January 2008

Tim Hood Starting a Legacy of His Own at
His Hometown Needham Golf Club
By Gary Trask
In the grand spectrum of things, it’s
really no surprise that Tim Hood ended
up working at his hometown course of
Needham Golf Club. Heck, he grew up
a block away from the private, ninehole course and was raised in a selfproclaimed “golf family” that includes a
golf professional.
But Hood’s road to becoming the
head superintendent at Needham GC
was much more complex than it probably should have been. In fact, the journey almost ended before it even
started.
The year was 1984 and Hood, who
was 14 at the time, was recruited by
his older brother Peter, the caddy master at Needham GC, to loop at the
club’s three-day Member-Guest. Hood,
who had never carried a bag before,
didn’t realize what he was getting into
and had a troublesome first day. Bad
enough that he bailed out on his duties
the next two days.
“My brother wasn’t too happy,” Tim
says about Peter, who has been the
head professional at Bass Rocks Golf
Club in Gloucester for the last 14
years. “But I just couldn’t do it for more
than that first day. At the time I thought
I was already pretty much done in the
industry.”
Hood got a second chance at the
club when the head super, Ron Kirkman, asked him to work on his maintenance crew. He accepted the job and
kept it on a part-time basis as he
graduated from Needham High School
in 1988 and went on to attend Northeastern University, where he earned a

degree in business management in
1993. After college, he worked for
Winston Flowers in Boston, managing
a retail store and working at weddings
and other functions. After two years in
the flower business, Hood started a

Tim Hood, Needham Golf Club
Photo credit: Rich Gagnon

restaurant delivery service with his
other older brother, Chris, in Needham
that lasted nearly three years. All the
while, Hood kept his part-time gig
working for Kirkman at Needham GC.
“I did it because I really enjoyed it,”
he says. “And then finally I said to myself, ‘Why not do this for a living?’ I
finally realized that’s what I wanted to
do full-time, so I went for it.”
In 1998, Hood took the seven-

week winter class at UMassStockbridge and earned his certificate
before joining the crew at Belmont
Country Club under Superintendent
Arthur Silva for a season. The next
year Hood was back on his home turf
at Needham GC once again working
on Kirkman’s crew, but this time as the
first assistant.
At the end of the 2006 season,
Kirkman, who was just the third superintendent in the 105-year history of the
storied club, retired after 46 years on
the job, opening the door for Hood, the
kid who grew up down the street, to
become No. 4.
“I guess I’ve kind of come full circle,” says Hood, 37, who just completed his first season as Needham
GC’s head man. “It’s really strange. I
never, ever thought this is what I’d be
doing for a living. My father was in the
corporate world as an accountant and I
just thought that I would follow his footsteps. I’m really not much of a golfer;
nothing like my brothers, so I just figured I would do something else with
my life. I tried, but here I am back at
Needham. I couldn’t be happier.”
Hood still lives less than a mile
away from the club with his wife,
Kathy, and their three children – Peter,
9, Sarah, 6, and John, 3. Also still living in the area is Kirkman, which has
made the transition much easier for
Hood.
“He lives on the course and he still
works in the clubhouse from time to
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PRESIDENT
Russell E. Heller, CGCS
41 Clifford Street, Melrose, MA. 02176-0140
617-983-2786 Fax: 617-983-2786
E-mail: Rheller@gcsane.org
Franklin Park Golf Club

VICE PRESIDENT
Patrick J. Daly, CGCS
P.O. Box 2284, Framingham, MA 01703-2284
508-872-9790 Fax: 508-872-5393
E-mail: Pat@framinghamcc.com
Framingham Country Club

SECRETARY
Jason S. Adams
27 Cherry Street, Wrentham, MA 02093
781-326-3801 Fax: 781-326-3801
E-mail: Norfolksuper@hotmail.com
Norfolk Golf Club
TREASURER
Michael W. Stachowicz
68 Westfield Road, Westwood, MA 02090
781-326-7860 Fax: 781-326-0664
E-mail: Mstach@dedhamclub.org
Dedham Country & Polo Club
TRUSTEE
Scott Lagana, CGCS
22 Sherborne Circle, Ashland, MA 01721
978-342-6451 Fax: 978-342-0421
E-mail: Grounds@oakhillcc.org
Oak Hill Country Club
TRUSTEE
Peter Hasak
154 Tedesco Street, Marblehead, MA 01945
781-592-5764 Fax: 781-631-6530
E-mail: PHasak@tedescocc.org
Tedesco Country Club
TRUSTEE
Mark Gagne
233 Baker Street, Walpole, MA 02081
508-668-3859 Fax: 508-668-9969
E-mail:Mgagne@walpolecc.org
Walpole Country Club
FINANCE CHAIRMAN
Michael Luccini, CGCS
10 Griffin Road, Franklin, MA 02038
508-520-3615 Fax: 508-528-1885
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GOLF CHAIRMAN
David Stowe, CGCS
30 Western Avenue, Natick, MA 01760
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E-mail: Newtonmaint@aol.com
Newton Commonwealth Golf Club
EDUCATION CHAIRMAN
Timothy Hood
49 Green Street (Billing Box 214), Needham, MA 02492
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time so it’s great for me to have him
around,” Hood says. “Ron taught me
quite a bit. He was a great mentor. He
still will fertilize a fairway for me if I
ask. He’s that type of guy.”
Despite not lasting long in the
“corporate world,” Hood says he has
taken some of the lessons he learned
working away from the golf course to
his job as superintendent.
“I think in anything you do, paying
attention to detail is real important,”
says Hood, who in addition to his two
brothers has a pair of sisters
– Amy and Jennifer. “I
learned in the flower business that you can have everything perfect, but just one
small thing can be out of
place and that’s what everybody sees and remembers.
The same goes for working
on a golf course.
“You also have to allocate your time correctly. It’s
the type of business where
you don’t want to fall behind
on your work. You’ve got to
keep you and your crew on a schedule. That’s the only way you can get
everything done that needs to be
done.”
Hood has also made a seamless
transition to working with the membership and other staff members at
Needham GC thanks to his deep roots
at the club.
“The head pro – Rich Hasenfus –
is from Needham and I’ve known a lot
of the members for most of my life, so
I’m very comfortable here,” says Hood,
whose parents – Peter and Janet –
were members at Needham GC and
Charles River Country Club while raising their family in Needham. “The key
is to remember that you’re here to
serve the membership. If you keep
them happy, you’re job will be a lot
easier.”
“Ron did a great job in educating
the members about what we have to
deal with in regards to the elements we
battle. Everybody is understanding,
which is great. It’s a great bunch of
people to work with.”
Just last month, Hood was named
to the GCSANE Board of Directors as
Education Chairman, a role that he is
looking forward to very much.
“I’m excited,” says Hood, who
spends a lot of his free time coaching
his kids in basketball and baseball. “It
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will really give me a chance to get an
even more formal education about the
industry by setting up the seminars
and attending them.”
“Ron was here for 46 years and if I
want to carry on that tradition I know I
have to digest as much information
about the job as I can. This will help
me do just that.”

