superintendent.
And what more adventurous path is
there than the one that landed him at
Ocean Edge, the condominium-laced
course in Brewster which is making
fast tracks toward becoming one of the
most interesting of the Cape Cod
layouts?
Carlson's disjointed background is
no joke. He graduated from Drew
University in New Jersey and had all
the intentions of taking his degree to
the bank when he decided burying his
head in books just wasn't his cup of
tea.
Therefore, he put eight weeks of turf
s c h o o l at the U n i v e r s i t y of
Massachusetts on his list to do today
and a new vocation was born - via
earlier money-making stints as a golf
course laborer in New Jersey and
Connecticut.
Jeff didn't take any detours on his
way to Ocean Edge, either.
"Oh, the golf course wasn't all that
much then (1979)," he revealed. "It
was the remnants of an old course in
Brewster that had died and been
resurrected several times before things
started to get serious."
The serious side of the course,
eventually turned over to the
architectural talents of Geoff Cornish
and Brian Silva (actually, Brian took
on the project as his personal pride
and joy), surfaced in 1983. Tliat's
when the present owners - Corcoran,
Mullins & Jennison, Inc. - took it over
with a lavish resort complex in mind.
That's also when Carlson became a
viable member of the production team
as the superintendent, cook and bottlewasher which means he was involved
in the construction aspect of things
from A to Z.
"It really became fun once we knew
that we were after something above the
ordinary," Jeff explained. "When I

first came to Brewster, it was nothing
more than a matter of survival - for the
course and myself. But once CMJ got
into the picture, the heart of the course
picked up its beat."
Today, Carlson beams when he
relates the evolution of Ocean Edge
from a rag tail to a flossy operation.
"We opened last May (that's just
four months ago, friends) and we got
rave notices from the first tee shot,"
Carlson flapped. "The designers, and
Brian Silva was the main man for this
one, really went into the deep well to
come up with an interesting layout.
"Just to be different, Ocean Edge is
not the standard, comfortable resorttype golf course. For one thing, our
par-fives are not breathers. In fact, they
take your breath away. Just think.
They run: 601, 597 and 537 yards,
respectively.
"That's big hitter's country. Yet, the
18 holes add up to 6,581 yards from the
blue (championship) tees. That gives
us room to come up with some finesse
holes and they're there. I'm very
confident we'll come along to the
point where Ocean Edge coincides
with the very best in golf on the Cape."
It's ironic that Carlson's course is
just a few miles from another new
Cape golfing gem - The Captains.
"Right," Jeff responded. "We're
close in one respect (actual distance
between the two courses) but far apart
in another. They are totally different
courses. We're a resort course which
gives the layout a spider effect.
"There are condos going up and we
have a convention center from which
to base our group operations. Above
all, though, is the patented design of
the course with give ponds on the
property but water in play on only two
holes.
"Besides the par fives, all monsters,
our next attraction is the par three 17th
hole. It's a beauty. You're going to
hear a lot about this one. It's an allcarry 200-yarder over a cranberry bog.
Gives you kind of a beauty and the
beast feeling."
W h i l e C a r l s o n takes the
conditioning whip to Ocean Edge,
other notable contributors to its
potential include construction aide
John Ponko, general manager Robert
Rubiano and golf director Jim Jones.
Together, they form the backbone of
a promising golfing venture in, a

