July 1988

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NEW SUPERINTENDENTS
Tony Baviello
I recently contacted most of the new
superintendents in the area to get a feel
for how they like working in the Metro­
politan area, what their individual goals
and expectations are, how they handle
employee and member relations, etc. Not
to my surprise the answers varied widely.
Here is how our new colleagues in the
area responded to my questions.
When I asked them what their goals
were, the responses ranged from the pro­
fessional to the personal. Some said they
wanted to make the best possible course
they could deliver, to have good playing
conditions while adding artistic beauty
and to be respected as a professional.
Other answers included hosting a major
tournament and achieving happiness in
family life.
The way people handle other people
has always interested me. There are so
many diverse ways of handling employee
relations and the club membership. When
asked how they liked to handle the crew I
got some very innovative answers. One
superintendent suggested giving raises for
good perform ance and subtracting
money from their pay for defying the
rules. Many felt the crew should be dealt
with on an individual level, treating them
as you yourself like to be treated. Motiva­
tion was recognized as an important fac­
tor in good employee relations, creating a
team attitude and changing jobs were
suggested as good ways to enhance moti­
vation. As far as the membership is con­
cerned the answers were split between
those who have no problems with the
members because they are either silent or

totally supportive and those who work in
a club where the members and the Board
take an active role, often in an interfering
way assuming they know the details of the
job, often telling the superintendent how
to do his job.
I asked the superintendents if the job
lived up to all they expected from it.
There was mutual agreement that yes it
did and more. Only one dissenter said “it’s
no big deal if you know what you’re
doing.”
It wasn’t difficult to understand and
sympathize with the responses when I
asked them what the hardest decisions
they had to make are. The answers I got
were chopping down trees to provide for
better air movement, making someone
else’s budget fit your program, finding the
bad eggs in the crew so you can get your
way of thinking across, and drawing a line
between your professional life and your
personal life.
The w orst question I asked was
whether the new superintendents felt
pressure coming into this area. The
answers were pretty much the same. In
general they felt there was competition
from course to course and there is often a
lot of pressure when the prior superin­
tendent did such a good job. Some fely it
was an extremely expensive area to live in
and missed being close to family and
friends. It was also expressed to me
though that there is a good feeling of
comeraderie among the superintendents
in the area.
The last question I asked was directed
to the two women who obtained the posi­

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tion of superintendent. I asked them if
they felt if was difficult to be in a career
that was so male dominated. Both women
responded the same way, no it was not
difficult because they were confident in
the quality of the work they did.
I want to conclude by stating that after
talking to so many young, ambitious
people it is encouraging to see that there is
real drive and energy to make it work in
this area. Everyone recognizes the com­
petitive nature of the area, but they also
know that if you succeed here you can
succeed just about anywhere. I’d like to
thank everyone I talked to and wish them
luck in the future.

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A Letter from the Editor
Dear Fellow Members,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President
Scott Niven, CGCS
Stanwich C

Vice-President
Lawrence Pakkala, CGCS
Woodway CC

Secretary
Timothy O’Neill
CC o f Darien

Treasurer
Joseph Alonzi, CGCS
Fenway CC

Past President
Patrick Lucas, CGCS
Innis Arden GC
John Carlone
Middle Bay CC
Bert Dickinson
Westchester CC
Earl Millett
Ridgeway CC
Anthony Grasso
Willow Ridge CC
Byron Johnson
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Timothy Moore
Knollwood CC
John Musto
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John O’Keefe
Preakness Hills CC
Jan Russo
Executive Secretary