GCSANE Elects 2008
Board of Directors

2008 Board of Directors (from L-R):
Front Row: Peter Hasak; Jason Adams,
Mark Gagne, Russell Heller, CGCS; Richard Gagnon Back Row: Tim Hood; Michael Stachowicz; Scott Lagana, CGCS;
Patrick Daly, CGCS; David Stowe, CGCS
(GCSANE Board members not in photo:
Michael Luccini, CGCS and Michael
Hermanson)
Photo Credit: Jim Cohen

CALENDAR
Jan. 28 Feb. 2

Golf Industry Show
Orlando, Florida

Jan. 31

Nor’Easter Hospitality
Reception
Omni Rosen Hotel
6:00 - 10:00 pm
Orlando, Florida

Mar. 3-6

Mar. 20

New England Regional
Turfgrass Conference &
Show
RI Convention Center
Providence, RI
GCSANE Monthly Meeting
Joint meeting with HFTP
Woodland G.C.
Host: David Mucciarone

New Challenge to an Old Foe,
Dollar Spot Fungicide Resistance
By Geunhwa Jung and Young-Ki Jo
Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Fungicide resistance of dollar spot
caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa is
a common problem on golf courses in
North America (Fig. 1) (Jo et al. 2006).
Fungicide resistance management is a
complex and controversial topic
(Couch, 2003; Vargas, 2002). Many
questions about the fungicide resis-

Fig. 1. Dollar spot on creeping bentgrass
fairway (Courtesy S. Abler).

tance management of dollar spot still
require further investigation. The issue
of whether or not to use the same fungicide until resistance develops, or to
rotate with different chemistries and
tank mixtures still remains to be definitively answered. Will the addition of
contact fungicides in rotations and tank
mixture with systemic fungicides prevent fungicide resistance? How many
times can a single fungicide be used
before efficiency is reduced or complete failure occurs? Do application
intervals or rates of fungicides affect
the development of fungicide resistance?
Fungicide resistance in dollar spot
is an important problem, but it is poorly
understood at the “population” level. In
sociology and biology, a population is
the collection of people or individuals
of a particular species. Individual isolates composing the population may
vary in genetic make-up, fungicide
sensitivity, pathogenicity, and vegetative compatibility.
Our lab has attempted to carefully
tease out these questions about dollar
spot fungicide resistance at the population level by using DNA fingerprinting
techniques and in vitro assays for both
fungicide sensitivity and vegetative

compatibility. Our recent findings revealed that a population of dollar spot
isolates collected from the same location could have differences in genetic
makeup, which result in differential
response to fungicides (Jo et al. 2007).
A single dollar spot patch can be
caused by more than one genetically
different isolate. The development of
fungicide resistance is caused by selecting a “population” of resistant isolates, which do not necessarily have to
be genetically identical.
The development of fungicide resistance is a total failure or a reduced
efficacy of a particular fungicide in the
field against a specific pathogen. Fungicide resistance develops from two
important biological steps: 1) preexistence of a small population of resistant
isolates before the first application of a
fungicide and 2) selection of the small
resistant population by use of fungicides. The initial occurrence of fungicide resistant isolates results from
spontaneous mutations, which are biologically natural and possibly inevitable
events. However, the selection process is mainly driven by management
practices like fungicide applications.
Fungicides suppress the population of
sensitive isolates and selectively allow
a subpopulation of resistant isolates to
build-up and dominate the population.
Development of fungicide resistance greatly depends on the chemical
mode of action. There are two types of
fungicide resistance against sitespecific fungicides: single-step or single gene mutation (e.g., as seen with
benzimidazoles such as thiophanatemethyl and benomyl), and multi-step or
multiple gene mutation (e.g., as seen
with sdemethylation inhibitors such as
propiconazole, fenaminol, triadimefon,
myclobutanil, tebuconazole, and triticonazole). The development of resistance against the single-step fungicides can be rapid (Fig. 2) and results
in the complete loss of efficacy.
Contrary to the single-step fungicides, resistance to the multi-step fungicides gradually develops (Fig. 3) and
causes reduced efficacy rather than
complete failure since a number of mu3

tations are related with the level of insensitivity.
Therefore, the main goal of resistance management strategies is to
minimize the chance of spontaneous
mutations occurring in the population.
This can be accomplished by rotating
fungicides with different modes of action and integrated disease management in order to delay the selection of
resistant populations, while monitoring
current dollar spot populations for resistant strains.

Fig. 2. Mycelial growth of dollar spot fungus on
growth medium amended with thiophanatemethyl (1,000 ug a.i./ml). A) A sensitive isolate
does not grow. B) A resistant isolate grows
normally. C) The sensitive mycelium is chopped
an spread on the medium. Spontaneous mutation conferring thiphanate-methyl resistance
occurs with a very low chance and resistant
hyphae grow.

Fig. 3. Mycelial growth of dollar spot fungus on
growth medium amended with propiconazole
(0.1 ug a.i./ml). Resistance is associated with
mutation at multiple genes and so gradually
developed. A) Sensitive, B) intermediate and C)
highly resistant isolates grow at different rates.

