LETTER
Golf Course Superintendents

A S S O C I A T I O N OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.

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

July 1996

Environmental
preservation
guide Jeff Carlson & Charlie
J e f f Carlson and Charlie Passios are
immersed in golf projects that are miles,
and yes, oceans apart, but their perspectives walk hand-in-hand. Each veteran
superintendent is building a course with
improvement and preservation of the
environment as his guide.
Carlson's most recent tour of duty as
construction superintendent takes him to
Scituate. The site of the 18-hole municipal
course, as weil as its name, makes for overflowing intrigue. Widow's Waik is being
carved out of an abandoned sand and
gravel pit which once provided the materials for such well-known construction
projects as Logan Airport.
Turning south-southeast, and a lengthy
boat ride away, lies the Nantucket Golf
Club, where Passios has developers leaning on his expertise on the road to
completing that 18-hole private layout. It's
Charlie's first connection with a scratch-tofinish golf course after a distinguished
career at the Hyannisport Club.
Not so with Carlson. He was in on the
ground floor of a similar Corcoran

In -this

issue...
Page

Calendar of Events

2

The Super Speaks Out

3

GCSAA News

4.5.6
6

Divot Drift
Host Superintendent

Profile . . . .

8

Jennison project at the Ocean Edge Golf
Club in Brewster. Jeff was an integral part
of the construction process there, and
then stayed on as Ocean Edge's head superintendent through its maturing stages.
His assignment at Widow's Walk is similar, as he expects to remain the super
there when the course takes off its wraps
in a projected gala opening July 4, 1997.
The Widow's Walk architect is Dr.
Mike Hurdzan, whose design touches can
be seen at the Sterling, Willowbend, and

"When the first steps were
iakens the site was in beat
up condition. Half of it was
used as a dirt bike grounds
and the other half as a
dump. What a transition
this is going t© bes since
half will be a well field
for the town water supply^
and the second half will
be transformed into a
golf course."
Jeff Carlson
Widow's Walk Golf Course

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Passios

Dennis Highlands courses. Dr. Hurdzan
shares his of enthusiasm for Widow's
Walk with Carlson. He has the layout
stretching to about 6,500 yards over a
spread of spectacular views. Included on
the card will be five par 3s and five par 5s.
That's interesting in itself.
"Actually, this is a restoration attempt,"
Carlson observed. "When the first steps
were taken, the site was in beat-up condition. Half of it was used as a dirt bike
grounds and other half as a dump. What
a transition this is going to be, since half
will be a well fieid for the town water
supply, and the second half wiil he transformed into a golf course.
"It really is an experimental project,
with the emphasis on bringing the environment back to snuff and developing the
golf course as an environmental monument to the area. There will be grasses
for which maintenance is considered that
require less pesticides and less water. And
that's just for starters."
Widow's Walk will feature other
innovations sure to put a smiie on Mother
Nature. The greens makeup triggers surefire excitement in that there will be six
USGA-specs greens, six California greens
(which means 100 percent sand base), and
six push-up greens. During the maturation
and refining stages, measuring devices
will determine which set suits environmental causes best.
Another first will raise a few eyebrows
in the establishment of stacked wall
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PRESIDENT
Robert DIRloo, CGCS*
326 Fuller Street, West Newton, MA 02165
617-527-6968
Brae Burn Country Club
VICE PRESIDENT
Kevin F. Osgood
14 Inman Lane, Foxborough, MA 02035
617-630-1950
Newton Commonwealth Golf Course
SECRETARY
James Fitzroy, CGCS*
357 W. Squantum Street, North Qulncy, MA 02171
617-323-1776
Presidents Golf Course
TREASURER
Robert Ruszala
69 Gelinas Drive, Chicopee, MA 01020
413-256-8654
Hickory Ridge Country Club
TRUSTEE
John T. Hassett
110 Montgomery Avenue, Lowell, MA 01851
508-458-7300
Mount Pleasant Golf Course
TRUSTEE
Scott Reynolds
543 Dedham Street, Newton Centre, MA 02159
617-244-7741
Charles River Country Club
TRUSTEE
Charles T. Passios, CGCS*
P. O. Box 392, Hyannisport, MA 02647-0392
508-775-5116
Hyannisport Club
FINANCE CHAIRMAN
James B. Conant, CGCS*
606 River Road, Marstons Mills, MA 02648-1735
508-362-1136
Kings Way Golf Club
GOLF CHAIRMAN
Michael J. Hermanson
100 Eaton Street, Gardner, MA 01440
508-632-2713
Gardner Municipal Golf Course
EDUCATION CHAIRMAN
Michael V. lacono, CGCS*
42 Newton Street, Weston, MA 02193-2399
617-899-7913
Pine Brook Country Club
NEWSLETTER CHAIRMAN
Michael Nagle, CGCS*
51 Lincoln Avenue, Holden, MA 01520
508-853-6574
Worcester Country Club
PAST PRESIDENT
Edward L. Brearley
189 Matfield Street, West Brldgewater. MA 02379
508-584-6568
*denotes Certified Golf Course Superintendent

