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Assistants on Côursè
Tracey Holliday - CC Fairfield

The career path of the Assistant Golf
Course Superintendent is commanding
more attention within the Chapter these
days. The Met GCSA recognizes the need
to work more with its Class B members to help them prepare and communicate
more effectively about their professional
career preparation. A 4:00 p.m. meeting
has been scheduled for this purpose at the
Apawamis Club on July 2nd.
Meanwhile, Tee To Green has surveyed
several Assistants to ask them how well
prepared they feel they are for a future
career as a Golf Course Superintendent? In
general, everyone we spoke to felt they
were comfortably on course with their
career - with each offering some additional
comment that we share with you now.
Shirley Talmage (Winged Foot GC) advises that she is, “addicted to her career”
and will stay where she is for as long as
she continues to learn and is motivated,
which is now the case; the position itself
does not prepare you, rather your own
goals and objectives and how they are
pursued; Shirley likes the challenge of
causing both the environment and fellow
workers to respond to her thinking and
“visions;” Shirley’s “work feels like art.”
Mark Angerosa (Innis Arden GC) communications between the Superinten­
dent and Assistant are the keys for Mark;
Time Management is something that is not
taught in school, but which is heavily
emphasized on his present job; learning to
set daily scheduling priorities is essential
to right decision making; finally - every
Assistant must get feedback from the boss
as to whether a good job is being done; if
you do not know - ask and “learn to learn.”

Bob Welch (Patterson GC) - experience
has been Bob’s greatest trainer; the Winter
School Program at the University of Mas­
sachusetts has been a big help, but as Bob
notes - “They do not teach you how to
write a letter to an IBM Executive who sits
on the club board to convince him of why
you need a $35,000 piece of equipment to
cut grass.”
Doug Belmont (Ridgeway GC) and
Dominick Monte lone (Wykagl GC) have
both worked under more than one Superin­
tendent at the same golf course and agree
there is something new to be learned from
each new boss - regardless of the fact that
the site remains the same.
In contrast, Peter Cavanaugh (Sterling
Farms GC), Charlie Siemers (Quaker
Ridge GC) and myself (CC of Fairfield)
have all worked at more than one golf club,
which can be a good way to familiarize
yourself with different memberships,
crews, equipment and bosses’ philosophies
of management.
There are many ways which an Assistant
Golf Course Superintendent can prepare
himself or herself for a career. What is
refreshing to know is that there is no wrong
way. The vast majority of Class B members
feel well prepared agronomically for their
careers. As Mike Medonis (Westchester
CC) put it, “It’s the behind-the-scenes
work that the Superintendents deal with
that the Assistants want to play a bigger
role in.”
The July 2nd meeting will serve as a
good forum for Assistants to talk about
issues and to learn from each other - while
still retaining their individuality. Thank
you one and all. ■

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CGCS Honor Roll
We are pleased to advise that the follow­
ing Met GCSA members have, this year
or previously, earned the most distin­
guished status of Certified Golf Course
Superintendent (CGCS):
Name
Joseph Alonzi, CGCS
Frank J. Bevelacqua, CGCS
Stephen G. Cadenelli, CGCS
Garry N. Crothers, CGCS
Stephen P. Finamore, CGCS
Thomas D. Fletcher, CGCS
Dennis M. Flynn, CGCS
Mark G. Fuller, CGCS
James F. Gilligan, CGCS
Edward C. Horton, CGCS
Robert W. Johnston, CGCS
Robert Kamp, CGCS
Lester P. Kennedy, Jr., CGCS
Melvin B. Lucas, Jnr., CGCS
Patrick A. Lucas, Jr., CGCS
Ted A. Maddocks, CGCS
Steven Malikowski, CGCS
Robert A. Matthews, CGCS
Timothy McAvoy, CGCS
James W. Medeiros, CGCS
Sherwood A. Moore, CGCS
Harry H. Nichol, CGCS
Scott E. Niven, CGCS
Robert W. Osterman, CGCS
Lawrence J. Pakkala, CGCS
Louis H. Polidor, Jr., CGCS
Peter R. Rappoccio, Jr., CGCS
Michael C. Reeb, CGCS
Fred Scheyhing, Jr., CGCS
John W. Schoellner, CGCS
Angelo Scola, CGCS
Richard Struss, CGCS
Edward W. Walsh, CGCS
Gregory J. Wojick, CGCS
Benjamin Zukosky, CGCS

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Congratulations and thank you for
taking a leadership role within your profes­
sion. ■

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T h o rn w o o d , N Y 10 5 9 4

Executive Director’s Report
BO AR D O F D IR EC TO R S
P resident
Peter R. R appoccio

Silver Spring CC

Searching For The Right Image

V ice-P resident
P atrick A. Lucas, Jr.