1. Origination of fungicide resistance
Fungicide resistance of dollar spot
originates from naturally occurring
spontaneous gene mutations. If this is
the case, how often do spontaneous
mutations occur? In-vitro petri dish
assays were carried out in our lab to
test this question. Several dollar spot
isolates, which are sensitive to thiophanate-methyl, were selected from a
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A Thankful and Reflective Ruszala
Honored by His Peers
By Rich Gagnon
The Golf Course Superintendent’s
Association of New England gathered
for their Annual Meeting on Tuesday,
January 8, 2008 at the Andover Country Club, hosted by Superintendent
Wayne LaCroix CGCS. The most anticipated and prestigious award given
out that afternoon was the Distinguished Service Award given annually
to a turfgrass professional for their
longstanding service and commitment
to the game of golf and to the advancement of the golf course superintendent profession. This year’s winner
is Robert Ruszala from Hickory Ridge
Country Club in Amherst, Massachusetts.
It would be difficult to find a more
deserving and qualified recipient than
the Chicopee resident and long time
Hickory Ridge superintendent. Some
of the many accomplishments Ruszala
has achieved over the years include:
president of the Golf Course

Pictured from L-R: Scott Lagana, CGCS; Bob
Ruszala and Russ Heller, CGCS
Photo Credit: Rich Gagnon

Superintendent’s Association of New
England (2000-2001), serving on the
Board of Directors for the GCSANE for
14 years (1990-2004), and president of
the New England Regional Turfgrass
Foundation. Ruszala was also instrumental in the development of the Joseph Troll Turf Research Center in
South Deerfield, has served as chairman of the Nor’easter hospitality room
at the annual Golf Industry Show, and
is responsible for starting up the
GCSANE “toys for tots” program which
allows underprivileged children an opportunity to have toys they wouldn’t
normally have.
Ruszala’s journey started in 1977
upon his graduation from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture where he
developed the basic skills to start a
career in the turfgrass profession. Before Bob could even get out of his cap
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collection of field isolates and grown
on growth medium, potato dextrose
agar (PDA). Mycelium of each fullygrown culture was harvested and
chopped into small fragments of hyphae at 100-500 µm. The fragmented
hyphae were plated on PDA amended
with 1,000 ppm of thiophanate-methyl.
We found that some hyphae were capable of growth on thiophanate-methyl
amended PDA (Fig. 2). This indicates
that fungicide resistant mutants
(particularly against thiophanatemethyl) of the dollar spot fungus occur
naturally and are inevitable. We also
found that mutation rates vary significantly among dollar spot isolates
tested under the in-vitro assays. Certain isolates generated mutants in a
higher frequency than the others.
Practical information obtained from
the study:
Resistance is likely to occur rapidly
with fungicides that have a sing-site
mode of action because a single gene
mutation on the specific target is the
only required step to acquire complete
resistance to the fungicide. However,
resistance will take longer to develop
with multi-site mode of action fungicides due to the multiple gene mutations that are required. Our in vitro
petri dish assay supports this notion
and field experiments confirmed this
hypothesis as well. The more isolates
that are exposed to fungicides, the
greater probability for the selection of
fungicide resistant mutants. Therefore,
the first and foremost step for fungicide
resistance management is to maintain
a low amount of inoculum and keep
disease pressure as low as possible by
adhering to the use of all available cultural and chemical options:
1. Plant with resistant cultivars if available.
2. Apply cultural practices including
dew removal and proper fertility to
minimize dollar spot pressure and
maximize healthy growth of turfgrass.
3. Follow the label recommended intervals and rates of fungicides
2. Population structure of dollar
spot:
Turfgrass pathologists believe that
the dollar spot fungus only uses mycelium as the primary form of its life cycle
in the U.S. The dollar spot fungus has
yet to be observed containing sexual/

asexual fruiting bodies or spores in the
field or laboratory. Previous studies
provided limited information about how
this life cycle influences dollar spot
population. Our recent research shed
light on the genetic structure and spatial distribution of the dollar spot field
populations on a fairway and putting
green established at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) and on a fairway
at the Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst
(UMass) (Jo et al. 2007). The dollar
spot populations were very different
among the locations in terms of genetic variation, fungicide sensitivity,
and vegetative compatibility. Isolates in
the population at UMass were genetically similar and were highly sensitive
to two systemic fungicides, thiophanate-methyl and propiconazole at the
inception of this study. On the other
hand, isolates collected from the fairway and green at UW were separated
into two genetically distinct subpopulations. Interestingly, these two subpopulations showed different sensitivities to the two systemic fungicides.
The isolates from the two subpopulations were also vegetatively incompatible, meaning that they did not grow
together, but instead competed with
each other.
Another interesting finding at UW
was the uniform distribution of the two
subpopulations within the same
turfgrass sites (fairway and putting
green), regardless of the sample sizes.
However, a significantly different percentage of the two subpopulations existed within the putting green and the
fairway. This suggests different management practices such as mowing
height, mowing frequency, and fungicide applications can influence the percentage of subpopulations.
In addition, a recent survey conducted at seven golf courses located in
Wisconsin and Massachusetts (Koch,
2007), suggested that dollar spot
populations are different among golf
courses and between the putting green
and fairway within the same golf
course. Thiophanate-methyl resistance
of dollar spot was generally higher on
the fairway than the green regardless
of course age or fungicide history. In
the case of propiconazole, higher resistance was generally observed on
putting greens than fairways.

Practical information obtained from
the study:
Knowing the fungicide sensitivities
of the dollar spot population within the
turfgrass area is key information for
designing a successful fungicide resistance management plan.
3. Shift of dollar spot population
responding to repeated uses of fungicides
Based on the previous population
research, we have developed an idea
of the dollar spot field population composition within the fairways and putting
green of our university research field
plots. Our next question is how these
populations will change in response to
fungicides applications. To tackle this
question, field experiments were conducted at UW and UMass in 2006 and
2007. Dollar spot populations were
monitored as fungicides were repeatedly applied. We speculated that consecutive applications of fungicides under high dollar spot pressure would
select a subpopulation of resistant

Fig. 4. Dollar spot on creeping bentgrass fairway
established at the research facility of University
of Massachusetts, where thiphanate-methyl was
applied on August 4 and September 8, 2006. A)
Dollar Spot before the first application. B) Dollar
spot after the first application significantly reduced. C) Dollar spot after the second application did not decrease because a population of
resistant isolates was selected.

