LETTER
Golf Course Superintendents

Association

Sponsors and administrators of the Troll-Dickinson Scholarship
Fund — Awarded yearly to deserving Turf Management Students.

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MEETING

Thursday, March 16,1989
Blue Hill Country Club
9:00 am
11:00 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm

Director's meeting
Regular meeting
Lunch
Educational, Mass Pesticide
Representative

Host Superintendent— Dave Barber
Reservations Required—Call by
March 10,1989 (617) 828-2000
Dave has been the
course superintendent at Blue Hill C.C.
since 1980. Prior to
Blue Hill Dave was
superintendent at
Wayland C.C. for 16
years. He is a graduate of Stockbridge, Univ. of Mass, lives in
Canton and has four children. Dave is past
president of GCS ANE and has been aboard
member for 16 years.
Directions to: From 128 take exit 2A
(Rte. 138 Stougton) go to 1st set of lights
and bear right (Washington St.) go
approx. 1 mile and take a right on Pecunit
St. (Sign will say BHCC) club is on the
left approx. 3/4 mile.

Newsletter
Makes It to Top
" B l o w thy own horn—on occasion."
The above will not be found in the
scriptures but it suffices on this particular
occasion or the announcement that The
Newsletter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of New England is
Continued on page 2

OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.

February 1989

Patty's Magical Ride Reaches Top
at Westchester
T h e magical career ride of Patty Knaggs
picked up speed last month.
Smack dab in the middle of it—January 16th to be precise—it reached for the
stars and landed at the Westchester Country Club where Patty began her first day
on the job as head golf course superintendent.
Patty, of course, is known to one and
all along the profession's rial to in these
parts of the Golf Course Superintendents
Association of New England. For the last
four years, she's brightened up the scene
at The Country Club as chief assistant to
head honcho, Bill Spence who saw all of
this coming the day he hired his valuable
aide.
"There never was any doubt that Patty
was the right person for the job when I
hired her," Spence recalled. "I knew she
could handle the work and as it turned out
she far exceeded my expectations. I feel
the same about her move to Westchester.
They also picked the right person for the
job there."
And big job it is.
"Westchester is quite a place," Patty
remarked. "It's a real challenge, too,
because of the size of the course (45
holes) and accompanying responsibilities. But I'm ready to tackle it."
Westchester, of course, is one of the
prestigious country clubs along the trail of
the nation's high level country clubs. It
has been the scene of major tournaments
and has been a regular stop on the PGA
Tour for many years. It's also wrapped in
history and tradition, much like The

Country Club where Patty found the foundation to what has evolved into a burgeoning career.
The position of head superintendent
became available when nationally acclaimed Westchester super Ted Horton
was promoted to the post of "director of
sports and grounds". Patty says she reports to Horton and the club's "green and
golf committees". And...she's in charge.
"I'm really excited about this," she
said. "It's something everyone looks forward to in a career move. I'll be supervising an enormous staff. There are 14 full
time people on the maintenance crew,
three assistants and another 16 that work
on a seasonal basis. And there could even
be more, according to our schedule of
events."
There's an added chore that goes with
the Westchester program in that the maintenance department is responsible for a
45-acre beach club on Long Island
Sound—about three miles from the golf
course.
"I won't have to look long or far for
things to do," Patty quipped. "The beach
club has a salt water pool, skeet shooting
area and sailing facilities. So, my duties
will run the gamut."
Patty's experience as Spence's assistant at TCC, especially in the overall
realm of preparing the course for the U.S.
Open, turned into the stepping stone she
took to Westchester.
"The value of working with Bill for
four years can't be measured," Patty told.
Continued on page 2

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PATTY' MAGICAL RIDE
Cont.from page 1

