Golf Course Superintendents

LETTER
Association

S p o n s o r s a n d a d m i n i s t r a t o r s of the T r o l l - D i c k i n s o n S c h o l a r s h i p
F u n d — A w a r d e d yearly to d e s e r v i n g T u r f M a n a g e m e n t S t u d e n t s .

OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.

August 1991

The courting game flourishes
at Essex C.C. and Agawam Hunt Club
September
Meeting
Member-Member Championship
Monday, September 9,1991
Foxboro CO, Foxboro, M A
A n d y Langlois
Host Superintendent
Guest Speaker
Mr. T i m Stone
Underground Storage Tank
Regulations & Replacement
9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.

Board Meeting
Regular Meeting
Education
Lunch
Golf after Lunch

Reservations required
Call before September 3,1991
(617) 527-6968
Andy Langlois started his turfgrass career at
Southampton CC, Southampton, Massachusetts working on the crew. He graduated
from Stockbridge in 1988 after doing placement training at Shorehaven GC in East
Norwalk, Connecticut. Andy became the assistant at Foxboro CC in 1988 and the Superintendent in September 1989. He lives at the
Club with his wife of three years, Dinah.
Andy enjoys golf and visiting his home on the
Cape.
Directions: From the North - From 128 take
95 South to Route 140 North. Stay on 140
North for approximately 500 yards. Take left
onto Walnut Street. Go through one stop sign
and Club is on the left. From the South - Take
495 North to 140 North. Go through five sets
of lights. Pass under Route 95 and take left
onto Walnut Street. Go through one stop sign
and Club is on the left.

Some people hold out no hope for their
future. They go so far as to label them
"endangered species". Yet, to snip a line
from Mark Twain, "reports of their pending demise are exaggerated."
In other words, there always will be
grass tennis courts at the Essex and Agawam Hunt (Country) Clubs.
So say the keepers of the courts at those
bastions of the surface that separates
Wimbledon from the rest of tennis' Grand
Slam tournaments and our local clubs
from their counterparts.
Pat Kriksceonaitis keeps the grass
courts at Essex marble hard and "as green
as the bounce will bear." He's a newcomer
at it, having replaced Tom Brodeur as the
club's superintendent earlier this season.
Wayne Zoppo has lived a career with
grass courts. He's kept them in slick
shape for 25 years at Agawam Hunt. A

lot's at stake at his domain. Agawam hosts
several important national tournaments.
Among them are the National Father-Son
and Mother-Daughter Championships,
the New England Senior Championships,
and the National Super-Seniors.
"That's only one of the reasons we'll
always have grass courts," Zoppo noted.
"Agawam Hunt is the traditional site for
those prestigious events. Don't forget,
hard surfaces are unforgiving on the feet
and legs. Grass absorbs most of the stress
players put on their feet and legs. I just
can't imagine the super-seniors wanting
to play on any surface other than grass.
So the physical advantages are a sign the
expense involved maintaining grass
courts is well worth it—at least it is to our
members."
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"Grass absorbs most of the
stress players put on their feet
and legs. So the physical
advantages are a sign that the
expense of maintaining the
courts is well worth it — at
least it is to our members."
Wayne Zoppo

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PRESIDENT
Paul Miller, CGCS
1 Leicester Road - Marblehead, MA 01945
(H) 617-631-7910 - (W) 508-369-5704
Club Affiliation - Nashawtuc C.C.
VICE PRESIDENT
Edward L, Brearly
189 Matfleld Street - W. Brldgewater, MA 02379
(H) 508-584-6568 - (W) 508-295-7010
Club Affiliation - Bay Polnte C.C.
SECRETARY
Stephen A. Chiavaroll, C G C S
6 Birch Street - Paxton, MA 01612
(H) 508-752-0031 - (W) 508-791-5373
Club Affiliation - Tatnuck C.C.
TREASURER
Ronald E. Milenskl, C G C S
65 Rocky Pond Road - Princeton. MA 01541
(H) 508-464-5312- (W) 508-779-6911
Club Affiliation - The International
TRUSTEE
Robert DIRico, C G C S
185 Hemenway Street - Marlboro, MA 01752
(H) 508-485-2605 - (W) 617-244-0680
Club Affiliation - Brae B u m C.C.
TRUSTEE
Eric E. Newell, C G C S
113 Cross Street - Hanover, MA 02339
(H) 617-826-7207 - (W) 617-878-5836
Club Affiliation - Rockland C.C.
TRUSTEE
Robert Ruszala
69 Gelinas Drive - Chicopee, MA 01020
(H) 413-592-5780 - (W) 413-256-8654
Club Affiliation - Hickory Ridge G.C.
FINANCE
CHAIRMAN
Paul Jamrog
P. O. Box 38 - Belchertown, MA 01007
(H) 413-323-8519 - (W) 413-536-4195
Club Affiliation - The Orchards G.C.
GOLF
CHAIRMAN
Jim Fitzroy, CGCS
357 W. Squantum Street - N. Qulncy, MA 02171
(H) 508-528-6956 - (W) 617-328-1776
Club Affiliation - Presidents G.C.
EDUCATIONAL
CHAIRMAN
Kevin F. Osgood
62 Maple Street - Hyde Park, MA 02136
<H) 617-364-4859 - (W) 617-254-0925
Club Affiliation - Newton Comm. G.C.
NEWSLETTER
CHAIRMAN
Kip Tyler, CGCS
P. O. Box 671 - Peabody, MA 01960
(H) 508-462-9272 - (W) 508-532-2236
Club Affiliation - Salem C.C.
PAST PRESIDENT
Richard Zepp, CGCS
27 Fowler Road - Northbridge, MA 01534
(H) 508-234-8490- (W) 508-234-2533
Club Affiliation - Whltinsville G.C.