NEWSLETTER
Newsletter Editor . . M l e h a e l F. Magie, C G C S
Contributing Editor
G e r r y Finn
Business Manager
Robert Ruszala
Information contained in this publication may be
used freely, in whole or in part, without special
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c o n t i n u e d from page 1
bunkers, using recyclable products as
their defining boundaries. "We're al! looking at this with much anticipation,"
Carlson said. "The particular products for
the b u n k e r s are old, used pieces of carpet.
They're being collected and made ready to
serve as sand trap walls. We're really anxious to see how this turns out."
Nationally-acclaimed architect Rees
Jones is staking out the overall run of at
least 6,900 yards to create the championship course at the Nantucket Golf Club.
Jones needs no introduction. His works,
some in conjunction with his famous
father, Robert Trent Jones, are considered
masterpieces in golf course galleries.
It's said that Nantucket needs a second
course to join Sankaty Head as island golfing showcases. That's why the new club
was conceived by 50 founding members
who formed an informal partnership with
the National Heritage Foundation and the
Massachusetts Audubon Society in a
construction process that includes an endangered species program.
"The species in question is the bushy
rock rose," Passios explained. "This rose
is considered a treasure in these (Nantucket) parts, and we think it's the first
time a golf course has committed itself to
such a project of protecting and encouraging propagation of the plant, as well as
several Pennsylvania sedge plants."
The Nantucket layout is being constructed by the Wadsworth Company,
which has had a hand in some of the country's finest golf courses. Passios is right in
the middle of things, too, as "Manager of
Golf Course and Grounds."
"The course is set on much virgin
land," Charlie disclosed. "Preserving a
good portion of it is in the framework of
the overall project. Preservation of certain
parts of that land along with rehabilitating
old, discarded land is on the list of top construction priorities."
The Nantucket venture has come under much attention from other sections of
the country. In fact, on an early June day,
Par for the Course, a national TV show
sponsored by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, was filming
a piece on the Nantucket Golf Club progress report, with f u r t h e r plans to stop off
at Widow's Walk for a similar gig there.
"I think both of our courses (Widow's
Walk, Nantucket) could become actual
benchmark efforts for f u t u r e golf course

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. . We think it's the first
time & golf course has
committed itself t® a
project of protecting and
encouraging propagation
of the plant (endangered
bushy roeft rose), as well
m several Pennsylvania
sedge plants J*
Charlie Passios
Nantucket Golf Club

construction in the country," Carlson
added. "For years we (superintendents)
have been practicing and pushing for
environment-friendly approaches to golf
course maintenance, but in relative seclusion. Very soon it will become a wellknown fact that golf and the environment
are not enemies. These two courses are a
step in that direction."
GERRY FINN

Calendar
July 16

GCSANE Joint Meeting
with RIGCSA
Agawam Hunt Club
West Barrington, R.I.

August 12

Superintendent /
Club Official Tournament
Oak Hill C.C.
Fitchburg, Mass.

September 23

GCSANE Monthly Meeting
Twin Hills Country Club
Longmeadow, Mass.

October 1

GCSANE Monthly Meeting
Stow Acres Country Club
Stow, Mass.

October 23

NEPGA/GCSANE
Shanahan Memorial
Pro-Supt. Tournament
Willowbend Club
Cotuit, Mass.

November 4

GCSANE Monthly Meeting
Nabnasset Lake Country Club
Westford, Mass.

Jan. 13-15,

Mass. Turf Conference

1997

Hynes Convention Center
Boston, Mass.

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The Mi&er

Speaks

Out

This month's
question:
How has the seasonal help picture at your course
been shaping up this year, and what changes, if any,
have emerged1
D a v e Kahrman, The Thompson Club: "I
base my seasonal help philosophy on the
accepted theory now going through the
rounds of country clubs around the country. It says that as the expectations of the
members go up, so do the demands I have
on my crew. In other words, if I'm to meet
expectations for a better conditioned
course, I have to have better workers.
"That's probably why for the first time
in nine years I've had a drastic turnover in
personnel. There are 12 people on the
crew here and this year seven are new.
"There are a lot of reasons for the big
change in numbers. Perhaps the wage dilemma has something to do with it. I start
my guys at the going rate of about $7.00
an hour and pick it up according to the
results I receive. Those results are important because I react to my help on a
performance basis. If they perform, they
stay, and almost always get a boost in pay.
If they don't perform, they're gone.
"This may seem rough, but I give my
people more than enough time to find out
if they can hack it here. Usually, I put new
workers on probation for one month.
They have that time to either shape up or
ship out. Sometimes, it doesn't take more
than a week for some to admit they can't
do the job. So they quit, giving me opportunity to try replacements.
"This year has been a tough one in
matter of putting pressure on myself and
my crew. Because of the severe winter
we went through, much of the end-ofseason clean-up chores and minor
improvement projects had to be put on
hold. Therefore, when the spring weather
finally arrived, I had to push my crew
in two directions. One was finishing off
what began in the fall and the other had
to to with picking up preparations for the
opening of another season. It all boiled

down to requiring help that could get
both jobs done.
"I just kept pushing to find out who
could make it in terms of reliability and
positive results until I came up with
the 12 workers capable of meeting the
grooming expectations of our members.
Eventually, it all came around nicely and
right now I feel comfortable with what I
ended up with."