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isolates. The results from two consecutive thiophanate-methyl applications (4 oz/1000 ft2) with a long interval
(4 weeks) in both 2006 and 2007 did in
fact select a subpopulation of resistant
isolates on the UMass fairway plot
(Fig. 4). Picture ‘A’ shows dollar spot
severity before the first thiophanatemethyl application. Picture ‘B’ shows
dollar spot severity 3-4 weeks after the
first application. Picture ‘C’ taken five
days after the second application,
shows dollar spot damage caused by a
population of resistant isolates.
In order to test persistence of re-

Fig. 5. Dollar spot on creeping bentgrass fairway
established at the research facility of University
of Wisconsin, where propiconazole was applied
once a month between June and August 2006.
A) Dollar spot before the first application. B)
Dollar spot significantly reduced after the first
application. C) In August, dollar spot broke out
earlier as a population of highly resistant isolates
was selected and fungicide efficacy gradually
reduced.

sistant isolates, the thiophanate-methyl
treated plots were not treated with additional fungicides in 2007. The percentage of resistant isolates in the
population that developed in 2006 has
significantly decreased in the absence
of thiophanate-methyl use after one
growing season. This result may be
explained by a lack of fitness of the
resistant isolates, or by an increase of
sensitive isolates which lead to the
dilution of the resistant populations.

On the other hand, six consecutive
applications (three in 2006 and three in
2007) of propiconazole on the UMass
fairway plot did not affect the fungicide
sensitivity of the population. All isolates
collected at the end of the season in
2007 were still highly sensitive to
propiconazole.
The field experiment conducted on
the fairway at UW in 2006 showed that
three consecutive applications of thiophanate-methyl rapidly selected a resistant population. The UW fairway
plot results were consistent with the
results from the UMass fairway plot.
Contrary to the findings at UMass, the
dynamics of dollar spot populations at
UW were different in terms of propiconazole sensitivity. The difference in
propiconazole sensitivity can be attributed to the wide genetic variability and
a broad range of fungicide sensitivities
to propiconazole that preexisted in the
UW fairway plot populations prior to
the experiments. The origin of the insensitive populations is not known.
Isolates highly insensitive to propiconazole were gradually selected and
eventually dominated the population.
Consequently, the population significantly shifted to higher insensitivity to
propiconazole at the end of 2006 season, resulting in reduced fungicide efficacy in the field (Fig. 5).
Practical information obtained from
the study:
The long interval between subsequent applications of the same fungicides allowed for the fungus to recolonize plants and to produce massive amounts of mycelia, which increased the number of mutations occurring in the population.
1. Repeated application of site-specific
systemic fungicides is not recommended.
2. Dynamics of population response to
fungicides is dependent on the initial
population, but the population shift to
insensitivity can be accelerated by the
repeated application of site-specific
fungicides.
Key findings:
1. Dollar spot populations have differential sensitivity to thiophanate-methyl
and propiconazole among golf courses
and between the putting greens and
fairways within the same golf course.
2. Dollar spot populations quickly shift
from sensitivity to resistance if applications of the same site-specific, singlestep fungicides such as thiophanate6

methyl are made back-to- back in longstretched intervals.
3. Dollar spot populations gradually
shift from sensitivity to insensitivity if
applications of same site-specific, multi
-step fungicides such as propiconazole
are repeatedly made back-to-back in
long-stretched intervals.
In conclusion, despite our attempts
to understand the mechanisms of fungicide resistance in dollar spot, more
questions still remain to be answered.
In the next issue we will present our
recent research results on the effects
of repeated applications, rotation, or
tank mixture on the incidence of fungicide resistance development in dollar
spot.
Literature Cited
Couch, H. B. 2003. Strategies for preventing and managing fungicide resistance. Golf Course Management 71(5):
111-115.
Jo, Y., M. Boehm, and G. Jung. 2007.
Rapid population shift of Sclerotinia
homoeocarpa in response to fungicide
applications on turfgrass. Phytopathology 97:S53 (Abstract).
Koch, P. 2007. Effect of cultural practices on the population structure of fungicide resistant isolates of Sclerotinia
homoeocarpa of turfgrass. M.S. thesis,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Vargas, J.M., Jr. 2002. To rotate or not
to rotate? Golf Course Management 70
(4): 53-56.

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Some of the many people Ruszala
thanked for their support over the
and gown he landed his first head suyears included Dr. Joseph Troll, his
perintendent’s job at the Holyoke
advisor and mentor at Stockbridge,
Country Club where he remained for
Don Hearn, who asked him to serve on
seven years. In 1984 Ruszala became
the Board of Directors for GCSANE in
the head superintendent of Hickory
1989 and the grounds crews who have
Ridge Country Club in Amherst where
worked for him over the years. “My
he is still currently employed and startgrounds crew has been very good over
ing his 25th year as superintendent.
the years. I was al“The ownership at my
ways fortunate to be
place of employment,
able to leave for variHickory Ridge Country
ous meetings, and
Club has been very good
thankfully my crew
to me. My present ownkept the fort in order
ers Doug and Cathy
while I was away."
Harper have been beAway from the golf
hind me 150%. When I
course Ruszala’s supasked them if we could
port system is just as
use Hickory Ridge CC
strong as it is at the
for a fund raising event
golf course. “I have
for the UMASS Turf Retruly been blessed with
search Building they said
Bob Ruszala accepting the
a great family. My parDistinguished Service Award
sure and waived the
ents are still alive in
green and cart fees.
Photo Credit: Rich Gagnon
their 80’s. They have
That tournament raised
been a great influence on me to this
$70, 000 for the UMASS Turf Program.
day. My wife, Denise has been very
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to
supportive to me always. My son, Paul,
Doug and Cathy,” Ruszala explained,
and daughter, Jaclyn are always great
as he stood at the podium in the Andoin understanding my love for this prover Country Club’s main dining room.

fession and its demands on family
time. I thank them very much.”
“You truly cannot receive this
award without a lot of people assisting
you along the way. I am truly honored
and blessed to receive this prestigious
award. This award will be cherished by
me always,” A modest and humble
Ruszala said before finishing his
speech. A most deserving recipient, a
true gentleman, and class act.
“You truly cannot receive this award
without a lot of people assisting you
along the way. I am truly honored
and blessed to receive this prestigious award.”
Robert Ruszala