KIP TYLER, CGCS
Newsletter Editor
RONALD MILENSKI, CGCS
Business Manager

GERRY FINN
Contributing Editor

Information contained In this publication may be used
freely, in whole or In part, without special permission as
l o n g as the true c o n t e x t is m a i n t a i n e d . We w o u l d
appreciate a credit line.

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Agawam Hunt runs the gamut for tennis facilities. On the grounds are ten
grass courts, four clay, four fast-dry, and
two indoor surfaces. Zoppo admits they
require special attention, the grass courts
tender care, too.
"My schedule could be set in stone," he
remarked. "I assign one man to take
charge of the grass court maintenance program. He does nothing but keep those
courts playable from April to November.
The clay courts take about two hours of
labor time a day and the others Eire taken
care of on a regular basis. The overall
program is my responsibility to go with
seeing that the golf course is up to snuff.
So my life here is, uh, diversified."
Keeping the bounce in grass courts is
tricky. In fact, it presents a Catch 22
situation in relation to the maintenance
methods for golf course greens. The
greens love sun and water. The courts
love just the sun to make them hard. The
harder the grass court, the better the
player reaction to its condition. The
harder the golf course green, the less receptive it becomes to the player's idea of
top conditions.
Kriksceonaitis marvels at the way his
members approach the aesthetic-practical
segment of rating Essex's grass courts.
"They want them hard, which means I
have to be very careful about my watering
program," Pat disclosed. "In fact, the
members don't mind if the courts are a
little off-color. They want them so they
don't get that thud sound in the bounce.
So, I water them with that in mind."
The Essex super, who has to work his
tennis maintenance program into his
overall golf budget, whereas Zoppo has a
separate fund for his tennis conditioning
process at Agawam Hunt, keeps a lot of
hands in the grass courts' pie.
"I rotate six people on the job and they
take care of both the grass and Har-Tru
courts," Pat told. "Some days there might
be two or three doing everything from
sweeping dew from the grass to dragging
the synthetic courts. They've all been
trained to work on both surfaces. Tom
(Brodeur) knew his business. As a matter
of fact, he and I have been friends a long
time. So, a lot of his knowledge and maintenance methods rubbed off on me."
Essex has 11 grass and ten Har-Tru
courts and actually defuses the notion that
grass is on its way out as a tennis surface.
In recent years it has increased its number
of grass courts from eight to 11. Therefore, the grass at Essex isn't as endangered as some people might lead the
tennis public to believe.

"They want the courts so they
don't get that thud sound in
the bounce. So,! water them
with that in mind."
Pat Kriksceonaitis
Both supers deal with turf disease on
the tennis courts just as they do with similar problems that pop up on the greens.
"We use fertilizers, fungicides, and we
aerify the tennis courts on a regular basis
just as we enhance the growth and apply
preventive materials to the greens," Zoppo
revealed. "The watering is the tricky part.
If I were to put numbers on it, I'd say the
watering time on a grass court is 7-8 minutes a day, but not on a regular basis. The
greens get about 20 minutes of irrigation
a day. As for the court cut, about onequarter of Em inch."
Kriksceonaitis and Zoppo differ in materials used to line grass courts. Whereas
Agawam Hunt members are satisfied with
a stadium-type paint to line their courts,
Essex netsters prefer a powdery material
to effect that "cloud of dust" response
when a ball hits the line. The Zoppo
method lasts longer. Kriksceonaitis has
to line his courts four times a week.
Both supers report that maintaining
the grass courts requires the same kind of
dedication, know-how, and patience that
go into golf course conditioning. Each has
gotten into a maintenance rhythm that
seems to bring out the best in their respective courts. And both agree, the demise of
grass tennis courts definitely is exaggerated.
GERRY FINN

Calendar
Sept. 9

Member-Member Tourney
Foxboro C.C.
Foxboro, MA

Sept. 30Oct. 1

Northeast Autumn Classic
Quechee, VT

Oct. 3

Research Tournament
The Country Club
Brookline, MA

Oct. 10

Supt. F"ro Tournament
Ferncroft C.C.
Middleton, MA

Nov. 5

Regular Meeting
Sandy Burr G.C.

