LETTER

April 2 0 0 4

of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of New England, Inc.

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Steve Thys prevails ©ver 'take-alf' patch,
earning vete of confidence at Worcester C.C.
By Dave Nordman,
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Being superintendent of a championship
golf course is sort of like being manager
of the Boston Red Sox - nobody talks
about you when things go right, only
when they don't.
Steve Thys knows a little about
-baseball - he played in high school and
/as the last player cut from the team at
Northeastern University - and a lot about
golf course maintenance.
But nothing - not his engineering
background, not his degree from UMassStockbridge, not his summers at Oyster
Harbors, not his five years as superintendent of Worcester Country Club - could
have prepared him for what he experienced last year.
Well, maybe his last job, at FedEx,
whose slogan is "When it absolutely,
positively has to be there overnight."

INSIDE . . .
Page
Calendar of Events

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From the President
G C S A N E News

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. .3

. . . . . .

. .4

Letter to the Editor

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Turf Science: Winter Injury .

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Conference Report: NERTF

. .6

Regulatory News: DEP . . .

. .7

Correction to Top 100 List

. .7

Divot Drift
Friends of the Association

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Overnight - that's how long it took for
four of W C C ' s Donald Ross greens to go
from velvet to virus.
"On July 17, I had one of my greens
chairmen tell me that they had just played
Oak Hill (N.Y.) and Pine Valley and that
our greens were equally as good as those
two courses," Thys said.
That was a Thursday. The next day it
rained from dawn 'til dusk, a cold, soaking
rain, the type that has the animals lining
up two by two. On Saturday morning, Thys
went out to change cups and found the
four greens infested with take-all patch.
"It's tough on your pride to have that
happen," said Thys, who grew up in
Barnstable, Mass. and now lives in Spencer.
Take-all patch is extremely rare on older
courses such as W C C . It's usually only found
on newly constructed bentgrass greens
which lack the antagonistic or competing
microorganisms that are built up over time.
Some of W C C ' s greens are a hundred
years old, but the four that were lost were
renovated less than five years ago. That
relatively new turf, combined with the
heavy rains, poor drainage, a manganese
deficiency in the soil, and the high pH of
WCC's irrigation water, cultivated the disease.
It was the perfect storm.
"It didn't look anything like the text-book
take-all patch. It was a light apple green,"
said Thys, who immediately sent a sample
of the damaged turf to Gail Schumann
at UMass. She helped him control the
problem and assured him it would not
spread. Officials from the USGA also
viewed the W C C greens.
"They said they had never seen
anything like it," Thys said.

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They told me 'You've
been here five years.
You've seen everything.
You know this place
better than anybody.
We're going to give you
a chance to maintain
the golf course without
any projects going on.
Steve Thys
Worcester C.C.
That provided little comfort to the
membership, which wanted to know how
Thys could lose four greens less than
three weeks before the state Senior FourBall. They didn't want to hear about other
courses that lost ¡0-12 greens, high pH,
poor drainage, or Mother Nature.
"They were like, 'You still lost grass,
pal, and we're not happy about it'."
W C C ' s irrigation water has an average
pH of 8.4. Optimal levels are between 5.57.0.
"At times last summer, it was up
around 10," Thys said.
W C C had a sulfuric acid injector included
in its new irrigation system, which was
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PRESIDENT
Michael J . Hermanson
140 Ryan Street, Gardner, MA 01440-0145
978-632-2713 F a x 978-632-2713
E-mail: herm068@hotmail.com
Gardner Municipal Golf Course
VICE PRESIDENT
Patrick S. Kriksceonaltis
4 L a k e m a n s Lane, Ipswich, MA 01938-2505
978-526-4600
Fax 978-526-8333
E-mail: Grounds@Essexcc.org
E s s e x County Club
SECRETARY
Russell E . Heller
41 Clifford Street, Melrose, MA 02176-0140
617-983-2786 F a x 617-983-2786
E-mail: Rheller@gcsane.org
Franklin Park Golf Course
TREASURER
Ronald P. Dobosz, J r .
1137 Park Street, Stoughton, MA 02072-3728
781 -341 -8564 F a x 781 -341 -8564, *51
E-mail: rdoboszl 11 @aol.com
C e d a r Hill Golf Course
TRUSTEE
Leonard F. Curtin
6 Louis Avenue, Sudbury, MA 01776
781-862-5167
E-mail: lrina2@peoplepc.com
Lexington Golf Club
TRUSTEE
J a s o n S. A d a m s
11 Woodcrest Lane, Blackstone, MA 01504
781 -326-3801
Fax 781 -326-3801
E-mail: Jayadams35@hotmail.com
Norfolk Golf Club
TRUSTEE
David A. C o m e e
65 Marquette Street, Gardner, MA 01440
978-297-2339 Fax 978-297-0911
E-mail: photoC@hotmail.com
Winchendon School Golf Club
FINANCE CHAIRMAN
Arthur Silva, C G C S
35 Pennacook Road, Tewksbury, MA 01876
617-484-5440 F a x 617-484-6613
E-mail: Asilva@belmontcc.org
Belmont Country Club
G O L F CHAIRMAN
J a m e s A. Small III
690 Pine Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324-2116
508-697-4816 F a x 508-279-3355
E-mail: jasiiil 88@yahoo.com
Olde Scotland Links Golf Club
EDUCATION CHAIRMAN
Patrick J . Daly, C G C S
P. O. Box 2284, Framingham, MA 01703-2284
508-872-9790 F a x 508-872-5393
E-mail: pat@framinghamcc.com
Framingham Country Club
N E W S L E T T E R CHAIRMAN
Michael W . Stachowicz
68 Westfieid Road, Westwood, MA 02090
781 -326-7860 F a x 781 -326-0664
E-mail: par5N2@yahoo.com
D e d h a m Country and Polo Club
PAST PRESIDENT
J a m e s R. Fltzroy, C G C S
357 W . Squantum St., N. Quincy, MA 02171-2758
617-328-1776 F a x 617-328-9479
E-mail: Jfltz39@rcn.com
Presidents Golf Club
EXECUTIVE S E C R E T A R Y
Sharon K. Brownell
P. O. Box 566, Mattapoisett, MA 02739-0566
508-758-6474 F a x 508-758-6474
E-mail: Sbrownell@gcsane.org

