President’s Message

Special Feature

Association
Update

The Met’s 1992 Lifetime Achievement
Award Goes to Frank Hannigan

t hasn’t taken me long to realize
that the key to success as MetGCSA president is to have an
earnest, hardworking board of
directors. And I couldn’t be more
pleased with the current board’s efforts.
Thanks to them, MetGCSA activities are
moving along smoothly. Here’s an
update:
• Joe Alonzi is wearing many hats.
In addition to his duties as vice presi­
dent, he’s chairing our Bylaws, Govern­
ment Relations, and Scholarship &
Research Committees. This year’s
S & R contributions include $2,500 for
the Tri-State Research Foundation and
$1,000 for Dr. Pat Vittum’s Hyperodes
research. In addition, we’ll be donating
proceeds from the August 13 Poa An­
nual Golf Tournament, which will be
held at the Mount Kisco Country Club
in Mount Kisco, NY. This year’s event
will help fund the construction o f a Turf
Research building at Delhi University.
Joe’s also helping our association—
and industry—by representing us on the
Westchester Drought Task Force. The
task force is devising a water distribution
plan for drought emergencies. Joe’s
participation will ensure that our needs
are given serious and proper attention.
• Earl Millett has settled comfortably
into his new duties as treasurer. In his
short tenure, he’s managed to eliminate
all past due accounts. There’s no
denying he’s a force (continued on page 2)

rank Hannigan, truly a man for all
seasons and one of golfs multi­
talented executive giants, is the
recipient o f the MetGCSA’s co­
veted John Reid Lifetime Achievement
Award for 1992.
Hannigan’s selection was announced
by Awards Committee Chairman Larry
Pakkala o f Woodway Country Club in
Darien, CT. Hannigan will be honored
Monday, June 29, as a highlight o f the
Met’s annual Invitational Tournament
at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich,
CT.
It was inevitable, perhaps, that Frank
Hannigan—who has attained world
renown for his rather substantial efforts
during a 28-year career with the United
States Golf Association (USGA)—would
one day capture the Reid Award. His
very first working assignment, as a
freshman-sophomore at Wagner Col­
lege, was mowing tees and greens at the
Silver Lake Golf Club on his native
Staten Island.
UI loved it; I just loved the work,” he
said recently, even at the rather modest

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pay o f $42.50 weekly. And to say this
witty, knowledgeable gentleman of the
game has taken giant strides since has
to be the understatement o f the season
Golf executive sans peer, prize­
winning golf writer, (continued on page 4)

Also in This Issue
( $ ) Scott Niven to Host Invitational
Tourney
(3 ) Where Your Monthly Meeting Dollars
Are Going

( T ) Whippoorwill Golf Wins

( 7 ) Upcoming Events
(7 ) Two “Must-Have” Resources

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Association Update
to reckon with when in arrears.
• John O ’Keefe, in his third year as
secretary and Membership Committee
chairman, has been diligently tracking
all membership activities. John reports
that membership totals so far this year
have exceeded all projections as our
association continues a steady, healthy
growth.
One o f John’s major responsibilities
is updating and publishing our mem­
bership directory each year—no easy
task. John and his committee are to be
congratulated for their outstanding
work on our latest directory.
• Co-Chairmen John Carlone and
Matt Ceplo and their Tournament
Committee members deserve a lot o f
credit for their coordination o f our
monthly meetings.
Their efforts are, no doubt, at least
partly responsible for the continued
climb in membership participation. I
can’t remember an April meeting that
drew a crowd larger than the one we
had at Rockrimmon (100 for golf, 120
for dinner). And the Whippoorwill
meeting had a full field o f golf before
the deadline for reply. That goes to
show you that timely reservations are a
must.
While on the subject of meetings, I
just want to mention that members
should be sure to observe the guest
policy stated in our Bylaws (Article VI,
Section 3). In short, only members can
bring guests, and each member is
allowed one guest per meeting and a
total o f three guests per year.
• Co-chaired by John Carlone and
Will Heintz, our Education Committee
is building an interesting roster o f ac­
tivities and speakers for our monthly
meetings. In addition, the committee’s
already set a date for the 1993 Winter
Seminar—January 6—and they’ve
worked with the GCSAA to plan a
regional seminar. Titled “ Introduction
to Integrated Pest Management,” the
seminar is scheduled for November 16
and 17.
• Our social calendar is well under

