June 1985

Published by the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association

Vol. XV, No. 4

WATER GETS FULL ATTENTION
Horton Named to
Water Task Force
Ted Horton, Golf Course Superintendent
at the Westchester CC was appointed to
the 1985 Westchester County Drought
Emergency Task Force - an unprecedented
accolade for our profession.
Ted Horton’s focus is not, however, on
the honor bestowed - rather on the practical
benefits that will accrue from the opportu­
nity. When asked to comment on this
challenge, Ted indicated that he felt “there
was a need to educate the Task Force
regarding Green Belt management. Once
this was done, equitable guidelines for the
use of water would likely result.”
Members of the Task Force include:
Harold Vogt, Chairman - County Chamber
o f Commerce; Louis Ackerman - Plumbers
Local; William Borghard-Environmental
Facilities; Anita Curran - Health Depart­
ment; Russ Davies -RefinedSugars; Peter
Eschweiler - Planning Department; John
Hand - Legislator; Ted Horton; George
Mekenian - NYC Water Supply; Ted
Meserole - IBM; Constantine Papakrasas
- Con Ed; Ross Pepe - Construction
Counsel; Michael Ritchie - Village of Port
Chester; Michael Steralacci - Water Works
Conference; Stephen Tenore-Legislator;
Anthony Veteran - Supervisor o f Green­
berg; Ray Windas - General Motors.
The Task Force meets every other Tues­
day, with its next two meetings scheduled
for June 11th and 25th. Ted Horton and
Bob Martin presented recommended
guidelines for water use in golf to Chairman
Vogt on May 29th. ■

Take Advantage of the
Drought

Fact Finding Meeting
Generates Needed Information

Mother Nature is playing games with us
again. After two years of 40-plus inches
of rain before June 1st, she is subjecting
us to one of the driest spells since records
have been kept.
Within every dark tunnel, a light shines
at the other end - if we look for it. What
benefits can be gained from this drought
emergency?
• The opportunity to upgrade the irriga­
tion system. Without question, a well
designed, properly installed and effi­
ciently managed irrigation system will
conserve water. Put your system in the
best possible operating condition.
• The opportunity to show golfers that
turfgrass need not be green, lush and
wet to play well.
• The opportunity to get rid of Poa
Annua gracefully without committing
to a harsh program. Order bentgrass
seed early.
• The opportunity to suggest that some
of your club’s more influential mem­
bers get involved with the political
process within your community so as
to be able to insure that golf courses
are not treated unfairly when it comes
to water access guidelines.
Experience has shown that it takes more
than good intentions and hard work by the
Superintendent to win the water battle on
the ground and in the political arena. Keep
your club and its golfers well informed
about what is going on. ■
- Jim Snow, USGA Green Section

The Westchester County Drought
Emergency Task Force requested that vital
information and guidelines be solicited
from the local Green Belt industries to help
guide its deliberations during the coming
summer months when water restrictions
are expected to be severe.
Task Force Member Ted Horton and the
Cooperative Extension’s Bob Martin
called a meeting for this purpose on Tues­
day, May 21 at the Cooperative Extension
Office. The following industry representa­
tives attended this meeting: Kay Winkler
- SE New York Nurserymen s Association;
Dan Antonecchia-Institutional Grounds;
Frank Claps - NY Turf and Landscape
Association; Lawrence Labriola - Corpo­
rate Grounds Maintenance; John Moran Tree Care; Alviro Maiorano - Westchester
Gardener's and Nurserymen's Associa­
tion; Peter Rappoccio - Met GCSA ; Mark
Sosnowitz - Irrigation Industry; John
Wistrand - Marketing & Sales Industry.
The NYS Turfgrass Association was
represented at the meeting by Board Mem­
ber Ted Horton. In addition, several
members of the Cooperative Extension
Staff and the Met GCSA were in atten­
dance.
The reason for calling the meeting was
very clearly stated by Ted Horton at the
beginning - to gather the necessary statis­
tics and suggested guidelines that can be
passed on to the Task Force to best insure
that Green Belt industries are not asked to
carry unfair burdens during the coming
(continued on page 5)

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President’s M essage
Closing the Educational Gap