NEWSLETTER,

SEPT.—1986

—Area Courses Honored—
Congratulations to Whitinsville
Golf Club and Myopia Hunt Club.
The 4th and 9th holes at Myopia and
9th hole at Whitinsville were recently
honored when included in Golf
Magazine's 100 GREATEST GOLF
HOLES IN AMERICA. Congratulations also to The Country Club and
Kittansett. The 3rd hole at both
courses was also included in the top
100.
Of the 50 best holes open to the
public, the 11th hole at The Captains
Golf Course was included.
Dick Haskell, Mel Lucas, Geoffrey
Cornish and Brian Silva were among
the more than 70 panelists asked to
select the HONORED 100 from the
over 1,000 nominated golf holes.
The September, 1986 issue of Golf
Magazine carries " T H E
100
G R E A T E S T HOLES IN AMERICA"
written by Tom Doak and includes
p i c t u r e s from Myopia and
Whitinsville.
• ••
—Drought cont. from pg. 1
Atlanta. "The system isn't pumping
out. We're pumping approximately
1,200,000 gallons less per week that we
were before the drought."
"My fairways are really brown and
off-color," says Randy Nichols of
Cherokee Town and C.C. Dunwoody,
Ga. "We have lost some bermudagrass
on the fairway, and bermudagrass is
hard to kill. There is such stress on the
grass that we haven't mowed any
fairways, roughs or tees in the last
three-and-a-half weeks.
"We're around 17 or 18 inches
behind normal for rainfall," he
continues. "We've cut our fertilization
rates back to one-half their normal
amounts. We're also not allowing
anyone off the cart paths.
"I've seen the membership get 'on
edge' because of the 100-degree
temperatures and because they have to
stay on the cart paths," adds Nichols.
"There's been a lot of unrest in the
club as a result of the worst drought in
our area on record."
• ••
picturesque setting - almost as if
Shakespeare designed it, hemself. But
Shakespeare's just for studying. Jeff
Carlson's for doing what comes
naturally and he's a natural at Ocean
Edge.
—GERRY FINN

Golf Course Superintendents A ssociation
OF NEW ENG i. A N D , I N C .

—Shakespeare Major Makes Minor Adjustment—
Jeff Carlson says it was a minor
adjustment.
"True," the self-assured Ocean
Edge superintendent spouted. "I
majored in English (Shakespeare
studies at the top of his interest level)
and then discovered the minor in back
of my head was more important in
plotting my future."
That's how Carlson took his
direction, away from the egghead life
of a potential college literature
professor to the more adventurous life
of a golf course superintendent.
And what more adventurous path is
there than the one that landed him at
Ocean Edge, the condominium-laced
course in Brewster which is making
fast tracks toward becoming one of the
most interesting of the Cape Cod
layouts?
Carlson's disjointed background is
no joke. He graduated from Drew
University in New Jersey and had all
the intentions of taking his degree to
the bank when he decided burying his
head in books just wasn't his cup of
tea.
Therefore, he puteight weeks of turf
s c h o o l at the U n i v e r s i t y of
Massachusetts on his list to do today
and a new vocation was born - via
earlier money-making stints as a golf
course laborer in New Jersey and
Connecticut.
Jeff didn't take any detours on his
way to Ocean Edge, either.
"Oh, the golf course wasn't all that
much then (1979)," he revealed. "It
was the remnants of an old course in
Brewster that had died and been
resurrected several times before things
started to get serious."
The serious side of the course,
eventually turned over to the
architectural talents of Geoff Cornish
and Brian Silva (actually, Brian took
on the project as his personal pride
and joy), surfaced in 1983. "ITiat's
when the present owners - Corcoran,
Mullins & Jennison, Inc. - took it over
with a lavish resort complex in mind.
That's also when Carlson became a
viable member of the production team
as the superintendent, cook and bottlewasher which means he was involved
in the construction aspect of things
from A to Z.
"It really became fun once we knew
that we were after something above the
ordinary," Jeff explained. "When I