NEWSLETTER MAKES IT TO
THE T O P Cont.from page 1

"The last two years were actually a head
superintendent-training situation for me.
Bill's priorities were dictated by his involvement in the Open. When they
reached the stage where the Open was his
top priority, he turned over the day-to-day
operation of the maintenance department
to me.
"That's when I reassured myself that
I'd be able to move on to my own job and
be able to meet its responsibilities just as
I had at The Country Club. Actually, I
made a four-year commitment when Bill
hired me. I wanted to stay there through
the Open even if it meant putting a hold on
my long range goal of becoming a head
superintendent. It was a commitment I'll
always look back on as the turning point
in my career."
Patty, who didn'tbecome interested in
golf course maintenance until she worked
at the West Point Golf Course next door to
her hometown of Cornwall on the
Hudson, says she'll always have a spot in
her heart for the Boston area and the
NEGCSA.
"It all started here (New England),"
she said. "Brian Cowan (super at Eastward Ho) gave me my first job, then
directed me to the right people and places
when I decided this was going to be my
life. From there, everyone was supportive. Now, here I am and it's just...just
fantastic."
The Patty Knaggs story just seems to
get better at each writing. Success stories
don't come any better than this one.

one of six publications to be cited for
excellence.
Our own little epistle won honors in
the Best Original Editorial Content category.
This marks the second time in recent
years that the NEGCSA Newsletter has
won honors in the contest. The other citation also was for best original editorial
content.
Other winners this year: The Grass
Roots, Wisconsin; The Greenerside, New
Jersey; The Florida Green, Florida; Cactus Clippings, Cactus* and Pine GCSA;
and Texas Turfgrass, Texas Turfgrass
Association.

GERRY FINN

PRESIDENT
Richard Zepp, CGCS
27 Fowler Rd.
N o r t h b r i d g e , MA 0 1 5 3 4
Home Phone 508-234-8490
Office Phone 508-234-2533
Club Affiliation
W h i t i n s v i l l e G.C.

VICE

PRESIDENT

Paui M i l l e r , C G C S
1 Leicester Rd
M a r b l e h e a d , M A 01945
Home Phone 617-631-7910
Office Phone 508-369-5704
Club Affiliation
Nashawtuc C.C.

The Super
Speaks Out
Welcome to The Super Speaks O u t — a
monthly feature which offers the golf
course superintendent a forum to express his or her views on topics and
issues relating to their profession.
This month we focus attention on the
Massachusetts Golf Association s decision to build a public golf course in
Sturbridge and its effect on the golf
course superintendent's involvement in
future MGA-sponsored tournaments.
Dave
Barber,
Blue Hill Country
Club: "I'm not quite
sure just how much
tournament traffic the
MGA course plans to
handle, but it's reasonable to assume it will be utilized for that
purpose at one time or another.
"I've had MGA events here on many
occasions and I really look forward to

SECRETARY
S t e p h e n A. C h i a v a r o i i . CGCS
100 A i r p o r t D r .
W o r c e s t e r , MA 0 1 6 0 2
Home Phone 508-752-0031
Office Phone 508-791-5373
Club Affiliation
Tatnuck C.C

TREASURER
Thomas Schofield, CGCS
290 N o r t h Rd
S u d b u r y , MA 01776
Home Phone 508-443-3712
Office Phone 617-235-2487
Club Affiliation
Wellesley
C.C

them .I'vealwaysthoughtit gives the cl ub
and superintendent an opportunity to
showcase their course and also to contribute to the advancement of the game in the
state.
"I'd like to say that there is added
incentive for me to go beyond the limits of
course preparations when an MGA event
is scheduled for Blue Hill. However, there
never has been the need to do anything
'special' as far as requirements are concerned.
"What the MGA gets is what my
members get day-in and day-out. And
apparently they like what we've given
them.
"I can see the possibility of the MGA
easing the burden of golf courses for
things like qualifying rounds by running
them at its course. Sometimes it's difficult to free up a course, especially for
something that requires three or four days
to complete. We're just getting too darn
busy. Golf's taken off.
"Regardless, I still like to be the host
superintendent for MGA play and hope
this doesn' t mean all events will be played
in Sturbridge."
Jim Beane, Mt.
Pleasant Country
Club: "All I can say
about the MGA and
plans to build its own
course is that golf is
becoming more popular than anybody ever dreamed it would.
"The MGA has staged tournaments
here in the past, although I wasn' t a part of
them. Being asked to host an event tells
you something. In addition to feeling
welcome at the course, the MGA is saying
your course has the ingredients found in a
quality layout.
"However, if the MGA is thinking of
staging events on the new course in
Sturbridge, it's understandable.
"The traffic on golf courses just
doesn't want to quit. Therefore, members

TRUSTEE
Kip Tyler, CGCS
P.O. B o x 6 7 1
Peabody, MA 01960
Home Phone 508-745-8089
Office Phone 508-532-2236
Club Affiliation
Salem C.C.