S c o t t Merrill, Wayland Country Club:
"I start my seasonal help at $7.00 an
hour. That's not too bad for inexperienced
people who have to learn the job as
they go along. So, I'm convinced the
question of wages doesn't enter into the
problem of landing a solid crew and
retaining them.
"I've had a lot of success with retired
people, even though some of them aren't
able to do the strong-arm jobs younger
workers can do. Regardless, I usually depend on retired workers to do specific
things. In the long run they take pride in
their efforts and their input becomes an
automatic plus in the general scheme of
my maintenance program.
"It seems to me that as the season goes
along, my seasonal help loses interest in
what they're doing. It could be that the
mid-summer temperatures put a crimp in
their work ethics. It's no fun walking
behind a mower in 95-degree heat, but
there aren't too many pure labor jobs that
are fun when the heat and humidity start
climbing out of sight.
"As far as my crew makeup goes, I
have little carryover from last year, except
for those retired people who came back
with the same enthusiasm they had when
last season ended. But this is the way it is
most of the time. The younger workers

are reluctant to return and the older ones
can't wait to get back to doing something
productive.
"This is my 11th year at Wayland, third
as head super, and the trend remains the
same. New faces appear and do the job
as best they can until they run out of the
right mindset for the job. It would be
nice to have a group of workers who can
afford to be part-timers forever. But that
isn't going to happen."

M i k e Iacono, Pine Brook Country Club:
"My seasonal help story is like the song
goes, or what a difference a year (day)
makes."
"A year ago I went through 38 bodies
to get a 22-person crew. That was a real
weed-out situation. However, it was worth
it because of the 22 I wound up with, all
returned except one this year.
"I think we always have to keep in
mind that working the maintenance
shifts at a golf course is dirty and hard
duty. That's why it's important to get
the right mix of people to form a wellrounded crew.
"Fifteen of my group are what I call
regular full-time or seasonal full-time.
That means they are the dependable core
section of the crew, and believe it or not,
eight of them are over the age of 65.
"Those eight older men do most of
the rider mowing. They are all happy
in their work and get here early enough
so that their work day usually is done by
noontime. In fact, that full roster of 22
probably is down to six or seven when
afternoon play picks up after the heavy
mowing is history.
"The key to seasonal help is mental
attitude, an attitude that reflects the feeling that a person doesn't mind being laid
off at the end of the season. Another
strong point for keeping some of the
younger guys on the job is an incentive
clause in their work agreement. That
payoff is a full week's pay after someone
works 15 straight weeks. You'd be surprised how it keeps kids from quitting.
"Wages always will be a factor in maintaining a quality crew. I begin with $7.00,
but I wish I could pay $10.00. Somewhere
in between is a happy medium. How
happy? I know that when I round up
my crew for the following season."
GERRY FINN

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GCSAA News

GCSAA Conference & Shùw Committee
streamlines registration & adjusts sh^w hours
T h e Conference and Show Committee of
the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) met on April 23
at the Alexis P a r k Resort and Spa in Las
Vegas to review the success of GCSAA's
67th International Golf Course Conference and Show and plan improvements
for next year's event in Las Vegas.
The second largest event in the golf
industry, the 1996 conference and show,
held in Orlando, Fla., had record breaking
attendance of 21,784 participants, with
nearly 700 companies exhibiting at the
trade show. The committee discussed
changes to streamline the registration
process to better handle this volume of attendees, especially at peak times.
"Distributors only" hours, held the first
half-day of the Orlando trade show, are
scheduled for 9-12 a.m. on Feb. 10. Based
on the committee's recommendation, the
"members-only" h o u r s will be discontinued in 1997, allowing the trade show to
open to all attendees at noon. Trade show
h o u r s will be extended the final day, Feb.
12, until 5 p.m. for the Las Vegas event
only (see schedule below).
The committee also recommended that
the Opening Session and the Environmental General Session begin at 6 p.m.
to provide more time for seminar participants to complete the day's activities and
travel to Bally's Casino Resort for these
important events.
Traditionally, GCSAA members have
been given preferential treatment in
registering for education seminars via an
"Early Bird" brochure mailing that differed in content from the updated "Fall"
brochure. The committee endorsed a plan
to have members continue to receive the
early mailing. The second mailing to the
general public will use the same brochure.
Updated information will be available in
Newsline, Golf Course Management and
the preview edition of the daily conference and show newspaper "Showtime,"
and on GCSAA's world wide web site.
Attendees will be able to register by printing the registration form available there

The 1996 conference
had record-breaking
attendance of 2IJ 84
participants, with nearly
7GO companies exhibiting
at the trade show.
and faxing or mailing it to GCSAA. Plans
call for on-line registration by the 1998
conference and show.
GCSAA Director Michael Wallace,
Certified Golf Course Superintendent
(CGCS) at Hop Meadow Country Club in
Simsbury, Conn., chaired the meeting.
Other Conference and Show Committee
members in attendance were: Tim Barrier,
superintendent at Rancho Santa Fe Golf
Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; David R.