Innis Arden GC
S ecretary
Scott E. Niven

It is appropriate that at the time when the Met GCSA is bestowing the first John
Reid Lifetime Achievement Award this month that we stop to take a special look at
its related significance. John Reid is affectionately known as the “Father of American
Golf.” Among his distinguished accomplishments: playing in the first game of golf
in this country in 1888; forming the first golf club in this country at St. Andrew’s
the same year; helping to organize the USGA and the MGA; and, recognizing that
a fledgling golf course industry would require regular maintenance, assigned his
personal staff to maintain our first golf courses - thereby giving a start to the now
proud profession of the Golf Course Superintendent.

Stanwich C
T reasurer
Law rence J. Pakkala
W oodw ay CC
Past P resident
C harles A. M artineau

Whippoorwill C
John D. Carlone

From the beginning, the Golf Course Superintendent has been reaching for recog­
nition, status and respect commensurate to his skill level and professional knowledge.
It has been a long and noble struggle that for some time now has been bearing a
fruitful return. Yet, the Golf Course Superintendent’s finest hours and real discovery
clearly and excitingly lie ahead.

Middle Bay CC
Edw ard C. Horton

Westchester CC
Richard C. M arcks

Fairview CC

Legitimate and sincere debate exists within the profession as to what specific image
the Golf Course Superintendent should identify and go with from here on?

Richard A. M cG uinnes

Woodmere C
R obert C. M ullane

You are earning recognition as an executive - suggesting further pursuit of an
office-oriented, computer-based, thinking superintendent’s image. You have earned
recognition as an on-line manager- suggesting a more immediate on-going leadership
role within the club environment; and you have a long proud history of being known
as “working superintendents'* - always willing to roll up your sleeves and mix dirt
with muscle power - an image some across the country suggest it is time to discard.

Alpine Tree Care, Inc.
John J. O ’Keefe

Westchester Hills GC
T im othy T. O ’Neill

CC of Darien
Edw ard W. W alsh

Where should future emphasis be placed within these meaningful image choices?
Majority opinion appears to favor the executive/manager look - assuming that a
limiting choice must be made. This is not necessary. The Golf Course Superintendent
is a truly unique individual, not only within golf, but the entire management world.
He is a scientist, a creative artist, an engineer, and a critical manager of both people
and money - all in one and like no one else.

Ridgewood CC

Executive D irector
Jam es E. M cLoughlin
914/769-5295

TEE TO G R EEN STAFF
C hairm an:
Patrick A. Lucas, Jr. (203-359-0133)
C o-C hairm an:
John J. O ’Keefe

Your image is what you are-every facet, in a natural way. As the artist gets paint
on his hands and climbs the scaffolds when working on a masterpiece, so too the
Superintendent within his masterful world. Be proud of all that you touch. You will
sustain every image. Your name is not as important as what you are. You are a
“Greenkeeper” and a “Superintendent” - a wonderful heritage. The world will adjust
to you. It should not be the other way around. ■

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M ary M edonis
David M. Dw inell
M ichael A. M affei
D ennis M. Flynn
Allan T retera
Edw ard C. Horton
Paul M. Veshi

“Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have."

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Fairway Management with Plant Growth Regulators
Scott E. Niven - The Stanwich Club