first came to Brewster, it was nothing
more than a matter of survival - for the
course and myself. But once CMJ got
into the picture, the heart of the course
picked up its beat."
Today, Carlson beams when he
relates the evolution of Ocean Edge
from a rag tail to a flossy operation.
"We opened last May (that's just
four months ago, friends) and we got
rave notices from the first, tee shot,"
Carlson flapped. "The designers, and
Brian Silva was the main man for this
one, really went into the deep well to
come up with an interesting layout.
"Just to be different, Ocean Edge is
not the standard, comfortable resorttype golf course. For one thing, our
par-fives are not breathers. In fact, they
take your breath away. Just think.
They run: 601, 597 and 537 yards,
respectively.
"That's big hitter's country. Yet, the
18 holes add up to 6,581 yards from the
blue (championship) tees. That gives
us room to come up with some finesse
holes and they're there. I'm very
confident we'll come along to the
point where Ocean Edge coincides
with the very best in golf on the Cape."
It's ironic that Carlson's course is
just a few miles from another new
Cape golfing gem - The Captains.
"Right," Jeff responded. "We're
close in one respect (actual distance
between the two courses) but far apart
in another. They are totally different
courses. We're a resort course which
gives the layout a. spider effect.
' 'There are condos going up and we
have a convention center from which
to base our group operations. Above
all, though, is the patented design of
the course with give ponds on the
property but water in play on only two
holes.
"Besides the par fives, all monsters,
our next attraction is the par three 17th
hole. It's a beauty. You're going to
hear a lot about this one. It's an allcarry 200-yarder over a cranberry bog.
Gives you kind of a beauty and the
beast feeling."
W h i l e C a r l s o n takes the
conditioning whip to Ocean Edge,
other notable contributors to its
potential include construction aide
John Ponko, general manager Robert
Rubiano and golf director Jim Jones.
Together, they form the backbone of
a promising golfing venture in, a

NEWSLETTER,

SEPT.—1986

—Area Courses Honored—
Congratulations to Whitinsville
Golf Club and Myopia Hunt Club.
The 4th and 9th holes at Myopia and
9th hole at Whitinsville were recently
honored when included in Golf
Magazine's 100 GREATEST GOLF
HOLES IN AMERICA. Congratulations also to The Country Club and
Kittansett. The 3rd hole at both
courses was also included in the top
100.
Of the 50 best holes open to the
public, the 11th hole at The Captains
Golf Course was included.
Dick Haskell, Mel Lucas, Geoffrey
Cornish and Brian Silva were among
the more than 70 panelists asked to
select the HONORED 100 from the
over 1,000 nominated golf holes.
The September, 1986 issue of Golf
Magazine carries " T H E
100
GREATEST HOLES IN AMERICA"
written by Tom Doak and includes
p i c t u r e s from Myopia and
Whitinsville.
• ••
—Drought cont. from pg. 1
Atlanta. "The system isn't pumping
out. We're pumping approximately
1,200,000 gallons less per week that we
were before the drought."
"My fairways are really brown and
off-color," says Randy Nichols of
Cherokee Town and C.C. Dunwoody,
Ga. "We have lost some bermudagrass
on the fairway, and bermudagrass is
hard to kill. There is such stress on the
grass that we haven't mowed any
fairways, roughs or tees in the last
three-and-a-half weeks.
"We're around 17 or 18 inches
behind normal for rainfall," he
continues. "We've cut our fertilization
rates back to one-half their normal
amounts. We're also not allowing
anyone off the cart paths.
"I've seen the membership get 'on
edge' because of the 100-degree
temperatures and because they have to
stay on the cart paths." adds Nichols.
"There's been a lot of unrest in the
club as a result of the worst drought in
our area on record."
• ••
picturesque setting - almost as if
Shakespeare designed it, hemself. But
Shakespeare's just for studying. Jeff
Carlson's for doing what comes
naturally and he's a natural at Ocean
Edge.
—GERRY FINN

Golf Course Superintendents Association
OF NEW E N G L A N D ,

INC.