Davies, CGCS at Palo Alto Municipal Golf
Course in Palo Alto, Calif., William G.
Fielder, CGCS at Spanish Trail Golf and
Country Club, Las Vegas; Dennis Maskell,
superintendent at Shadow Creek Golf
Club in North Las Vegas, William D. Röhret, CGCS at Sunrise Country Club in
Las Vegas; J. Kevin Roffl, superintendent
at Eastwood Golf Club in Orlando, Fla.;
and Donald Scott Sutton, superintendent
at Sunrise Country Club in Las Vegas.
Other members of the Conference and
Show Committee for 1996 are: Timothy
Dagg, superintendent at Canyon Gate
Country Club in Las Vegas, James Edward
Hodnett, CGCS at O.B. Sports Inc. in Las
Vegas; Collier Miller, CGCS at Tournament Players Club at Summerlin in Las
Vegas, James R. Sprankle III, superintendent at Paiute Resort in Las Vegas, and
Brad C. Vowles, CGCS at Angel Park Golf
Course in Las Vegas.
(For a complete daily schedule as of
5/17/96, please turn to page 6.)

GCSAA News

GCSAA creative team receives
SNAP Excel Award for publications
T h e marketing/creative services team
from the GCSAA headquarters staff has
won a gold award in the 1996 SNAP
Excel Awards competition. SNAP, Society
of National Association Publications,
recognized the achievement at an awards
luncheon May 24, in Washington, D.C.
GCSAA's entry, the 1996 Orlando
International Golf Course Conference &
Show publications, received the award
in the convention publications, convention
marketing campaign category. The purpose of the Excel awards is to recognize
excellence in the work of professionals
in the editorial, graphics, advertising,
and marketing aspects of association
publishing.

The marketing/creative services team
consists of Teri Harris, manager; Krista
Wagner and Kristi Frey, coordinators;
Kelly Neis and Lisa Slavin, graphic designers; and Bev Schuster, production/mail
supervisor. Last year, the 1995 San Francisco Early Bird Registration Brochure
won a silver award in the same category.
SNAP presents Excel awards in 11
categories, and more than 900 entries
were received in the 1996 competition.
Based in McLean, Va., SNAP is a nonprofit, professional society serving the
needs of association and society publications and their staffs. SNAP strives to
develop and maintain high standards of
editorial and advertising content for association/society journals and publications.

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GCSAA News

GCSAA Tournament Committee meets
to change deadline, pmpœe improvements
T h e Tournament Committee of the Golf
Course Superintendents Association of
America (GCSAA) met April 15-18 at the
Hyatt Regency in Irvine, Calif., to finalize
recommendations for the 1997 membersonly golf championship to be held in Las
Vegas, and to preview courses for the
1998 tournament.
More than 700 golfers competed in
the 1996 GCSAA Golf Championship held
in February in Orlando, Fla., as part of
GCSAA's International Golf Course
Conference and Show. The Tournament
Committee has recommended to the

association's board of directors that registration not exceed 720 participants.

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Other recommendations made by the
committee include:
• Changing the tournament entry deadline to Nov. 15, 1996.
• Enhancing the tournament software
package to ensure timely postings of
second-day tee times and correct pairings, including an automated tee-time
system.

GCSAA News

Grandfathering entry into the 1997
event those competitors who have
played three of the past five years, if
registration is received on or before
Oct. 1, 1996.

• Providing handicap and flight information to participants in advance.
The committee's recommendations
were approved by GCSAA's Board of Directors at their spring meeting, held May 2-5
at the association's headquarters in
Lawrence, Kan.
The 47th GCSAA Golf Championship
will be held Feb. 5-6, 1997, in Las Vegas
at the following courses:
• Sunrise Country Club - West Course

Industry group makes suggestions
to enhance GCSAA trade show
B r u c e R. Williams, CGCS, president of
the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) chaired a
meeting of industry partners April 22 at
the Alexis Park Resort and Spa in Las
Vegas. These partners met to provide
feedback on GCSAA's 67th International
Golf Course Conference and Show held in
February in Orlando, Fla., and to suggest
ideas for next year's trade show in
Las Vegas.
The partners, formally known as the Industrial Advisory Council (IAC), provide
important input to the association from
the exhibitor's point of view. The group
discussed several enhancements:
• Improving aisle and booth signage.
Possible changes include having more
"you are here" signs throughout the
trade show floor.
® Implementing a new automated lead
retrieval system for all exhibitors.
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Improving communication with small
exhibitors.

• Discontinuing the product literature
kiosk.
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° Relocating the allied association
pavilion next to the GCSAA member
services area.
Also of concern to the group were
the delays that occurred at on-site registration in Orlando and confusion over the
"members-only" trade show hours. These
concerns were addressed by GCSAA's
conference and show committee, which
met the following day.
GCSAA Vice President Paul S.
McGinnis, CGCS, attended as IAC vicechairman. Other IAC members are:
Michael Alexander of Club Car Inc., Carla
Barebo-Ott of Otterbine Barebo Inc.;
Dennis Brown of The Toro Company;
Steve Burrel! of Southern Corporate
Promotions; Dave Ferguson of Ransomes
America Corp.; Bill Liles of Ciba Turf &
Ornamental, Terri Lohmann of Sandoz;
John Mielke of Jacobsen, Division of
Textron; Clair Peterson of Deere &
Company; Tom Rogers of R & R Products
Inc.; David Thrailkill of SyncroFlow Inc.;
Doug Toews of International Seeds Inc.;
and Roger Underwood of BeckerUnderwood Inc.