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It was a few short months ago when we took over as editors of the “Tee to Green.”
A change that was necessitated when our former editor Ken Fleseck left the area.
Ken had made many improvements in the format of the “Tee to Green” and had
worked very hard in an effort to change printers. This change was made to hopefully
improve the quality of our newsletter.
Due to the relatively short time we had before Ken left, there really was not much
of a transition period for us to learn the ins and outs of putting together this
newsletter. We accepted the challenge and vowed to do the best we could.
Over the past few months we have put out 4 issues of the “Tee to Green.”
Unfortunately we have made some mistakes along the way. Some were mine and
others were the printers. I assure you that we have taken steps to reduce our errors in
the future and we apologize to everyone for any mistakes that have gotten by us. A
very disturbing part of this job is when you discover a problem after the final plates
are done and making the correction would delay the printing by over a week or
more.
The most troubling aspect of putting out this newsletter is the time factor needed
for set up and printing. We are making a serious effort to be current with our
information, articles and issues but have found that things don’t always work out
the way we planned. Right now we are working on five to six weeks from the time
that the information is compiled to the time that you receive the issue in the mail.
When we first started we had planned on only two to three weeks thus contributing
to many of our problems and mistakes.
At the time we were putting together this issue, water and the lack of it was on
everyone’s mind. In reviewing some old issues of “Tee to Green” we came across a
special “Coping with Less” issue dealing with the drought in 1981. Many of the
topics addressed in that issue are still pertinent today. In this issue we are reprinting
an article submitted by Ed W orthington dealing with managing turfgrass
during a water crisis as well as some other helpful information.
We like to publish some new information pertaining to water and water
conservation in future issues. If anyone has some useful information or ideas that
they would like to share with others please feel free to contact us about doing an
article.
Going one step further we are always looking for information and input as to
what things our membership wants covered in the “Tee to Green.” Your suggestions
and ideas are very important in making this publication a valuable tool to be used by
this association. The door is wide open for anyone who would like to help out in any
way.
This column is usually reserved for the Presidential address. It has been decided
that we will only publish a presidential address when there is important information
that Scott feels the association should be aware of. As a rule of thumb, most of the
important changes and information happen in the slower times of the year. We feel
that this space can be better utilized by our members who have ideas and
information to share.
In closing please bear with us as this is a new challenge for us. Each month we
learn a little more, become a little better organized and gain experience that we need
to improve the “Tee to Green.”
Tim Moore
Editor

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Turfgrass Maintenance During The Water Crisis
By Ed W orthington
1. Raise height of cut on all mowers to
obtain additional shade provided by the
longer grass blades which will help to
conserve soil moisture.
a. On golf courses, notify the member­
ship that SLOW greens are the order of
the day until the crisis is past.
b. Keep all machines off the grass dur­
ing hot afternoons to reduce tire wilt,
machine damage, etc.
c. Adjust mowing schedules so that no
more than
of the length of the grass
blade is removed at every mowing. This
will reduce shock to the plant.
2. Your long range problem will be to
retain as much soil moisture as possible
under your turfgrass areas. In a water
crisis, a good long SOIL PROBE can be
an important piece of test equipment. Use
it daily to check localized dry spots and to
find how far down is your drought zone.
Start as soon as you can in the spring and

try to keep it at least 1 foot from the
surface. Dry soil works up towards the
surface — reducing your ground moisture
reservoir. When it reaches the root zone,
your grass is in trouble. Water applied to
a turfgrass area tends to move horizon­
tally with very little vertical penetration
until the thatch and ground is throughly
wet and surface tension is reduced.
Methods by which this can be accomp­
lished are as follows:
a. Use a spiker at least once a week just
before a rain or set up your sprinkler and
use it right after spiking. The water will
find a path down the spiker slits through
the thatch zone and charge up the ground
underneath with moisture.
b. For real problem areas, use an aerifier and work the water into the holes with
a hose or sprinkler. Another method
would be to use a verticulating machine
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with your soil probe on all operations.
c. Use a soil penetrant (wetting agent)
to help your vertical movement of water
through the mat or thatch and and
ground. Start early and use as directed.
Chemical wetting agents, by reducing sur­
face tension, enable water to work down
in the soil increasing the soil water reser­
voir or to help the water work up to the
grass root zone as needed.
d. Useful tools for working on local­
ized dry spots include an aerifier with two
tines about 8" apart and a handle to hold
on to while your foot pushes the tines
about 3lA " into the sod. The same idea is
an air water aerifier connected to a garden
hose with pointed tines that have a couple
of holes in them for the water. Finally, a
tree root irrigator used by arborists which
is connected to high pressure sprayer hose
(continued on page 4)

