December 2011

Sharon Brownell
The woman behind the email address
By Jeff Urquhart, Newsletter Editor
I had the opportunity to take a few moments out of Sharon’s day to discuss her career with GCSANE and her plans after
GCSANE. We met on December 20th, four
days after her documented last day with the
association. Most of us would stay on our job
after we gave our official notice, right? I know
I wouldn’t, call me a bad person but my last
day will be my last day. She has been helping her replacement, Don Hearn, with all of
the duties that she has acquired since she
started in 1999. Sharon has only had 4 jobs
in her entire life, not bad for a woman who’s
in her @&’s to have achieved such longevity.
Kevin Osgood and Bob DiRico swept her up
after she was let go from the Massachusetts
Golf Association. While working for the MGA,
she was also helping GCSANE with their accounting and
secretarial tasks so it was a great fit for GCSANE. Having
always been in the “secretarial” part of any business, I wondered how we differed from any other business or corporation. She replied “I have always enjoyed working with Superintendents, they are real people and a pleasure to work for.”
She then added “Some (Superintendents) more than others”
after seeing my grin because even I know that we can all be
difficult to work for. Initially Sharon had a hard time understanding or even knowing what we actually did as Golf
Course Superintendents. (Enter irony paragraph here) It all
became clear after a drive around with Mike Iacono. He
showed her everything, from bentgrass, to sprayers, to poa
and actually what golf course crews did on a daily basis.
She has also been to a couple GIS shows during her time
with GCSANE. This knowledge made it easier for her to
work with us throughout the years.
During her tenure, she has seen several board of directors come and go, although only seeing a few board members go through the entire totem pole of duties, Newsletter to
Past President. Together we jogged her memory and figured out who they were; Mike Hermanson, Bob Ruszala, and

Russ Heller. For those historians out there, we
might be off a couple guys, keep in mind she has
been retired for 4 days when we talked. Having
worked closely with so many different boards,
each with different personalities and ways of doing things, I asked her if she had any advice for
boards moving forward and being successful.
Without any hesitation Sharon said, “Attention to
membership is paramount, it’s important to make
your members feel valued.”
For the last two years Sharon and her husband Tom, whom she married in 1999, have
been going over their retirement strategy. This
was sparked by a recent period in their lives
when they experienced some unfortunate and
untimely losses. It became clear to the both of
them that life is too short and that their “golden
years” are approaching. I was surprised when she told me
this because the woman behind the email address doesn’t
look a day over @&. Sharon and Tom both love to travel,
and that is going to be a large part of the rest of their lives
together. You’d wonder how would they afford to travel so
much? I think between the four companies that they own
together that they could travel around the world for years to
come. Tom’s father started a boat transporting business and
is credited with designing a specific boat trailer that is used
all around the world. They now move over 1000 boats every
spring and fall from the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay.
They also own a records management business where they
store company’s important documents. Our association has
started to do this with the goal of freeing up some office
space for Don at the TPC of Boston’s Golf House location.
Tom and Sharon live in Mattapoisett where they also own
6.5 acres of consumer storage (YUP!). The storage units
have commercial solar panels on top of them; which supply

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GCSANE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sharon Brownell - continued from page 1

PRESIDENT
Jason S. Adams
27 Cherry Street, Wrentham, MA 02093
781-828-6540 Fax: 781-326-3801
E-mail: jadams@bluehillcc.com
Blue Hill Country Club

VICE PRESIDENT
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

TREASURER
Mark Gagne
233 Baker Street, Walpole, MA 02081
508-668-3859 Fax: 508-668-9969
E-mail: Mgagne@walpolecc.org
Walpole Country Club

SECRETARY
Michael Luccini, CGCS
10 Griffin Road, Franklin, MA 02038
508-520-3615 Fax: 508-528-1885
E-mail: Mluccini@verizon.net
Franklin Country Club

TRUSTEE (Membership)
Richard T. Gagnon
85 Gulliver Street, Taunton, MA 02780
508-823-0466 Fax 508-823-3915
E-mail: sccturf@hotmail.com
Segregansett Country Club