Continued on page 3
TRUSTEE
Charles T Passios, C G C S
218 C a m e l b a c k R d .
M a r s t o n M i l l s , MA 0 2 6 4 8
Home Phone 508-420-3210
Office Phone 508-775-5116
Club Affiliation Hyannisport Club

TRUSTEE
Edward L Brearly
189 M a t f i e l d St
W B r i d g e w a t e r , MA 02379
Home Phone 508-584-6568
Office Phone 508-588-8439
Club Affiliation
B r o c k t o n C.C,

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T H E SUPER
Cont.from page 2
are getting reluctant to give up the course
because of the increasing amount of inclub activity and the 'outing circuit'.
"People are playing more and are even
getting to the point where they don' t recognize the normal golfing season. The
other day (late December) I had four golfers come into my office and ask for a
broom to sweep the snow off the temporary greens.
"It's almost crazy the way golf is on
the upswing. I remember when Monday
was a quiet day. Heck, we (NEGCSA)
sometimes have a tough time getting a
course on a Monday for our summer
meetings.
"But MGA events should be treated as
top-drawer stuff. When you host one,
you're in the spotlight. I like that."
Don
Hearn,
j H t
Weston Golf Club:
T"V"r*n
"You name the MGA
event and
we've
Vi
hosted it.
V n iMBk
"Which probably
tells the Weston-MGA involvement in a
nutshell and how welcome the MGA feels
when it comes here.
"My understanding is that the Sturbridge course might be used as a backup
when the MGA has problems finding
qualifying sites. I can't disagree with that
option since everyone knows how golf
has taken off the past few years. Hey,
everybody wants to play.
"There's another factor here and it
concerns the MGA. In all my involvement with them, setting up the course and
making other tournament arrangements,
I've always found its officials to be congenial, supportive and very, very short on
demands.
"In other words, I like working with
them. And from our participation in their
schedule of events, it's obvious our
members don' t mind giving up the course
to accommodate an MGA tournament.
"I've always looked forward to working with the MGA and look forward to our
next endeavor together."
Editor's note: MGA executive director Dick Haskell informs that it's very

Program Information

doubtful major events like the State Open
and State Amateur will be played in
Sturbridge. However, he does say it's
possible less prestigious tournaments and
some qualifying will be staged there. The
course is scheduled to open in 1991.
GERRY FINN

Tired of the Regular
Work Week
I would like to follow up on a previous
newsletter article written by superintendent Ron Hansen on "Shuffling Staff."
With a few changes, I initiated the new
work week this past April with much
success. During the busy growing
months, we started at 6:30 a.m. and finished our long day at 3:00 p.m. Listed
below is a sample work week:
Monday

6:30 - 3:00

Tuesday

6:30 - 2:30

Wednesday

6:30-1:30

Thursday

6:30 - 3:00

Friday

6:30-1:30

My main goals were to: break up the
routine work week, maintain a course
labor budget, and to allow time off during
the summer months.
As far as weekends were concerned,
we split the crew into two groups on and
off. If someone couldn't work that weekend, he or she made arrangements for
coverage. This only happened on a few
occasions. I found the quality of work to
be improved with this alternating weekend schedule. Also by starting early, it
enabled my staff to finish mowing the
greens without interfering with the golfers.
Now that the winter months are upon
us, we are going to experiment with a four
day work week. Myself, the mechanic and
foreman will alternate weekends if snow
plowing is necessary.
I would like to thank Ron for sharing
his creative ideas with us. I am glad we
gave it a try!
Richard Duggan, Superintendent
Concord Country Club

58th Massachusetts
Turfgrass Conference
and
13th Industrial Show
Dedication
to
Dr. James B. Beard
for Outstanding Devotion and Service
to the Turf Profession
March 6 , 7 , 8, 9, 1989
Civic Center
Springfield, Massachusetts
(1-91: Exit 6 from South, Columbus Avenue Exit
from North)
Sponsored by:
•Massachusetts Turf & Lawn Grass Council
•Golf Course Superintendents' Association of
New England
•University of Massachusetts/Amherst