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Turfgrass
Maintenance
(Continued from page 3)
can be useful to force water into com­ green turfgrass paint and wait until late
pacted soil or for deep penetration of summer for renovation. On par 3 golf
water or solutions.
tees, reseed as needed with a fine leaved
3.
At the turfgrass or playing surface,ryegrass until late summer when a good
we have already listed mowing practices tee mix should be substituted to form a
to reduce stress and shock at the begin­ permanent sod.
ning of this article. To reduce transpira­
c. Mulches on non-playing turfgrass
tion or evaoporation loss, the following areas can provide additional shade to
reduce moisture loss. However, what you
suggestions may be helpful:
a. Spray the turfgrass area with a liq­ use and how much can be a tricky busi­
uid hydrostatic sticker which inhibits ness. Hay mulches may introduce unde­
water loss and protects against dessica­ sirable weed seeds. If applied too thickly,
tion. It also retards moisture loss on trees, lack of sufficient light will kill the turf­
etc. Also, it guards against summer scald grass underneath or cause disease prob­
and winter kill. If this material or a green lems. The right amount of straw would be
turfgrass paint is used, be sure and better, as all you want to do is provide
remove all screens in your sprayer; use some additional shade, keep weeds down
tepid water in your tank solution and and to let light, air and water down to the
clean your sprayer, thoroughly, imme­ turfgrass. Still better, may be plastic net­
diately after use.
ting or woven materials that will accomp­
b. To repair or not to repair machine lish the same purpose but make sure they
dam age, localized dry spots under don’t cause more problems than they are
drought stress is a good question. Instead worth.
of chewing up the area and reseeding, it
d. Watch your fertilization program
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be careful about your nitrogen. If you
have been using slow release products,
remember that N will be released from
this type of fertilizer of the ureaform type
that was applied up to several years ago.
So go easy. If in doubt, use a water solu­
ble type in a sprayer and keep checking
your bucket clippings on greens. It may
even help to not use your buckets on your
greenmowers on a water crisis.
e.
In high altitude areas, look out for
Spring Kill (Wet Wilt) in late April and
May. Beautiful sunny days with a breeze
from the North together with low humid­
ity and a cold wet soil can spell disaster.
Again, a hydrostatic sticker that retards
moisture loss can be very useful during
this period. Otherwise, if your pipes are
connected, syringe your greens from
noon to 3 p.m., just as the fellows down in
the valleys must do with their poa annua
in July and August. No water? Get your
sprayer or tank and fill up somewhere.
Then apply to those greens exposed to the
northern, low humidity breezes as a syr­
inging operation. Follow the same proce­
dure for syringing poa annua if water is
curtailed in your area.
4. Chemical applications of pesticides
during stress periods requires planning.
Here are some suggestions in a water
crisis:
a. Fungus diseases can be a problem
during any stress period. Maintain your
fungicide schedule even though heights of
cut on your mowers have been raised. Use
only enough N to help control dollar spot.
Check your pH readings and try to stay
around 6.5.
b. Insects may become a real problem.
Start early on an insecticide program and
keep at it. For hard to wet insects, use a
spreader-sticker with your insecticide.
c. Herbicides — personally, I never
would use them during any stress period.
5. If your water supply may be cut off
or reduced, now is the time to think about
where you can get water that is safe for
turfgrass and how to get it where you
want it. Keep your eyes open for any
items that might be useful. An old aban­
doned sprayer might be repaired to hold
water. Make sure you have a small pump
with suction hose, strainer and discharge
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(continued from page 4)
hose — long enough to reach from your
C u rre n t Status of W ater Restrictions
lake, pond, stream, etc. to your carrier,
fo r W estchester C o u n ty
should your irrigation system be cut off.
6.
Finally, keep up long range weather
reports for your area and keep a daily
by Ted H orton, CGCS
weather diary. Record also, soil probe
moisture depths around the course, etc.
Good luck and if all else fails, gather
Late last week I had the opportunity to Drought Emergency Task Force sche­
together some good Indian friends and talk briefly with Sal Celone, Director of duled for October, 1988 to discuss the
hold a Rain Dance.
W estchester C ounty’s W ater Agency following agenda:
(1) review of the current status of the
about the current drought conditions and
the possibility of restrictions for water reservoirs and water use for the county;
Reprinted from Tee To The Green (2) review of the short/long range
use. Mr. Celone indicated that at this time
March 1981
the New York City and Westchester proposals to improve the water resources
County Reservoirs were adequately supp­ of the county developed by the study
lied to avoid imposing “County wide” committee initiated during the drought
drought emergency procedures for hope­ emergency of 1985-86.
(3) review of newly form ulated
fully, the next two to three months. He
drought emergency procedures for the
noted that restrictions imposed to date
county considering information learned
were usually distribution or pumping
problems of local water companies. Of during the droughts of 1966-67, 1981 and
course, if the present dry conditions con­ 1985-86.
Hopefully, the rains of this week are the
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At this time Mr. Celone noted that
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D A V ID D W IN E L L : In Love W ith St. A ndrew s
David was the Host Superintendent of
the Met G C SA Invitational Tournam ent