TRUSTEE (Government Relations)
J. Michael Rose
181 Winter Street, Belmont, MA 02478
617-484-5360 Fax 617-484-6613
E-mail: mrose@belmontcc.org
Belmont Country Club

or store power to all four businesses and also their employees’ homes. The local
power company then buys any extra kilowatts that aren’t used. I could tell that she is
very proud of their endeavors and the success that it has brought them.
Although Sharon is flipping the page to the next chapter of her life, she’d like to
keep in touch with several members of GCSANE. She has developed many professional relationships over the past 13 years and finds it hard to believe that won’t continue for many years to come adding “ I will miss a lot of guys, ask Don to keep me
on the mailing list!” The Alumni Turf Group has been a part of her life as well and
she is planning to continue working with them as well as running the community sailing program in her hometown.
We discussed how Don is going to do as the new chapter manager and she believes that he will be a huge asset to the association; he has to take it one day at a
time and to enjoy it. Sharon mentioned “ We’ve got the crew that will help him
through it.” Everyone has always worked with her to complete the necessary tasks
that have been asked of her throughout the years and that will not change with Don
in the driver’s seat. She will offer her assistance for as long as it’s needed. There
are over 450 members of GCSANE, only 80 of which could pick Sharon out a crowd,
but that doesn’t matter because even if you don’t know who she is, you know she will
get the job done.
“It’s been fun, I am looking forward to being on the peripheral and seeing the association grow.” 

TRUSTEE (Scholarship & Benevolence)
David Stowe, CGCS
30 Western Avenue, Natick, MA 01760
617-789-4631 Fax 617-789-4631
E-mail: Newtonmaint@aol.com
Newton Commonwealth Golf Club

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND

AFFILIATE TRUSTEE
David Wallace
PO Box 418, Exeter, RI 02822
401-789-8177 Fax: 401-789-3895
E-mail: dave@teegreensod.com
New England Turf

ANNUAL MEETING
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

FINANCE CHAIRMAN
Scott Lagana, CGCS
840 Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420
978-342-6451 Fax 978-345-2044
E-mail: slagana@oakhillcc.org
Oak Hill Country Club

Franklin Country Club, Franklin, MA
Host - Michael Luccini, CGCS

GOLF CHAIRMAN
Carl Miner
357 W. Squantum Street, North Quincy, MA 02171
617-328-0277 Fax: 617-328-9479
E-mail: Carlpminer@gmail.com
Presidents Golf Club

Reservations Required by Friday, December 30, 2011
Reservations 800-833-4451 or email: donhearn@gcsane.org

EDUCATION CHAIRMAN
David W. Johnson
179 Fletcher Street, Whitinsville, MA 01588
508-234-2533 Fax: 508-234-2533
E-mail: djohnson.wgc@verizon.net
Whitinsville Golf Club

NEWSLETTER CHAIRMAN
Jeffrey Urquhart
70 Green Lodge Street, Canton, MA 02021
781-828-2953 Fax 781-828-3220
E-mail: jmartin101@gmail.com
Milton-Hoosic Club

PAST 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

ASSOCIATION MANAGER
Donald E. Hearn, CGCS
300 Arnold Palmer Blvd., Norton, MA 02766
800-833-4451 Fax: 774-430-9109
E-mail: donhearn@gcsane.org

BUSINESS MANAGER, THE NEWSLETTER
Julie Heston
Phone: (401) 934-7660 Email: jheston@verizon.net
GCSANE Headquarters
300 Arnold Palmer Blvd., Norton, MA 02766
Tel: (800) 833-4451 Fax: (508) 758-6474
Web Site: www.gcsane.org
Any opinions expressed in this publication are those of the
author and/or person quoted, and may not represent the
position of GCSANE. Information contained in this publication may be used freely, in whole or in part, without special
permission as long as the true context is maintained. We
would appreciate a credit line.