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installed in 2002, but a wet spring and
early summer made its use futile.
"It rained so much w e couldn't use it,"
Thys said. "Otherwise, it would have
made the place too wet."
With the take-ail patch in remission,
Thys' first task was to re-grow the
damaged turf. He sliced seeded them in
two directions and fertilized them at a
heavy rate. It didn't help that W C C didn't
close the damaged greens - the club
championship was going on - until over a
week after the initial diagnosis.

"! knew I wasn't going to rebuild them
(before the Senior Four-Ball)," Thys said.
"But I knew I needed to get some grass on
them. I thought maybe I'd get some good
weather and some luck from the gods."
Two of the four greens were open in
time for the state tournament. By late
September, all four were fully recovered
and stimping between 10 and I I.
"The rest of the summer went extremely
well," said Thys, who went to extremes to
assure the take-all patch was gone for good.
In August, he could be found aboard a
mini-excavator, trying to improve drainage
by removing the roots from a 140-yearold oak tree from under the I Oth green.
Hard work, like ill fortune, is nothing
new to Thys, who coordinated a multimillion dollar dredging project last winter
at W C C . In between snowblowing 108
inches of snow off at-risk greens and
checking things off his normal winter agenda,
Thys and his crew helped clear four ponds,
build bridges, construct a new pump house,
dig a wet well, lay hundreds of feet of
drainage line, build roads, and pave cart paths.
"My biggest concern was getting the
pump house up and running," Thys said.
The project lasted from Thanksgiving
through the end of May during which time
Thys' top assistant quit. His replacement
didn't last five months. Thys' irrigation
tech has also since left.
"Personnel has been a problem," he said.
In May, Thys and his wife adopted a
baby from Korea. Soon after that, Thys
had arthroscopic surgery on his knee. A
week later, he was walking - make that
limping - around the course, doing his
best to contribute to a tee and bunker
renovation project that was supposed to
be included in a three-year restoration
project set to begin in 2005.

"Everything was completed by July
Fourth," Thys said. " W e looked real goo<J<^
at that point."
Then came the rain, the take-all patch
and the heat - not high temperatures, but
pressure from the higher-ups at W C C .
"I never really felt that my job was
secure," Thys said. "They want results."
In the end, that's what Thys feels saved
his job.
"I think they looked at all the good things
I've done since I've been here," he said.
"They told me 'You've been here five years.
You've seen everything. You know this
place better than anybody. We're going
to give you a chance to maintain the golf
course without any projects going on."
Thys is looking forward to that.
"Last year is one I'd like to forget,"
he said. "You learn from it and move on.
That's all you can do."

CALENDAR . . .
May 17

Scholarship & B e n e v o l e n c e
Tournament
Pine B r o o k C o u n t r y C l u b
W e s t o n , Mass.
S u p t . - Michael l a c o n o , C G C S

June 10

G C S A N E Monthly Meeting
Joint Meeting with Golf Course
M a n a g e r s Association of C a p ® C o d
W o o d s H o l e Golf C l u b
W o o d s H o l e , Mass.
S u p t . - T h o m a s Flaherty, C G C S

July 13

G C S A N E Monthly Meeting
T e a m of T w o C h a m p i o n s h i p
T h e M e a d o w at Peabody
P e a b o d y , Mass.
S u p t . - Richard D u g g a n , C G C S

August 24

G C S A N E Monthly Meeting
Individual C h a m p i o n s h i p
M a r l b o r o u g h C . C . ( p e r m a n e n t site)
M a r l b o r o u g h , Mass.
Supt. - Kenneth Crimmings

Sept. 20

G C S A N E Monthly Meeting
S u p t J C l u b Official T o u r n a m e n t
T e d e s c o Country Club
M a r b l e h e a d , Mass.
Supt. - P e t e r H a s a k

October 5

G C S A N E Monthly Meeting
S t o c k b r i d g e F u n d [Raiser
Tournament
H i c k o r y Ridge C o u n t r y C l u b
A m h e r s t , Mass.
S u p t . - R o b e r t Ruszaia

Nov. I

G C S A N E Monthly Meeting
Scramble
B e a r Hill Golf C l u b
S t o n e h a m , Mass.
S u p t . - Richard F r e n c h

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^President reports on events . . « and airs pet peeves
Those of you who attended the New England
Regional Turf Show realize what a great
show it is. Congratulations to Gary Sykes
and the board of directors for a job well done!