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Peter R. Rappoccio
Silver Spring CC
Vice-President
Patrick A. Lucas, Jr.
Innis Arden GC
Secretary
Scott E. Niven
Stanwich Club
Treasurer
Robert U. Alonzi
Winged Foot GC
Past President
Charles A. Martineau
Whippoorwill Club
William J. Gaydosh
Edgewood CC
Edward C. Horton
Westchester CC
Melvin B. Lucas, Jr.
Piping Rock Club
Robert C. Mullane
Alpine Tree Care, Inc.
Harry H. Nichol
Burning Tree CC
Timothy T. O’Neill
CC of Darien
Lawrence J. Pakkala
Wood way CC
Dennis P. Petruzzelli
Brae Burn CC

Executive Director
James E. McLoughlin
914/769-5295

TEE TO GREEN STAFF
Editor
Patrick A. Lucas, Jr.
203-359-0133
David M. Dwinell
Dennis M. Flynn
Edward C. Horton
Michael A. Maffei
John J. O’Keefe

Dennis P. Petruzzelli
Allan Tretera
Paul M. Veshi
Patrick Vetere

Right to reprint must
be requested of the Editor.

For three days late in April, the first of what is planned to become an ongoing
educational series was offered by the Association to its membership. Twenty-five
Golf Course Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents gathered at the Apawamis
Club in Rye, NY for the inaugural Met GCS A Career Counseling Seminar Program.
All told, Executive Director Jim McLoughlin presented nine hours of lectures on
topics designed to complement the Superintendent’s formal university training and
ranging from computer applications within golf and turf management to establishing
priorities for shaping our futures.
The critical observation was offered that while our profession is very fortunate to
have one of the best country-wide educational systems available to it, one in which
we can all be justifiably proud - it does not cover all the bases that today ’s competitive
society requires. As strong as our preparation is in the turf management field,
significant voids exist within our overall education curriculum which limit our career
and personal growth opportunities.
For example, if marketing can be defined as doing that which will create the
environment within which a sale can take place, then we Superintendents must learn
to do those many things which will produce an atmosphere where we work that will
allow our “sale” (recognition and an understanding of what we do) to happen comfort­
ably. Too often, we expect to sell ourselves only with job results that, unfortunately,
are taken for granted and often not understood. The central theme of the Apawamis
Seminar Series was to list and demonstrate what needs be done to produce the
conditions where the Golf Course Superintendent will be recognized, grow and mature.
Those who attended the Seminar agreed that this was time well spent and that we
came away from the talks with a new and different outlook as to what the world of
the Golf Course Superintendent should be now and can be in the future. It is not
possible to review the three-day Apawamis agenda. However, two situations were
of particular importance to me - dealing with limited vertical job opportunity within
our industry and communications. I am sure each attendee will have his own priorities
when it comes to noting topics of importance.
The point was made that each industry balances its advantages and disadvantages.
Every industry is consistent in this regard. In the golf club and turf management
fields, we are presented with excessive horizontal job security in lieu of vertical job
opportunity. We must recognize the problem, learn to deal with it - and not stagnate
in place. The Golf Course Superintendent is also given a great deal of job responsibility
early in his career. This is a doubled-edged sword that brings us closer to the vertical
job barrier earlier than most other professional groups. Opportunity abounds in our
profession and we are given more freedom to operate than most salaried people. We
are always being judged, however, on how we handle the responsibility of freedom
- often without knowing it.
Every Golf Course Superintendent has a need to communicate well - whether this
be verbal or in writing. Our notes, letters, reports, newsletter articles, budget presen­
tations and resumes are judged every day by one of the most sophisticated audiences
in the business world - the men and women who play golf in the Metropolitan New
York area. We have always known that the choice of words and data put on a page
were important. We now also know that where and how we put this information on
paper might be as important, because this dictates whether what we write will be
read and respected.
Solid writing contributes to the marketing atmosphere mentioned earlier that will
help “sell” our profession. Writing deficiencies are, generally, not a a result of an
ability gap, rather an experience gap. It takes practice and time. We should commit
to at least one major supervised writing project every winter. Once we become
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Chapter Announces Photo Contest

A good file shot. Need better for contest.

A good contest shot? Maybe!