Cost $45 Retirees $20
Now Accepting American Express and Visa/Master Card
Jacket and Tie Required for Winter Meetings
9:00 a.m. Board Meeting
10:00 a.m. Past President's Meeting
10:30 a.m. Registration
11:00 a.m. Regular Membership Meeting and
Awards
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Mr. Rhett Evans, CEO, GCSAA
Directions: From Route 95 South: Exit 9 (Route 1/ Wrentham) to RT 140. Go
left following Route 140 through Wrentham crossing Route 1A. Club is 2.6 miles
on left.
From Route 495: Exit 16 (King St) to Franklin, Route 140. Right at lights, club is
1.3 miles on right
Club address: 672 East Central Street, Franklin, MA Phone: 508-528-9852
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DuPont granting refunds for Imprelis purchases
The Imprelis label states: “Do not apply this product directly to, or allow spray drift to come in contact with, ornamental groundcovers, foliage plants, flowers, trees, shrubs,
nearby crop plants or other desirable plants; or to the soil
where potentially sensitive plants will be planted during the
same season.”
While promoted as a safe product for trees, Imprelis contains the same active ingredient as Streamline herbicide,
which is marketed by DuPont for brush control. The Streamline label includes application rates for control of more than a
dozen varieties of trees, including spruce.
Michigan State University offers information about how
to deal with trees that might be affected by Imprelis. Likewise, other universities, including Nebraska and Wisconsin
have established Web pages to handle Imprelis-related
questions from users. 

DuPont has established a return and refund program for
customers who have purchased Imprelis herbicide.
The U.S. Environmental and Protection Agency ordered
the company to halt all sales of the herbicide after complaints from customers that the product had damaged or
killed non-target trees. DuPont had voluntarily suspended
sales of the product on Aug. 4.
Distributors or DuPont customers can visit
www.imprelis-facts.com for more information about returning unused product and getting a refund.
With the active ingredient potassium salt of aminocyclopyrachlor, Imprelis is a Group 4 herbicide that was promoted as an environmentally safe product that represents a
new sub class of chemistry – pyrimidinecarboxylic acid. With
the active ingredient potassium salt of aminocyclopyrachlor,
Imprelis is labeled for control of a variety of broadleaf weeds
in cool-season and warm-season grasses, including golf
courses, athletic fields and sod farms as well as commercial
and residential landscape applications.
Professional turf managers and private homeowners in
two-dozen states say the herbicide also has affected healthy
non-target trees – primarily spruce trees.

Reprinted with permission from John Reitman of Turfnet.com

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Remembering Tony Caranci
By Don Hearn
Tuesday evening December 6, Jason Adams and I attended the Rhode Island Golf Association’s Hall of Fame
Induction at the Ledgemont Country Club. We joined with
twenty-five other superintendents and an overflow crowd to
honor Tony Caranci and his fellow inductees and award winners.
Mark Richard, Superintendent of the Kirkbrae Country
Club and a past president of the Rhode Island Golf Course
Superintendents Association, made an eloquent induction
presentation on behalf of Tony’s friends and family.
The site of the event was fitting as it was the course
where Tony was the superintendent for forty-three years.
That’s not a typo. He was the superintendent at Ledgemont
for forty-three years. What a record!
I knew of Tony a few years before actually meeting him.
I don’t remember the exact time I met him but I believe it to
be in mid 1970. He was a genuinely likeable person. A nice
guy who loved to promote the profession of the golf course
superintendent.
He was well known for his yearly budget meetings where
fellow superintendents would discuss budgets in detail. The
information that came from these meetings served many of
us in ways that helped level the field when requesting budget
funding at our clubs.
As you might imagine, Tony would drive many club officials crazy when they found out these meetings were taking
place. It didn’t bother him though. In fact, he seemed to enjoy “giving them the business.”
Tony was also politically active as a member of the North
Providence Town Council. For many years I had a “Caranci
for Councilor” pen clipped to my shirt. He would get a kick
out of me asking him for another when the ink finally ran out.
He was a Past President of both the Rhode Island and
New England Superintendents Associations. And a recipient
of the Distinguished Service Award from both the GCSA of

Harry McCraken and Jason Adams

New England and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. He received the accolades and admiration
from everyone in the business.
I always enjoyed listening to him make his presentation
on the subject of budgets, labor and member expectations.
He was a raconteur and would always have a smile on his
face when detailing his reasons for telling it the way it was.
Tony has been and will continue to be missed by his
friends. He was one of those people you meet along the
highway of life who would always stop to give you a lift.
The Rhode Island Golf Association and their Hall of
Fame Committee are to be congratulated for choosing Tony
Caranci as the first golf course superintendent to be a member of their Hall of Fame. 