The GCSANE board of directors attended
Dr. Noel Jackson's retirement dinner in
Providence, ft was nice to hear Dr. Joe Troll
and Mary Owen speak in recognition of Dr.
Jackson. A spirit of cooperation between
UMASS and URI can only benefit all of us.
A nice crowd attended the Stockbridge
breakfast and we were updated on the
status of funding for the Joseph Troll Building
at the Turf Research Facility. If you haven't
contributed, and you would like to, please
contact Peter Hasak at Tedesco.
Now a little information and a few pet
peeves: Regarding monthly meetings, the
call -in deadlines and the meeting costs are
set by the clubs. W e have no control over
this. The $25 late-call-in fee was established
by the board a while ago for one reason

^One more time:

drained CWS workers
(The following information was provided by
Community Work Services.)
Community Work Services (CWS) provides
highly trained and dedicated employees to
local companies. W e offer to train some
of our best people to become dedicated
grounds crew for your golf course. W e
can do this on an individual or group basis.
Our training program selects individuals
willing to work diligently with dedication
not seen in many employees. Work assignments may include grooming bunkers, filling
divots, and general maintenance. Our
organization has trained disabled individuals
for over ! 27 years to ensure they are the
best they can become.
W e are targeting employees and golf
courses in the metro-Boston area and others
outside this area accessible by public transportation. Your members and players will
be happy with the hard working, dedicated
staff from C W S , as have many employers
in the Boston area. In addition to helping
^¿^someone into a good paying job, your
organization could be eligible for significant
tax credits. For information, please call
Bill McCarriston at C W S (617-720-2233)
or visit our website at www.cwsbos.org.

and one reason only. W e needed to find a
way for people to make meeting reservations
on or before the call-in deadline. Having
been Golf Chairman for many years, I have
personally known how embarrassing it is
to contact the club two or three times

FROM THE PRESIDENT
because people have called in after the
deadline. W e even had five or six people
show up for the Annual Meeting without
even pre-registering. Come on guys!
While I'm venting: The dress code for
winter meetings is jacket-and-tie, not jacketand-turtleneck, jacket-and-shirt, or sweaterand-tie. If w e want to be recognized as
professionals, w e should dress that way!
W e are still trying to work out the bugs
with the 800 reservation number. If you
have problems with that number, please
call 508-758-6476 to register. Hopefully,
meeting notices and registration via email
is not that far away.
Once again, get involved! Call a committee chairman or myself and volunteer
to serve on a committee. Call Jim Small to

volunteer your club for a golf meeting or
Pat Daly for a winter meeting.
Starting with the April meeting and
concluding with the July meeting w e will
have a sign-up sheet at the registration table
for Ouimet Scholarship Fund donations.
Dick Duggan will once again play in the
marathon in August representing GCSANE.
Sign up and make a tax deductible pledge
and Ouimet will invoice you later. Area
captains will also be making calls to solicit
support. For the 2005 marathon, we will be
adding a line for a voluntary contribution
on the annual dues statement to be mailed
in December.
The Ouimet Fund awarded $975,000
in scholarships last year. I'm sure many of
us have had students working at our clubs
who are scholarship recipients. My club
presently has two.
Hope to see as many of you as
possible at the Scholarship/Benevolence
Tournament at Pine Brook in May and at
as many meetings this year as possible.
Michael J. Hermanson
¡President, G C S A N E

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Responding to Kirkman's "state of the profession,'Ken trimmings ais© makes a call for camaraderie
in response to the state of our industry and
association, I would agree with Ron (Kirkman),
" w e need to redevelop our camaraderie,
and continue to build our industry."
The profession has changed so much
in regards to the demands on quality turf,
documentation requirements, and management structure within our own staffs.
The addition of the second assistant(s), or
in some cases an additional first assistant,
is now the norm at most facilities. W e need
more trained eyes on the golf course and
more time in the office. Technological
advances, cell phones, fax machines, e-mail,
GPS, etc., should have helped to expedite
the non-turf part of the job, but somewhere
along the way more work was created.
As we are struggling more and more
to make the monthly meetings, we all have

the ability to send an assistant, first or
second, to the meetings. I remember, as
an assistant, that attending the meetings
was such an honor. Eating lunch or golfing

GCSANE NEWS
with guys I had read about in local or
national publications. Listening to the
conversations jump from the old days, to
current turf issues, to "how's the family?"
i was thinking "when I become a superintendent ! am going to every meeting, this
must be the best part of the job."
Well, ten years later, S too, am finding
it hard to make every meeting myself, but
in the event I cannot attend I will send my
assistant. Understanding that monthly
meetings can and do conflict with club

tournament preparation, maintenance
practices, committee meetings, afternoon
soccer games, etc., i am still challenging
everyone to send someone to each of this
year's meetings. W e all go to work the
morning of the meeting and assess the day.
If you fee! you cannot pull yourself away
from a problem, send one of your assistants.
Well that's long enough (Mike is always
looking for filler). W e can strengthen our
camaraderie, networking, and mentoring,
but only through active participation,
superintendents and assistants, at GCSANE
monthly meetings, in the Luccini Four-Ball,
N.E. Turf Conference, etc.
Sincerely,
¡€en Crirnmiogs
Golf Course Superintendent
Marlborough Country Club

Letter to the Editor questions March Newsletter article
The following was received by e-mail:
D e a r Mike Stachewiez,
i just finished reading the March
Newsletter. As a former editor of The
Newsletter from many years ago, I don't
think w e should be writing articles about
Friends of the Association, unless you
plan on writing free advertisements for
the 70-plus Friends. The direction of
The Newsletter should be to promote
superintendents, not free articles on
businesses. This is only my opinion.
Dean Robertson
Editors Response:
The above letter is the only letter
received by The Newsletter concerning last
month's article on TurfLinks, however
there were some rumblings and a few
phone calls. Let me state unequivocally
that it was not my intent to provide a free
advertisement for TurfLinks. I felt that a
substantial donation by a company that is
only three years old; that was started by
former superintendents and assistants; and
employs many G C S A N E members was a
worthwhile story. I wanted to help publicize
this to help the fund raising associated
with this project. In the process of writing
the story, I did not end up making the Troll
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Building as big a part of the article as I should
have. The story ended up being more

TO THE EDITOR
about TurfLinks than was intended. For
this I apologize.
To answer some vendor issues that
have been forwarded to me:
There has been a precedent set over
the years with lead stories about vendors

GCSANE
awards
Dave larber
lifetime
rnemEbershlp

GCSANE President Michas!
Mermanson (right) presents
Dave Barber, CGCS, (left)
with a lifetime membership in
the organization.