General Information
Registration
Lobby—Banquet Hall Entrance
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Monday, March 6
8:30 AM-4:00 PM Tuesday, March 7
8:00 AM-4:00 PM Wednesday, March 8
You must register to be admitted to either the
Educational Program or the Industrial Show. Preregistration is $35, registration at the door is $40.
Use of the attached Pre-registration Form will save
you both time and money.
Pre-registration means that your name tag and
receipt will be ready for you at the Pre-registration
Desk when you arrive at the Civic Center.
The Exhibition Hall will be open for the
Industrial Show at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, March
7, and thereafter only when the Educational
Program is not in session and vice versa.

Program
Monday, March 6,1989
—Afternoon—
Registration: 12:30-2:00 PM
2:00-4:00 Seminar* - Banquet Room
Update-Turfgrass Diseases
Dr. Joseph Vargis, Department of Botany & Plant
Pathology, Michigan State University, E. Lansing,

ML
•Credit may be given toward Massachusetts recertification.

Continued on page 4

Golf Course Superintendents
of New England INC.

Association

Page 4
SHOW P R O G R A M Cont.from page 3

2:45

Tuesday, M a r c h 7,1989
Registration: 8:30 AM-4:00 PM

3:15

—Morning—
9:00-12:45 Industrial Show Open
Exhibition Hall, Snack Bar

3:45

—Afternoon—
General Session-Banquet Room
Chairman: Dr. Joseph Troll
1:00
1:15

2:15

3:00
3:20

4:00

Welcome—Dr. Joseph Troll, Executive
Director, Mass Turf & Lawngrass Council
Annual Bluegrass-Friend or Foe—Dr.
Joseph Vargis, Department of Botany &
Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI
Myths & Realities About Poa—Dr.
Donald White, Department of Horticulture
Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul,
MN
Scholarship Awards
Control of Poa Annua in Cool Season
Grasses—Dr. James Adams, Nor-Am,
Wilmington, DE
Question and Answer Period

•—Morning—
Chairman: Mr. Richard Zepp, President, Golf
Course Superintendents' Association of New
England, Whitinsville, MA
9:00

9:40

10:20

Evaluation Nematode Populations in
Putting Greens—Dr. Robert Wick, Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts, Waltham, MA
Turfgrass Insect Identification & G r u b
Control—Dr. Michael Villani, Department of Entomology, NY Experiment
Station, Geneva, NY
Shotgun Starts. ..& Blazon (Generically
Speaking) Too! A Superintendent's Lament—Mr. James Gilligan, Superintendent, Bedens Brook Club, Skillman, NJ
11:00-2:00 Industrial Show Open
Exhibition Hall

—Afternoon—
Chairman: Mr. MictaeS Wallace, Superintendent, Hop Meadow Country Club, Simsbury, CT
2:00
Panel-Moderator-Mr. Geoffrey S. Cornish
Design in an E r a of Expansion—Mr. Geoffrey S.
Comish, Golf Course Architect, Amherst,
MA
2:15
Alternative Types of Golf Courses to the
Regular Length Course—Mr. William
Amick, Golf Course Architect, Daytona
Beach, FL

4:30-7:00 Industrial Show Open
Exhibition Hall

A n important Part of my research effort
at URI through my years here has related
to plant improvement or plant breeding. It
is a slow, tedious and time consuming
effort. Resulting from this effort we have
released Exeter Colonial and Kingstown
Velvet
bentgrasses,
Jamestown
Chewings fescue and Georgetown
Kentucky bluegrass. They have all been
improved varieties and have contributed
added quality to the array of improved
grasses.