At the Stanwich Club, our initial purpose for experimenting
with PGR’s was to control poa annua. We found that products
such as Embark from 3M Corp. and Elanco’s Cutless are PGR’s
that will allow the turf manager to decrease his population of
poa annua at a pace that will not make the golf course look
ugly in the process. It was important to the Club membership
that we approach our goal in this fashion, and subsequently
these products proved to be ideal for this type of poa reduction
strategy. However, after a few years use of these growth
regulators, we’ve also found that they can provide many other
benefits to fairway turf besides a gradual reduction in this
persistent weed.
Although I can be categorized as an amateur researcher, I
feel that my methods of experimentation are accurate enough
to provide significant and meaningful results and conclusions.
However, due to the inherent climactic and environmental
conditions existing at The Stanwich Club, it is reasonable to
suspect that different results with these products are possible
in other locals.
Our fairways are comprised of various amounts of poa annua
and bentgrass and are maintained at 5/s", mown with Toro
Proturf 84’s 3 to 4 times/wk. with clipping removal, fertilized
with 2.5-3 lbs. N/yr., aerified and overseeded once per year,
irrigated as needed with syringing and pesticides are sprayed
on a preventative basis.
We begin each spring by spraying our fairways with Embark
PGR to control poa annua seedheads. Due to the high degree
of accuracy required to apply this chemical I would suggest
that it be tested on a small scale prior to treating all fairways.
Some precautions to consider before using Embark include:
informing your club members of your intent to experiment with
this product and what results you expect to occur; insuring that
spray equipment is accurately calibrated and operating effi­
ciently; using a method of application that will guarantee
complete coverage (no misses); making a preventative applica­
tion of fungicide to control leaf spot soon before or after

applying the Embark; and finally, avoid spraying K. bluegrass
roughs if at all possible, but if you must, use a fungicide there
as well.
In southern Connecticut we usually apply Embark around
April 20 at a time when the turf has greened-up completely
and when the first couple of seedheads start to appear on south
facing slopes. The material is applied with a boom and we
drag pipes in the dew or mark the spray line with a paint gun
to assure an accurate application. It is also important that the
turf not be irrigated or mowed for a minimum of 2 days
following application. After trying rates of 4 ,6 and 8 ounces
of product per acre, I feel that with all things considered, the
6 ounce rate has worked best at Stanwich.
The end result of controlling poa seedheads is that the
fairways will look much nicer, provide a much better lie, reduce
the dispersion of poa annua seed onto surrounding areas and
into the soil, improve the summer survival potential of poa
annua, and finally, it has allowed us to cut back significantly
on our mowing frequency for 3 to 4 weeks, at a time when
we are very busy with numerous other projects.
When the growth effects of Embark have ceased and the
turf resumes normal growth, usually about mid-May, we apply
a new growth regulator from the Elanco Corp. known as
Cutless. This is used primarily to inhibit poa annua, promote
bentgrasses, and reduce the overall rate of growth on our
fairways. There are also a number of other favorable benefits
from using Cutless, which will be described in my final
summary.
Some precautions to be considered prior to the use of Cutless
are as follows: it is important to either use Embark to control
the poa seedheads or else wait until the seeding has stopped,
all spray equipment must be very accurately calibrated, be
prepared to water the material in thoroughly, when used in
conjunction with overseeding wait until seedlings are well
established (10-14 days) before applying Cutless, and, lastly,
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Trap Renovation At Whippoorwill
Bill McQuaid - Whippoorwill Club

darken and cause problems with small stones in the sand.
We found the use of mica flooring strips to be a very
satisfactory edging material. It is a lot easier to shape - nicer
than wood or metal edging materials. This system, so far, has
served us well. As we still have many traps to do, it might be
interesting to try the sand bag method of edging used by Bob
Alonzi at Winged Foot.
Most of the original traps on the course have no drainage
tile whatsoever. This is one thing we found that was needed
when redoing traps. Now every trap has a drainage system, to
a dry well. We used 3" to 4" drainage pipe with %" stone
covering the pipe. The stone was covered with GEO-textile
fabric to keep the sand from clogging the stone. Before sand
is added, we rake and level the base one last time. We then
add 6 to 10 inches of USGA type sand into the face of the
trap, with approximately 6" throughout the rest of the trap.
Whippoorwill has made great strides in the last 5 years. The
fact that the Club membership plans to continue with another
plan, shows an awareness and the desire to keep improving
the golf course. It also shows the membership’s trust in the
work already done by Mr. Cornish, Golf Course Superintendent
Chuck Martineau and the Grounds Crew at Whippoorwill. I
know that we will all be looking forward to whatever improve­
ments lie ahead. ■

