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MICHIGAN  &  BORDER 
CITIES GOLF  COURSE 
SUPERINTENDENTS 

ASSOCIATION

PRESIDENT
BRUCE  WOLFROM,  CCCS 
Barton  H ills   Country  Club 
435  Stein  Road 
Ann  Arbor,  Michigan  48103 
Off.  662-8359 -   Res.  663-9213
VICE  PRESIDENT
MICHAEL  EDGERTOH
Meadowbrook  Country  Club
3066  Sesame
Howell,  Michigan 48843
Off.  349-3608  -   Res.  (517)  546-5927
SECRETARY-TREASURER
KEVIN  DUSHANE,CCCS 
Bloomfield H ills  Country  Club 
159  Willards  Way 
Union  Lake,  Michigan  48085 
Off.  642-0707  -   Res.  698-2924
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS
CLEM  WOLFROM 
Detroit  Golf Club
530  Kendry
Bloomfield H ills,  Michigan  48013 
Off.  345-4589  -   Res.  334-0140

THOMAS  MASON  Jr.
Birmingham  Country  Club
3640 Oriole  Rd.
Troy,  Michigan  48084
Off.  644-6320 -   Res.  362-3201

CHARLES  GAIGE 
Lakelands  Golf &  Country  Club 
7390  Rickett 
Brighton,  Michigan  48116 
Off.  231-3003  -   Res.  227-4617

CRAIG  ROGGEMAN
St.  Clair Shores Country  Club
22185  Masonic  Blvd.
St.  Clair Shores,  Michigan  48082 
Off.  294-6170 -   Res.  774-1394

DANIEL  UZELAC 
Dominion  Golf Club 
RR  No.  1
Oldcastle,  Ontario,  Canada NOR  1LO 
Off.  (519)  969-4350  -   Res.  (519)  969-4350

THEODORE  WOEHRLE,  CGCS 
Oakland H ills  Country  Club 
3390  Wither bee 
Troy,  Michigan  48084 
Off.  644-3352  -   Res.  649-6849
PRESIDENT  EMERITUS
JAMES  TIMMERMAN.  CGCS 
Orchard Lake  Country  Club 
7133  Buckhom
Orchard Lake,  Michigan  48033 
O ff.682-2150  -   Res.  360-0238

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S a fe ty  on Sc A round 

th e  Golf Course

Federal and State regulation of health 
and  safety  on the job  has  brought  a 
turnabout in operating procedures for 
many  businesses, 
including  golf 
courses.
Through OSHA, new legal areas have 
been created that affect almost every 
employer.  Those  who  ignore  the  re­
quired actions are  creating for them­
selves  new areas  of liability on  com­
mon  law  tort,  negligence,  fraud  and 
misrepresentation, as well as violation 
of statutes.
The new standards set up by OSHA, 
and  now  implemented  by  Michigan 
Dept, of Labor, must be met. Job stan­
dards and programs must be develop­
ed, and new employers must be trained 
and  required  to  follow  the  technical 
standards as well as job standards. The 
superintendent who doesn’t live up to 
all this could be leaving himself open to 
many legal and technical charges. 
Under  some  circumstances  involving 
an employee injury, alleged violations 
and  proposed  penalties  have  been 
dropped when it has been shown that 
the employer had taken the following 
steps:

1. Being able to produce documented 
evidence that he or she has established 
safety  and  health  policies  in  their 
business.
2.  Having job  safety rules  and prac­
tices, as well as job standards for safety 
and health of employees.
3.  Having training programs  for  em­
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standards.
4. Supplying supervision and enforce­
ment of the job standards.
5. Insuring that job standards are be­
ing  met  through  investigation  of  in­
cidents and periodic inspection of job 
activities.
Golf  courses  with  good  safety  and 
health programs can use these points 
to  defend  against  unwarranted  legal 
actions. However, the Superintendent 
must be able to substantiate each of 
the  above  actions  before  the  review 
commission.
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GREEN  SEMINAR