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OSHA Issues Final Personal
Protective Equipment Rule
By Ron Smith
On November 15, 2007 the Occupational Safety & Health Administration
(OSHA) announced a final rule that all
personal protective equipment (PPE),
with a few exceptions, will be provided
by the employer at no cost to the employee. OSHA anticipates that this
rule will have substantial safety benefits that will result in more than 21,000
fewer occupational injuries per year.
The “final” PPE rule is actually a
clarification of the 1999 proposed PPE
standard and was issued after several
months of public review and input regarding the 1999 standard. The final
rule contains a few exceptions for ordinary safety-toed footwear, ordinary
prescription safety eyewear, logging
boots, and ordinary clothing and
weather-related gear.
The final rule also clarifies OSHA's
requirements regarding payment for
employee-owned PPE and replacement PPE. While these clarifications
have added several paragraphs to the
regulatory text, the final rule provides
employees no less protection than they
would have received under the 1999
proposed standard.
It has been my experience with
superintendents throughout New England that the required PPE for turf and
equipment maintenance work (safety
glasses, ear plugs & muffs, sunscreen,
insect repellent, protective work
gloves, hard hats, welding aprons &
gloves, respirators & dust masks, etc.)
has been provided to employees who
need them to perform their assigned
work tasks. Consequently, the final
rule will cause few, if any, changes in
how superintendents manage their
respective PPE programs.

amended OSHA standards. Employers are responsible for paying
for the minimum level of PPE required by the standards. If an employer decides to use upgraded
PPE to meet the requirements, the
employer must pay for that PPE. If
an employer provides PPE at no
cost, an employee asks to use different PPE, and the employer decides to allow him or her to do so,
then the employer is not required
to pay for the item.
•

•

The fourth exception to employer
payment in the final rule relates to
everyday clothing. The final rule
recognizes that there are certain
circumstances where long-sleeve
shirts, long pants, street shoes,
normal work boots, and other similar types of clothing could serve as
PPE. However, where this is the
case, the final rule excepts this
everyday clothing from the employer payment rule. Similarly,
employers are not required to pay
for ordinary clothing used solely for
protection from weather, such as
winter coats, jackets, gloves, and
parkas. In the rare case that ordinary weather gear is not sufficient
to protect the employee and special equipment or extraordinary
clothing is needed to protect the
employee from unusually severe
weather conditions, the employer
is required to pay for such protection.

•

The final rule clarifies the issue of
who pays for replacement PPE.
The final rule requires that the employer pay for the replacement of

I have listed several of the requirements and exceptions the final rule
either confirmed or implemented that I
feel superintendents should be aware
of. They are as follows:
•

The first paragraph in the final rule
contains the general requirement
that employers must pay for the
protective equipment, including
personal protective equipment that
is used to comply with the

The first exception addresses nonspecialty safety-toe protective footwear and non-specialty prescription safety eyewear. The regulatory text makes clear that employers are not required to pay for ordinary safety-toe footwear and ordinary prescription safety eyewear,
so long as the employer allows the
employee to wear these items off
the job-site.

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PPE used to comply with OSHA
standards. However, in the limited
circumstances in which an employee has lost or intentionally
damaged the PPE issued to him or
her, an employer is not required to
pay for its replacement and may
require the employee to pay for
such replacement.
For a detailed review of the final rule
please visitwww.osha.gov.
Questions regarding the rule can be
directed to your local OSHA office or to
me at 877-848-5978.

Action Alert!
Please visit the GCSANE web site
(www.gcsane.org) for details on proposed legislation that if passed, will
have a significant impact on the turf
management industry in Massachusetts.
The legislation is referred to as
S.B. 2406 -- "An Act for a Healthy
Massachusetts Safer Alternatives to
Toxic Chemicals" In a nutshell, S.
2406 establishes a permanent subcommittee to direct the advisory committee of Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) on developing a categorized record of all chemicals commonly used or sold in the Commonwealth. The chemicals will be categorized and TURI will begin the process
of publishing Safer Alternative Assessment Reports and designating which
toxic substances are to be deemed
a priority. Anyone who manufactures
or uses a priority toxic substance
would be required to file a notice with
the DEP identifying the product, the
approximate number of units distributed in the Commonwealth, an estimate of the amount or concentration
contained in each unit, and the purpose for including the substance in the
product. The EOEEA is directed to
develop Chemical Action Plans for
each priority toxic substance use to
ensure substiContinued on page 11
tution with a
safer

Myth Busted?
By Rich Gagnon
One of my first jobs after accepting
the superintendent position at Segregansett Country Club in Taunton
Mass., was to sit down with my green
chairman at the time, Chris Ryding,
and figure out which pins/flagsticks the
members wanted on the golf course. I
had three full sets of completely different style pins and no idea which ones
they preferred.
Par Aide manufactured all three different style flagsticks, which are listed in
the company’s catalog as:
• the half-inch solid regulation fiberglass flagstick;
• three-quarter-inch tapered tournament flagstick; and
one-inch aluminum/fiberglass tournament flagstick.
Ryding and I agreed on the threequarter-inch tapered tournament flagstick, which seemed to look better and
would be more durable because of its
weight and thickness. We didn’t give it
much more thought than that.
That is until a complaint rolled in
from a member that changed our way
of thinking a bit. The complaint was
that we needed to get rid of the “metal”
flagsticks because the ball bounces off
them too hard and is less likely to fall
into the hole. I was told we needed to
go back to the half-inch, solid regulation fiberglass flagsticks. I assured the
chairman the flagsticks were made of
fiberglass and the only metal component was the ferrule on the bottom and
the screw threads on the tip, which
hold the flag on. I was told that regardless of what the flagsticks were made
of, fewer balls go in the hole with the
flagsticks we were currently using.
A couple years passed. The same
three-quarter-inch tapered tournament
flagsticks were being used, but now I
had a new chairman, Earl Dion. The
old complaint had resurfaced with a
new set of ears to listen, and I was
asked if it was a legitimate complaint
once again. It seemed that if all the
flagsticks were eight-feet tall and had a
half-inch-wide base made of fiberglass
that it wouldn’t affect the ball dropping
into the hole or kicking to the side. After hearing this complaint yet again, I

figured I’d try to put the myth to rest –
that the flagsticks we were using were
reducing the chances of the ball dropping into the hole.
Segregansett has 20 members
who have a USGA handicap index of 2
or lower, 12 members who qualified for
the Massachusetts Amateur Championship in 2007 and two members who
played in national USGA events last
year. The members have the reputation of being one of the best playing
memberships in the state. I wasn’t
about to win any debate with any of
them about what a ball does or doesn’t
do when it hits a flagstick. That is
unless I had data to back up what I
said.