In 1981 the Planning Committee at Whippoorwill contracted
Mr. Geoffrey Cornish to prepare a golf course Long Range
Plan. The original course was designed by Donald Ross, then
redesigned by Charles Banks and built by Charles Blair Mac­
Donald. Both architect and the Club membership saw the need
to upgrade the course, but each wanted to keep the initial
integrity intended by Banks. The final plan presented to the
Club, by Mr. Cornish, was wide in scope. It called for the
addition of new tees, contour mowing of the fairways, the
restoring of cup placements on many greens, the installation
of 18 holes of irrigation, and the reconstruction of the golf
course traps. Whippoorwill offers a typical Charles Banks
design, which consists of raised greens with steep banks and
flat bunkers around the green. It was Mr. Cornish’s intention
to restore the bunkers to their original shape, while at the same
time modifying several to “marry” them to the green.
The original trap layout work is done with stakes, or flags,
so as to get an initial visual idea as to how the new trap will
look. Before renovation begins we marked the outline of the
bunker with marking paint to guide in contouring construction.
In rough shaping of the traps, we found that a plow attachment
for the back hoe does the best job. This plow allows for sand
and soil removal with the least disruption of the remaining
soil. It is important that the restored bunkers soil base be
packed. If the soil is loose when the new sand is added, it will
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Computers Help
Architects
Using a standard database software
program that has been modestly adaped,
golf course architects are able to put the
computer to work to analyze their course
design work - on a hole-by-hole basis.
With computer analysis, architects can
be sure they have achieved a design balance
for each hole through the proper evaluation
of the following playing factors: sand; right
dog legs; left dog legs; water; yardage;
prevailing winds; and angles of terrain uphill, downhill and sidehill.
Architects first anticipate what the club
selection sequence might be for a hole and
then design the hole for that sequence one that will challenge the player.
Target greens are set up to reflect the
value of the incoming shot. If it is a wedge
shot, for example, we would expect the
player to carry a hazard, or at least part of
a green, and would not pitch the whole
green from front to back; rather - we’d
break the green in a number of directions
to make the incoming shot more demand­
ing.
By putting all these factors into a com­
puter on a weighted basis and then using
standard sort procedures, we are able to
analyze each hole to make sure we are
building into the course as many balanced,
yet varied options as we practically can to make each hole interesting, challenging
and fair.
Computer design programs that are now
being used within the landscape architec­
tural field will soon be used by golf course
architects when designing golf courses opening new vistas and allowing structural
insights that will help the golf course
superintendent manage the course and
educate Green Committee members about
the science and art of golf course design
and management. (Dick Nugent, ASGCA)
■

Meeting for
Class B Members
A meeting designed specifically for
Class B members has been scheduled for
Wednesday, July 2nd at the Apawamis
Club - from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The agenda for the meeting will focus
on career planning and mobility, preparing
for jobs interviews while retaining indi­
vidualistic traits, negotiating, communica­
tions and management techniques. Class A
members are welcome at the meeting. ■

Persuasion Pointers
Talk Faster- if you want to increase your
credibility. People who speak rapidly are
perceived to be more trustworthy than
slower talkers. They are seen as having
honest enthusiasm. Examples: faster talk­
ing actors and speeded up commercials.
Eye Contact - should be increased when
speaking and reduced when listening if you
want to be seen as being more powerful.
Increase eye contact the further you are
removed in distance from someone you
want to influence.
Change of Attitudes - to enhance your
chance of changing someone’s attitude present your message when you are alone
with the person - when he or she will be
less defensive, more apt to focus on your
theme and less influenced by other opinions
within a group. This is why some find early
morning and late night TV advertising so
attractive and well priced.
Case Histories - are a better way to influ­
ence people than presenting just plain data.
Case histories that illustrate statistical data
are the ideal and found to be more believ­
able than straight data presentations.

Relative Information
The average United States resident went
into the 1985 calendar year with $7,334 in
bank savings.
Men can lose 1-2 pounds a week on a
1,500 calories per day diet; most women
can eat no more than 1,100 calories a day
to lose 1-2 pounds a week.
Yearly odds that you will be: robbed are
1 in 17; bitten by a dog are 1 in 159; hurt
in a car crash are 1 in 140. ■

Videotaping - surprisingly, videotape
techniques may be more applicable within
the world of the golf course superintendent
than that of the golf professional - a
premise that will be demonstrated at the
Met GCSA Fall Communications Seminar.
The same equipment can be shared by all
professional staff within a club. (Courtesy:
Communications Briefings.). ■