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Badlands Golf Club

• Las Vegas Pauite Resort - Nu-Wav Kai
(Snow Mountain) and Tav-ai Kaiv (Sun
Mountain) Courses
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Wildhorse Golf Club

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Las Vegas Hilton Country Club

For the third year, the GCSAA Golf
Championship will be in partnership with
The Toro Company. Toro helps staff the
tournament, contributes tee prizes, and
hosts social functions for tournament participants. Toro also makes donations to
The GCSAA Foundation in the names of
the individual flight and team winners.
George Renault III, Certified Golf
Course Superintendent (CGCS) at Burning Tree Club in Bethesda, Md., is
chairman of GCSAA's 1996 tournament
committee. Other tournament committee
members are: Edward W. Fischer, CGCS,
Old Elm Club, Libertyville, 111.; Les
Kennedy Jr., CGCS, Country Club of Waterbury, Waterbury, Conn.; William F.
Ploetz, superintendent, Independence Golf
Course, Gonzales, Texas; Joel A. Ratcliff,
CGCS, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.; Nick L. Vance, CGCS, Falls
Road Public Golf Course, Rockville, Md.;
and Samuel T. Williamson, CGCS at O.iai
Valley Inn and Country Club, Ojai, Calif.

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GCSAA announces schedule for 997 conference & show
GCSAA 6 8 t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l Golf Course
C o n f e r e n c e a n d Show Daily Schedule

2 p.m. - 5 p.m

(As of 5 / 1 7 / 9 6 )

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. . . . Environmental
General Session Reception

Thursday - Monday, F e b r u a r y 6-1©
6:30 a.m. - 8 a.m
Conference
Seminar Registration

Monday, F e b r u a r y 10
6 a.m. - 7 a.m

8 a.m. - 5 p.m. . . . Conference Seminars

General Education
Session and Forums

Saturday, F e b r u a r y 8
6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. . . . Opening S e s s i o n /
Reception
Sunday, F e b r u a r y 9
8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m
8 a.m. - 5 p.m

Certification
Examination
Turfgrass
Field Seminar

. Innovative

Superintendent Session: Part I
9 a.m. - 1 2 noon

. . Distributor Preview

9 a.m. - 1 2 noon

. . . . . .
Concurrent
Educational Sessions

12 noon - 1 : 3 0 p.m

Innovative

Superintendent Session: Part li
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. . . . .

Trade Show Open

8 a.m. - 1 2 noon . . . .
Annual Meeting
and Election of Officers

Innovative
Superintendent
Breakfast & Discussion Groups

7 a.m. - 8:30 p.m

7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m

Certification
Luncheon

9 a.m. - 1 2 noon . . .

Allied Association
Programs

1 p.m. - 5 p.m. . . . USGA Green Section
Education Program
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m

Friends of the

Foundation Meeting/Reception
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. . . . .

Gala '97 Reception

7 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gala'97

Wednesday, F e b r u a r y 12
9 a.m. - 5 p.m
Trade Show Open

12 noon - 6 p.m. . . . Trade Show Open
9 a.m. - 1 2 noon . Educational Programs

9 a.m. - 1 2 noon
9 a.m. - 12 n o o n

. .

General Education
Session

. . Collegiate Turfbowl
Competition

1 p.m. - 4 p.m

Forums
10 a.m.-12 noon

Tuesday, F e b r u a r y 1 1
6 a.m. - 7 a.m

Innovative
Superintendent
Breakfast & Discussion Groups

. International Summit

4:30 p.m

18-Hole Challenge
Prize Drawing

DIVOT
DRIFT.. .announcements...educational
seminars...job
opportunities
...tournament
results...and miscellaneous items of interest to the membership.
MEMBERSHIP
Proposed for Membership: Michael Turner, Affiliate, Turf Products Corporation, Enfield, Conn.;
Allen Seed Store, Friend, Slocum, R.I.; Gregory
Allen, Affiliate, Allen Seed Store, Slocum, R.I.;
Thomas Conlin, Assistant, Shaker Hills Golf
Course, Harvard, Mass.; Keith Wilson, Assistant,
Pine Brook Country Club, Weston, Mass.; Mark
Daly, Assistant, Pine Brook Country Club, Weston,
Mass.
Welcome New Members: David Laffey, Assistant,
Newton Commonwealth Golf Course, Newton,
Mass.; Conor Fitzgerald, Regular, Chelmsford
Country Club, Chelmsford, Mass.; Douglas Hopper, Affiliate, Bruedan Corp., Swansea, Mass.;
Jeffery Oteri, Assistant, Woodland Golf Club, Auburndale, Mass.; William Thompson, Affiliate, Gold
Star Sod Farm & Nursery, Concord, N.H.; Malcolm
McPhail, Affiliate, Gold Star Sod Farm & Nursery,
Hanover, Mass.

