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Mar./April 1988

Published by the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendent Association

Volume XVIII, No.^10 ^

Hyperodes - Are They Resistant or Immune to Dursban?
By Robert U. Alonzi, CGCS
Winged Foot Golf Club
In 1985 although I followed the cus­
tomary practice of two applications of
Dursban for Hyperodes control as I had
used in the past; the first during the full
Dogwood Bloom followed by a second
during the first week in July, by the
month of August severe damage was sus­
tained by several collars and approaches.
In view of the abundance of Hyperodes
in the damaged areas, we retraced our
steps to ascertain whether or not proper
procedures had been followed. Since we
were unable to find inconsistencies, I
chalked it off to mis-application by the
operator.
In 1986 to avoid a recurrence, both
Dursban applications were closely moni­
tored, the correct rate of application care­
fully measured and complete coverage
observed.
During the first week of August, in
anticipation of a possible recurrence of
our experience in 1985, we made close,
frequent inspections of our collars and
approaches and, sure enough, by the
second week of August the first signs of
POA decline were observed. Careful
inspection of these areas revealed the
presence of the little demons. At that
point, we could only minimize the dam­
age by applying Proxol, but we were
never able to obtain full control and dam­
age was sustained in different degrees
until the latter part of September.
I shared this experience with other
superintendents, and discovered that I
was not alone in having failed to control
Hyperodes with the recommended two
applications of Dursban.
Chuck Fatum of Wee Burn had expe­
rienced very similar problems. After dis­

cussing this matter with Chuck, I decided
to conduct a telephone survey of a
num ber of M e tro p o lita n -a re a golf
courses. M ost superintendents with
whom I spoke admitted to having expe­
rienced inadequate control by use of the
two-application method; some opted to
increase the applications to four, one each
during the months of May, June, July and
August.
Other superintendents reported no vis­
ible damage from Hyperodes after the
customary two applications of Dursban
PLUS one application of Proxol during
the end of July or beginning of August.
The Proxol application was intended for
the control of white grubs but might have
p roduced a n o n -ta rg et co n tro l of
Hyperodes.
Concerned about these findings, I
called Dr. Harou Tashiro who had
headed the research on Hyperodes for our
association about fifteen years ago. I des­
cribed my previously stated findings and
asked if he had any knowledge or suspi­
cion of Dursban resistance. He replied
that by using the same material for as
many years as we had for the control of a
particular pest, we were risking the possi­
bility of resistance, but that he had no
clear evidence. His recommendation was
that with the labeling of Triumph which
has tested as being even more effective
against Hyperodes than Dursban, we use
Triumph as a substitute for a few applica­
tions and eventually begin an alternating
system of Triumph and Dursban which is
generally recommended for avoiding
resistance to pesticides.
He suggested “keying in” the time of
application by using degree days rather

than dogwood bloom. He feels that
because the past several springs have been
early, the temperatures have risen quickly
therefore casting doubt on dogwood
bloom as a reliable barometer.
Dr. Tashiro further suggested that I
share my concerns with Dr. Michael Villani, his successor at Cornell, to see if he
would run a resistance test. I contacted
Dr. Villani who agreed to visit a few
metropolitan-area golf courses in midMarch. His plan was to collect pine nee­
dle litter, hoping to gather sufficient
overwintering adults to enable him to run
the test.
I believe that Dr. Villani is going to
address our group at our April meeting at
Mt. Kisco Country Club about his exper­
iments with white grubs. I am sure that by
then he will have the results of his resist­
ance test. (Have your Hyperodes ques­
tions ready!)
It might interest you to know that Dr.
Paul R. Heller, who spoke at the recent
Seminar at the University of Massachu­
setts, reported that Hyperodes are on the
MOVE. Last year there were many golf
courses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
that for the first time had sustained dam­
age. IS IT RESISTANCE?
Is it time to panic? Do you remember
our problems during the late 60's and
early 70's? Can we rely on increased rates
of application? Is it legal to increase the
number of applications for the control of
a pest when label instructions are varied?
Hopefully, Triumph will become availa­
ble to us if only for use on tees and greens.
If you have experienced similar prob­
lems, please contact me so that I can
report it to Dr. Villani.