On March 26,1983 the 4th annual Golf 
Association of Michigan and Michigan 
and Border Cities Golf Course Super­
intendents  Association  “Green  Sem­
inar”  was  held  at  the  Detroit  Golf 
Club.  The  Chairmen  for  this  year’s 
program  were  Mr.  Neil  MacPhee, 
Green Chairman for the G.A.M., Mike 
Edgerton and Kevin Dushane.
There  were  over  160  Golf  Course 
Superintendents, Green Chairmen and 
club Officials in attendence at the ses­
sion  in  what  many  Superintendents 
feel is our most important meeting of 
the  year.  This  Seminar  gives  us  the 
opportunity to show our Club Officials 
and  Green  Chairmen  our  active  in­
terest and desire to provide the golfing 
world  the  best  possible  golf  course 
conditions  possible  through  proper 
management,  education,  communica­
tions and proffessionalism in our field. 
Mr. Jim Prusa, Director of Education 
for the  Golf Course  Superintendents 
Association of America and a former

Golf  Course  Superintendent  high­
lighted the  program with  his  talk on 
“the Education and Image of the Golf 
Course Superintendent.” In his speech 
Jim  felt the  Superintendent who  at­
tends educational programs and part­
icipates in local affairs had the desire 
to improve his management skills and 
are  striving  to  attanin  a  reputable 
image, but it is those Superintendents 
who  do  not  become  involved  in  ed­
ucation  and  other  turf  related  fun­
ctions that need to improve their image 
which  in  turn  will  benefit  the  entire 
profession.
He  also stated it would be up to the 
National  Association  and  the  Local 
chapters to get these Superintendents 
interested  in  educational  programs 
which would improve their skills and at 
the same time improve the image of the 
Golf  Course  Superintendent  as  a 
group.
Everyone who met Jim during his stay 
in  our  area  was  impressed with  his

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enthusiasm and desire to upgrade our 
profession  and  we  all  appreciate  his 
efforts and thank him for participating 
in this year’s program. All of the speak­
ers on the program did an excellent job 
and are to be  congratulated for their 
efforts. The speakers and their topics 
are as followed:
Karl Danneberger, “A Model for Pred­
icting Anthracnose Infection”
Stan  Zontec,  “Putting  Green  Speed; 
The  Stimpmeter,  a  Superintendent’s 
Dilemma”

Jim Prusa, “Computers in Golf Course 
Management”
Dr.  Paul  Rieke,  “Sand  Topdressing, 
Management or Mismanagement” 
Clem  Wolfrom,  Advantages  of  Clip­
ping Removal From Fairways”
Tom Mason, “Alternatives in Fairway 
Mowing”
Roger Barton, “Removal of Clippings 
From Problem Fairways Only”
Dr.  Fred  Adam,  “The  Evolution  of 
Fairways, From the 50’s to the 80’s

CONTINUED  PAGE  12

L  to  R  —  Dr.  Fred  Adams,  Speaker  and  past  Chairman  of  GAM Green  Committee  —  Dr.  Paul 
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Matters of Mutual Understanding

Campbell on Communication

superintendent, 

The  average  golfer does  not need to 
the  science  of  golf  course 
know 
management  but  he  should  under­
stand the problems that are faced by a 
golf  course 
said 
USGA President William C. Campbell 
in a recent interview.  At the present 
time  the  average  golfer  is  probably 
unaware  of most  of those  problems, 
Campbell added, because of a lack of 
communication  with 
superin­
tendent.
Campbell, who was elected to a second 
term as USGA President last month, 
has some definite ideas about increas­
ing  communciation  and  developing a 
cooperative relationship with a super­
intendent.
“There  should  be  a  key  person,  and 
only one person, who would represent

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with the superintendent. That key per­
son should be respected by his fellow 
members  and  should  be  knowledge­
able  enough  to  understand  what  a 
superintendent may explain.
“The key person ought to be honest in 
his  dealings with the superintendent, 
meet  frequently  with  the  superin­
tendent and be practical in his sugges­
tions, ” Campbell said.
At a private club the key person will 
normally be the chairman of the green 
committee, Cambell said.
“But 
the  charimanship 
changes hands every year. I think if the 
club has a green chairman who is really 
effective, really trusted and works well 
with the superintendent, then the club

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Green  Seminar,  cont.