("A-OK's Stress Buster Weekend" from a
few years ago comes to mind). Checking
with the editor of the time, there was no
fallout from that article, i am confused by
this, why the current article has caused an
uproar, and the stress buster weekend didn't?
The Newsletter still has a long-standing
policy of accepting Friends of the Association
profiles. Let me renew the invitation: Feel
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~Newly-formed "grass roots' research movement
aims for understanding of winter freeze injury
by Peter Hasak,
Research Committee,
Tedesco Country Club
On March 3, 2004, in conjunction with
the N e w England Regional Turfgrass
Conference & Show in Providence, the
initial "Winter Injury Research" meeting
was held. Attended by a representative
group of superintendents from throughout
the Northeast, Jim Skorulski of the U S G A
Green Section and Dr. Scott Ebdon from
UMASS, this meeting was called to attempt
to determine what avenue's of research
of winter injury could benefit superintendents throughout the region.
Many potential areas of study came
forward, including fall fertilization and other
practices to maximize cold temperature
hardiness, quantifying carbohydrate reserves,
greens covering systems and managing
R o v e r s and ice layers through monitoring
;mperatures and gases. Throughout the
" group, it was widely accepted that much
more research is needed in dealing with
this very complex issue.
Jim Skorulski was pleased to announce
that Julie Dionne of the Royal Canadian Golf
Association will sit on the USGA's Research
Committee. Julie has been involved with
winter freeze injury research and should be
helpful in promoting research in this area.
Although w e are in the very preliminary
stages, and no specific research topic
was selected for study, it was agreed to
pursue the following items:
° T o begin monitoring susceptible
greens by data-logging surface vs. air
temperatures and forwarding samples
every two weeks to Dr. John Roberts at
the University of N e w Hampshire. This
will be accomplished by having two
cooperators per region. Dr. Roberts
would like to set up a communication
network of updates and/or. damage
reporting through a hotline or e-mail.
° Drs. Ebdon and Roberts to communicate
N id forward a set of parameters for a
-specific research project, after performing
a thorough literature search of the topic
to avoid duplication of research completed or being performed.
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8 Creation of a timetable of events
associated to the furthering of this study.
Formulating a game plan and forwarding
it to the proper research funding sources
for "seed money."
9 T o continue to meet as a group on
an annual basis to review progress and
future planning.

TURF SCIENCE
Although the term "Winter Freeze
Injury" is encompassing of many factors
and at times unavoidable due to the
forces of nature, it was widely accepted
at this meeting that more could certainly
be done to give us all improved understanding of the issue. Please communicate
your support of funding this research to
your local association leaders! Formulating
use of improved preemptive strategies
and tools through research can benefit
us all.

Although the term
"Winter Freeze Injury"
is encompassing of
many factors and at
times unavoidable due
to the forces of nature,
it was widely accepted
at this meeting that
more could certainly
be done to give us all
improved understanding
of the issue.

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director reperti
conference & shew,
and thanks all who made the event a success!
By Gary Sykes,
Executive Director,
New England Regional
Turfgrass Foundation
This year's Turfgrass Conference & Show
was again a great success and the New
England Regional Turfgrass Foundation
would like to thank all the attendees,
exhibitors, volunteers, presenters, and
sponsors for the dedicated support that
you show toward making the turfgrass
Industry here in New England and in the
Northeast as great as it is! Without a
doubt it has not been the easiest past
three years the industry has seen, with
Mother Nature's harassment along with
the economic challenges that have been
felt industry-wide, The present theme of
it all may be something like, "to do the
most you can with what you have, and
then do a little more!" W e hope that by
attending this year's conference and show

it would have helped you achieve benefits
in at least this capacity.
This year we had great attendance at
the three pre-conference seminars, two
were half-day and one was full-day,
on Monday, March I. W e hope you're
already looking forward to next year's.

CONFERENCE NEWS
Tuesday's collaboration with USGA has
created a new industry standard and
opportunity for everyone. Good attendance
and participation indicates that it is on the
right track to bring together more people
from both sides of the aisle. W e hope you
took advantage of that day with your club
officials and committee chairman.
W e had received many favorable
comments concerning David Feherty's
participation. He was our first real
golfer and provided many lighthearted
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for the golf course superintendent and
staff. Wednesday and Thursday were well
attended and the trade show floor had a
busy buzz to it each day.
Two special events also occurred on
Wednesday in Providence. A breakfast was
hosted by the University of Massachusetts
for the Joseph Troll Turfgrass Research
Facility Building Fund Campaign. It was
announced that well over $400,000 has
already been raised toward the project's
completion. This new multi-purpose
structure will greatly benefit the UMass
Turfgrass research, extension, and teaching
efforts as well as the maintenance needs
for the South Deerfield Facility. W e all
need to continue to support this effort to
see its completion!
The other was hosted by the University
of Rhode Island to acknowledge with
appreciation the many years of dedicated
service to the Turfgrass Industry that Dr.
Noei Jackson has provided in New England.
He was very impressed that over 200
would actually attend and pay for an event
in his behalf! This marked the beginning of
an endowment campaign in his name that
will ensure that turfgrass diagnostics at
the University of Rhode Island will continue
to be available for many years to come!
W e thank everyone who is doing so much
to support turf in N e w England!
Within David Feherty's book, Somewhere
in Ireland a Village is Missing an Idiot, and
in his address,! kept hearing, in a different
sort of way, "What a great business the
game of golf is." Other keynote speakers
have stated similar messages, but none have
ever projected as unique a perspective
as David Feherty. He presented many
interesting inside stories of his relationships,
including opinions and learning experiences
he has had as a T V announcer.
He shared with a few of us down on
the show floor an interesting story
concerning a caddie who scouts information
at the Masters each year for CBS. He
told us that this caddie had actually been
scouting in the woods to the right of the
18th fairway. He explained that these
scouts have to stay out of sight. The
continued on page 8

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"New England Self Cöurse Owners Association
spreads the word on important DEP (water) issues
Editor's Note: The following alert is
from Sue Curtln, Executive Director of
the New England Golf Course Owners
Association.