Device used to measure
ball reaction to flagstick
Photo Credit: Rich Gagnon

Set it up
To conduct this test, I used all
three sets of pins. I set a regulation
cup into a green mowed at one-eighth
inch on a flat surface and set up a transit tripod several feet away from the
cup. Then I cut a 10-foot section of
PVC irrigation pipe, set it on the tripod
and raised the entry point of the pipe
two feet off the ground, with the exiting
end of the pipe 14 inches from the hole
resting on the green. All the flagsticks
had flags on them, the ferrules were all
the same, and the Par Aide cup was
set at regulation depth.
Assistant superintendent Tate
Asselin and I rolled 100 balls through
the PVC pipe at each of the flagsticks.

We removed a ball from the cup every
time one landed in it to make sure the
balls leaning against the flagstick didn’t
have any effect on vibration or stability.
We wanted to simulate a chip shot as it
hits the flagstick but wanted to make
sure all balls hit the flagstick dead-on
at a normal pace to see how the ball
reacted.
We understood that, in the real
world, any perfect chip shot that just
drops in the hole wouldn’t be affected
by which flagstick was in the cup and
any ball skulled or off center wouldn’t
be impacted either. What we wanted to
avoid was the ball traveling too fast,
too slow or too off center. The 10-foot
pipe set up at two feet off the ground
on one end and 14 inches from the
hole on the other end seemed to be
the perfect combination for simulating
a direct hit at a medium pace.
As the flagstick test was under
way, Asselin thought it would be a
good idea to take the test to another
level and use the exact same make of
ball to assure consistency and accuracy. I’m sure some balls might react
differently than others based on their
individual characteristics, and the idea
was a great one, but our final decision
to use 100 random golf balls, not 100
of the same kind. This was based on
one factor: I wanted to duplicate what
is actually happening on the golf
course when my membership hits the
flagstick on a chip shot. What better
way to test for this than having 100
random balls that were hit by the membership at one time, picked up by me
after they were lost and eventually
used in this experiment?
Results that matter?
After 300 balls were sent through
the pipe, the results were in. With the
flagstick we were using (three-quarterinch tapered), 67 percent of the balls
fell into the cup. With the half-inch flagstick, 72 percent of the balls fell into
the hole. The complaints were valid,
but barely. At a 5-percent difference in
the members’ favor, it appeared that
for every 20 chip shots that hit the flagstick dead-on, one more fell into the
cup with the half-inch flagstick com-

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Myth Busted? - continued from Page 10

pared to the three-quarter-inch tapered
flagstick. Although not a major difference, there still was a difference.
“If I hit the flagstick with 100 chip
shots this year, I want the five birdies –
there’s a difference!” Dion says. “If I go
up against a good chipper in the club
championship, I want the three-quarter
-inch flagsticks in. Who wouldn’t?”
Most golfers would say there’s no
difference which flagstick was in the
cup. And, statistically, the 5-percent
difference in our results would probably hold true for 100 coin tosses. But
one flagstick had to win the race and
the results would never turn out 50/50
anyway. There might not seem to be a
difference between the half-inch and
the three-quarter-inch flagsticks, but
when the two pins were matched up
against the one-inch flagstick, the results proved there can be a significant
difference between flagsticks and the
percentage of balls falling into the cup.
The biggest shock of all was that
with the one-inch flagsticks, no balls

fell into the hole. That’s right, none. It’s
hard to imagine there would be such a
big difference, especially since the bottom 12 inches of all three flagsticks is
exactly the same width (half-inch) and
made of fiberglass.
Weigh in
I took things a step further and
wanted to see if weight had any effect
on the results since the area that the
ball was hitting was exactly the same
on all the flagsticks. The three-quarterinch flagstick was heavier than the half
-inch one, but the one-inch flagstick
was lighter than the three-quarter-inch
flagstick. Weight, materials and width
in the impact area all have no effect on
the results.
Is 5-percent difference enough to
change the flagsticks at Segregansett
to the half-inch ones? It’s still debatable, but I can assure you that after
reading the results of our experiment
you’ll never see the one-inch flagsticks
in our cups again. That is, until my
chairman goes up against a good chipper in the club championship.

Action Alert! - continued from Page 9

alternative and restrict the use of
priority toxic substances. Within 1
year after the release of a Chemical Action Plan, all manufacturers
and users must complete a substitution plan and file a certification of
compliance that good faith efforts
toward substitution have been implemented. It is time to be aggressive in conveying opposition to
Senate members.
All GCSANE members are
strongly encouraged to e-mail,
call and meet with their elected
officials in January. The
GCSANE.ORG web site provides
a link to simplify contacting your
representative and it only takes
a few minutes to complete.

DIVOT DRIFT... announcements ... educational seminars ... job opportunities
...tournament results...and miscellaneous items of interest to the membership.
MEMBERSHIP
Proposed New Members:
Mega Green, Friend, Middleton, MA
Sean M. Smith, Assistant Superintendent, Thorny Lea GC
Jonathan Vandale, Assistant Superintendent, Essex County Club

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Condolences go out to Gary Sykes
and family on the recent passing of
Gary’s mother-in-law.
Congratulations to Chris and Adrienne
Donato on the recent birth of their son,
Charles.
Congratulations to Jason Adams as he
leaves Norfolk Golf Club to accept the
superintendent position at Blue Hill
Country Club.
Congratulations to John Zolkowski as
he leaves Norfolk Golf Club to accept
the assistant superintendent position at
Blue Hill Country Club.