The Met GCSA Scholarship & Research Committee has
announced that it will sponsor what is expected to become an
Annual Photograph Contest for the Association’s full member­
ship.
Committee Chairman Mel Lucas, Jr. advises that the goals
of the innovative contest are: one - to refocus the Golf Course
Superintendent’s attention on the benefits that can be derived
from the regular use of cameras on the golf course; two - to
use the results of good camera work to demonstrate the role
and solid contribution that Golf Course Superintendents make
to the game of golf; three - to allow the golf club community
to share in the “Magical World of the Golf Course Superinten­
dent;” and four - to generate the color pictures (when converted
from slides) that can be used within any number of publications,
calendar books or possibly an Art Show - to raise money for
the Met GCSA Scholarship and Research Fund.
The contest is open to all Met GCSA members - who are
invited to forward and unlimited number of the best 35 mm
color slides they have taken recently or in the past to Met
GCSA Photo Contest, P.O. Box 196, Thomwood, NY 10594
- all with proper identification. Slides submitted will not be
returned to members, but will become the property of the Met

GCSA.
The Committee intends that a wide variety of subjects be
submitted for Contest purposes - primarily focusing on the
Golf Course Superintendent and his work, but also on the game
of golf, how it is played, its marvelous golf courses, the design
of the buildings on club grounds and the people within the
industry. Original shots taken for the sole purpose of the
Contest are encouraged.
The Contest will close on November 15th for this year making sure there will be every opportunity to capture the
rapture of Fall colors within golf’s landscape. A panel of judges
will select the 100 Best Photographs submitted this year and
will list the Member photographer for each in the January-February issue of Tee To Green. The Best 25 pictures from this
lot will be chosen for publication purposes. The three (3) Best
pictures submitted will receive worthy and special recognition.
The names of the Judging Panel will be announced in the next
issue of Tee To Green.
Met GCSA President Peter Rappoccio when asked to com­
ment on the Contest said, “An exciting idea - giving our
members every chance to show what they do and what we are
all about. I hope everyone will participate.” ■

Coming Events

THANK

June

YOU!

to

6

Met GCSA Invitational Tournament

Stanwich C

5-9

Westchester Classic

Westchester CC

18

CAGCS Meeting (see notice on page 7)

Sterling Farms GC

25

Met GCSA Board Meeting

Whippoorwill C

26

Massachusetts Field Day

South Deerfield

Dominic Richichi
and

DAR PAR SALES
for

July
11

Met GCSA Championship -1 st Round

Tamarack CC

19

Met GCSA Family Picnic

Woodway CC

27-9/1

US Amateur Championship

Montclair GC

August

3

donating custom-designed
golf flags with poles for
the Stanwich Invitational
Tournament and all later
Association
golf tournaments.

Met GCSA Blazer and
Accessories Available

Social Calendar

Family Survey Results

The Social and Welfare Committee is
Returns (37) from the recent Family
pleased
to
announce
that
the
major
Met
Survey
have been tabulated to guide Social
Met GCSA Members may, for the first
GCSA
social
events
have
been
set
for
the
and
Welfare
Committee planning.
time, purchase and wear their own Asso­
year.
Open
your
calendar
books
and
note
These
results
indicate: wife’s age in
ciation Navy Blue Blazer with pocket
the
following:
years
youngest
is 23, average is 34.6,
emblem. The jacket may be purchased
• The Annual Picnic will take place on oldest is 60; average number of years a
exclusively at Wattach's in White Plains
Monday, August 19th at the delightful
member has been a Superintendent is 11.9;
for the price of $139.00 - which includes
Woodway CC Beach Club. The theme a Met GCSA member is 8.2; and at present
emblem and alterations, but not local
of the Picnic Party will be expanded job is 5.6 years.
taxes. Direct inquiries at W allaces to John
to make it even more enjoyable for
The wives of member Superintendents
English at 914-946-7600, except on
both children and adults.
distribute their working intentions rather
Tuesdays.
• The Annual Christmas Party has been
evenly with about a third working full-time,
The Association also has made the
scheduled for Saturday Night, De­
a third working part-time and a third not
following accessory items available to its
cember 7th at the Fenway GC in White professionally employed. Eight families
membership, each with the Met GCSA
Plains. The evening agenda will be
are without children, five families have one
logo appropriately attached: a soft Orion
modified to add to everyone’s enjoy­ child, fifteen have two, six have three, two
Pull-over Sweater @ $24.00, a Cardigan
ment at a comfortable price.
have four and one family has five children.
Sweater @ $25.00, a Golf Shirt @ $ 18.00,
Because of the popularity of the Picnic Of the 65 children reported - 23 are girls
a Garment Bag @ $15.00 and a Wind
Party, plans for the Summer Social Recep­
and 42 are boys. The average age of
Breaker @ $25.00. Wear items are
tion and Dance have been cancelled.
members’ daughters is 8.7 years, of mem­
available in small, medium, large and
bers’ sons is 12.7 years.
The John O’Keefe’s graciously wel­
extra-large sizes - in white and some other
comed their second daughter, Maureen
Thirty-three percent of those reporting
colors.
Frances, on April 26th. ■
attended both the Picnic and Christmas
Questions and orders for the above
- W. Gaydosh & H. Nichol Party last year. Forty-two percent have
accessory items should be directed to
never attended either of these functions. ■
Chairman Bill Gaydosh at the Edge wood
- N. Horton
CC, Riverdale Road, Riverdale, NJ 07675;
1985 Invitational attracted 38 foursomes.
telephone number is 201-666-1204. ■