ATTENTION:
Ail Massachusetts Golf Courses
It has come to our attention that the
Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental
Protection has targeted Massachusetts
golf courses on two major issues:

Water management
facts from the D i P
A b o u t W a t e r Management:
• Became effective March 1986.
• The act authorizes Mass. DEP to
regulate quantity of water withdrawn
from surface and ground water supplies.
• Large water users had the ability
to register based on existing withdrawals between the years 1981 -85.
• Last day to register was Jan 4, 1988.
P e r m i t Program
after Jan. 4, i 988:
• Water consumers planning to withdraw over ! 00,000 gallons per day
annually or 9 million gallons in any
three consecutive month period.
• Existing golf courses irrigating 35
acres of turf or more, or new courses
irrigating 23 acres of turf or more.
(Unless you can prove to DEP that
you are irrigating the above acreage
but will remain under the gallonage
threshholds listed above, they assume
you will exceed those thresholds.)
For more information on W M A ,
log-on to: www.state.ma.us/dep; DEP
general topic: Water Management
Regulations and Guidance: Golf Course
, Water Use Policy, or contact Pat
Rogers or Duane LeVangie.
(Thanks to Len Curtin
for the above information,)
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I. Public water supply (well water)
You must have a permit issued by the
state for a public well water supply. Cost

immediately. This could potentially set
a bad precedent for all of us.
Thank you in advance for your
assistance.

REGULATORY NEWS

S u e Curtin s Executive Director
N e w England Golf Course
Owners Association

of such permit $35,000, plus or minus,
with a $25,000 penalty.
2. Water wlthdrawl permit for irrigation
(well water) of more than 9,000,000
gallons per calendar quarter. Cost of such
permit $75,000, plus or minus, with a
$25,000 penalty.
The concern is that the DEP is targeting
golf facilities without providing a chance
for proper response or opportunity to
comply with the current regulations. If
your facility has been approached by the
DEP on either or both of these issues,
please contact me at execdir@negcoa.org
or 774-430-9030 immediately.
One of our members is currently facing
fines In excess of $50,000! Any information
you have to share, please contact us

A Newsletter Correction
to Top 100 List in Mass»
Last month, while congratulating the bevy
of Massachusetts superintendents who
maintain Top 100 tracks, I inadvertently
left out Pat Kriksceonaltis at Essex
County Club.
The Essex County Club, a Donald
Ross course, has been a mainstay of the
Top 100 Classical courses for many years
under Pat's direction. W e regret the
error.
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Sary Sykes reports on this year's Conference I Show

continued from page 6

Masters is unlike the many other tour
events where many actually walk inside
the ropes with the players. Not at Augusta!
Anyway, Arnold Palmer was playing in his
last official Masters a few years back, and
he came up the right side of the 18th fairway where his tee shot had settled. This
happened to be right close to where the
caddie had positioned himself. Arnie
surveyed and hit his second up to the green.
The caddie had noticed that no one had
replaced Arnie's divot, so when the crowd
cleared, he ran out to repair it. As he
put it back and was tamping it down, he

The game of golf is
truly about making
memories; we hope
you made a few at
this year's show too!

realized this was probably the last official
divot taken by Arnold Palmer at the Masters!
Recognizing the opportunity of the moment,
he looked around and scooped back up
the divot and put it in his breast pocket
carefully. He took great care to get this
unique souvenir all the way home to
N e w York, where he prepared a spot in

his front yard and planted it! David swears
that this is true and that that divot is
thriving today in N e w York and will
eventually take over this caddie's entire
front yard! Talk about priceless!
The game of golf is truly about making
memories; w e hope you made a few at
this year's show too!

Letter to the Editer questions article
continied from page 4
free to write a profile and send it in. I do
not anticipate, after the reaction from
last month's article, putting a vendor
story on the front page in the near future, but w e will find a place in our Newsletter. I actually feel there is no bad place
for an article in our small newsletter, as it
is one of the few publications read from
cover-to-cover by most members.
If you are a Friend of the Association
and you have done a public service or
donated money to a turf industry cause,
send a press release. If I am not present
to witness something, I need a press

release to be informed. There is a lot of
free publicity available if you want to take
advantage of it.
In the end, I am encouraged by the
debate that has ensued over this issue.
I have learned more about myself and
about being editor of The Newsletter.
Going forward ! will try to serve the readers
of this newsletter in the best possible
way, by reporting on current events
from our monthly meetings, promoting
superintendents, and relaying news from
other groups in the turf and golf industry.
Michael Stachowicz
Editor, T h e Newsletter

DIVOT DRIFT.. .announeements...edueaiional

seminars...job opportunities
...tournament resuSis...and miscellaneous items of interest to the membership.
MEMBERSHIP
N e w Members: Robert F. Reed III, Assistant,
Cohasset G.C.; Bill Whittaker, Assistant, Cohasset G.G.; Jason Kennedy, Superintendent, Butter
Brook G.G.; Ryan Chase, Assistant, Myopia Hunt
Club; Eric Richardson, Assistant, Myopia Hunt
Ciub; and Thomas Rioux, Assistant, Oide Scotland
Links.
Proposed for Membership: Brian Grant, Assistant, T h e Meadow at Peabody; Jason W .
Hamilton, Student, UMASS-Amherst; and Jennifer
McDonald, Affiliate, S.B.I. Turf Services.