— THE SUPER SPEAKS OUT —
(Welcome to The Super Speaks Out
- a monthly feature which offers the
golf course superintendent a forum to
express his views on topics and issues
relating to his profession.)
This month's question: One of the
hottest items in the profession of the
golf course superintendent
is the
certification program. Some say it's
one of the most worthwhile ventures
in the history of the profession while
others
beg to differ with
that
assessment. What do you think?
Brian Cowan, Eastward Ho: "I'm
ceretified and make no bones about it.
I wouldn't want it any other way.
"There are two priorities in my
thinking about the value and effect of
the certification program.
"No. 1. It's a definite asset in the
f u t u r e of the g o l f c o u r s e
superintendent's position. What I
mean, is that certification will go a
long way in a superintendent
climbing the ladder of his profession.
"No. 2. It's a prestigious tool. Those
letters - CGCS (Certified Golf Course
Superintendent) are just like the MD
after a doctor's name. They mean you
care enough to keep abreast of the
changing advancements in the
profession and are willing to work to
stay there.
"As for recognition by members, I
feel that most of them appreciate what
I've put into becoming certified.
Maybe a few think it's not all that
important but they're definitely in the
minority.
"There are so many spin-offs from
the program that add to the overall
education and knowledge of the
superintendent. For example, the
program offers a CPR course. I took it,
my members are aware of it and it
works to everyone's peace of mind.
"Re-certification is also a positive
step for the profession and the
individual superintendent. Frankly, I
can't think of one reason why someone
would not be certified. It's here to stay
and it's for the good of one and all."
Arthur Washburn, Cohasset Golf
Club: "I'm kind of in the middle of
this issue because I'm a superintendent who was certified, tried for recertification and missed by one point
and have developed an indifferent
attitude about the whole thing ever
since.
"Actually, certification is a good
idea for the younger people getting
into the business. And, according to

all reports, down the road it will
probably have more meaning than it
does now.
"However, I've found that being
certified hasn't made one bit of
difference for me as far as my
membership is concerned. I really
don't know if they even realize
certification exists. At least, none has
said anything to me about it.
"Some of the plans for the program
down the road are really out of line, on
the wrong tee. I think that having to
complete four years of college before
being able to become certified is
ridiculous.
"I'm not against the white collar
movement in our profession but
trying to make it lily-white? Who are
we trying to kid?
"Overall, I'd say a superintendent in
my experience bracket (23 years)
shouldn't be concerned about
certification unless he plans to look
for another job. I'm content without
it. It's as simple as that.''
Paul Johnson, Tara-Ferncroft: "I'm
one of those guys who's never been
certified and managed to survive to the
point where I have one of the better
jobs in the section.
"Those of you, who know me, know
this is not blowing my horn. You
asked and I answered what
certification means to me. It's just an
honest reaction.
"I hear about propositions, set by
the National, suggesting that
certification is the launching pad to
ultimate success in our profession.
That's a good pitch, but not
necessarily the truth.
"For one thing, I don't think a
superintendent has to be certified in
order to keep up with technological
improvements and the like. I just take
it upon myself to make myself aware of
them and that's that.
"I know people who have been
certified but don't bother to get recertified. What's the reason for that?
You'd have to ask them but I suspect
they don't think they got that much
out of being certified in the first place.
" I also know of c e r t i f i e d
superintendents who have lost their
jobs but I've never seen or heard of a
job opening offer which specified,
'only certified superintendents may
apply'.
"And, just for the record, TaraFerncroft recently initiated a contest
for department heads, best of the

NEWSLETTER,

SEPT.—1986

—-CHIP SHOTS—
As of July 1, 1986 the Federal
minimum wage is $>3.55/hr . . . Karl
Olson, former Northeast USGA
Agronomist is now the Golf Course
Superintendent at National Golf
Links of America on Long Island . . .
Congratulations to Doug Johnson
who got a Hole-in-One on his new
16th hole at Pine Brook. Playing with
DJ was John (I'll be there tomorrow)
Lenhart, Bob (Chopper) Brown, and
Bob's brother. Seems Lenhart and
Brown are playing a L O T of golf
lately . . . one might think that their
games would improve. I'll wager they
tell their wives that they are working
hard all the time, I'll also wager that
Nancy and Karen don't believe them!
. . . Congratulations also are in order
for the Mike Legere (Holden Hills
C.C.) family on the birth of their 2nd
child, May 29, 1986, a beautiful
daughter Monica Jordan Legere! . . . I
wonder if Dennis Friel thought that he
would be trying out for left tackle at
the Heritage Hill meeting? I have a
sneaking suspicion that the person
that administered the blow had better
be on his toes come
ice season!
• ••