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Standard Operating Procedures

Presidential Address
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
Kenneth Flisek
Apawamis C
Anthony Grasso
Willow Ridge CC
Byron Johnson
Terre Co.
Timothy Moore
Knollwood CC
John Musto
Back ’O Beyond, Inc.
John O’Keefe
Preakness Hills CC
Jan Russo
Executive Secretary

Your Board of Directors has recently put the finishing touches on what can be
thought of as a major accomplishment for the Met GCS A. We now have in print, a list of
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for each Standing Committee of our Associa­
tion. Present and past committee chairmen have put their heads together and consulted
previous minutes of Met GCSA meetings to compile an information sheet for each
committee containing a calendar of special events, duties and responsibilities, policies,
operating costs and other budget criteria.
These Standard Operating Procedures will be very valuable to future Boards, and
committee chairmen. In reading over many of the minutes of Board of Directors and
membership meetings from the past twenty years, I’ve noticed that as new Boards take
over, many of the same topics are repeatedly discussed on a five to seven year cycle. This
happens because many of the policies now listed in our SOP’s have not been communi­
cated in the changing of the guard over the years. Until a need for change presents itself,
we have now documented and presented as closely as possible, the original intentions of
our Standing Committees and will not have to unnecessarily discuss their rules and
regulations periodically at Board meetings. Theoretically, the Board of Directors will
now be able to spend more time discussing important new issues by avoiding duplication
of previous topics. This should also help to perpetuate the new two hour Board meeting
versus the three to five hour version which has been fairly common in previous years.
Newly elected Committee Chairmen will immediately find these SOP’s a tremendous
help in acclimating to their new position, which allows for a much smoother transition
as committees change. These SOP’s will also be updated by outgoing chairmen prior to
each annual meeting to keep them current with the wishes of the Board of Directors and
general membership.
I’d like to extend a special thanks to all of our Directors for working hard to complete
their SOP’s by the March business meeting. We all stand to benefit from these by having
a better informed and more well run association from this point forward.
It’s always nice to see new energetic people who like to get involved, move into the
metropolitan area. We have been very fortunate to have Ken Flisek, who came here
from Michigan a few years ago, to be on our Board of Directors and act as editor of the
Tee to Green. He has put a lot of time and effort into this pursuit and done an excellent
job in publishing our newsletter each month. Unfortunately for us, Ken is leaving the
metropolitan area to take a new job in Portland, Maine. Ken, we sincerely thank you for
all of your help and dedication to our cause and wish you and your family the best of
luck with your new position and home in Portland.
Scott Niven, CGCS
President, Met GCSA

Met GCSA Tournament Schedule
April 21

Mt. Kisco C.C.
Fred Scheying, Sup’t.

May 10

Westchester Hills C.C.
Matt Ceplo, Sup’t.

June 9

St. Andrews G.C.
Dave Dwinell, Sup’t

July 25

Mahopac G.C.
Mike Miner, Sup’t.

September 20

Wykagyl C.C.
Vincent Sharkey

October 6

Willow Ridge C.C.
Tony Grasso, Sup’t.

November 10

Ridgeway C.C.
Earl Millett, Sup’t

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Ed Worthington
Honorary Member
Ed Worthington, or “Uncle Ed” as so
many golf superintendents in the Nor­
theast know him, was born in Dansville,
N.Y.in 1909. Most of his youth was spent
in the S tro u d sb u rg Pa. area, with
summers spent at his g ran d fath er’s
famous Shawnee Inn (then called Buckwood Inn) and Country Club, at the Del­
aware Water Gap.
Uncle Ed’s first experiences in golf
course maintenance were raking sand
traps, hand weeding greens, driving a
Worthington tractor with a model T
engine, and mowing the 16th, 17th and
18th greens with the Worthington Over­
green — the first 3 gang greens mower.
Also, he had to keep the tee stands supp­
lied with sand and water in the days
before wooden and plastic tees.
Ed claims that when he worked in the
factory at the Worthington Mower Co.,
his greatest accomplishment was at a
production drill press drilling square
holes in the releasing fork which was con-