INFORMATION
Congratulations to Thomas Ackley of Juniper Hill
G.C. on becoming a Certified Golf Course Superintendent
Turf Research grants for 1996 have been awarded
to Dr. Gail Schumann and Dr. Rob Wick of the
University of Massachusetts and Dr. Bridget Rummele of the University of Rhode Island.

MEETING

NOTES

A Thank You to Steve Murphy and the entire crew
at Larry Gannon G.C. for a great meeting on June
10. For those of you that didn't attend, you missed
a great golf course in terrific condition.

TOURNAMENT

RESULTS

June 10, 1996
Best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Mel
O'Kelly, who is recuperating from heart bypass
surgery.
Our condolences go out to Bob Brown of Sawtelle
Brothers whose brother passed away recently.
Jack Hassett wants us to know that applications
are available for GCSANE S&B scholarships. The
deadline is Aug. 31, 1996. For more information,
call him at 508458-7300.
Golf Marathon donations will be gladly accepted
by Kevin Osgood, who is playing in the Aug. 6
tournament to benefit the Oulmet Fund.

Larry Gannon Golf Course, Lynn, Mass.
Gross
1st place: 150 - Steve Murphy, Mike Hermanson,
Jim Fitzroy, & Kevin McCarthy
2nd Place: 153 - Mike Cornicelli, Dave D'Andrea,
Ed Eardley, & Tom Fox
Net
1st Place: 125 - Ed Uhlman, Mike Sullivan, Chris
Cowan, & Ken Crimmins
2nd Place: 127 - Daryn Brown, Jim Casey, Joe
Farina, & Dave Stowe
3rd Place: Bob DiRico, Steve Butler, Ron Dobosz,
<£ John Murphy
Closest to the pin: Dave Comee & Ken Crimmins

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Please patronize these FRIENDS of the ASSOCIATION
Advanced Agronomic Services, Inc.
91 Day St., Leominster, MA 01453
Deep-tine aerification, core aerification,
overseeding, and irrigation services.
Jim Favreau - (508) 840-0432
A-0K Turf Equipment
9 Leuba Road, Coventry, Rl 02816
New England Articulator dealer, Greens Groomer
Brush, & used equipment.
Mike Cornicelli - (401) 826-2584
AA Will Materials Corporation
168 Washington St., Stoughton, MA 02072
Top dressing & bunker sand, loam, decorative
stone, S landscape materials. Est. 1886.
Frank Will, Dan Graziano, Kevin LaPorte
1-800-4-AAWILL
Agriturf, Inc.
59 Dwight St., Hatfield, MA 01038
Fertilizer, seed, and chemicals for turf.
1-800-346-5048

Banco Products Company
31 Old Town Trail, Narragansett, Rl 02882
Stephen C. Dolfnak - (401) 789-9017
F.D.I., Inc.
(Fairway Design Illustration)
55 Railroad Ave., Warren, HI 02885
Custom granite signs & markers.
Joseph K. Martin, Robert Page
(401) 245-7890 or 1-800-358-8337
Gold Star Wholesale Nursery & Sod Farm
Bill Thompson
Lexington, MA-(617) 861-1111
Canterbury, NH - (603) 783-4717
Golf Direction Associates
54 N. Grove St., Foxboro, MA 02035
Business forms, graphics, reports, resumes.
Nora Berard - (508) 543-9822
FAX (508) 698-0402

Baiter Golf Cars
40 Walker St., Swansea, MA 02777
Steve Founier, Doug Hooper
(508) 379-0092
BartlettTree Experts
153 Rumford Ave., Newton, MA 02166
Tree maintenance, fertilization & consulting.
(617) 969-5990
Bayer Corporation
1516 Capella South, Goat Island
Newport, Rl 02840
Baylaton, Merit, Dylox, Tempo, Nemacur.
Brad Herman-(401) 846-3515;
FAX (401) 846-8012

The Charles C. Hart Seed Co.
P. 0. Box 9169, Weathersfield, CT 06109
Roy Sibley, Dick Gurski
1-800-326-HART
Hartney Greymont
433 Chestnut St., Needham, MA 02192
Tree care, landscape consruction, consulting.
Mark J. Tobin - (617) 444-1227
International Golf Construction Co.
5 Purceli Rd„ Arlington, MA 02174
Golf course construction.
Antonios Paganis
(617) 648-2351 or (508) 428-3022

Best Bent Turf, Inc.
P.O. Box 318, Raymond, NH 03077
Aian Anderson - (603) 895-6220

irrigation Management & Services
21 Lakeview Ave., Natick, MA 01760-4252
Irrigation consultation, design & system
evaluation.
Bob Healey, ASIC, CID - (508) 653-0625

The Borden Company
Maynard, MA
Bulk limestone dealer.
Jack Borden - (508) 897-2571
Boston irrigation Company
Dedham, MA
Distributor, irrigation supplies & accessories.
John Ramey, Paul Kenyon, Robert Barbati
(617)461-1560
irennan Sales
P. 0. Box 1082, Scarborough, ME 04070
Turf care products.
Bob Brennan - (207) 883-5799
Caldwell Environmental
5 Cross St., Acton, MA
(508) 263-4586