We are looking for 1992 meeting sites. If your
course has not hosted a meeting or it has been
a while since the last one, please give Bob
DiRico (617-244-0680) or Jim Fitzroy (617328-1776) a call.
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The Super Speaks Out:
This month's question: With golf course vandalism seemingly an
incurable disease in the minds of most superintendents, what have been
your experiences with this malady that won't go away?
Gregg Carr, G e o r g e Wright Golf
Club: "Happy to say, the incidence of vandalism is on the down-curve. However, it
always seems that when we (supers) bring
it up or out in the open, the next thing that
happens is, bang! And we get hit hard.
"Presently, I'm hit with what I call the
routine things, like pins being stolen,
maybe getting my greens strewn with
empty beer cans, or attempts to pull out
ball washers.
"Those types of vandalism are things
we have to live with. They happen at
every course and I suppose they are tolerable just as long as course damage doesn't
come with them.
"George Wright is a municipal course
and at one time the City of Boston ran the

"Happy to say, the incidence
of vandalism is on the downcurve. But I'm keeping my
fingers crossed."
Gregg Carr
whole show. That's when vandalism here
was at its peak, I'd say the early 1980s.
"Some sad things happened then since
the course turned into some kind of hangout for younger people in the area. It was
nothing for the super to get to the course
and find some car abandoned in a bunker
or the evidence of ravaging all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes ruining the greens.
"I hear that the course was a favorite
wind-up place of destruction for stolen car
thieves. But the course was wide open
then and anyone could drive right off the
street onto a green.
"In the meantime, the course has been
leased to a management company. That's
when I came here and, thankfully, vandalism seemed to leave.
"The reason? Well, there's now a gate
that deters after-hours visits by cars and
there's also a municipal police patrol that
discourages those types who get their
kicks doing senseless damage. We still
have the parties with empty bottles, beer

cans. The course has been spared so far.
But, I'm keeping my fingers crossed."
John Coffey, Wollaston Golf Club:
"I hate to talk about it because vandalism
is something that seems to be waiting to
explode and I don't want to give it a push.
"Therefore, I'm reluctant to suggest
that maybe people have more to do than
think up some scheme to make a green
unplayable or rupture an irrigation system. Regardless, serious damage here is
down and it's nothing like that night several years ago when some jerk went berserk with a non-selective weed killer that
did an awful job on our greens.
"I suppose the memory of that incident
makes things like an occasional driver using a green to make a U-turn or someone
knocking down a sign post trivial. It's
almost scary to me since I'm a firm believer that vandalism runs in cycles and
that the super that isn't hit this year will
be a prime target next year.
"One of the deterrents is a natural here.
We have so much play that the course is
full of people from morning until darkness
sets in at night. Other than that and
perhaps the wise-up factor on a lot of kids,

"One of the deterrents is a
natural here. We have so
much play that the course is
full of people from morning
until darkness sets in at night. "
John Coffey
I can't put my finger on why vandalism is
dowm. However, that danger zone of the
period just before schools reopen isn't far
off. So, I'm not out of the woods yet."
Dino Frigo, Springfield VeteransFranconia: "Before we get to our big
troubles, people should be aware that our
two courses are municipal and we're part
of an inner-city environment. Heck, some
kids use parts of our courses to walk to
school.

'The picture should be clear that we're
always in danger of being a haven for
vandals. Stolen cars, drug raids. This is
every day stuff in the city. Consequently,
vandalism at the municipal course is virtually an every day occurrence. Losing
pins, ball washers, or everything else
that's not nailed down. That happens all
the time.
'However, this spring was really explosive. Some car did a number on five of our

"We have 150 acres and
nothing protecting it except
the hope that maybe people
committing the damage might
take a second look at
themselves and smarten up."
Dino Frigo
greens at Franconia. Fortunately, and I
use the word with a lot of reservation, the
damage came in the spring when we were
able to get a recovery program going, one
that included aerifying and re-seeding.
That program took a full month to get
those greens back to decent condition. Believe me, a lot of man hours went into that
project.
"It's difficult to put a cost figure on that
incident, but I wouldn't be far off if I said
$15,000. And that has to be tacked onto
the $3,000 we suffer in losses like pins and
other movable objects. That's just for
hardware, mind you.
'There's really not much we can do to
curtail vandalism other than to make the
public aware of the problem through articles like the one you're setting up now.
But location means a lot. We have 150
acres and nothing protecting it except the
hope that maybe people committing the
damage might take a second look at themselves and smarten up. Otherwise, we
just have to live with it, which doesn't
make our lives and our jobs any easier."
GERRY FINN