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Fact Finding

(continued from page 1)

summer’s expected drought emergency. It
was agreed that separate industry
guidelines would be submitted to Messrs.
Horton and Martin by Friday, May 24th
for conveyance to the Task Force on
Tuesday, May 28th.
Conservation guidelines for golf courses
were presented in the May issue of Tee To
Green and need not be repeated here.
Sample information that will be passed on
to the Task Force from within the golf
course management industry follows: there
are approximately 50 public and private
golf courses in Westchester County; av­
eraging 140 acres of land; worth about
$40,000 an acre - which means the total
value of the golf course land in Westchester
County approaches $280,000,000-before
considering improvements to the land.
Allowing that a golf course averages
four acres of greens and two acres of tees,
the areas normally allowed to be watered
- the County totals about 200 acres of
greens and 100 acres of tees. The total
fairway acreage in the County approxi­
mates 1,200 acres. Environmentally, an
average 150 acre golf course will pass
82,000 gallons of water into the ground
from an average day’s rainfall. Research

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shows that of the 37 private golf courses
reporting, 17 are totally self-sufficient with
their own water, 12 depend totally on
outside sources for water and 8 clubs get
their water from combined sources.
Mathematically, 57.6% of the water put on
golf courses in the County comes from the
clubs’ own water supplies.
Golf courses employ an average of 12
men and women during the year for a total
of 600 across the County. Golf clubs
employ over 2,000 people within the
County and pay in excess of $25,000,000
in taxes each year.
Over 1,100,000 rounds of golf are
played in Westchester annually. Golf
courses spend some $14,575,000 on
maintenance through the course of the
year. Overall, golf clubs spend over
$74,000,000 each year in Westchester
County - for all purposes.
Similar statistics are being developed
within each of Westchester County’s
Green Belt industries for Task Force use.
The New Jersey GCSA has recently
been able to effect healthy change within
applicable guidelines for golf courses to
this extent: greens may be syringed daily
from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m. for 10 minutes
each; and greens and tees may be watered

Turf Tip:

daily between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and
12 midnight and 3:00 to 6:00 a.m. Con­
gratulations to New Jersey for a job well
done, but not finished - yet. Pending the
establishment of permanent guidelines,
clubs requesting variances from the Task
Force might at least model these requests
along the guidelines recently granted
across the board in New Jersey.
The Met GCSA will continue to keep its
members informed about this very impor­
tant water crisis. Calls are invited by Ted
Horton and Jim McLoughlin. ■

President (continued from page 2)
comfortable when communicating within
our clubs, we will expand our horizons and
begin to consider writing for larger audi­
ences. This can be fun and a real challenge.
I have only begun to scratch the surface
when it comes to the everyday practical
things we need to know to do well on our
jobs and in life. I thank Jim McLoughlin
for opening this door for some of us. The
door will stay open to all Met GCSA
members who are encouraged to take
advantage of this continuing opportunity. ■
- Peter R. Rappoccio
President