—Morning—
Golf Course Session-Banquet Room
Chairman: M r . Paul Miller, Superintendent,
Nashawtuc, Concord, MA
9:00

9:40

10:30

11:15

Registration: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Golf Course Session-Banquet Room

Plant Breeding
Slowly but
Sorely

Thursday, M a r c h 9,1989

4:30-6:30 Industrial Show Open
Exhibition Hall

Wednesday, M a r c h 8,1989

Golf Course Development in the Rockies—Mr. William G. Robinson, Golf
Course Architect, White Rock, British
Columbia, Canada
Golf Course Construction in the Maritimes—Mr. Robert Neale, Superintendent, Grandview Golf & Country Club,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Question & Answer Period

12:00

How to Irrigate ! n a Suir..ner Like
1988—Mr. James Snow, Northeastern
Director, USGA, Greens Section, Far
Hills, NJ
Approaches-Enhancing Root
Growth—Dr. James Beard, Department of Soil & Crop Sciences, Texas A
& M University, College Station, TX
Update Turfgrass Pesticides & The
Environment—Dr. Richard Cooper,
Department of Plant & Soil Sciences,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA
Stress in Poa & Bent Competition—
Dr. Donald White, Department of
Horticulture Science, University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Raffle—VCR

This year we celebrate our 58th Massachusetts Turf Conference and 13th Industrial Show.
Our speakers are here to impart information to
you and our exhibitors to present their products
and equipment. The latter help to defray the costs
of our expensive turf research program. Please
visit each booth and lalk with the exhibitors. You
will please them, please us, and please yourself,
because the turf research program is aimed at
helping you. It's a two-way street; let's help each
other.

Lodging
Sheraton T a r a Hotel—One Monarch Place,
Springfield, MA 01144 (413) 781-1010. Single or
Double $75.
Marriot—1500 Main Street, Springfield, MA
01115 Single $79, Double $89. Call toll-free instate (800) 228-9290 or (413) 781-7111.
Holiday Inn—711 Dwight Street, Springfield, MA
01104 Call toll-free in-state (800) 465-4329 or
(413) 781-0900. Single $73, Double $76.
Harley Hartford Springfield Hotel—1 Bright
Meadow Blvd., Enfield, CT (800) 321-2323. Single
$69, Double $79.

Please make your own hotel reservations

We stepped up the pace of our
breeding effort at the beginning of the
1980's when we hired a technician to
assist full-time on this facet of our
program. Some of you may recall that I
spent six weeks collecting grasses in
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and
New Brunswick, Canada in 1982.1 spent
a six month leave in 1987 collecting from
Northern Minnesota to New England.
When I search for improved grasses I
try to find old stands that have existed
under minimum maintenance. I collect
from dry, sunny locations. I concentrate
on fine fescues and bentgrasses as these
are the species most adapted to our region.
I have collected bluegrasses,
ryegrasses and tall fescue but usually send
these materials to other plant breeders
who specialize in them. During 1987 I
sent over 400 of these materials to a plant
breeder in Oregon. We ended up with
over 600 fine fescues and bentgrasses for
our evaluation and use.
Good things are resulting from this
effort. In November of this year we
officially released "Providence" creeping
bentgrass. The variety is a blend or
"Polycross" of five selections. The first
selections included in this variety were
made in 1965. You can see that this isn't
a speedy program. Hopefully, some seed
will be available after the 1989 seed
harvest.
Continued on page 5

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PLANT BREEDING
Cont.from p. 4
Many of you have seen plots of
"Providence" on our research farm. It has
been in trial since 1982. The following

tables give an indication of its
performance with us and one year's data at
North Carolina State University. It is
included in other trials and on some golf
greens throughout the country:

Table 1. Average Quality Scores, URI, 1983-1986

Varietv
Providence
Penncross
Prominent
Manitoba

1983
5.9
5.4
4.6
5.7

Year
1985
7.4
5.6
4.4
5.4

1984
6.8
6.1
5.6
6.8

9=perfect quality

1986
6.7
5.9
5.8
5.5

4-vear avg.
6.7
5.8
5.1
5.8

Trial seeded in 1982

Table 2. Performance at URI and N.C. State University

Varietv
Providcnce
Pcnncross
Seaside
Emerald

Quality Rating
URI
NCSU
1986
1987
1987
6.8
6.4
7.4
6.0
4.9
6.9
6.0
5.1
5.6
6.5
5.1
6.2