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Putting... on the edge of disaster
by Jerry Tarde
from Golf Digest Magazine
When old Bil Fownes wanted to check
the green speed at Oakmont, he would
walk out to the second hole and carefully
drop a ball on the back of the putting
surface. If it didn't roll down the slope, off
the front of the green and into the fairway,
he would tell the grounds crew to cut and
roll the green again.
At least that is according to Oakmont
lore. For most of this century, Oakmont
has set the standard against which all
other top clubs measure their green
speeds. Now comes new evidence from
architect Pete Dye that green speed in the
old days may be wildly exaggerated.
Dye has had motion pictures of the
1962 U.S. Open at Oakmont studied by
mathematical experts. Analyzing the

A letter
to the President
from Jim Connolly
Mr. Paul Miller
President
Golf Course Superintendents
Association of New England, Inc.
Dear Paul:
It is an honor for me to receive an
honorary membership to the Golf Course
Superintendents Association of New England. I have been involved with many
superintendents organizations from the
State of Washington to Florida and your
organization is top-notch.
As you know, the USGA Green Section
could not survive without the support of
member clubs all across the United
States. We are a service organization and
our sole purpose is for the benefit of the
game of golf.
I have not lived in New England long,
but your warm acceptance of me makes me
feel like this is home.
Best regards for better golf,
Jim Connolly,
Agronomisi/USGA

time lapse of putts rolling across the
greens, they have concluded that Oakmont's speeds back then were "about 8 on
the Stimpmeter", what today is considered
relatively slow.
If true, Dye's discovery is important
because it might curb the chase for faster
greens, golf s costly equivalent of the arms
race. "The USGA is trying to raise $10
million to find hardier turf," says Dye.
"All they've got to raise is the mowers
1/16th of an inch."
But golfers persist in the mistaken belief that faster is better. And just as mistakenly, club members argue that their
greens were faster back in the '50s and
'60s. Most agronomists agree that this is
not possible, and USGA Green Section
National Director Jim Snow cites four innovations that have greatly added speed
in recent times:
- It's only been in the last 15 years that
clubs cut greens seven days a week; they
used to be cut every other day—a big
change.
- Cutting greens at S/16ths was considered very close, and l/4th of an inch was
common until the 1970s; the introduction
of thinner bedknives (against which the
rotary blades of mowers cut) allowed
greens to be scalped below l/8th of an inch.
- Clubs used to top-dress greens once
or twice a year; now they do it lightly every
three weeks.
- And until the 1970s, we didn't have
verticutters and groomers—new machinery that takes the excess top growth off the
leaves of grass.
But the real culprit is a yard-long metal
rod known as the Stimpmeter, which was
developed to quantify green speed. When
it was introduced in the mid-70s, the
USGA surveyed more than 1,500 greens
in 36 states and found that the average
roll was six feet, six inches on the Stimpmeter. "It's crept up over the years until
the average is closer to eight today, and
nine feels slow to some people," says Snow.
The result has been higher expenses for
maintenance of weaker turf that's more
susceptible to disease. Several years ago
in the Midwest, dozens of country clubs
noticed that their bentgrass greens were
dying of bacteria known as C15 Decline,
while the greens at neighboring daily-fee
and municipal courses were unaffected.
Turf-types began calling it "Rich Man's
Disease" because it only hit the wealthy
courses like Muirfield Village and Butler

National, where the greens were cut too
low.
"Trying to maintain consistently fast
greens means always living on the edge of
disaster," says Snow.
Some classic, old courses have now increased their speeds to the point that severely undulating greens are unputtable.
Then members argue the greens have "settled" over time and now need to be rebuilt.
Of course, all they need to do is play the
greens at the speed they were designed
for.
Now some courses are starting to post
their green speeds on locker room bulletin
boards. This only encourages idiotic competition among clubs for the fastest greens
in town and leads macho golfers to demand higher numbers or the super's job.
Longtime turf authority A1 Radko says
good putting begins at seven feet, six
inches. And for everyday play, it should
not get above nine.
The PGA Tour aims to have its greens
at around 10 feet, and the U.S. Open
shoots for 10 to 11-1/2 feet. But those are
once-a-year occasions, with the host club's
maintenance program targeted for tournament week.
SPEED KILLS, we've learned. If not
your superintendent, your greens.