Topdressing Greens

Possibly nothing the Superintendent does is as valuable a turf management tool
and confuses the average player more than topdressing greens. We often hear, “What
possible good can come from all that dirt cluttering the greens so often during the
golf season?”
The advantages gained from topdressing are many and varied - each of significant
value to the year-round professional management of the putting green surface.
Topdressing:
• Provides a smoother, more level surface.
• Fosters a finer textured and tighter turfgrass.
• Controls thatch growth by accelerating biological decomposition - thereby
lessening disease and insect problems and increasing the rate at which air, water
and nutrients penetrate the surface.
• Controls compaction - thereby improving the shot holding characteristics of the
putting surface.
• Provides winter protection for the turf plant - by minimizing desication.
The above listed benefits are further complemented by the reduced cost that results
when less water, chemicals and man-power are needed to maintain greens. More
frequent, lighter topdressing applications are advised to minimize a layering effect
from building up along the surface and adverse playability. Truly, Topdressing is
one of golf’s better “friends.”

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Tournament News
The Tournament Committee and the
Board of Directors recently confirmed
existing policy that requires members and
their guests to pay the $8.00 entry fee for
the monthly tournament - event though
they may elect not to compete in the
tournament for the day.
The reason for this is that the Association
incurs expense when conducting a
tournament for printing, mailing, gratuities
to the host club, among other things - and
every player on the course for the day has
an obligation to fund his or her fair share
of these expenses.
At a May 22nd meeting, the Tournament
Committee voted to require proof of
handicap for members to play in the July
(Tamarack) - September (Ridgeway)
Association 36-Hole Championship. All
members are encouraged to subscribe to an
Association Handicap Program through
their club or the Chapter - now. All names
that have been submitted to the Tournament
Committee have been passed on to the
MGA and these individuals can expect to
have their official handicap by the time
they receive this Newsletter. Call Jim
McLoughlin with any questions you might
have regarding what has to be done to get
a handicap.
Plans for an attractive Green Committee
Chairmen’s Tournament at Winged Foot
this October are solidifying nicely at this
time. Look for a formal announcement on
this subject very soon. The 1986 Tourna­
ment Schedule is nearly in place. We are
pleased to announce that the opening
Tournament has been scheduled on one of
Long Island’s finest courses - the Nassau
CC. This will be a cooperative meeting
with the Long Island GCSA.
Low Gross honors at the Wykagyl
Tournament were won by Chuck Fatum
and Paul Caswell, with Assistants Dave
Pijnenberg and Charlie Siemers taking
second place in the Match Play versus Par
competition. Low Net awards went to
Larry Urik and Dave Pease - Followed by
the teams of Pakkala - Niven and Savone
- Leary. ■
- L. Pakkala & T. O’Neill

Met GCSA members are invited to the
CAGCS meeting at Sterling Farms on
June 18th. For reservations call Greg
Wojick: 203-322-5316.

Summary of
Board Activity
The Met GCSA Board of Directors last
met on Tuesday, May 14th at the Whip­
poorwill Club from 5:10 p.m. through to
7:45 p.m. The following Association busi­
ness was addressed:
• It was agreed that the Membership
Committee would contact the few
members who had not paid their 1985
dues to ask that they do so promptly.
• The Education Committee is complet­
ing arrangements to schedule a
GCSAA Educational Seminar in this
area this coming Fall.
• The 1985 Met GCSA Membership
Directory is presently going through
an extensive proofing process and will
be mailed to the membership in June.
• The Board voted to accept the recom­
mendation of the Social & Welfare
Committee to schedule the Christmas
Party only at a country club and not a
public restaurant. (See page 4.)
• The Scholarship & Research Commit­
tee will be meeting for the first time
shortly under Chairman Mel Lucas’
direction to consider ways and means
to raise money for the many worthy
causes that merit consideration. (See
page 3.)
• Awards Committee Chairman Chuck
Martineau and Historian Mel Lucas
advised that plans are well underway
to provide a worthy keepsake memento
for the annual recipient of the recently
announced John Reid Award. The
Committee is also considering where
the Award should be presented to give
it maximum visibility.
• Consideration continues for the estab­
lishing of a second Association Award
next year that would be given annually
to the Met GCSA Member who has
advanced the professional image,
status and reputation of the Golf
Course Superintendent in an
exemplary and consistant manner.
• The Board reviewed the state of de­
velopment of plans to permanently
honor the memory of Bill Caputi and
was satisfied that Bill’s Club, the
profession and the Chapter were each
respectfully sensitive to the need to do
the right thing at the right time. An­
nouncements will be made soon.
The Board will next meet on Tuesday,
June 25th at Whippoorwill. ■
- S. Niven, Secretary
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Patrons of Tee to Q iéen
Patrons listed on this page are supporting our Association. You are
encouraged to support them.
*Denotes Met GCSA member