Dollar Spot
%coverage 10/87
No/730 cm 2
URI
NCSU
10
0.8
20
5.6
30
1.1
15
4.6

-POSITION

OPENINGS-

Assistant Superintendent
Walpole Country Club
Duties: Golf course and clubhouse grounds
maintenance; training, supervising, and
working with staff of 9 employees; pesticide
and fertilizer applications, recordkeeping.
Requirements: Associates degree or short
course in trufgrass management or related
field, at least 2 years golf course experience,
obtain Massachusetts pesticide license
within 4 months, ability to motivate,
organize, delegate and communicate with the
golf course staff.
Send Resume to:
Mark D. Gagne, Golf Course Superintendent
Walpole Country Club, 233 Baker Street
Walpole, MA 02081
Assistant Superintendent
For Municipal Golf Course in Barnstable,
Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Course
designed by Cornish & Silva.
Superintendent to begin work April 1989 to
monitor construction and to continue as
Superintendent after course opens in 1990.
Send resume and salary history to:
Personnel Department, Town of Barnstalbe
367 Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
(508) 775-1120, Ext. 150
Prior to February 15, 1989.
An Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action Employer.

Table 3. Avg. Number of Tillers Produced On One Inch Plugs.
Variety
Providcnce
Pcnncross
Seaside
Emerald

-NEW MEMBERS-

No. of Tillers
165

Welcome & Congatulations to:

144
Joseph Sullivan, Regular
Stoney Brook G.C.

110

143

Evidence to date indicated that we have an improved creeping bentgrass. Hopefully
it will require less feeding, water and fungicides. That is the hope for our program of
grass improvement.
C. Richard Skogley, Professor
University of Rhode Island

Ken Ross, Regular
Pine Oaks G.C.

-PROPOSED NEW
MEMBERSRichard Drew, Regular
Salem Municipal G.C.
Michael J. Powers, Associate
Brook Meadow G.C.

FINANCE

CHAIRMAN

Paul J a m r o g
B o x 642. S i l v e r w o o d T e r r a c e
S H a r t l e y . MA 0 1 0 7 5
Home Phone 413-538-7567
Office Phone 413-536-4195
Club Affiliation
T h e O r c h a r d s G.C.

GOLF

CHAIRMAN

Robert DiRico
185 H e m e n w a y S t
M a r l b o r o . MA 01752
Home Phone 508-485-2605
Office Phone 617-244-0680
Club Affiliation
Brae B u r n C.C.

EDUCATIONAL

CHAIRMAN

Ronald E Milenski, CGCS
65 R o c k y P o n d Rd
Princeton, MA 01541
Home Phone 508-464-5312
Office Phone 508-779-6911
Club Affiliation
The International

NEWSLETTER

CHAIRMAN

Ronald Kirkman
25 G r e e n S t .
N e e d h a m . MA 0 2 1 9 2
Home Phone 617-444-8412
Office Phone 617-444-5548
Club Affiliation
Needham C.C.

PAST

PRESIDENT

David Barber. CGCS
145 D e d h a m St
C a n t o n . MA 02021
H o m e Phone 617-828-7266
Office Phone 617-828-6540
Club Affiliation
Blue Hill C.C.

Information contained in this publication may be
used freely, in whole or in part, without special permission as long as the true context is maintained. We
would appreciate a credit line.

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Fertilizer, Seed, Chemicals
800-225-CRGP (MA) 617-422-7614

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31 Old Town Trail
Narragansett, Rl 02882
401-789-9017

Baker Golf Cars
40 Walker Street
Swansea, MA 02777
508-379-0092
Sales Rep. Ray Chadwick
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Gold Star Sod Farms, Inc.
Sod & Pine Bark Mulch
Canterbury, N.H.
603-783-4717
Lexington, MA
617-861-1111

Bartlett Tree Experts
Tree Maintenance, Fertilization and
Consulting
153 Rumford Avenue
Newton, MA 02166
Carl DeSimone (617) 969-5990

Gresnway Irrigation Company
Irrigation, Drainage, Wire Laying
P.O. Box 8157
East Lynn, MA 01904
John Murphy 617-595-3010
Steve Murphy 617-598-6917

*The Bordon Company
Maynard, MA
Tel: 508-897-2571
Sales Rep. Jack Borden
Bulk Limestone Dealer

Hammond & Tilton, Inc.
P.O. Box 30, Exit 35 off I95
Tel: (207) 453-7131
Contact: Gary Hammond