Board of Directors

way, thanks to Social and Welfare
Committee Chairman Jeff Scott and
his committee members.
On July 20, we’re scheduled to
return to Woodway Beach Club in
Stamford, CT, for our family picnic.
August 18, our Summer Social will
take us aboard the cruise ship Klondike
for an evening of dinner and dancing
along the scenic East River. Finally,
we’ve reserved December 12 at
Wykagyl Country Club in New
Rochelle, NY, for our annual Christ­
mas Party and Scholarship Raffle.
Mark your calendar now for these
always-popular—and fun—events.
• The Field Day Committee, under
the guidance of Co-Chairmen A1
Tretera and Jeff Scott, is already
making preparations for our annual
Professional Turfgrass Field Day.
Scheduled for October 13 at West­
chester Country Club in Rye, NY, this
year’s field day will feature increased
equipment demonstrations, with plenty
of opportunity to try your hand at
operating the demos. The day’s events
will be preceded by Part 3 o f the
MGA’s Green Chairmen Educational
Series, which is being held 9-11 a.m.
at Westchester.
• Steve Sweet, our Class B repre­
sentative, has been hard at work
organizing our second annual Class B
Outing, which is scheduled for Octo­
ber 26 at Westchester Country Club in
Rye, NY.
• Last but not least, Co-Chairmen
Tim Moore and Mike Mongon, along
with the rest o f the Communications
Committee, should be commended for
continuing to produce a high-quality,
interesting newsletter. As always, they
welcome contributions from the mem­
bership. After all, information-sharing
is one of the benefits—and duties—o f
being a part of our association.
Many thanks to all board and com­
mittee members for their time and
effort. Keep up the good work!
TIM O ’NEILL, CGCS
President

President
TIMOTHY O'NEILL, CGCS

Country Club of Darien
Vice President
JOSEPH ALONZI, CGCS

Fenway Golf Club
Secretary
JOHN O’KEEFE, CGCS

Preakness Hills Country Club
Treasurer
EARLMILLETT

Ridgeway Country Club
Past President
LAWRENCE PAKKALA, CGCS

Wood way Country Club
JOHN CARLONE

Middle Bay Country Club
MATTHEW CEPLO

Westchester Hills Golf Club
WILLIAM HEINTZ

Hampshire Country Club
MICHAEL MONGON

Areola Country Club
TIMOTHY MOORE

Knollwood Country Club
JEFFREY SCOTT, CGCS

Apawamis Club
STEVEN SWEET

Westchester Country Club
ALLAN TRETERA

Turf Products Corp.
Executive Secretary
JAN RUSSO

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1992 the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association.
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Spotlight