GCSAA Conference
and show headed
to Dallas in '94
The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has announced that Dallas, Texas will be the site
of the 1994 International Golf Course conference and Show. GCSAA's board of directors confirmed the selection during the
board's spring meeting.
The Dallas conference and show is
scheduled for January 31 to February 7,
1994. This will be the first time GCSAA
has held its annual event in Dallas.
The 1994 event was originally scheduled to be held in Houston. However, the
George R. Brown Convention Center in
Houston would not have had sufficient
continuous floor space to house GCSAA's
ever-growing trade show.

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GCSANE & NHGCSA
enjoy great food, conversation, and golf
at Vesper Country Club
Some 120 players gathered at Vesper C.C., including Jack Peterson (above left), Andy
Langlois (below left), and Manny Francis (right), who returned to his old stomping grounds.

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Protect your players against lightning,
and your course against liability
from Golf Course Development
& Operations Quarterly
A 1989 Tennessee court of appeals rendered a decision against the state of
Tennessee in favor of Rebecca Haines
whose husband was killed by lightning at
Warrior Path State Park golf course in
1987.
The court's 1989 reversal of the Claims
Commissioner's denial of the claim concluded that, "The failure to post signs
warning of the hazards of lightning on the
golf course, coupled with the failure to
provide lightning-proof shelters, along
with the lack of a policy to clear the course
during thunderstorms, constitute the
proximate cause of the plaintiffs death."
The widow was awarded $300,000 plus
costs.
Because of the court decision, one club
in Tennessee, the Richland Country Club,
recently initiated the following Lightning
Policy:
"Lightning causes many deaths and injuries on golf courses every year. Players,
caddies, spectators, officials, and sponsors
of golf events need to take every precaution for the protection of persons against
lightning.
"Richland Country Club has a lightning detection device used when there is

threat of severe weather. When lightning
activity is detected in the area, an air horn
will be sounded. When the horn sounds,
discontinue play and seek shelter! It is
mandatory to discontinue play when the
horn sounds. In tournament play, the
player can either mark his ball or finish
the hole he/she is on. In non-tournament
play, anyone who does not take shelter
after the horn has sounded does so at
higher own risk. The USGA emphasizes
that players should be made aware that
they have the right to stop play if they
think lightning threatens them, even
though the committee may not have specifically authorized it by signal (Rules 6-8).

"(Richland lists its specific shelters.)
When shelter is not available, seek:
- Dense woods, not isolated trees.
- Low lying areas, not hilltops
or high places.
- Automobiles with metal tops
and bodies.
Avoid:
- Wire fences and overhead wires.
- Tractors and other golf course
maintenance equipment.
- Isolated trees.
- Golf cars or any open vehicles.
"NOTE: Raising clubs or umbrellas
above the head increases the hazard when
lightning is near."

Cadmium chloride (Caddy*)
registration canceled by producer
The Environmental Protection Agency
has announced termination of a Special
Review on the fungicide cadmium chloride
(Caddy, Liquid Cadmium Turf Fungicide)
due to voluntary cancellation of the only
remaining cadmium chloride pesticide
registration by its producer, W.A. Cleary
Corporation. According to EPA Fact
Sheet #220, "...no cadmium chloride product may be sold, distributed, or released

for shipment by the registrant after July
31, 1991, and no cadmium chloride product may be sold or distributed by a
retailer, dealer, or any person after December 31, 1991. Golf courses or end users
may not obtain or take possession of cadmium chloride product after December 31,
1991; supplies in their possession as of
December 31, 1991 may be used until exhausted."

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Friends of the Association profiles
Scott: A Company
Founded on Quality
Shortly after the Civil War, Orlando
MacLean Scott found a new way to clean
seed for farmers in central Ohio. The improved quality of seed boosted agricultural productivity and set the course for
the company that still bears his name.
By the turn of the century, the company
had turned its efforts to grass seed, and in
1916, received an order for 5,000 pounds
of Kentucky blue-grass from Brentwoodin-the-Pines, one of the first golf courses
in the country. In 1919 Scott produced a
publication titled "Seeding and Care of
Golf Courses" which promoted the use of
its seed products, and by 1920 one out of

five golf courses in the United States had
planted Scotts(R) seed.
Turf Builder(R), the first fertilizer created especially for turf, was introduced in
1928. In 1931, Scott secured its position
as the turfgrass authority by publishing
"The Putting Green" to detail the care of
golf course turf and offer suggestions on
construction. Since then, Scott has discovered and introduced a stream of product
breakthroughs that have enhanced the
nature of growing and redefined industry
standards for consistency and reliability
of performance. They include the first
combination product (Fertilizer Plus
Weed Control in 1947) and the first preemergent weed control product in 1950.
In 1957, Scott introduced the first lightweight, homogeneous, slow-release fertil-

izer designed specifically for turfgrass, using the patented Trionized process.
Windsor, the first patented bluegrass,
debuted in 1964. And the company introduced the first carrier-free, homogeneous,
slow-release fertilizer utilizing the Polyform process in 1968.
To its professional markets, Scott introduced high-density fertilizers in 1971
and a unique, computer controlled sulfurcoated urea process in 1979 with its
SREF(R) technology.
Throughout the 80s and into the 90s,
the Scott's Professional Business Group
introduced more than 75 new products,
including combination growth regulator/fertilizer products, (the first patented
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DIVOT DRIFT .. .announcements...educational

seminars...job opportunities
...tournament results...and miscellaneous items of interest to the membership.