Boston Irrigation Company
Dedham, MA
John Ramey - Paul Kenyon,
617-461-1560
Robin Hayes, 617-477-4423
Distributor of Irrigation Supplies
and Accessories
C & J Equipment, Inc.
188 Main Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
John Deere Golf & Turf Equipment
508-658-2022
Eric Oman, Bill Kemp, Kevin O'Donnell
'Geoffrey S. Cornish & Brian Silva
Golf Course Architects
Fiddlers Green, Amherst, MA 01002
Country Club Enterprises
Club Car Golf Cars
Tennis & Leisure Equip.
P.O. Box 400 W. Falmouth, MA 02574
508-563-2284
Chester Drake & Sons, Ins.
222 Walnut Street
Framingham, MA 01701
Golf Course Construction
508-875-7929

Tho n h a r l e s C Hart Seed Co.
Weathersfield. Conn.
Bob Kennedy, Rep., Roy Sibley, Rep.
Holiiston Sand Co. Inc.
Lowland Street
Holiiston, MA 01746
Sand for Topdressing & Bunkers
International Golf Const. Co.
Antonios Paganis, Rep.
5 Purcell Rd., Arlington, MA 02174
Golf Course Construction
617-648-2351 or 508-428-3022
*Tom Irwin, Inc.
11 B A S t . , Burlington, MA
Jack Peterson
Dennis Friel Phone:617-938-1751
Wayne Ripley
Larchmont Eng. & Irrig. Co.
Larchmont Lane
Lexington, MA 02173
617-862-2550
*Lesco Inc.
20005 Lake Road
Rocky River, OH 44116
Ron Tumiski, Rep., Mike Donahue, Rep.
800-321-5325

"Loft's Seed
20 Beck Road
Arlington, MA 02174
Victoria Wallace, Rep.
The Magovern Co., Inc.
27 Lawnacre Road
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Tel.: 800-243-7718 or 203-623-2508
"D.L. Mahar
Box 127, Concord Street
N. Reading, MA 01864
Mobay Chemical Co.
Greg Ellis
67 Primrose Drive
Warwick, Rl 02818
R.F. Morse & Sons Inc.
W. Wareham, MA 02576
508-295-1553
Larry Anshewitz, Rep.
Jack Cronin, Rep.
•Nardone Sand & Gravel Co. Inc.
37 Pbwer Road
Westford, MA 01886
508-692-8221
Specializing in Topdressing Sand
Nor-Am Chemical Co.
Wilmington, Delaware
David Sylvester, Rep.
203-828-8905
Norfolk Power Equip., Inc.
194 Main Street
Norfolk, MA 02056
508-528-3120
Don Reynolds, Rep.
Old Fox Chemical Inc.
Fertilizers-Seeds-Turf-Chemicals
66 Valley Street
E. Providence, R.I. 02914
Old Fox Golf Course Div.
Custom Applications, Spraying,
Aeration, Top Dressing, Slice Seeding
Full Line of Materials
Weymouth, MA 02190
800-462-5990

Partac Golf Course T o p Dressing
Kelsey Park
Great Meadows, N.J. 07838
Jim Kelsey, 1-800-247-2326
Greg Moore, 401-683-9496
E.B. Rotondi & Sons, inc.
224 Forest Street
Winchester, MA 01890
617-729-3330
Tennis Courts, Cart paths, Parking lots.
Sawtelle Bros.
65 Glenn Street
Lawrence, MA 01843
508-682-9296
Scott Associates, Inc.
60 Water Street
Clinton, MA 01510
508-365-6341
Pumps-Sales, Service installation,
Vertical Turbine Pumps Specialists
Scotts Pro-Turf Div.
Rep. Ed Wiacek 401-253-4284
Rep. Scott Brown 413-245-6038
Tuckahoo Turf Farms Inc.
Exeter, R.I. Litchfield, N.H.
West Suffield, CT
800-556-6985
Largest Producer of Penncross in
New England
Alan Anderson
"Turf Products Corp.
7 Coppage Drive
Worcester, MA 01602
508-791-2091
T u r f Specialty Inc.
60 Merrimac Street
Hooksett, N.H. 03106
Turf & Ornamental Supplies
603-485-7866 (collect)
Ken Turner, Kevin Lyons,
Dave Schermerhorn
Philip Wogan
Golf Course Architect
17 Walker Road
Topsfield, MA 01983

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