Little Known Facts
About Golf Courses
Ecologically, the golf course provides
some pretty fantastic help to mankind, in addition to just giving him a
place to exercise and enjoy life, for
example:
An average 18-hole golf course, approximately 150 acres, can produce
enough pure oxygen through photosynthesis for at least 100,000 people
for the entire year. On a smaller scale,
that means a well maintained lawn 50
by 50 feet liberates enough oxygen to
meet the needs of a family of four, day
after day.
The same average golf course of 150
acres can effortlessly absorb 12 million gallons of water during a threeLittle Known cont. on pg. 5—
group. The first winner just happened
to be me.
"Maybe it's no big deal but I
mention it to substantiate my point that certification's not for me. When
someone proves otherwise, I'll
consider becoming certified."
—GERRY FINN

0

—Friends Forever More—
This is fast becoming the wide
world of golf course superintendents.
It obviously takes no great mind to
vision days ahead when airborne
vehicles shall be busy establishing
shuttling service between countries
and continents. We might even go
island hopping for our monthly New
England Association meetings. It is,
indeed, a small world.
With this evidence before us, it is
only natural that golf course
superintendents get together in a
display of mutual respect and
recognition. T h i s is how the
Friendship Shield came about.
The Shield is just that, an officialIettered championship-carved wooden
headstone which has been presented to
the Scottish Greenskeepers Associat i o n f r o m the G o l f C o u r s e
Superintendents Association of New
England. It shall wing its way back to
safe keeping with John Campbell,
links supervisor at St. Andrews.
The act of friendship wasn't just
one-way. In return Campbell gave to
the New England boys a very famous
piece of golf history. It is an original
club head, made by the equally revered
Tom Morris and is over one hundred
years old.
Leon St. Pierre, our man of a
thousand and one ideas, lit the lamp
under this one. Leon proposed the
exchange of gifts and it grew into this
particular condition which will make
the moment a treasure for both sides of
the profession.
The club head shall be mounted on
a shield and plans are to enter it in a
golfing competition of the New
GARFIELD

FINANCE CHAIRMAN

N E W

E N G L A N D ,

I N C

.

England group. Tournament
—LAST MEETING—
chairman Wayne Ripley is in
August 11, 1986
discussion with several members as to
Heritage Hill G.C.
what particular event will set aside
this Friendship Shield for itschampion. There is some thought that
Despite heavy rains the night before
it might be presented for one-year's host Charlie Dickow and his staff had
display to the individual titilist of the the course in immaculate condition.
Our appreciation is also extended to
association.
In turn, the Scots shall contest for Charlie's wife Sue, and the clubhouse
their shield in some form of staff for the steak cookout that was the
tournament. Thus, the two worlds of best I've had all summer. Thank you,
the U.S. and Scottish supers are very much . . .
brought closer together. The idea was Golf Resultssuper, Leon.
Super-Super Championship
—GERRY FINN
-1st Gross
The Newsletter, April-1969
Dennis
Friel (Irwin Co.
*NOTE: GCSANE Secretary Paul
Dick
Duggan
(Concord C.C.)
Miller would like to know if anyone in
1st Net
the Association knows what became of
Ron Kirkman (Needham G.C.)
this club head. There seems to be no
Bob Mucciarone (Dedham C.C.)
record of its whereabouts. If you can
2nd Net
enlighten us on this subject please call
Doug Johnson (Pine Brook C.C.)
Paul at work (617) 595-3107 or home
(617) 631-7910.
Paul Miller (Tedesco C.C.)
3rd Net
• ••
Rick Arzillo (Unicorn G.C.)
—Little Known cont. from pg. 4
Don LaVangie (Norfolk G.C.)
Commercial Division
inch rainfall.
1st Gross
Grass also provides a cooling effect.
Steve Butler (Larchmont)
A 2000 square foot plot releases as
Larry Bunn (Sawtelle)
much as l20gallons of water through
1st Net
a method called évapotranspiration.
Ed Wiacek (Scotts)
This release of water reduces the heat
Ron Tumiski (Lesco)
factor. Grass absorbs only 50-60 perClosest to Pin
cent of the incoming solar radiation
5'2"
while building and pavement absorb
John
Lenhart
(Sawtelle)
90 percent.
Ed Wiacek (Scotts)
Grass and treë leaves also help cleanse the atmosphere because of their
This information is provided by the
ability to trap dust particles through
Golf
Course Superintendent Associastatic electricity of dense foliage. Rain
tion
of
America, with a lot of help from
then washes the particles into the soil.