nected to the releasing handles. These
threw the 30" unit in or out of gear.
In February 1933, Uncle Ed was pulled
out of factory work and sent to take over
the Washington D.C. office, covering golf
courses, air fields, etc. through the entire
south. He became a member of the Mid
Atlantic Green Keepers Association.
In 1934 he contracted tuberculosis, and
came to Saranac Lake’s Trudeau Sanitorium to regain his health. While a patient,
he realized he could never be employed by
anyone as a result of his tuberculosis, so
he went into the golf course supply busi­
ness for himself. The company has now
been taken over by his daughter Janet
Dudones. She is the 4th generation of the
family to be in the industry.
Through the years, Uncle Ed learned so
much from contacts with golf superin­
tendents that he spent much of his time
passing along the information gathered to
other superintendents experiencing sim­
ilar problems. Through his travels and the
W orthington Gazette he shared his
knowledge with others.

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early days with John Cornman at Cor­
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Met GCSA
Has New
Membership Class

A very successful, well attended business meeting was held March 17, 1988 at
Elmwood Country Club in White Plains, N. Y. Shown here from left to right are
Mike Bockleman, General Manager, Edgar Ectamurra, Banquet Manager, Joe
Perry, Head Chef, and Pio Salvati, Golf Course Superintendent.

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At the annual meeting in November,
the membership approved the creation of
a new class of membership called the
“Class C Associate”. This membership
class will include representatives from
companies that are supplying or servicing
the local turfgrass industry but whose
company is already represented by a class
C member. Any company is limited to
two class C associates although the total
number of class C and class C associates
will not exceed 40% of all class A and B
members as required by the bylaws.
Privileges of the class C associates will
not allow them the opportunity to play
golf at regular meetings unless they are
the quest of a regular member. However,
they will receive all mailings, be included
in the directory and can attend all regular
meetings of the association.
erly defined. Ground under repair will
take more time and should be checked on
constantly and not just left for the big
tournaments. Again, a joint philosophy is
best although the day to day marking will
probably best be left to the superintend­
ent since he will be on the course daily to
see changes or new areas. Once a routine
and appreciation for the need to have the
c o u r s e p r o p e r l y d e f i n e d is
attained then hopefully the marking and
maintenance will not be too time consum­
ing a project.
The professionalism of our golf opera­
tions continues to reach new heights. Our
courses keep getting better, the quality of
instruction and tournament operations
grows and grows. The rules are just as
important a spoke in the wheel and hav­
ing the course marked properly is the only
way to play by the rules. The satisfaction
of having everything properly done is
something that perhaps only the superin­
tendent and professional’s staff will
enjoy, but it will reflect on their profes­
sionalism and quality. Those pick-up
games were fun, but they couldn’t com­
pare with the games on the “big field”.
Let’s treat our golfers to the game and the
conditions they deserve.

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Page 5

Congratulations to the following
Golf Course Superintendents
who have changed jobs
over the winter.
Steve Finamore - Alpine Country Club
Bill Gaydosh - Hackensack Country Club
Mike Mongon - Areola Country Club
Greg Wojick - Greenwich Country Club
Shirley Talmage - Deal Country Club
Tracy Holliday - Sterling Farms Golf Course
Harry Ward - Oak Hills Country Club
Eric Cadenelli - H.B. Bronson Country Club
Jeff Scott - The Apawamis Club
Jerry Schoonmaker - Rockland Country Club
Ken Flisek - The Woodlands Club
Curt Niven - Ducksberry Country Club