INFORMATION
Jim Conant of the Country Club of Pittsfield and
B o b Ruszala have been appointed as the
G C S A N E representatives to the New England
Regional Turfgrass Foundation board of directors.
Once again w e are in need of gift certificates
for rounds of golf, with carts if possible, for a
foursome(4) for the silent raffle at Pine Brook on
May 17. Proceeds to go to the GCSANE Scholar-

d i i M M k l l A L i ^ ^

ship & Benevolence Fund. Please mail letters or
certificates to Dave Comee, 65 Marquette Street,
Gardner, MA 01440.
E-Z Go will donate a utility vehicle for the host
superintendent of a monthly GCSANE meeting.
The first recipient, Pat Daly of Framingham Country Club, who hosted the March meeting, has
donated the use of the vehicle to the MGA Links
course in Norton. Dave Antunes will be delivering
the vehicle to superintendent Tom McManamin
for use of the vehicle until April's meeting.
T h e Mass. Pesticide Bureau is late with usage
reports again this year. Anyone looking to get it
done before the season starts should go to the
p e s t i c i d e bureau's w e b s i t e located at:
http://www.state.rria.us/dfa/pesticides/.
Reports
are due by April 30.

Anyone at the winter meeting there last year
knows why. The only thing that confuses us here
at The Newsletter is why the maintenance facility
wasn't included in the award.
Dr. NoeS Jackson has been given an honorary
membership in the GCSANE.
Condolences go out to Alan Vadala and family
on the recent passing of Alan's mother.
Condolences go out to Steve Donohue and
family on the recent passing of Steve's father.
W e wish a speedy recovery to Lennie
Blodgett on his recent hernia operation.
Congratulations to Steve Gregg on his new
superintendent's position at Scituate Country
Club in Scituate, Mass.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations to Michael Parks on his new
position as superintendent at the Milton-Hoosic
Club.

T h e Tournament Players Ciub of Boston in
Norton, Mass., where Tom Brodeur is superintendent, was recognized as the best new private
clubhouse in the U.S. by Crittenden Golf magazine.

O u r condolences go to the family of Jack
Leman, who was the athletic director at the
University of Massachusetts, Stockbridge.

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Please Patronize these FRIENDS of the
A-OK Turf Equipment inc.

Country Club Enterprises

1357 Main St., Coventry, Rl 02816-8435
Articulator, Terra Topper, Greens Groomer
brush, & used equipment.
Mike Cornlcelli - (401) 826-2584

P. 0. Box 820, Cataumet, MA 02534
Club Car golf cars, Carryall utility vehicles.
Dave Farina, Darin Eddy, Darren Orr
(800) 662-2585

A.A. Will Materials Corp.

Country Golf, Inc.

168 Washington St., Stoughton, MA 02072-1748
Top dressing & bunker sand, decorative stone,
landscape materials, wholesale nursery stock.
Charlie Downing, Ed Downing - (800) 4-AA-WILL

4852 Westchester Dr., Traverse City, Ml 49684
Golf course construction & reconstruction;
specialists in Donald Ross courses.
Jerry Deemer - (616) 947-5751

Accusoils

DGM Systems

P.O. Box 1125, Carver, MA 02330
Topdressing sand & mixes, divot mix, greens & tees,
root zone mix, bunker sand, cart path mix, stablizer,
& greens care analysis.
J o e Farina, Frank Santos - (866) 222-6644

I Snagwood Rd., Foster, Rl 02825
Distributor of Reelcraft products & inventor of the
Direct Underground Maintenance Syringing System.
Manny Mihailides - (401) 886-0888, (401) 524-8999
David Mihailides -(401)647-0550

Allen's Seed Store Inc.

QHT Goif Services

693 S. County Trail, Exeter, Rl 02822
Specializing in quality seed and related
golf course maintenance supplies.
Gregg Allen - (800) 527-3898

Agresource, Inc.

100 Main St., Amesbury, MA 01913
Tim Gould, Guy Travers
(800) 313-3320,(978) 388-5110

The Andersons Technologies, Inc.

26 Waite Ave., S. Hadley, MA 01075
Manufacturer of fertilizer & control products.
Rick Fomi-(413) 534-8896

Armstrong Golf Architects, LLC

76 S. New Boston Rd„ Francestown, NH 02043
Golf course design & renovation. (603) 547-3132

BASF Turf & Ornamental

12 Peterson R d „ Palmer, MA 01069
Emerald, Insignia, Pendulum AquaCap, Curalan, Drive,
Basagran, Iprodiene Pro, Propiconazole Pro,
Bifenthrin Pro, Plateau, Sahara
Bob York-(413) 283-9675

Bay State Ferfilizer/MWRA

100 First Ave., Boston, MA 02129
Manufacturer & supplier of dry organic fertilizers.
Kristen Patneaude - (617) 788-4437

The Borden Company

114 Summer St., Maynard, MA 01754
Bulk limestone dealer.
Jack Borden - (978) 897-2571

Boston Irrigation Supply Company

60 Sturgis Way, Dedham, MA 02026
Distributor, irrigation supplies & accessories.
Andy Langlois, J . Anderson III, Ron Milenski
(800) 225-8006

Bsurke & tannery Turf Care dba "DryJect"
48 Hardwick Terrace, Brighton, MA 02135
Aerification & filling of holes with dry material in one
pass on greens, tees, or problem spots on fairways.
Rory Bourke - (617) 779-8873

The Cardinals, Inc.