Tom Irwin, Inc.
11B A St., Burlington, MA
Jack Petersen, Wayne Ripley, Dennis Friel
Paul Skafas, Chris Petersen
1-800-582-5959
¡Can Jones Tira Co.
Worcester, MA
Distributor of tires for lawn a garden, trucks, cars,
industrial equipment, and golf carts.
Gerry Jones - (508) 755-5255
Landmark Construction
42 Chamock St., Beverly, MA 01915
Tee/bunker shaping & remodeling,
cart path work, drainage, tree planting,
6 landscape construction our specialty
Daniel Champion - (617) 927-5052

The Cardinals, Inc.
166 River fid., P. O. Box 520
Unionville, CT 06085
Golf course & landscape supplies.
John Callahan - (203) 673-3699
Cedar Lawn Tree Service, Ins.
32 Nickerson Road, Ashiand, MA 01721
Pruning, fertilization, removal, and
professional care.
William P. Maley - (508) 881-2622
Geoffrey S. Cornish & Brian Silva
Golf Course Architects
Fiddlers Green, Amherst, MA 01002

Country Golf, Inc.
4852 Westchester Dr., Traverse City, Ml 49684
Golf course construction & reconstruction;
specialists in Donald Ross courses.
Jerry Deemer- (616) 947-5751
Michael Drake Constuction, Inc.
240 Walnut Street, Framingham, MA 01701
Golf course reconstruction; professional shaper
Michael Drake - (508) 875-8247

D.L. l a t e Co.
Box 127, Concord St., N. Reading 01864
Water supply specialists; water wells &
pumping equipment.
(617) 933-3210

Sawielle Bros.
65 Glenn St., Lawrence, MA 01843
Bob Brown, Larry Bunn, Mike Hannigan,
Frank Higgins, John Lenhart
(508) 682-9236

Mass Natural
P. 0. Box 363, Westminster, MA 01473
Manufacturers & suppliers of organic compost,
enriched topsoil, custom planting mixes.
(508) 874-0744

Seotis Pro-Turl Div.
Allan Cumps, Regional'Director
Randy Hamilton - (508) 528-4642
Richard Fomi- (413) 534-8896

Lawrence R. McCoy & Co., Inc.
100 Front St., 700 Mechanics Tower
Worcester, MA 01608
Wholesale resource for railroad ties, timbers,
bagged or bulk mulches, fencing, stakes,
planters, and ice & snow melt.
1-800-346-2269
McNulty Construction Corp.
19TurnerRd., P.O. Box 3218
Framingham, MA 01701
Asphalt paving of cart paths, walkways,
and parking areas.
John McNulty-(508) 879-8875
¡Seco Environmental, inc.
1119 Washington St., Weymouth, MA 02189
Installation of UST/AST, pump/tank upgrades,
and oil/water separator installation.
Greg Murphy-(617) 331-6446
Modem Aeration Service, Inc.
212 Kendrick St., Newton, MA 02158
Featuring water injection aeration.
Kevin Osgood-(617) 630-1950
Modern Tractor S Truck Service, Inc.
400 Pine St., Seekonk, MA 02771
Holliston sand/loam topdressing mixture,
1/2" or 1/8" screened loam, underground tank
removal, Convault aboveground fuel tank.
Steven S. Howitt - (508) 761-5554
R.F. Morse & Sons, Inc.
W. Wareham, MA 02576
Larry Anshewitz, Jack Cronin
(508) 295-1553
Nardane Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.
37 Power Rd„ Westford, MA 01886
Topdressing sand & mixes, bunker sands,
root-zone mixes, loam, cart path materials,
drainage stone.
Greg Frederick - (508) 692-8221 ,(617) 648-6222
Apr-Eva U.S.A. Co.
Wilmington, Delaware
David Sylvester - (203) 828-6905
Pariae Golf Course Top-Dressing
Kelsey Part, Great Meadows, NJ 07838
Heat treated top-dressing, golf hole targets,
turf blankets, and other specialty golf supplies.
Jim Keisey - 1-800-247-2326, (908) 637-4191

Larchmont Eng. & Irrig. Co.
Larchmont Lane, Lexington, MA 02173
Steve Butler-(617) 862-2550

P.i.E. Supply Co.
For your irrigation needs; dedicated to sales
and service of quality irrigation equipment.
Greg Albanese - (617) 964-8533 (phone & fax)

The Laws CO., Inc.
P. O. Box 1540, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
Fertilizers & pest controls applied;
fairway aeration & slice seeding.
Tom Fair- 1-800-660-TURF

Pro-Lawn Products, Inc.
24 Johnathan Rd., W. Greenwich, Rl 02817
Specializing in turf & ornamental needs.
(401) 397-8880

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

Country Club Enterprises, Inc.
P. O. Box 820, Cataumet, MA 02534
Club Car golf cars, carryalls, utility cars.
Jim Casey, Dave Farina, Ed Maguire
(508) 563-2284

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Doering Equipment
P.O. Box N, Franklin, MA 02038
Distributor of John Deere golf & turf equipment.
Mark Doering - (508) 520-3629