When asking for some new equipment a board member noted “Hey, you’re not saving lives out there.” Initially I was upset, but this helped me put things in perspective as to what we really need to complete our job. Also reminding me that “our
job”, when it really comes down to it, is growing grass so another human can come
play on it. When times are tough and I find myself becoming angered during the
course of the day, I take a breath and remind myself “Hey, I’m not saving lives out
here”.
Your editor
2011
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DIVOT DRIFT... announcements ... educational seminars ... job opportunities
...tournament results...and miscellaneous items of interest to the membership.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

ON THE MOVE

Congratulations to Justin Santos who is the proud father of
Elena Irene Santos born December 1, 2011.

Noah Goldstein, formerly (C) at Walpole Country Club,
is now (C) at Old Sandwich Golf Club in Plymouth.
William H. Hauser, formerly (S) at University of Massachusetts, is now (C) at International Golf Club Inc. in Bolton.
Zachary W. Purinton, formerly (C) at Eastward Ho!
Country Club, is now (C) at Ipswich Country Club in Ipswich.
Patrick J. Sullivan, formerly (SM) at Shining Rock Golf
Club, is now (SM) at Pembroke Country Club in Pembroke.
Richard Walworth, formerly (C) at Glen Oaks Club, Inc.
is now (C) at International Golf Club Inc. in Bolton.
Peter J. White III, formerly (S) at Stockbridge School of
Agriculture, is now (S) at University of Massachusetts in
Amherst.
Originally published in the December 2011 issue of Golf
Course Management magazine.

As in the past, The Newsletter continues to invite Affiliate members to submit a press release about new personnel, new products or a company bio. We will print each and every release
free of charge. This is a great way to advertise for free. Who
said nothing in this world is free? Free advertising to better your
company, wow what an offer.
Jeff Urquhart, Editor

EDUCATION
RIGCSA Member, Tim Gerrish is offering 2 classes through
UMass Amherst Continuing & Professional Education program.

The Golf & Sports Turf Design & Construction for-credit
class is STOCKSCH 297G. The non-credit class is
LLPARKS 30. Both courses are offered through CPE.
Please note, at UMass students pay for courses through
CPE. Details of course can be found on their website
http://www.umassulearn.net/classes/spring-2012

WEB SITE ADS - BILLING NOTE
The website advertisers will be receiving a bill requesting
$500 for the annual renewal of their banner ad. Most will be
using January as their billing cycle, with others falling around
August or so. If you choose not to renew, please let Don
Hearn or myself (Jeff Urquhart) know so we can remove the
banner ad from the website. I will not set a specific deadline
for the payment, but let’s say if we do not hear from you before March it will be removed or you will have to pay the start
up fee again if you'd like to continue with us. The website
will be getting a major upgrade this year so I would entice
you to stay with us for 2012 and beyond.
Thank you for your participation.

9 Hole Budget Survey
If you’d like to be involved in this
year’s survey, please email
Jeff Urquhart at
jmartin101@gmail.com.
(So far we have 6 participants, yes 6.)

GCSANE Offers
Website Banner advertising at
www.gcsane.org
The price is $500 for one year which will be
re-occurring annually from your first billing unless
otherwise specified.
For more information, please contact Jeff Urquhart
at 781-828-2953 or jmartin101@gmail.com
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Please Patronize these FRIENDS of the ASSOCIATION
Page 1

A.A. Will Materials Corp.
198 Washington St., Stoughton, MA 02072-1748
Root zone mixes, divot mixes, topdressing blends, bunker sands,
cart path mixes, bridging stone, & hardscape supplies.
Charlie Downing, Rob Fitzpatrick - (800) 4-AA-WILL