We would like to thank the host Super­
intendent Clem Wolfrom, the Detroit 
Golf Club and its staff for the use of its 
fine facilities and for serving everyone 
an excellent lunch.
If  any  Superintendent  would  be

interested in being on the program at 
next  year’s  Seminar  please  contact 
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This  is your  chance to improve your 
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L  to R  —  Mike  Edgerton,  Co-  Chairman —  Kevin  Dushane,  Co-Chairman —  Bruce  Wolfrom, 
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Campbell  On  Communications,  cont.

ought to keep him in that position for 
as long as it can.”
The  same  arrangement  should  also 
exist at public and  daily-fee  courses, 
Campbell said. He noted it might even 
be more important at such courses. 
“A daily fee player is just as interested 
in  the  condition  of  the  course  as  a 
country club player. But the daily fee 
player plays anywhere he wants. So the 
owner  of  the  course  needs  to  work 
closely with the  superintendent if he 
wants to attract business.
“That  should  mean  something  other 
than just keeping the course cut back 
so it is  conductive to moving a large 
number of golfers through each day. It 
should mean keeping the golf course in 
as  good  a  condition  as  it  can  be,  so 
players will enjoy it and come back.” 
Campbell  said  it  is  important  for  a 
superintendent  to  encourage  such  a 
relationship.
“If the condition of a course goes bad, 
then everyone suffers. That is when a 
club must have confidence in its super­
intendent. They will if they know him 
and understand his situation.
“On the other hand, if the course is in 
good shape, the superintendent wants 
to have that feeling that his efforts are 
being appreciated.
“I’m not saying that a superintendent 
should be free from criticism. But any 
criticism  has  to  be  constructive  and 
should  come from  a single  source. It 
should come from that key person, the 
one who also provides the superinten­
dent  with  a  lot  of  support  when  he 
deserves it.”
Campbell also stressed the need for a 
superintendent  to  open  channels  of 
communication to people  outside his 
club. He  suggested that consultants- 
such as those employed by the USGA 
Green  Section - are  good sources of 
support.
“A superintendent should not have to 
go it alone. Green Section consultants 
are  trained  as  experts  and  have  a 
wealth of observations and experience 
to draw upon. They can supply objec­
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Campbell noted that because the sit­
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On Reaching 70

Art Koett 
(copied)
I got up this morning,
Did a couple of laps
(around the dining room table). 
Bathed with my Zest,
Shaved with my Gillette
(the one with the twist), 
Cleaned my teeth with my Efferdent, 
Brushed with my Aquafresh,
Gargled with Scope,
Put Holdfast on my uppers,
Splashed all over with Brut,
Put on my 24-hour deodorant,
Put on my Brooks Brothers 
And my tapered Arrow (and couldn’t 
get the two bottom buttons fastened). 
Ate my Wheaties with Bordon’s 
High Protein,
Took my Mega-Vitamin (with zinc), 
And two Maalox,
Put a fresh battery in my Sonatone, 
Set my pacemaker on “cruise”,
Shook  my  head  to  line  up  my  lens 
Straightened my rug,
Put  my  pastor  and  the  mortuary  on 
Put a Velamint on my tongue, 
Climbed in my car . . .
And BOTH of us were out of gas.

implants,
hold,

Campbell  On  Communications,  cont.

the  USGA 

the type of “key person” relationship 
he  proposes  might  not  always  work. 
The ideal situation, he said, would be 
one  where  all  golfers  are  educated 
enough to  appreciate  the role  of the 
golf course superintendent.
Such  a  basic  educational  process 
should abe a responsibility shared by 
both 
and  GCSAA, 
Campbell added.
I don’t think either of our organizations 
has reached as many people as we are 
capable  of  reaching.  We  both  have 
publications that address a lot of issues 
concerning  golf  course  management. 
The USGA tries to draw attention to 
the superintendent and the condition 
of the course during television broad­
casts of our national events. But there 
is  still  a  vast  constituency  out there 
that  plays  golf  but  hasn’t  heard  the 
message yet.”

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