all its friends everywhere.

by Jim Davis

tf?M PAVfe 0-6

Joseph G- Mondor
13 Longview Drive
Wilbraham. M A 01095
Home Phone (413) 596-8057
Office Phone (413) 786-1740
Club Affiliation
Crestview C.C.

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GOLF CHAIRMAN

James O'Kelly
P.O. Box 130
Newtonville, M A 02160
Home Phone 444-9285
Office Phone 244-0680
Ciub Affiliation
Brae Burn C.C.

EDUCATIONAL

CHAIRMAN NEWSLETTER CHAIRMAN

Edward L. Brearley
189 Matfield St.
W. Bridgewater. Mass 02379
H o m e Phone: 584-6568
Office Phone: 588-8439
C l u b Affiliation
Brockton C.C.

Ronald Kirkman
25 Green St.
Needham, M A 02192
Home Phone 444-8412
Office Phone 444-5548
Club Affiliation
Needham C.C.

PAST PRESIDENT

Donald E. Hearn. C G C S
4 Topeka Rd.
Chelmsford, M A 01824
Home Phone 256-8709
Office Phone 894-5906
Club Affiliation
Weston Golf Club

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used freely, in whole or in part, without special permission as long as the true context is maintained. We
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Agway, Inc.

Qi«g Moor«. Rap.

Box 507 SterNno, MA
F « * i w . Seed, Chemreat«
800-22S-CROP (MA) 617-422-7614

Baker Tractor Corp., Ford Tractors

Hariey Davidson Golf Car*
Yamaha Go« Car*

*77>e Borden Co.

Maynard, Maas.
Tal. 617-497-2571
Sala« Hap. Jack Bordan
Bulk Li mattona Daalar

Boston Irrigation Co.

Dedham, Mass.
John Ramey - Paul Kenyon
617-461-1560
Distributor of Irrigation Supplies
and Accessories

C A J Lawnmower Serv., Inc.

168 Main Street
Wilmington. Mass. 01887
Eric Oman-Sales Rap.
Tel. 617-658-2022

Tha Clapper Co.

1121 Washington St
Newton, Mass.
617-244-7929
'Geoffrey 5. Cornish i Brian Silva
God Course Architects
Fiddlers Green, Amherst Mass. 01002

Country Club £ntarpriaas

Club Car Go It Cars
Tennis A Leisure Equip.
P O. Box 400 W Falmouth. Mass 02574
•17-563-2284

C& Curran

T.R.C. Products Oils 6 Greases
7 Linden St
Fran»ogham. Mass.

Cheater

Ora*« i Sons, Inc.
222 Walnut. St
Framing ham, Mass. 01701
Gott Count Construction
•17-875-7829

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Connecticut Silica Co.

RONALD KIRKMAN
Newsletter Chairman
THOMAS SCHOFIELO CGCS
Business Manager
GERRY FINN
Contributing Editor

(800) 321-532?

Elanco Products Co.

Stephen C. Dolinak
C-317-309 Greenwich Ave.
Warwich, R.i. 02886
401-737-0175

•Loft 's SmO
20 Beck Rd.
Arlington, Mass. 02174
Victoria Wallace. Rep.

G old Star Sod Farms, Inc.

fhchey A Clapper. Inc.

28 SsCcâgo Rd.
Ne tick. Mass 01760

*Sawtelle Bros

565 Humphrey S i
Swampscott Mass. 91907
617-SS8-4856

Scott Associates. Inc.