Scott Niven Brings the Invitational to
Stanwich

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ast, undulating greens, perfect lies,
and superb playing conditions
await those scheduled to play in
the MetGCSA’s June 29 Invita­
tional Tournament at The Stanwich
Club in Greenwich, CT. Touted by
Golf Digest as the top course in the
State o f Connecticut, Stanwich has been
likened to a fine wine: It gets better
with age.
Nearly 30 years old, the course was
designed by William Gordon and his
son David, the elder Gordon recog­
nized as a pioneer in the achievement o f
perfectly finished surfaces on greens,
tees, and fairways.
Nine years ago, Scott Niven took
charge o f the course’s maintenance and
development and, in that time, has
chalked up a long list o f accomplish­
ments. Among his most notable is
transforming the course from 80 per­
cent poa to 95 percent bentgrass. He
credits the success o f his aggressive poa
reduction program to intensive cultiva­
tion and growth regulation programs,
lightweight mowing and clipping
removal, and careful monitoring and
management.
Other enhancements—some o f
which you’ll notice as you round the
course—include greenside bunker
renovation, golf course and grounds
landscaping, and miles o f new drainage
piping, the cure-all for the course’s
numerous localized wet spots.
With recendy approved funds, Scott
says he’s planned a complete pump­
house renovation and the installation of
a new irrigation system, including pipes,
wires, and sprinklers.
Other projects he’s got up his sleeve:
repaving all club roads and building a
new equipment storage building and
pesticide storage facility, complete with
a state-of-the-art rinsate pad.
Scott was born on a Marine base in
Quantico, VA, where his father served
as a Marine Corps officer.
By the time Scott was 7, his father’s
eight-year tour of duty had ended, and
the Nivens settled in Claremont, NH,
where his father embarked on a new
profession: superintendent/club
manager at the Claremont Country

Club. aH e’s always been an avid
golfer,” says Scott. “ So it was a logical
career move.”
Equally logical was that Scott and his
younger brother, Curtis, decided to
pursue careers as golf course superinten­
dents. Both worked alongside their
father at Claremont—Scott from the
time he was 9 and until he was 12.
That’s when his father was given the
opportunity to purchase the Angus Lea
Golf and Tennis Club in Hillsborough,
NH . . . and he took it.
In addition to owner, Scott’s father
served as the club’s superintendent,
Class A golf professional, and manager,
while Scott and Curtis (now Angus
Lea’s owner, superintendent, and man­
ager), manned positions on the crew.
Scott worked summers at Angus Lea
through high school and then college.
He pursued formal training in turfgrass
management at the University o f Rhode
Island, completing a four-year degree in
1976.
From there, he moved right into an
assistant superintendent’s position at
Greenwich Country Club in Greenwich,
CT. After three years under then
Superintendent Paul Caswell’s tutelage,
Scott accepted his first superintendent’s

position at St. Andrews Golf Club in
Hastings, NY. He remained there until
1979, leaving the club—just before its
major reconstruction phase—for a
superintendent’s position at Siwanoy
Country Club in Bronxville, NY. Until
1982, Scott worked feverishly on en­
hancing the fine Donald Ross course—
work that, no doubt, gave him entree
into his current position at The Stan­
wich Club.
Rounding out his professional exper­
ience, Scott was a member of the MetGCSA Board o f Directors for 11 years,
serving as president from 1988 to 1989.
Still actively involved in the association,
Scott is currently a member o f three
Met committees: the Awards, LongRange Planning and Steering, and
Tournament Committees.
Scott’s favorite “off-duty” pastimes
are skiing, biking, jogging (he’s a twotime New York Marathon runner), and
golf (he’s wielded a club since age 6).
He and his wife, Dana, also enjoy
spending lots of time with their chil­
dren: 2-year-old Nicholas and 9-monthold Heather. The Niven family lives on
Stanwich grounds.
DENNIS PETRUZZELLI
Lakeover Country Club

FYI

Monthly Meetings: Where Your Dollars
Are Going
hen you send in your check to
attend our monthly meetings,
your dollars are going toward
more than meals. The behindthe-scenes costs for a typical meeting
include secretarial services to produce
and mail meeting notices, postage,
guest dinners, gifts for the host superin­
tendent and manager, gratuities for the
host club’s staff, and sales tax. Because
our meetings are self-funding, all these
costs must be passed along to the
attendees. On average, they add up to
about $21 per person per meeting.
The Tournament Committee is
working hard to keep our meeting costs
down, but as you probably realize, there