Pro-Lawn Products, Ine.*
Stephen M. Kotowicz
30 Nashville Road
Bethel, CT 06801
203-792-3032

Alpine Tree Care* Inc.*
Main office: White Plains 914-948-0101
Branch offices: Chappaqua 914-238-4400
Dairen 203-655-8008
Complete professional tree care & consulting

Hawthorne Brothers Tree Service, Inc.*
5 Center Street
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
914-666-7035 and 203-531-1831
Professional tree care and transplanting

The Reichert Company*
Automotive Lubricant Distributor
P.O. Box 273
Riverside, CT 06878
203-637-2958

Aquatrols Corporation of America
1432 Union Avenue
Pennsauken, NJ 08110
800-257-7797
Aquagro & Folicote

I & E Supply, Inc.*
66 Ema Avenue, P.O. Box 9
Milford, CT 06460
203-878-0658
Buckner Irrigation Systems

Sprinklescape, Inc.*
Box 175 Glenville Station
Greenwich, CT 06830
Mark Sosnowitz
203-869-4149

Bruedan Corporation*
Box 496 Greycourt Avenue
Chester, NY 10918
Golf Cars & Turf Equipment
914-469-2275 or 800-535-1500 (outside NYS)

Land Reclamation^ Inc.
Richard Borrelli, President
145 Old Kings Highway South
Darien, CT 06820
203-655-4222

Stephen Kay, Golf Course Architect*
Long Range Planning, Remodeling, &
New Development
Main P.O. Box 81, Purchase, NY 10577
914-963-9555

Jam es C arriere & Sons, Inc.*
Division of J. & B. Trucking
Port Chester, NY 10573
Trap Sand and Partac Topdressing
914-937-2136 or 914-937-5479

LESCO, Inc.*
. . . for all your golf course needs
20005 Lake Road
Rocky River, OH 44116
Toll Free: 800-321-5325

The T erre Company*
Turfgrass Supplies
Box 1014, Clifton, NJ 07014
201-473-3393
Byron Johnson, Jr.

Egypt Farm s, Inc.
Golf Green Topdressing
John Strickland
White Marsh, MD 21162
301-335-3700

Loft’s Pedigreed Seed, Inc.
Box 146
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
201-356-8700 1-800-526-3890
John Morrissey

T u rf Products Corporation*
South Windsor, CT 06074
203-528-9508
Toro Mowing Equipment
Toro Irrigation Equipment

Em erald Isle, Ltd.
2153 Newport Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Bill Middleton
313-662-2727

The Magovern Company*
911 Hope Street
Stamford, CT 06907
1-800-243-9094 or 203-348-8211
Main Office: 800-243-7718

Westchester Ford Tractor*
Goldens Bridge, NY 10526
914-232-7746
John Apple
Hubert Greene & Jeff Underhill

Glenmore Landscape Service*
Glenn S. Moore
RR3 Box 199 Hackgreen Rd.
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
914-764-4348

M etro Milorganite, Inc.*
P.O. Box 267, Hawthorne, NY 10532
Turfgrass Supplies
Tony Grasso and John Wistrand
914-769-7600

Westchester T u rf Supply, Inc.*
P.O. Box 198, Lincolndale, NY 10540
Serving the Fine Turf Profession
Bob Lippman
Office 914-277-3755 Home: 914-248-5790

Grass Roots T u rf Products, Inc.*
P.O. Box 336, Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970
Turfgrass Supplies
Ken Kubik 201-361-5943
Bert Jones 201-686-8709

Partac Golf Course Topdressing
Kelsey Park
Great Meadows, NJ 07838
James Carriere & Sons/ J. & B. Trucking
914-937-2136 Bill & Joe Carriere

York Chemical Co., Inc.
118 Fulton Avenue
Garden City Park, NY 11040
Rick Allen 516-741-4301
718-895-3196 or 800-645-6007 (outside NYS)

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81 Tomac Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870

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