CORRECTION

INFORMATION

To clear u p a possible misconception in
the July issue concerning our editor Kip Tyler. The congratulations to Kip complete
with "extra special" and a star for hosting the
Mass. State Open was added to the newsletter without Kip's knowledge. I had the
printer add it because I knew Kip would not
"toot his own horn", and his accomplishments
would go unnoted.
Paul Miller, Pres.

Robin H a y e s has joined the Tee and Green
Sod Inc. catering specifically to golf course
sod applications. Robin will be covering the
Massachusetts and Rhode Island territory.

POSITION AVAILABLE
Mechanic wanted at Woodland C.C. Call
Norman Mucciarone at 617-332-3056 (home)
or 617-527-0667 (work).

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
For Sale: John Deere 303 Gang Mowers
used only 8 hours. For more information call
the Milford Country Club at 508-478-1250
days or 508-478-5416 evenings. Must sell.
$7,000.

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HAVE YOU HEARD...
Have y o u heard the ad on WBZ radio promoting a new public golf course in the area?
It professes immaculate playing conditions
that, according to the ad, our other public
courses do not. I was not aware that the area
public courses offer (according to the promot i o n ) poor quality p l a y i n g conditions,
parched fairways, and scruffy groundskeeping.
Kip Tyler, Editor

CONGRATULATIONS
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to B o b D i R i c o (Mass
State Amateur, Brae Burn C.C.),
Rudy
Kehres (New England Classic, Pleasant
Valley C.C.), and David Barber (LPGA Bay

State Classic, Blue Hills C.C.) for having
their golf courses in fine shape for their respective events.

TOURNAMENT
RESULTS
July GCSANE & NHGCSA
T o u r n a m e n t Results
Vesper C.C.

Best Ball N e t a n d Gross
Gross:
Farina, Kirkman, Mierzwa, Robinson - 69
Net:
Lenhart, French, Chrobak, Uhlman - 58
Caranci, Hillier, Kimball, Healey - 58
Silva, Kaltrma, Armstrong, Cornicelli - 58
Duggan, Fur ina, Johnson - 60
Kane, Zepp, Donahue, Newell - 60
Reinertson, Robertson, Troll, Clement - 60
Special:
G. Frederick - Longest Drive
J. Hassett - Closest to Pin

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Please Patronize These FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION
AA Will Materials Corp.
168 Washington St., Stoughton, MA 02072
Top dressing, sand, loam, trap sand,
decorative stone, landscape materials
Est. 1886 - Phone: 1-800-4-AA WILL

International Golf Const. Co.
Antonios Paganis, Rep.
5 Purcell Rd., Arlington, MA 02174
Golf Course Construction
(617) 648-2351 or (508) 428-3022

Agriturt, Inc.
59 Dwight St., Hatfield, MA 01038
Fertilizer, seed, and chemicals for turf
1-800-824-2474

Irrigation Maintenance & Service
21 Lakeview Ave., Natick, MA, (508) 653-0625
Irrigation consultation, design, and
system evaluation - Bob Healey, ASIC

Baker Golf Cars
40 Walker St., Swansea. MA 02777
(508) 379-0092
Reps, Ray Chadwick, Bob Kinyoun

Tom Irwin, inc.
11B A St., Burlington, MA
800-582-5959
Jack Petersen (508) 256-6296 - Wayne Ripley (508) 252-6507
Dennis Friel (617) 938-1751 - Paul Skafas (603) 889-7177
Chris Petersen (617) 262-7586

Bartlett Tree Experts
Tree Maintenance, Fertilization &
Consulting
153 Rumford Ave., Newton, MA 02166
(617) 969-5990
The Bordon Company
Maynard, MA, Tel: (508) 897-2571
Sales Rep. Jack Borden
Bulk Limestone Dealer
Boston Irrigation Company
Dedham, MA
John Ramey, Paul Kenyon
(617) 461-1560
Distributor of Irrigation Supplies
and Accessories
The Cardinals, Inc.
166 River Rd., P.O. Box 520
Unionville, CT 06085
Golf Course & Landscape Supplies
John Callahan (203) 673-3699
Geoffrey S. Cornish & Brian Silva
Golf Course Architects
Fiddlers Green, Amherst, MA 01002
Country Club Enterprises, Inc.
Club Car Golf Cars, Carryalls/Utility Cars
P.O. Box 400, W. Falmouth, MA 02574
(508) 563-2284
Chester Drake & Sons, Inc.
222 Walnut St., Framingham, MA 01701
Golf Course Construction
(508) 875-7929
Elanco Products Company
Stephen C. Dolinak
31 Old T o w n Trail, Narragansett, Rl 02882
(401) 789-9017