166 River Rd„ P.O. Box 520, Unionville, CT 06085
Golf course and landscape supplies.
John Callahan, Dennis Friel - (800) 861-6256

Cavicchlo Landscape Supply, Inc.

110 Codjer Lane, Sudbury, MA 01776
Annuals, perennials, garden mums, ground
covers, loam, & mulch.
Darren Young - (978) 443-7177

dba Weed & Feed, Inc.
20 Clark Lane, Marshfield, MA 02050
Golf course renovation & construction in all areas:
bunkers, tees, greens, drainage, irrigation, & cart paths.
Dahn Tibbett, Chip Breartey - (508) 746-3222

Michael Drake Construction, Inc.

240 Walnut St., Framingham, MA 01702
Golf course reconstruction; professional shaper.
Michael Drake - (508) 875-8247

EZGO/Textros

EZG0 golf and utility vehicles.
David Antunes, Doug Hopper - (800) 234-0474

Gold Star Nursery & Sod Farm

250 West Rd., Canterbury, NH 03224-2127
Growers of turfgrass and ornamentals.
Malcolm McPhail
Lexington, Mass.-(781)861-1111
Canterbury, N.H. - (603) 783-4717

Golf Cart Services, Inc.

275 Wells St., Greenfield, MA 01301
Club Car golf, turf, transportation, & utility cars.
James Bemier - (800) 287-0955

GPS New England tapping

39 Cedar St., Cohasset, MA 02025
Precise irrigation & drainage as-builts;
wire tracking & electrical repairs.
Greg Albanese-(781) 789-1166

Greeno, Inc.

2352 Main St., Concord, MA 01742
Tree transplanting, landscape construction, & masonry.
Kevin Mulcahy - (800) 439-7244

Charles C. Hart Seed Co., Inc.

P. O. Box 9169, Wethersfield, CT 06109
Roy Sibley, Dick Gurski, Robin Hayes
(800) 326-HART

Harfney Greymont

433 Chestnut St., Needham, MA 02492
Tree care, landscape construction, consulting.
MarkTobin-(781) 444-1227

Holliston Sand Co., inc.

P. 0. Box 1168, Tiflt Rd., Slatersvilie, Rl 02876
USGA-recommended sands, root-zone mixes, bunker &
topdressing, agresoi, compost stone-dust & pea-stone
Bob Chalifour, CGCS (ret.) - (401) 766-5010

International Golf Construction Co.

Lesco Inc

20005 Lake Fid, Rocky River, OH 44116
Ron Tumiski-(800) 321-5325

0 1 . Maher Co.

71 Concord S I , P. O. Box 127, N. Reading, MA 01864
Water supply specialists; wells & pumping equipment.
(781) 933-3210

McNulty Construction Corp.

S.V. Moftett Co., Inc.

33 Thruway Park Dr., W . Henrietta, NY 14586
Commercial turf & irrigation equipment.
Bill Stinson - (888) 708-5296

R.F. Morse & Sons, Inc.

22 Cranberry H w y , Wareham, MA 02576
Professional goods, services, & John Deere
equipment for the golf course industry.
Larry Anshewitz, Chris Cowan, Doug Dondero,
Mike Hannigan, Kevin McDonough, Tom Roweil,
Ren Wilkes, John Winskowicz - (508) 295-1553

Nardone Sand and Gravel, Inc.

37 Power R d , Westford, MA 01886
Topdressing sand & mixes, bunker sands, root-zone
mixes, loam, cart path materials, drainage stone.
Greg Frederick-(978) 692-8221

Norfolk Power Equipment, Inc.

5 Cushing Dr., Wrentham, MA 02093
Sales, service, rentals, leasing, Kubota tractors
(508)384-0011

North Shore Hydroseeding

20 Wenham S t , Danvers, MA 01923
Hydroseeding, erosion control, & tree services.
Brian King - (978) 762-8737

Patlac Peat Corporation

Kelsey Park, Great Meadows, N J 07838
Heat treated topdressing, golf hole targets,
turf blankets, other specially golf supplies.
J i m Kelsey - (800) 247-2326

Prescription Turf Services, inc.

P. 0. Box 39, Middleton, MA 01949
Deep-tine and hydro-injection services, custom
fertilizer & pesticide applications, fairway aeration,
topdressing operations. (978) 777-1663

Putnam Pipe Corp.

90 Elm S t , Hopkinton, MA 01748
Underground water, sewer, & drain piping sales.
6 distribution. 24-hour service. Elliot Putnam,
David Putnam, Eli Potty - (508) 435-3090

R A D . Corp.

Rotondo Precast

Ciccarelli Landscaping

Irrigation Management & Services

Clean Quest

Ken Jonas Tire, Inc.

P. 0. Box 1102, Southbury, CT 06488
Distributors of the Landa Water system for treating
wash water, Safety Storage chemical buildings,
& Octaflex portable wash pads.
Steven Burnett, Michael Wende - (800) 521-5585

Cornish, Silva, & Mungeum, Inc.

207 N. Main St., Uxbridge, MA 01569
Golf course architects.
(508) 278-3407

71-73 Chandler St., Worcester, MA 01613
Distributor of tires for lawn & garden, trucks,
cars, industrial equipment, and golf cars.
Gerry Jones - (508) 755-5255

Larchmont Engineering & Irrigation

I I Larchmont Lane, Lexington, MA 02420-4483
Marc Utera- (781) 862-2550

Landmark Construction

P.O. Box 662, Winchester, MA 01890
Tee/bunker shaping & remodeling, cart paths,
Drainage, tree planting, landscape construction.
Daniel Champion - (781) 729-3250

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Tee S Green Sod, Inc.

international Turf Applicators

21 Lakevlew Ave., Natick, MA 01760
Irrigation consultation, design, and system evaluation.
Bob Healey, ASIC, CID - (508) 653-0625

Sports Club Management

104 Wyman R d , Braintree, MA 02184
OSHA and EPA compliance services & training.
Ron Smith - (781) 848-5978

f i l l e r Golf Construction

1 Leicester R d , Marbiehead, MA 01945
Gotf course construction & renovation.
Jonathon Miller-(781) 631-2030

32 Nickerson R d , Ashland, MA 01721
Pruning, fertilization, removal, & professional care.
William P. Maley - (508) 881-2622

Wobum, MA 01801
Reverse rototilling, cultivating.
(781)938-5055

Sodco Inc.