Is is possible to carry on a love affair
with a golf course? Sure, if your name is
David Michael Dwinell, and the course
just happens to be ancient St. Andrews in
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York where
Dwinell rules the roost as course super­
intendent.
“It was love as first sight,” muses Dwi­
nell. “After all, look what the place had
going for itself.
“It was the first golf course in America
(100 years old last month); Jack Nicklaus,
“Mr. M AJORS” himself was in com­
mand, and as chairman of its board of
governors, theoretically my boss at the
time; the legendary Stanford K. White
had designed the clubhouse, and there
was more, lots more, of course to tickle
the fancy of this green neophyte out of
Salem, Mass.
So if tradition, and a certain special
sense of golf history was your thing, this
was it — right? It was all wrapped up right
here in this rolling, picturesque acreage,
and its 6,445-yard, par-71 mecca of the
midiron, the cradle of golf in America.
“Who wouldn’t want to be “super” at
St. Andrews? asks Dwinell, who took
over officially at the historic site in the
spring of ’83, after four tough, but satisfy­
ing learning years working under first Ted
Horton and later Sherwood Moore at
Winged Foot Golf Club.
“They were years to treasure,” says the
big, blond Dwinell. It was the equivalent
of earning a doctorate on the job.
“To this point,” adds the University of
Rhode Island graduate, the past eight
years have been the most effective on-thejob training imaginable. “I schooled
under m asters; two know ledgeable
giants, in Horton and Moore, and then
arrived at St. Andrews to further school
under Mr. Nicklaus at a course that has
been completely redesigned and rebuilt to
the Master’s specifications, of course.
“Who could ask for anything more?”
asks Dwinell.
The rangy, 32-year-old readily admits

that were it not for an unexpected invita­
tion from his good friend and fraternity
mate at Rhode Island U, Tim O’Neill, the
Supt. at the Country Club of Darien, he
probably would still be knocking around
the Salem-Topsfield area in his native
Massachusetts.
“After graduation, Tim came down to
work for Paul Caswell, than the super at
Greenwich Country Club, and invited me
along.
“Try it, you might like the work,” Tim
said at the time. “And at the suggestion of
Caswell, who put me in touch with Ted
Horton, I tried it at Winged Foot, and not
only liked it, but loved it. The rest is
history.”
Not quite, David, as Jack Whitaker
says to Dave Marr on the TV tube. The
learning years in between were designed
to test the mantel of the most cynic and
determined.
“I never dreamed I could work so hard
and enjoy it,” says Dwinell in retrospect.
Let’s face it, I went from the precision and
beauty of Winged Foot, to the raw onthe-job-training, schooling and doing at
St. Andrews.
“It may have been love at first sight, but
there were definitely times when the ‘site’
was frightening.”
Like the spring of 1984, for example,
when tons of rain turned St. Andrews into
a sea of mud. It was a virtual quagmire
from the first tee to the 18th green.
One day in particular, July 7, ’84, when
seven inches of rain fell in one short
period of time, has been burned indelibly
in Dave Dwinell’s mind. The memory still
knocks him out of a sound sleep on
occasion.
Every single green was washed out.It
was devastating. Nicklaus and Dwinell
shared a tear together as they viewed the
devastation a day or two later.
“I didn’t think I’d stick it out at the
time,” Dave recalled recently. “It wasn’t
easy. It would have been easy to walk
away and head elsewhere. But the chal­

lenge was compelling. I took it, and with
the help of some of th club officials,
members, townhouse owners, and espe­
cially Mike Kelly, the St. Andrews golf
professional, we forged ahead.
But the real crusher was still to come
for Super Dave Dwinell. That came late
last year when Nicklaus, who took over
St. Andrews in the fall of 79, decided he
had had enough and lost enough
(money), and bailed out of the project,
thanks to the financial interest of Chemi­
cal Bank.
Since Nicklaus’departure, Dwinell has
been the man in charge, and he has
achieved near miracle success, and the
course is in sparkling condition, including
the controversial par-5, 11th hole, which
up to a few short weeks ago, had been
called everything from an abomination to
a monstrosity. It surely has been the most
talked-about, most condemned golf hole
in captivity.
Dwinell and his gifted crew have
worked wonders on the site. As for the
controversial 11th hole, they regraded the
fairway; opened up a new landing area to
the right of the green; built a new carpath
along the left side of the fairway, and
constructed a stone wall along the entire
right side of the 520-yard test.
“The hole could become a gem one
day,” says Dwinell, who refuses to fault
Nicklaus for any of the problems that
existed at the site. “Jack’s a great designer
and a great gentleman. He did the best job
he could’ve, given what he had to work
with. The new greens, the trapping are
superb.
“When I think back at what we had
originally, and what we’ve accomplished,
I fill up with joy and satisfaction,” insists
Dwinell. “I wouldn’t trade the last seven
or eight years for anything else in this
world. What a glorious experience. It
wasn’t easy. But thanks to some good
old-fashioned hard work, and the help of
the Good Lord and Mother Nature, we’re
making it.” And that’s the whole truth,
according to St. Andrews, of course.