Grasso, Nancy - D aughter of Tony
Grasso Class “C”, Studying Municipal
Law - Pace University
Horton, Timothy - Son of Edward Hor­
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Congratulations to this year’s award
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and the C.E.S. Staff, and to my commit­
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Co-Chairmen - Bob Mullane
Bob Alonzi
Frank Amodio
Mike Maffei
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MET G.C.S.A. Shines
in Houston Tourney
The MET G.C.S.A. was quite success­
ful at the 1988 Golf Course Superintend­
ents Association of America golf cham­
pionships in Houston, Texas Jan. 30-Feb.
2. The tournament was held on 4 courses
in the Houston area, The Woodlands
North course, The Tournament Players
Club at The Woodlands, and Kingwood’s
Lake and Marsh courses.
A best-ball mixer was held on Saturday
Jan. 30. The gross division played on the
T.P.C. course, while the net division
played on the Woodlands North course.
Both divisions saw M et. G .C .S.A .
members on the first place team. The
gross division was won by John Carlone
of Middle Bay C.C. and Les Kennedy Jr.
of Oak Lane C.C. with a score of 4 under
par 68. Carlone and Kennedy were in the
first group off the tee at 8:00 am and
played a bogey free round with each man
contributing 2 birdies. The net division
saw Bob Alonzi from Winged Foot G.C.

on the winning team at 11 under par 61.
This team came out smoking and had it 9
under after 9 holes.
In the championships on Monday and
Tuesday, the red division (7-10 hdcp.) saw
Les Kennedy take home 7th low net. On
Tuesday at The W oodlands N orth
course, Peter Rappoccio of Silver Spring
C.C. won a $100 gift certificate to the
G.C.S.A.A. merchandise booth for hit­
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closest to the pin honors.
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Mark The Course Professionally
by Charlie Robson

Executive Director of Met PGA
Remember the old pick-up football
games. A bunch of guys would get to­
gether, choose up teams and presto the
game was on. Except for one last detail the field. Well, if your games were like
mine you’d grab a few coats, or maybe a
couple of big branches or cardboard
boxes and set up your sidelines and end
zones. Creativity was the m other of
invention in these cases.
Well, pick-up games were great but far
from professional. While the talent might
be the same as that which made up the
local high school or college team, the
atmosphere was distinctively unique.
There was no organization to the games
and that was typified by the make shift
field we played on.
When I encounter an unmarked or
poorly defined golf course, I am reminded
of those pick-up games. It seems reasona­
ble to me that everyone, whether playing
in a tournament or just a friendly four­
some would prefer to play golf under the
proper conditions and rules and that
m eans having the course properly
marked.
Enough of my sermons and philosophy—
what does this mean to the golf course
superintendent? Unfortunately it may
mean more work. The marking of a golf
course does take time and it requires an
understanding of the game and the rules.
A lateral hazard is different from a regu­
lar hazard. One must understand the dif­
ference and mark the two accordingly.
Thought should be given to the way a ball
will be dropped and how the various
options can be acted upon. It is not
enough to just take some red and yellow
paint out and draw lines around a particu­
lar body of water. A hazard by definition
is any sea, lake, pond, river, ditch, surface
drainage ditch or other open water course
whether or not they contain water. It is
common to find surface drainage ditches
on courses that only carry water during
heavy rains, yet they are rarely marked as
hazards and all too often players feel they
are entitled to some relief from these
situations. That’s just one example of
how knowing the rule and the proper
markings can certainly affect the playing
of the game.