Larchmont Eng. & Irrig. Co.
Larchmont Lane, Lexington, MA 02173
(617) 862-2550
The Lawn Co. Inc.
P.O. 1540, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
Tom Fair, 1-800-660-TURF
Fertilizers & Pest Controls Applied
Fairway Aeration & Slice Seeding

Sawtelle Bros.
65 Glenn St., Lawrence, MA 01843
(508) 682-9296

Lowden Tree & Landscape
433 Chestnut St., Needham, MA 02192
Tree maintenance, spraying, consulting,
landscaping, construction
Scott A. Stover, Rep. (617) 444-0402

Scotts Pro-Turf Div.
Allan Cumps, Regional Dir.
Rep. Scott Brown, (401) 294-3606
Rep. Richard Forni, (413) 534-8896

Madden Asphalt Corp., Boston, MA 02134
Paving-cart paths-parking lots-roadways
grading-sitework-drainage
(617) 254-0000 (617) 254-7100

Mobay Chemical Co.
Greg Ellis
67 Primrose Drive
Warwick, Rl 02818

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Pro-Lawn Products Inc.
231 Heather Street, Cranston, Rl 02920
Specializing in turf & ornamental needs
Contact Mike Kroian, (401) 944-9990

Loft's Seed
20 Beck Rd., Arlington, MA 02174
Victoria Wallace, Rep.

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

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P.I.E. Supply Co.
Dedicated to sales and service of quality
irrigation equipment. (203) 878-0658
John Lensing, (401) 246-0864 for your
irrigation needs.

J. P. Roberts Co.
Technical Resource Catalog
Survey-Weather-Testing-Meas.& Diag. Equip.
Barbara Piantedosi, (508) 456-6886

D.L. Maher Co.
Box 127, Concord St.
N. Reading, MA 01864
(617) 933-3210
Water Supply Specialists
Water Wells & Pumping Equipment

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Partac Peat Corporation
Great Meadows, NJ 07833-800-247-2326
(201) 637-4191—G.C. topdressing, const, mixes,
tennis ct. supply

Lesco Inc.
20005 Lake Rd., Rock River, OH 44116
Ron Tumiski, Rep. - Mike Donahue, Rep.
800-825-3726

Golf Direction Associates
54 N. Grove St., Foxboro, MA 02035
Golf forms designed to meet the
industry's specialized record keeping
requirements.
Nora Berard, (508) 543-9822

Holliston Sand Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 393, Trifft Rd., Slatersville, Rl
(401) 766-5010/Topdressing & Bunker Sand

Old Fox Chemical Inc.
Fertilizers-Seeds-Turf-Chemicals
66 Valley Street
E. Providence, Rl 02914

Read Sand & Gravel, Inc.
171 VFW Dr., Rockland, MA 02370
Top dressg loam; sand, concrete and brick;
stone, crushed, washed, colored; same day service,
Sat. deliveries.
Mike Donovan, (617) 878-2955

The Magovern Co., Inc.
27 Lawnacre Road
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Tel: 800-243-7718 or (203) 623-2508
Lew Varga, Rep.

The Charles C. Hart Seed Co.
P.O. Box 9169
Weathersfield, C T 06109
1-800-326-HART
Roy Sibley, (203) 376-9525
Don Whinnem, (603) 692-5097

Norfolk Power Equip., Inc.
194 Main Street, Norfolk, MA 02056
(508) 528-3120
Don Reynolds, Rep.

Lazaro's Golf Course Accessories
dba Hammond Paint & Chem. Co., Inc.
738 Main/Suite 223, Waltham, MA 02154
Joseph Lazaro, (617) 647-3361

Gold Star Wholesale Nursery & Sod Farm
Bill T h o m p s o n
Lexington, MA, (617) 861-1111
Canterbury, NH, (603) 783-4717

Hammond & Tilton, Inc.
P.O. Box 30, Exit 35W off I95
Fairfield, ME 04937
Tel: (207) 453-7131
John Deere Golf & Turf Equipment
Contact: Gary Hammond

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John's Tree & Landscape Company
Tree & Landscape Experts
All employees certified & insured
John P. Re, 617-739-7760