Congratulations to Jonathan Burke as
he leaves The Ranch Golf Club to
accept the superintendent position at
the Hartford Golf Club, East Hartford,
CT.
Congratulations to Ed Downing as he
leaves A.A. Will Materials to accepts a
sales position with New England
Specialty Soils out of Lancaster,
Massachusetts. Ed’s new cell phone
number is (978) 230-2300.
The S.V. Moffett Company is pleased
to invite you to our 2008 Technical
Training Schools. We have teamed up
with Jacobsen factory service representative Paul Zellner to present basic
troubleshooting of electrical and hydraulic systems. Due to limited classroom sizes we are asking that only one
maintenance technician from each facility join us for this no-cost one-day
training session.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2008
S.V. Moffett Co., Inc., 87 Concord
Street, North Reading, Massachusetts.
Registration begins at 7:30 am and the
class will begin promptly at 8:00am.
Lunch will be provided. We will have
time for product specific questions and
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issues to be addressed after lunch.
Please R.S.V.P. to Melissa at our toll
free number (888) 708-5296 Ext. 139.
If you have any questions or if I can be
of further assistance, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Craig Freeman, Service Director,
S.V. Moffett Co. 888-708-5296
GCSANE would like to congratulate
the following members who were
recognized for 25 Years of
Membership at the Annual Meeting:
Paul J. Brooks
Charlie Dickow
Robert DiRico, CGCS
Mike Nagle
Eric Newell, CGCS
Robert Ruszala

JOE TROLL CLASSIC
The 2008 Joseph Troll Classic is set
for Monday, September 29, 2008 at
Lyman Orchards Golf Club, honoring
George B. Thompson.
Additional details to follow and will
soon be on the web site.
www.alumniturfgroup.com

Please Patronize these FRIENDS of the ASSOCIATION
A.A. Will Materials Corp.

DGM Systems

Larchmont Engineering & Irrigation

Southwest Putting Greens of Boston

198 Washington St., Stoughton, MA 02072-1748

11 Larchmont Lane, Lexington, MA 02420-4483
Kevin Rudat - (781) 862-2550

P.O. Box 827, Westford, MA 01886
Synthetic turf, tee lines, practice greens, outdoor
and indoor practice facilities.
Douglas Preston - (978) 250-5996

A.D. Makepeace Co.

1 Snagwood Rd., Foster, RI 02825
Your New England specialty products distributor: Reelcraft, POK, Allen, Kenyon, Echo,
Carhartt
Office - (401) 647-0550
Manny Mihailides - (401) 524-8999
David Mihailides - (401) 742-1177

158 Tihonet Road, Wareham, MA 02571
(508) 322-4092

DHT Golf Services

Root zone mixes, divot mixes, topdressing blends,
bunker sands, cart path mixes, bridging stone, &
hardscape supplies. Charlie Downing,
Rob Fitzpatrick - (800) 4-AA-WILL

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

Allen’s Seed Store, Inc.

D.L. Maher Co.

The Andersons Technologies, Inc.

Michael Drake Construction, Inc.

Water supply specialists; wells & pumping
equipment. (781) 933-3210

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

Atlantic Silica, Inc.

E-Z-GO/Textron

P.O. Box 10, Enfield N.S. B2T 1C6 Canada
(902) 883-3020

EZGO golf and utility vehicles.
Doug Hopper - (800) 234-0474

A-OK Turf Equipment Inc.

G. Fialkosky Lawn Sprinklers

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

91 Freeman St., Newton, MA 02466
Irrigation services to golf courses throughout
New England. Gary Fialkosky - (617) 293-8632

Barenbrug USA

250 West Rd., Canterbury, NH 03224-2127
Growers of turfgrass and ornamentals.
Malcolm McPhail - (800) 648-8873;
Canterbury Office - (603) 783-4717

47 Falmouth Rd., Longmeadow, MA 01106
Emerald, Insignia, Pendulum AquaCap, Curalan,
Drive, Basagran, Iprodione Pro, Propiconazole
Pro, Bifenthrin Pro, Plateau, Sahara.
John Bresnahan - (413) 374-4102

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

Boston Irrigation Supply Co. (BISCO)
60 Stergis Way, Dedham, MA 02026
Distributor, irrigation supplies & accessories,
featuring Rain Bird.
Andrew Langlois, Jay Anderson III, Dan Fuller,
Jeff Brown, Greg Hennessy, Chris Russo
(800) 225-8006

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

Charles C. Hart Seed Co., Inc.
304 Main St., Wethersfield, CT 06109
Authorized distributor for Bayer, Syngenta, Grigg
Bros., Foliar Fertilizer, & Aquatrols.
Roy Sibley, Dick Gurski, Robin Hayes (800) 326-HART

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

25 Bishop Ave., Ste. A-2, Williston, VT 05495
Golf course construction.
Mario Poirier - (888) 707-0787

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

Northeast Golf Company
Golf Course Architectural/Consultation Services
118 Beauchamp Drive, Saunderstown, RI 02874
Robert McNeil (401) 667-4994

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

Gustavo Preston Service Company
10 Kidder Road, Unit 8, Chelmsford, MA 01824
Flowtronex irrigation pumps - sales and service.
Spring start ups, winterization and 24 hour
emergency service for all irrigation pumps.
Ed Ceaser (978) 250-3333 or

On-Course Golf Inc., Design/Build
16 Maple Street, Acton, MA 01720
We serve all your remodeling and renovation
needs. You can trust your project with us!
We make you look good!
Sean Hanley (978) 337-6661

Harrell’s Turf Specialty LLC

Cavicchio Landscape Supply, Inc.