The Cardinals, Inc.
166 River Rd., PO Box 520, Unionville, CT 06085
Golf course and landscape supplies.
John Callahan, Dennis Friel - (800) 861-6256

www.aawillmaterials.com

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

A.D. Makepeace Co.
158 Tihonet Road, Wareham, MA 02571 (508) 322-4092

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

Agresource, Inc.
100 Main St., Amesbury, MA 01913
Tim Gould, Guy Travers (800) 313-3320, (978) 388-5110
Ahearn Equipment
460 Main Street, Spencer, MA 01562
Full service equipment dealer. Kubota tractors, Stihl power
equipment, Agrimetal, Exmark, ASV. Mike DiRico - (508) 873-4363

Country Club Enterprises
PO Box 670, 29 Tobey Rd.,W.Wareham, MA 02676
Club Car golf cars, Carryall utility vehicles.
Dave Farina, Keith Tortorella, Mike Turner (800) 662-2585

Allen’s Seed Store, Inc.
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

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

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

DGM Systems
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

Atlantic Golf and Turf
9 Industrial Boulevard, Turners Falls, MA 01376
Specializing in agronomy through the distribution of fertilizer, seed
and chemicals throughout New England.
Chris Cowan (413) 530-5040, Gregg Mackintosh (508) 525-5142,
Scott Mackintosh CPAg (774) 551-6083
Atlantic Silica, Inc.
P.O. Box 10, Enfield N.S. B2T 1C6 Canada (902) 883-3020

DHT Golf Services
8 Meadow Park Road, Plymouth, MA 02360
Serving the GCSANE for over 20 years. Planning to proposal to
completion. Golf construction and irrigation consulting.
Emergency irrigation repairs. Dahn Tibbett (20 year member),
Jaime Tibbett 508-746-3222 DHTGOLF.COM

A-OK Turf Equipment Inc.
1357 Main St., Coventry, RI 02816-8435
Lastec, Tycrop, Blec, Wiedenmann, Therrien, Graden, Sweep
& Fill, Baroness, and used equipment.
Mike Cornicelli - (401) 826-2584

G. Fialkosky Lawn Sprinklers
PO Box 600645., Newton, MA 02460
Irrigation services to golf courses throughout New England.
Gary Fialkosky - (617) 293-8632
www.garyfialkoskylawnsprinklers.com

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

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

BASF Turf & Ornamental
47 Falmouth Rd., Longmeadow, MA 01106
“We don’t make the turf. We make it better.”
John Bresnahan - (413) 565-5340

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

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

Harrell’s
19 Technology Drive, Auburn, MA 01501
Turf & ornamental supplies. Chuck Bramhall, Mike Kroian,
Mike Nagle, Jim Wierzbicki - (800) 228-6656

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

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Please Patronize these FRIENDS of the ASSOCIATION
International Golf Construction Co.
5 Purcell Rd., Arlington, MA 02474
Golf course construction. Antonios Paganis - (781) 648-2351;
(508) 428-3022

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

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

MTE
87 Concord Street, North Reading, MA 01864
New and Pre-owned Equipment / Sales / Parts / Service
JACOBSEN – NEARY TECHNOLOGY – HUSQVARNA – TURFCO
– SMITHCO – BUFFALO TURBINE – PAR AIDE– REDEXIM –
TRU TURF – GOLF LIFT – GANDY – SDI – BROYHILL – RYAN –
PROGRESSIVE
Office: 978-276-3180 or Mark Casey 617-990-2427

John Deere Golf
Offering our customers the most complete
line of products, service and expertise in the
industry. Tom Rowell, Ren Wilkes,
John Winskowicz - (978) 471-8351
Ron Tumiski 1-800-321-5325 x6219

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

Ken Jones Tire, Inc.
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

New England Lawn & Golf
15 Del Prete Drive, Hingham, MA 02043
Distributor of Express Dual and Anglemaster Speed Roller and
Converted Organics a liquid compost & fertilizer from food waste
John Lenhart - (781) 561-5687