Met GCSA Awards
Scholarships for 1988

The definition of the course boundaries
is equally as important. These need to be
adequately m arked (preferably with
white stakes although boundary fences
and their posts are acceptable) and clear
sighting is a must, with posts close enough
together to make this not only possible
but easy. Don’t take anything for granted.
Imagine watching an NFL game where
the sidelines were worn away or the endzone markers were removed. You’d see
anarch on the field. Well, your golfers
deserve the same professionalism.
Ground under repair is too often
abused on the great courses in this area, as
is the use of “winter rules” a phrase that
strikes horror in the hearts of golf purists.
When we mark the abnormal ground
areas of a course we try to maintain some
general policies. Bare ground does not
constitute GUR, nor is a tree stump or
roots. These conditions are not necessar­
ily abnormal. I believe in fairness, but I
hate to see weakness. Be thorough, but be
on the side of undermarking not over­
marking because for every spot that you
may mark as GUR, I’ll find 3 of the same
th at you w ouldn’t intend to m ark.
Develop a philosophy of your own, be
consistent and stick with it as much as you
can.
Who should mark a course and how
often. I believe the course should be
jointly marked by the professional and
the golf course superintendent. They both
should understand the rules and the
playability of their course. They should
share their thoughts and work together to
get it right. This is imperative in the
Spring or beginning of each season. The
definition of the course (the boundaries,
the hazards, the paths and obstructions)
should be clearly marked and under­
stood. There should be a written rules
sheet that can always be used to deter­
mine a question or if a change in commit­
tee takes place. They must stand together
on the marking of the course and not
allow an individual or an incident to
divide them. Once they agree on the defi­
nition, an assistant or other staff member
of either the superintendent or profes­
sional can see that the course stays prop-

The recipients for the 1988 Scholar­
ships were announced at the Annual
meeting at Elmwood Country Club on
March 17th.
This year’s applicants went through an
entirely new selection process. To begin, a
notice was posted for applications in the
November ’87 issue of Tee to Green.
Applicants were to apply in writing by
February 15, 1988. Upon receiving the
application they were then sent to an out­
side source known as the Cooperative
Educational Service of Fairfield County
Connecticut. The purpose of this was to
have a completely non-biased selection
committee choose the recipients. Tony
Maida, Director of Education and two of
his associates systematically made their
decisions based on criteria set up by the
Met S&R Committee and reported back
to the S&R Committee on March 4th, in
plenty of time to make our announcement
at the March meeting at Elmwood. (The
dates that I have mentioned were all dead­
line for the S&R Committee and set as
perm anent goals in the committee
S.O.P.S.)
The criteria for the Mr. Maida’s Com­
mittee for selection was as follows:
1. Standard of Scholastic Aptitude
(i.e., Grades/Academic Honors)
2. Presentation of Application
(i.e., Neatness/ Design of
Application)
3. Need for Scholarship
After reviewing each application with
respect to the criteria above, each appli­
cant was then ranked from #1 being
(“best”), #2, #3, etc.
Then the monies raised from the
Christmas Scholarship raffle, ($4,000.00
in all) was distributed to the following
members and dependents of members
which we list alphabetically.
Brenton, Daniel - Class “B”, Assistant
Superintendent Silver Springs Country
Club - Studying Turfgrass Management
at University of Mass.
Caswell, Christopher - Son of Paul Cas­
well Class “A”, Mechanical Engineering
-Cornell University.

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Tee to Green

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

Alpine Tree Care, Inc.*

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

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

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

Egypt Farms, Inc.
John Strickland
Green Topdressing, Sand, Constr. Mixes
White Marsh, MD 21162
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
Grass Roots Turf Products, Inc.*
Bert Jones 201-361-5943
P.O. Box 336
Mt. Freedom, NJ 07970
Harford Industrial Minerals, Inc.
Dorothy P. Stawcill
P.O. Box 210, Joppa, MD 21085
Topdressing, Constr. Blend, Bunker Sand
301-679-9191
Hawthorne Brothers Tree Service, Inc.*
5 Center Street
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
914-666-7035 and 203-531-1831
Professional Tree Care and Transplanting
I & E Supply, Inc.
Paul Roche
66 Erna Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
203-878-0658

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
O.M. Scott & Sons*
A1 Arison
226 Barry Scott Drive
Fairfield, CT 06430
203-336-9890
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
Pro-Lawn Products, Inc.*
Stephen M. Kotowicz
30 Nashville Road
Bethel, CT 06801
203-792-3032
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
A1 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