Partac Peat Corporation
Kelsey Park, Great Meadows, NJ 07838
Heat treated topdressing, golf hole targets, turf
blankets, other specialty golf supplies.
Jim Kelsey - (800) 247-2326

Putnam Pipe Corp.
90 Elm St., Hopkinton, MA 01748
Underground water, sewer, & drain pipe and
fittings-Erosion and sediment control material. 24
-hour service.
David Putnam, Eli Potty - (508) 435-3090

Holliston Sand Co., Inc.
P. O. Box 1168, Tifft Rd., Slatersville, RI 02876
USGA-recommended sands, root-zone mixes,
bunker & topdressing, agresoil compost, stonedust, & pea-stone
Bob Chalifour, CGCS (ret.) - (401) 766-5010

Read Custom Soils
125 Turnpike St., Canton, MA 02021
Custom soil blending, top dressing sands, root
zone blends, divot & cart path mixes.
Terry Driscoll, Garrett Whitney - (888) 475-5526

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

R.F. Morse & Son, Inc.
22 Cranberry Hwy., Wareham, MA 02576
Professional goods, services, & John Deere
equipment for the golf course industry.
Larry Anshewitz, Mike Hannigan, Tom Rowell,
Ren Wilkes, John Winskowicz - (508) 295-1553

Irrigation Management & Services
Country Club Enterprises
PO Box 670, 29 Tobey Rd.,W.Wareham, MA 02676

Club Car golf cars, Carryall utility vehicles.
Dave Farina, Darin Eddy, Keith Tortorella (800) 662-2585

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

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

Ken Jones Tire, Inc.
DAF Services, Inc.
20 Lawnacre Rd., Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Irrigation pumps - sales & service; northeast
warehouse/distributor for ISCO HDPE pipe &
fittings. Richard Young - (860) 623-5207

87 Concord Street, North Reading, MA 01864
Rain Bird Golf irrigation distributor.

NMP Golf Construction Corp.

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

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

S.V. Moffett Co., Inc.

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

P.O. Box 1008, Essex, MA 01929
Golf course construction & renovation.
Jonathon Miller - (978) 768-6600

GPS New England Mapping

Hartney Greymont

McNulty Construction Corp.

Miller Golf Construction

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

Golf course and landscape supplies.
John Callahan, Dennis Friel - (800) 861-6256

Manchester, NH
Professional stump chipping service.
Brendan McQuade - (603) 625-4165

38 Village Road, Unit 210, Middleton, MA 01949
Mega Green is a protein rich organic fertilizer
processed from farm raised catfish in Mississippi.
It is a foliar feed applied through a sprayer mixed
30 gal. water to one gal. Mega Green on Greens,
Fairways and Tees.
John Flynn - (978) 979-2471

Golf Cart Services, Inc.

166 River Rd., PO Box 520, Unionville, CT 06085

The Cardinals, Inc.

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

1301 E. 9th St., Ste. 1300, Cleveland, OH 44114
Ron Tumiski - (800) 321-5325

Mega Green

Gold Star Tree & Turf Farm, LLC

15 Londonderry Rd., Londonderry, NH 03053
Turf & ornamental supplies.
Chuck Bramhall, Mike Kroian, Mike Nagle,
Jim Wierzbicki - (800) 228-6656

Sports Club Management, Inc.

Stumps Are Us Inc.
Lesco, Inc.

71 Concord St., P. O. Box 127, N. Reading, MA
01864

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

BASF Turf & Ornamental

dba Hammond Paint and Chemical Co., Inc.
738 Main St., Suite 223, Waltham, MA 02154
Complete line of golf course accessories;
Standard, Par Aide, Eagle One.
Joe Lazaro - (781) 647-3361

dba Weed & Feed, Inc.
8 Meadow Park Road, Plymouth, MA 02360
Golf course renovation & construction in all
areas: bunkers, tees, greens, drainage, irrigation, & cart paths.
Dahn Tibbett, Chip Brearley - (508) 746-3222

693 S. County Trail, Exeter, Rl 02822
Specializing in quality seed and related golf
course maintenance supplies.
Gregg Allen - (800) 527-3898
Michelle Maltais - (401) 835-0287

Great in Grass
166 Juniper Drive, North Kingstown, RI 02852
Bruce Chapman, Territory Manager
(401) 578-2300

Lazaro’s Golf Course Supplies &
Accessories

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

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Mark Casey (617) 990-2427 (Eastern MA & Boston);
Bob Hobbs (603) 833-0309 (NH & ME);
Chris Francis (413) 519-8585 (Western MA and VT)

Syngenta Professional Products
111 Craigemore Circle
Avon, CT 06001
Melissa Gugliotti (860) 221-5712

Tee & Green Sod
A Division of New England Turf
P. O. Box 777, West Kingston, RI 02892
Bentgrass, Blue/Fescue mixes, Bluegrass, Low
Cut Bluegrass and complete installation services
Dave Wallace, Scott McLeod, Ernie Ketchum (888) 638-4657

Tom Irwin Inc.
11 A St., Burlington, MA 01803
Turf management products.
Jack Petersen, Paul Skafas, Rob Larson, Chris
Petersen, Greg Misodoulakis, Mike DeForge
(800) 582-5959

Tree Tech, Inc.
6 Springbrook Rd., Foxbvoro, MA 02035
Foxboro, Wellesley, Fall River
Andy Felix - (508) 543-5644

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

Turf Enhancement Enterprises
6 Jessica J Dr., Millbury, MA 01527
Floratine products, Precision Small Engine Co.,
Douglas Rollers, Trion Lifts.
Tom Fox - (508) 865-9150

TurfLinks, Inc.
16 Kane Industrial Dr., Hudson, MA 01749
Distributor of quality fertilzer, grass seed, &
control products for the golf course industry.
Kevin Lyons, Scott Mackintosh, Jim Favreau,
Chris Cowan - (866) 567-9221

TurfNet Associates, lnc.
21 Brandywine Rd., Skillman, NJ 08558
Cutting edge communication for the golf course
industry. Peter McCormick - (800) 314-7929

Turf Products Corp.
157 Moody Rd., Enfield, CT 06082
Distributors of Toro irrigation & maintenance
equipment and other golf-related products. Tim
Berge, Rick Moulton, Jeff Stouffer, Mike Turner (800) 243-4355

Valley Green
14 Copper Beech Drive, Kingston, MA 02364
Phone: 413-533-0726 Fax: 413-533-0792
"Wholesale distributor of turf products"

Varney Bros. Sand & Gravel
79 Hartford Ave., Bellingham, MA 02019
Concrete golf cart paths.
Kenneth Mooradian - (800) 441-7373

Winding Brook Turf Farm
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Scott Wheeler, Mike Krudwig, Sam Morgan (800) 243-0232

Philip Wogan & George F. Sargent, Jr.
17 Walker Rd., Topsfield, MA 01983
Golf course architects.
(978) 887-3672