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

New England Specialty Soils
435 Lancaster, Street, Leominster, MA 01453
1mm. Top Dressing Sand, High Density Bunker Sand, Rootzone
Mixes, Tee Blends, Divot Mixes, Bridging Stone, Cart Path Mix,
Infield Mixes, Inorganic Amendments, SLOPE LOCK Soil.
Ed Downing - 978-230-2300 Rick Moulton (978) 230-2244
www.nesoils.com

Lazaro’s Golf Course Supplies & Accessories
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

New England Turf
P.O. Box 777, West Kingston, RI 02892
Phone: 800-451-2900 or Ernie Ketchum 508-364-4428
Website: www.newenglandturf.com

Maher Services
71 Concord Street, N. Reading, MA 01864
Specializes in Water well drilling, pump sales, pump repair, well
redevelopment and preventative maintenance
Peter Maher (978) 664-WELL (9355) Fax (978) 664-9356

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

MAS Golf Course Construction LLC
60 Hope Ave., Ste. 107, Waltham, MA 02453
Fulfilling all your renovation and construction needs.
www.masgolfconstruction.com Matthew Staffieri (508) 243-2443

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

Maltby & Company
30 Old Page Street, P.O. Box 364, Stoughton, MA 02072
Provides expert tree pruning, tree removal and tree planting services. Our two other divisions include Natural Tree & Lawn Care,
which treats for winter moth caterpillars, ticks and mosquitoes etc.
Forest Floor recycling manufactures color enhanced mulch and
natural composted leaf mulch. For more information or to speak
with one of our arborists please call Bill Maltby at 781-344-3900

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

Mayer Tree Service
9 Scots Way, Essex, MA 01929
Your one source tree care company. Our certified arborists specialize in plant health care as well as tree pruning and technical
removals. Jeff Thomas (978) 768-7232

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

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

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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

Valent Professional Products
294 Archer Street, Fall River, MA 02720
Valent Has Turf Covered Jim Santoro - 508-207-2094
Valley Green
14 Copper Beech Drive, Kingston, MA 02364
Phone: 413-533-0726 Fax: 413-533-0792
"Wholesale distributor of turf products"

Read Custom Soils
125 Turnpike St., Canton, MA 02021
Custom soil blending, top dressing sands, Root zone blends, “early
green” black sand, divot & cart path mixes.
Terry Driscoll, Garrett Whitney – (888) 475-5526

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

Slater Farms (Holliston Sand Products)
P. O. Box 1168, Tifft Rd., Slatersville, RI 02876
USGA recommended topdressing, root-zone mixes, compost, pea
stone, angular & traditional bunker sand.
Bob Chalifour, CGCS (Ret.) - (401) 766-5010 Cell: 860-908-7414

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

Sodco Inc.
P. O. Box 2, Slocum, Rl 02877
Bluegrass/Fescue, Bluegrass/Rye, Bluegrass/Fescue/Rye, Bentgrass. Sean Moran, Pat Hogan - (800) 341-6900
Southwest Putting Greens of Boston
P.O. Box 827, Westford, MA 01886
Synthetic turf, tee lines, practice greens, outdoor and indoor
practice facilities. Douglas Preston - (978) 250-5996
Stumps Are Us Inc.
Manchester, NH
Professional stump chipping service.
Brendan McQuade - (603) 625-4165
Syngenta Professional Products
111 Craigemore Circle, Avon, CT 06001
Melissa Gugliotti (860) 221-5712
Tom Irwin Inc.
11 A St., Burlington, MA 01803
Turf management products. Paul Skafas, Rob Larson,
Chris Petersen, Greg Misodoulakis, Mike DeForge, Brian Luccini,
Jeff Houde, Fred Murray (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
Joe Farina (774) 260-0093
TurfLinks, Inc.
29 Gilmore Drive, Sutton, MA 01590
Distributor of quality fertilzer, grass seed, & control products for the
golf course industry.
Kevin Lyons, Jim Favreau (888) 398-TURF (8873)
Turf Products Corp.
157 Moody Rd., Enfield, CT 06082
Distributors of Toro irrigation & maintenance equipment and other
golf-related products. Tim Berge, Dave Beauvais, Nat Binns,
Andy Malone, Tim Stays - (800) 243-4355

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