LESCO, Inc.
20005 Lake Rd„ Rocky River, OH 44116
Ron Tumiski, Mike Donohue
1-800-321-5325
Loft's Seed
22 Lantern Lane, Exeter, Rl 02822
Victoria Wallace - 1 -800-648-7333
Lycott Environmental Research, inc.
600 Charlton St., Southbridge, MA 01550
Environmental consulting services: lake &
pond management, wetland studies, site
assessments, & laboratory analysis.
Lee Lyman, president - 1-800-462-8211

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Read Sand & Gravel, Inc.
171 VFW Dr., Rockland, MA 02370
Topdressing, root-zone mixes, bunker sand,
3/4 & 3/8 screened loams, cart path materials,
mulch, drainage stone.
Joe Farina- 1-800-660-2955
J.P. Roberts Go.
Technical resource catalog; survey-weathertesting-measurement & diagnostic equipment.
Barbara Piantedosi - (508) 456-6B86
Safety Storage, Inc.
86 Sanderson Ave., Lynn, MA 01902
Prefabricated pesticide storage buildings,
gas & oil, storage cabinets.
(617) 599-5490
Sani-Maie Supply, Inc.
88 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA
Distributor, Karcher hot high pressure equipment & bulk detergents, sales, service, rentals
Barry Hackett - (508) 752-8888

Sodco, Inc.
P.O. Box 2, Slocum, Rl 02877
Matt Faherty, Joe Wagner
1-800-341-6900
Sports Club Management
104 Wyman Rd., Braintree, MA 02184
Hazcom and right-to-know compliance
implementation.
Ron Smith-(617) 848-5978
Sullivan Tire Co.
Goodyear specialty tires & tubes,
Tom Wilson
MA: 1-800-464-1144, (508) 580-2222
NE: 1-800-321-0042
Oahn Tibbett Professional Golf Services
d/b/a/ Weed & Feed, Inc.
20 Clark Lane, Marshfield, MA 02050
Specialists in golf course construction and
irrigation installation. We also offer a wire
tracing service.
(617) 837-3503, FAX (617) 834-2392
Tee and Green Sod, Inc.
Exeter, Rl 02822
Bentgrass, bluegrass and blue/fescue sod.
Dave Wallace, Robin Hayes
(401) 789-8177
Tuctahoe Turf Farms, Inc.
Richmond, Ri
Chris Beasley - 1-800-556-6985
Turf Enhancement Enterprises
Featuring Floratine Products, Precision Small
Engine Co. & Trion Lifts.
Tom Fox-(508) 865-9150
TurfNet Associates, Inc.
21 Brandywine Road, Skiitman, NJ 08558
Communication, information, market intelligence.
Peter L. McCormick - 1-800-314-7929
Turf Products Corp.
157 Moody Road, Enfield, CT 06082
Distributors of Toro irrigation and maintenance
equipment, lightning detection systems, and other
golf-related products.
Irrigation products: Tim Berge £ Palmer Whitney;
Commercial products: Ed Fallow, Rick Moulton, &
John Winskowicz; (860) 763-3581
Turf Soecialty, Inc.
15 Londonderry Rd., Londonderry, NH 03053
Turf & ornamental supplies.
Scott Mackintosh, Kevin Lyons,
Dave Schermerhorn, John Lensing
1-800-228-6656
United Horticultural Supply
P.O. Box 7, Sodus, NY 14551
Fertilizer, seed, chemicals, and IPM.
Glen Larabee - (508) 223-4931
Bruce Chapman - (401) 885-5245
Varney Bros. Sand, Gravel 6 Concrete
Beliingham, MA
Concrete golf cart paths.
Kenneth Mooradian - 1-800-441-7373
Winding Brock Turf Farm, Inc.
240 Griswold Rd., Wethersfieid, CT 06109
1-800-243-0232
Winfield Nursery
1320 Mountain Rd., Suffield, CT 06109
Wholesale nursery trees & shrubs.
Jeff Rogers
Philip Wagast & George F. Sargent, Jr.
Golf Course Architects
17 Walker Rd., Topsfieid, MA 01983
(508) 887-3672
Zip Type Service
50 Kent St., Newburyport, MA 01950
Design, printing, mailing, advertising specialties.
Sheiia Johnson - (508) 462-9358

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Host Superintendent Profile

Meet

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superintendent

O u r host for the July joint meeting
with the RIGCSA (Rhode island Golf
Course Superintendents Association) is
Wayne Zoppo.
Wayne has been the golf course superintendent at the Agawam Hunt Club in

Wayne

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Agawam

East Providence, R.I., for 30 years. At
AHC, he maintains an 18-hole golf course,
10 grass tennis courts, and four clay
tennis courts. He is a 1964 graduate of
Stockbridge.
Wayne served the RIGCSA as president
in 1972, and aiso the GCSANE as president in 1976-77. He became a Certified
Golf Course Superintendent in 1990.

Hunt

Club

Wayne and his wife Gin reside in
Seekonk, Mass., with their three children,
Todd, Tara, and Lindsay. In his spare time
Wayne enjoys golf and traveling. He is
aiso a big New England Patriots fan!

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