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Bunker Renovation
David K. Kerr - Ridgewood CC (CT)

In all the literature I sorted through as I
set out to rebuild our steep faced, heavy
washout bunkers here at the Ridgewood
Country Club I would share one key point
that is not simply one man’s opinion, as
so many bunker rebuilding tips are, but
rather a fact worth writing down. The most
effective control in reducing sand contami­
nation (especially in steep faced bunkers)
is to build a slight berm on the uphill side
of bunkers - channeling water around the
bunker instead of allowing it to flow
directly into the bunker. The only water
entering your bunker should be from your
sprinkler heads or rainfall. Even steep
faces will be easy to maintain with proper
water channeling around bunkers.
As for open stone drainage trenches
above washout bunkers designed to channel
surface run-off around bunkers: I would
avoid them if at all possible. They are a
nuisance to the golfer, too close to the
green and, as the turf knits over the trenches
in a very few years, they will be less and
less effective.
The second aspect of bunker rebuilding
I feel strongly about is proper drainage.
The drainage pipe we pulled out of our
bunkers was completely full of sand and
silt after 9 years of use - this is unaccept­
able. Newer type fabric wrapped A.D.S.
drainage pipe cost only pennies more per
foot than bare perforated ads. Wrapped
perforated 4" ads piping running through a
pea stone trench, or PVC drainage pipe
running through a pea stone trench lined
with drainage fabric, will give you many
more years of good drainage than a bare
pipe in trap rock. Bunker renovation is very
labor intensive and it is for this reason that
when you rebuild a bunker, you should put
the necessary time and money forward to
properly design and construct a long-lived
bunker. ■

Trivia
What four different players shared the
same name and played for the Cleveland
Indians, Washington Redskins, Denver
Nuggets and the Detroit Red Wings in the
1970’s? (Clue within this issue.)
What relation is that child to its father
who is not its father’s son? ■

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Fairway Management (continued from page 3)

use rates of 1 lb./A of product or less if the fairway has less than 50-60% bentgrass.
If the need should arise to return the turf to its normal growth rate, gibberellic acid
can be applied as an antidote to Cutless.
During 1984, roughly 3 acres at Stanwich were treated with Cutless; in the Spring
of 1985, 12 acres were treated; and in late summer of this year, all fairways were
treated (19 acres) - except 3 acres which were left as a check. The material was
applied with a boom type sprayer.
In 1985, a study of clipping reduction was conducted on treated fairways by
counting the number of baskets of clippings removed at each mowing for a 20 week
period. The results were as follows: a May 13 application with rates of 1.0, 1.5 and
2.0 lbs. Cutless/acre showed an average weekly reduction in slipping amounts of
30% ,41% and 40% respectively over an 11 week period; an August 29 application
of the same rates showed an average weekly reduction of 49%, 50% and 59%
respectively for a 4 week period (hurricane Gloria provided 6" of rain which leached
out the chemical prematurely); and over the entire 20 week period the total reductions
were 29%; 33% and 39%.
In summary, a close observation of the Cutless treated areas over a two year study
demonstrated the following benefits: a reduction in poa annua of up to 35% in one
year; a reduction in clipping amounts and mowing requirements (saves money, labor
and gasoline); a reduction in water requirements (little wilting, saves water); improved
color and vigor of perennial grasses; control of various broadleaf weeds; some control
of crabgrass; and a reduction in thatch. On the negative side, some discoloration of
poa annua is possible for a 2-3 week period.
It is my feeling that these PGR chemicals will be a dominant feature in the future
of turfgrass management. By promoting healthy, strong, permanent grasses, growth
regulators can help to provide superior fairways, and help to conserve costly and
scarce resources such as water, gasoline and labor.
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ganic Milorg­
anite is the
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easiest to use
all-purpose
fertilizer. It is
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and does not
burn because
there are no
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lems as with
chemical
fertilizers.