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Tee to Green

Patrons of ‘Tèe to
Patrons listed on this page are supporting our Association. You are encouraged to support them.
*

Denotes Met GCSA member

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

Irrigation Systems Incorporated*
P.O. Box 66, Windsor, CT 06095
203-727-9227
Design, Installation and Winterization
For Golf Course Watering Systems

Rhone-Poulenc Ag. Co.
Samuel L. Horst
RD 2, Box 294
Stockton, NY 08559
201-996-4306

James Carriere & Sons, Inc.*
Bill Carriere
7 Cottage Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
914-937-2136

Lesco, Inc.*
Serving the Met GCSA with our
“store-on-wheels”
20005 Lake Rd, Rocky River, Ohio 44116
1-800-321-5325 Nationwide

Stephen Kay, Golf Course Architect*
P.O. Box 81, Purchase, NY 10577
914-738-3399
Long Range Planning, Remodeling, &
New Development

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

Loft’s Seed, Inc.
John Morrissey
Box 146
Bound Brook, NJ 08805
201-356-8700

Steven Willand, Inc.
Dave Marmelstein
Rt 206
Augusta, NJ 07822
201-579-5656

Egypt Farms, Inc.
John Strickland
Green Topdressing, Sand, Constr. Mixes
White Marsh, MD21162
301-335-3700
Emerald Isle, Ltd.
Bob Middleton
2153 Newport Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
313-662-2727
Glenmore Landscape Service*
Glenn S. Moore
RR3 Box 199 Hackgreen Rd.
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
914-764-4348

The Magovern Company*
Joseph Schnieder & Jerry Kane
911 Hope Street
Stamford, CT 06907
1-800-243-9094
Metro Milorganite, Inc.*
John G. Wistrand & Anthony L. Grasso
P.O. Box 267
Hawthorne, NY 10532
914-347-4222
M ontco/ Surf-Side/ Zap!
Surfactants - Defoamers
Box 404, Ambler, PA 19002
Robert Oeschle
Home: 215-836-4992/ Whs: 215-628-3144

Grass Roots Turf Products, Inc.*
Bert Jones 201-361-5943
P.O. Box 336
Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970

O.M. Scott & Sons*
A1 Arison
226 Barry Scott Drive
Fairfield, CT 06430
203-336-9890

Harford Industrial Minerals, Inc.
Dorothy P. Stawcill
P.O. Box 210, Joppa, MD 21085
Topdressing, Constr. Blend, Bunker Sand
301-679-9191

Partac Golf Course Top-Dressing
Kelsey Park, Great Meadows, NJ 07838
1-800-247-2326
James Carriere & Sons/J & B Trucking
914-937-2136 Bill and Joe Carriere

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

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

I & E Supply, Inc.
Paul Roche
66 Erna Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
203-878-0658

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

Bentgrass Sod
Stormy Acres
Kevin Gunn
West Haven, VT 05743
802-265-3046
Terre Company of N.J., Inc.*
Byron Johnson, Jr.
206 Delawanna Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07014
201-473-3393 or (home) 203-748-5069
Turf Products Corporation*
South Windsor, CT 06074
Dennis Petruzzelli-Irrigation
Al Tretara-Equipment
203-528-9508
Valley View Greenhouse*
Route 123 R.R. #2
Box 27
So. Salem, NY 10590
(914) 533-2526 (914) 533-2504
W-A-Cleary Chemical Corporation
Shaun Berry
P.O. Box 10, 1049 Somerset Street
Somerset, NJ 08873
201-247-8000
Westchester Ford Tractor, Inc.*
John M. Apple
Meadow Street
Golden Bridge, NY 10526
914-232-7746
Westchester Turf Supply, Inc.*
P.O. Box 198, Lincolndale, NY 10540
Serving the Fine Turf Profession
Bob Lippman
Bus. 914-248-7476 Home: 914-248-5790