P. O. Box 2, Slocum, Rl 02877
Bluegrass/Fescue, Bluegrass/Rye,
Bluegrass/Fescue/ Rye, Bentgrass.
Sean Moran, Pat Hogan - (800) 341-6900

5 Timherwood R d , #108, Goffstown, NH 03045
Professional stump chipping service.
Brendan McQuade - (603) 625-4165

269 Hanover S t , Hanover, MA 02339
Golf course construction, greens, tees, hunkers,
drainage, earth-moving, ponds, & water features.
Robert M. Delmonico - (781) 826-2800

2910 Draneflrid Rd., Lakeland, FL 33811
Ray Duffy - (800) 995-8720, (860) 646-0259

Slmplot Partners, Inc.

15 Londonderry R d , Londonderry, NH 03053
Turf & ornamental supplies.
Chuck Brarnhall, Mike Kroian, Mike Nagle,
J i m Wierzhicki - (800) 228-6656

P. 0. Box 3218, Framingham, MA 01705
Asphalt paving of cart paths, walkways,
parking areas; imprinted asphalt.
John McNulty - (508) 879-8875

5 Purcell Rd., Adington, MA 02474
Golf course construction.
Antonios Paganis - (781) 648-2351;
(508) 428-3022

Cedar Lawn Tree Service, Inc.

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Lazaro's Golf Course Supplies & Accessories
dba Hammond Paint and Chemical Co., Inc.
738 Main S t , Suite 223, Waltham, MA 02154
Complete line of golf course accessories;
Standard, Par Aide, Eagle One.
J o e Lazaro - (781) 647-3361

ASSOCIATION

151 Old Farms Road, Avon, CT 06001
Precast concrete buildings for chemical & equipment
storage. Fully-equipped restroom buildings also available. Bob Anania - (860) 673-3291

Sawtelle Brothers, Inc.

65 Glenn S t , Lawrence, MA 01843
Larry Bunn, John Lenhart
George Wise - (800) 999-8873

SB! Turf Services

P.O. Box 418, Exeter,
Bentgrass, Bluegrass
Dave Wallace-(401)
Scott McLeod-(401)

Rl 02822
& Blue/Fescue sod.
789-8177
641-3814

Tom Irwin Inc.

11 A S t , Burlington, MA 01803
Turf management products.
Jack Petersen, Paul Skafas, Rob Larson, Chris Petersen,
Greg Misodoulakis, Mike Fontaine, Mike DeForge
(800) 582-5959

Tuckahoe Turf Farms, Inc.

P. O. Box 167, Wood River Junction, Rl 02894
Chris Beasley - (800) 556-6985

Turfgrass Environmental Consulting

47 Falmouth Road, Longmeadow, MA 01106
IPM plans for perm« projects, wildlife enhancement
projects, & water quality monitoring programs.
John Bresnahan - (413) 565-5340

TurfLinks, Inc.

16 Kane Industrial Dr., Hudson, MA 01749
Distributor of quality fertilzer, grass seed,
6 control products for the goif course industry.
Kevin Lyons, Scott Mackintosh, Jim Cohen,
J i m Favreau - (866) 567-9221

Turf Enhancement Enterprises

6 Jessica J Or, Miilbury, MA 01527
Floratine products, Precision Small Engine C o ,
Douglas Rollers, Trion Lifts.
Tom Fox-(508) 865-9150

TurfNet Associates, Inc.

21 Brandywine R d , Sklllman, N J 08558
Cutting edge communicaiion for the gotf course industry.
Peter McCormick - (800) 314-7929

Turf Products Corp.

157 Moody R d , Enfield, CT 06082
Distributors of Toro irrigation & maintenance
equipment and other golf-related products.
Tim Berge, Paul Hallock, Rick Moulton, Mike Turner
(800) 243-4355

United Horticultural Supply

18 Legate Hill R d , Sterling, MA 01564
Fertilizer, seed, chemicals, & IPM.
Glenn Larabee, Bruce Chapman, Mark Miller
(800) 224-4440

Varney iros. Sand & Gravel

79 Hartford A v e , Bellingham, MA 02019
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Kenneth Mooradian - (800) 441-7373

Waterflowers Ecological Design

56 Island S t , Lawrence, MA 01840
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Terry Bastían - (978) 557-0137

Winding Brook Tur! Farm
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Peter DeBrusk - (800) 243-0232

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65 Glenn S t , Lawrence, MA 01843
Deep-tine, core, & water-injection aerification,
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(800) 999-TURF

1700 Mountain R d , W. Suffield, CT 06093
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Joe Trosky - (860) 668-5225

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Philip Wogan & George F. Sargent, Jr.

P. 0. Box 8966, Warwick, Rl 02999
Matt Howland-(401) 295-1673

17 Walker R d , Topsfield, MA 01983
Golf course architects.
(978) 887-3672

Zip Type Printing Services, Inc.

50 Kent Street, Newburyport, MA 01950
Design, printing, mailing, advertising specialties.
Sheila Johnson - (978) 462-9358

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