Nor-Am Chemical Co.
Wilmington, Delaware
David Sylvester, Rep.
(203) 828-8905

Modern Aeration Service, Inc.
62 Maple St., Boston, MA 02136
Featuring water injection aeration
Kevin Osgood, (617) 254-0925
Modern Tractor & Truck Service, Inc.
400 Pine St., Seekonk, MA 02771
Topdressing, V2" or %" screened loam, underground
tank removal, "convault" aboveground fuel tank,
Steven S. Howitt, (508) 761-5554
R.F. Morse & Sons Inc.
W. Wareham, MA 02576
(508) 295-1553
Reps., Larry Anshewitz, Jack Cronin
Nardone Sand & Gravel Co. Inc.
37 Power Rd., Westford, MA 01886
(508) 692-8221
Specializing in Topdressing Sand

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Shemin Nurseries, Inc.
Complete Hort. and Irrig. Supply Ctr.
Hudson, MA 01749
Michael Gimmelfarb, 1-800-274-3646
Soil Modifying Systems
2 Dwight Avenue, Salem, NH 03079
"Isolite" porous ceramics for root zone modification
Mark Secore, (603) 894-7149
Bruce Budrow, (508) 693-5972
Steiner Turf Equipment
Sales & Service, Vernons, Inc.
13 School St., Danvers, MA 01923
Dick Leigh, (508) 774-4410
Tee and Green Sod Inc.
Bentgrass, bluegrass and blue/fescue sod
Dave Wallace, Exeter, Rl 02822
(401) 789-8177/office — (401) 295-1870/home
Tuckahoe Turf Farms Inc.
Exeter, Rl, Litchfield, NH
West Suffield, CT
800-556-6985
Largest Producer of Penncross in New England
Owen Regan
Turf Products Corp.
7 Coppage Dr., Worcester, MA 01603
(508) 791-2091
Turf Specialty Inc.
60 Merrimac St., Hooksett, NH 03106
Turf & ,Ornamental Supplies
1-800-228-6656
Bob Flanagan, Kevin Lyons,
Dave Scherrherhorn, Ed Wiacek
Winding Brook Turf Farm, Inc.
240 Griswold Rd., Wethersfield, CT 06109
800-243-0232, Alan Anderson
Philip Wogan
Golf Course Architecture
17 Walker Rd., Topsfield, MA 01983

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for use on fine turf) and several different
pendimethalin products that significantly
advanced the effectiveness of pre-emergent weed control.
This dedication to quality and innovation has spurred the dramatic growth of
the entire company, but particularly in the
Scott Professional Business Group: sales
have more than tripled over the past 15
years. And we look forward to even healthier growth in the future.
The Scope of the Professional Business
Group:
For more than 25 years, Scott's Professional Business Group has operated with
a single perspective: to meet the growing
needs of professional turfgrass and nursery managers in this country and around
the world. In its product development and
service, Scott focuses on the individual
needs of each business segment it serves.
GOLF - Scott seeks to develop a close
partnership with golf course superinten-

dents to help them use SCOTTS products
more effectively. Scott Technical Representatives help each individual superintendent choose the right products for
particular applications and help them integrate those products into their planned
maintenance program and other maintenance work. The company also strives to
improve future golf course maintenance
practices by working closely with golf
course architects, builders, construction
companies, and management companies.

Winding Brook Turf Farm, Inc.
Winding Brook Turf «
Inc. was
founded in 1959 bj
/. Morgan
with the encourageme,
assistance of
local seedsmen to address needs of local
golf courses, landscapers, and developers.
Formerly a dairy farm, lands along the
Connecticut River were gradually transformed from crop lands to bluegrass turf.
Penncross Bentgrass was introduced and
grown at the home farm on Griswold Road
in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
As the demand for bluegrass sod and
Penncross bent grew, so did Winding
Brook with more acres put into sod production. William D. Morgan, Jr. (Doug)
and Charles Christie (Chuck) joined forces
in the early 80s and the operation expanded to include farms in Suffield,
Somers, and Windsor, Connecticut.

This time frame also witnessed remarkable technological growth in the turf
industry, i.e. automated harvesting equipment, superior mowers, and "piggyback"
forklifts to unload sod from trucks.
Presently, Winding Brook has over
1000 acres in production, including the
latest addition of 450 acres of sod in Kennebunk, Maine. Also at this location is a
wholesale nursery with quality trees and
shrubs to provide a more diversified operation. Winding Brook also distributes
Geotextile Fabrics (greens covers), Ideal
Brick Paving systems, Weyerhauser Fiber
Mulch, and the Lime Crest products.
Winding Brook services all of New England and part of New York with Alan Anderson covering Boston and all points
north, Dick Morse working the Cape, and
Chuck Christie handling Boston and
south through Connecticut and Rhode Island. Don Grant is in the "hot seat" dispatching trucks and handling orders at
corporate headquarters in Wethersfield,
Connecticut.

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