1986 Invitational Host

An Ounce of Prevention
Is Worth a Pound of Cure
J & B TRUCKING
7 Cottage Street

For Information and Sales Contact

Port Chester, N Y 10573

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TRAP SAND
PARTAC TOPDRESSING
SCREENED TOP SOIL
SCREENED CLAY
FOR TENNIS COURTS
& BASEBALL DIAMONDS
• SAND FOR BUILDING
& CONSTRUCTION
• TRAP ROCK
• GRAVEL

(914) 937-5479
(914) 937-2136

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STEPHEN M. KOTOW ICZ
Sales Representative
30 Nashville Road
Bethel, CT 06801
Phone: 203/792-3032

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Patrons of Tee to Qtèen
Patrons listed on this page are supporting our Association. You are encouraged to support them.
*Denotes Met GCSA member

Alpine Tree Care, Inc.*

I & E Supply, Inc.*

Pro-Lawn Products, Inc.*

Main office: White Plains 914-948-0101
Branch offices: Chappaqua 914-238-4400
Darien 203-655-8008
Professional Tree Care & Consulting

Steve Smith
66 Ema Avenue, Milford, CT 06460
Buckner Irrigation Systems
203-878-0658

Stephen M. Kotowicz
30 Nashville Road
Bethel, CT 06801
203-792-3032

Aquatrols Corporation of America

Irrigation Systems Inc.

The Reichert Company*

Andy Moore
1432 Union Avenue
Pennsauken, NJ 08110
800-257-7797/in NJ 609/665-1130

P.O. Box 66, Windsor, CT
203-727-9227
Installation, Service & Winterization
For Golf Course Irrigation Systems

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

James Carriere & Sons, Inc.*

James W. Taylor Tree Surgery, Inc.

Rhone*Poulenc Inc.

Bill Carriere
7 Cottage Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
914-937-2136 or 914-937-5479

TREE TRANSPLANTING
240-B Plains Road
Walden, NY 12586
914-561-3490 - Vickie Poltrack

Samuel L. Horst
RD2 Box 294
Stockton, NY 08559
201-996-4306

Cecio Bros., Inc.

LESCO, Inc.*

Stephen Kay, Golf Course Architect*

General Excavating Contractor
P.O. Box 4100 500 Old Post Road #3
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-869-2340

20005 Lake Road, Rocky River, OH 44116
800-321-5325 NATIONWIDE
Serving the Met GCSA
With Our “Store-On-Wheels”

P.O. Box 81, Purchase, NY 10577
914-963-9555
Long Range Planning, Remodeling, &
New Design

Egypt Farms, Inc.

Loft’s, Inc.

Steven Willand

Golf Green Topdressing
John Strickland
White Marsh, MD 21162
301-335-3700

John Morrissey
Box 146
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
201-356-8700

Bill Rapp
321 Fairfield Road
Fairfield, NJ 07006
201-227-5656

Elanco Products Co.

The Magovern Company*

Terre Company*

Bob Scott
560 Ashwood Road
Springfield, NJ 07081
201-376-7290

Joseph Schnieder
P.O. Box 270
Stamford, CT 06907
1-800-243-9094

Byron Johnson, Jr.
206 Delawanna Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07014
201-473-3393

Emerald Isle, Ltd.

Metro Milorganite, Inc.*

Turf Products Corporation*

Bob Middleton
2153 Newport Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
313-662-2727

John G. Wistrand & Anthony L. Grasso
P.O. Box 267
Hawthorne, NY 10532
914-347-4222

A1 Tretara - Joe Kennedy
1496 John Fitch Boulevard
South Windsor, CT 06074
203-528-9508

Glenmore Landscape Service*

MONTCO/SURF-SIDE/ZAP!

Westchester Ford Tractor*

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

Surfactants - Defoamers
Box 404, Ambler, PA 19002
Robert Oechsle
Bus: 215-836-4992/Home: 215-628-3144

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

Grass Roots Turf Products, Inc.*

O. M. Scott & Sons*

Westchester Turf Supply, Inc.*

P.O. Box 336, Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970
Ken Kubik 201-361-5943
Bert Jones 201-686-8709
Turfgrass Supplies

A1 Arison
226 Barry Scott Drive
Fairfield, CT 06430
203-336-9890

P.O. Box 198, Lincolndale, NY 10540
Serving the Fine Turf Profession
Bob Lippman
Bus: 914-277-3755/Home: 914-248-5790

Hawthorne Brothers Tree Service, Inc.*

Partac Golf Course Topdressing

York Chemical Co., Inc.

5 Center Street
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
914-666-7035 and 203-531-1831
Professional Tree Care and Transplanting

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

Rick Allen
11 Jackson Avenue, Bayville, NY 11709
516-741-4301
Toll Free: 800-645-6007/800-248-4959