60 Water St, Clinton. Mess.
617-365-6341
Pumps-Sales. Service
Installation-Vert cai
Turbine Pumps Specialists

Sod & Pine Bark Mulch
Canterbury, N.H.
603-783-4717
Lexington, Mass.
«17-861-1111

27 Lawnacre Rd.
Windsor Locks. Conn 06096
Tel. 1-800-243-7718 or
1-203-623-250«

Greenway Irrigation

'DL Ma her

Scoffs Pro-Turf Orv
Rep. Ed Wiacek 1-401-253-4284
Rep. Dave Schermerhorn 617-347-5211

Uobay Chemical Co

Tuckahoe Turt Farms. Inc

The Uagovern Co . Inc

Irrigation, Drainage, Wire Laying,
Trenching
327 Broadway-Suitö 44
Lynn, Mass. 01904
John Murphy: Tel. #595-2382
Stephen Murphy: Tel. #598-6917

Tha Charles C. Hart Seed Co

Holliston Sand Co. Inc.

Cranberry Highway (Rt. 28)
W. Wareham. MA 02576
(617)295-2362

International Golf Const. Co.

Antonios Paganis, Rep.
5 Purcell Rd„ Arlington, Ma 02174
Golf Course Construction
(617) 648-2351 or 428-3022
II B A St . Burlington, Maas.
Jsek Pesswon
Dennis fries Phone # 617-938-1751
Wayne Ripley

Exeter, R.I. Litchfield, N.H.
West Suffield, Conn.
1-800-556-6985
Largest Producer of Penneross
In New England
Alan Anderson

* Turi Products Corp

'Hardone Sand A Gravel Co Inc

36 Sword Si
Auburn. Mass 01S01
617-791-2091

New England Sealcoating Co. Inc

84 Merrimac S t
Hooksett, N.H. 03106
Turf & Ornamental Supplies
603-485-7866 (Collect)
Ken Turner-Xevin Lyons-Bob Lake

37 Power Rd.
Westtord. Mass. 01886
617-692-8221
Specializing in Topdressing
Sand

I & £ Supply. Inc

Larchmont Eng. A Irrig. Co.

Gregory Pagano
50 Coburn Woods
Nashua. N.H. 03063

W. Wareham. Mass 02576
Tel. 617-295-1553
J. Willen Roe». Rep

Lowland St
Holliston. Mass. 01746
Sand For Topdressing A Bunkers

'Tom.trwin, Inc.

Box 127. Concord St
N Reading. Mass. 01864

R.F. Morse A Sons Inc

Weathersfield. Conn.
Bob Kennedy, Rep..
Roy Sibley. Rep.

Newsletter
MICHAEL E. HANNIGAN
.Eddor

*Lesco, Inc.
20005 Lake Rd
Rocky River, OH 44116
Ron Tumiski. Rep.
Mike Donahue, Rep

Ledyard, Conn.
Sand, White Silica for Traps,
Chemically inert Topdressing
Jim Sinlowski-203-536-2618

Larchmont Lane
Lexington. Maas. 02173
617-882-2550

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FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Tennis Court Const & Meint.
Sealeoating Hingham Inc Center
Hingham. Mass 749-6SOO

Nor-Am Chemical Co.

Wilmington, Delaware
David Sylvester, Rep.
203-828-8905

Norfolk Power Equip., Inc.

194 Main St
Norfolk, Mass. 02056
Tel. 617-528-3120
Don Reynolds, Rep.

(M Fox Chemical Inc

Fertilizers-SeedsTurf-Chemicals
66 Valley St.
E. Providence. R.I. 02914

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MICHAEL E. HANNIGAN
25 Thaxtar Ava.
Abington, Mass. 02351

FIRST CLASS

'Turi Specialty Inc.

White Turi

Engineering

P.O. Box 1116
Portsmouth, N.H. 03801
603-431-4147
Golf Course Irrigation Consultants
and Contractors

Philip Wogan

Go« Course Architect
21 Budleigh Ave.
Beverly, Mass. 01915

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