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are many factors beyond our control.
The host clubs, for instance, set the
pricing schedule for the day, and the
other items just listed are the basic
costs o f putting on a well-run event.
This year’s meeting schedule is
bringing us to some o f the finest
courses in the Metropolitan area. We’re
pleased about the lineup o f meeting
sites and hope you enjoy each and every
event.
In the meantime, if you have any
questions about our meeting costs or
billing procedures, please don’t hesitate
to give me a call at 914-948-5023.
MATT CEPLO
Tournament Committee Co-Chairman
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Special Feature

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The MetGCSA’s 1992 Lifetime Achievement
Award Goes to Frank Hannigan
authority on the rules of the game, and
TV analyst. . . versatility would appear
to be his strength. His writing has ap­
peared in every major golf publication,
along with features in Sports Illustrated
and Reader’s Digest.
Frank Hannigan is without question
one of golfs most prominent personali­
ties. He spent almost 30 years with the
USGA, most recently as its senior exec­
utive director—the association’s chief
staff officer—before leaving in February
of ’89 to join ABC-TV and Golf M aga­
zine in a pair o f influential free-lance
positions. He has since left GolfM aga­
zine to join Golf Digest as a contributing
editor.
It was a stirring defense o f and tri­
bute to golf course superintendents in a
Golf Magazine column that first caught
the collective eye o f MetGCSA members
last year.
Evaluating the scope and significance
of his many contributions to golf

through his almost three decades of
service with the USGA is futile. Suffice
it to say the effort was substantial in the
areas of USGA championships, rules o f
golf, amateur status, publications, films,
TV broadcasts, and more.

“Golf course maintenance has
attained a science that few could
imagine a few short seasons ago.
Better trained, better educated,
[golf course superintendents] have
turned ‘greenkeeping’ into an elite
profession.
”
And it is no secret that it was Frank
Hannigan who convinced the doubting
Thomases at the USGA to stage the
U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island a
few years back, literally a stroke of pro­

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most successful Open in USGA history.
Hannigan’s efforts in revising the
USGA’s code of amateurism won the
plaudits of many as did his career-long
struggle to maintain the integrity of the
game. And his burning determination
to maintain the status quo on equip­
ment, to discourage the gimmick-mak­
ing manufacturers (square grooves ver­
sus U grooves versus V grooves, etc.),
and his effort on rules uniformity are
legendary.
“The game has prospered enormous­
ly under the USGA system o f gover­
nance, however quirky,” he has said.
“This has resulted in one set o f rules
worldwide. And uniformity is the pri­
mary mission o f the USGA and R&A.”
In addition to winning three major
writing awards from the Golf Writers
Association of America, Hannigan has
coauthored, with PGA great Tom Wat­
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and Explained (Random House). And
oh, how the game needed rewriting of
those stuffy, stolid rules. As one smarty
critic put it, “ First time the damn stuffy
rule book made sense.”
Hannigan also coproduced, with
ABC’s Jerry Astrow, TV’s prize-winning,
hour-long history o f U.S. Open Cham­
pionships, a corking compendium of the
game’s major major. Hannigan is, by
the way, a winner of the golf writers’
Richardson Memorial Award.
His sudden departure from the USGA
after almost 30 years of outstanding
service, stunned some observers. Why,
they asked, would he step down at the
very pinnacle o f his USGA career?
In his witty way with words, this
master o f the impromptu reply said: “I
simply had the urge to explain golf as
distinct from managing it, when two
very unusual opportunities to do so were
offered to me simultaneously.”
Over his last six years with the USGA,

Hannigan pulled together a splendid
staff that functions most efficiently un­
der Executive Director David Fay.
The award-winning Hannigan is quick
to praise the work of golf course superin­
tendents nationwide. “In this world,
few things get better with time. But
golf course maintenance has attained a
science that few could imagine a few
short seasons ago. Better trained, better
educated, these knowledgeable, skillful
giants of the game have turned ‘ green keeping’ into an elite profession.”
Previous recipients of the John Reid
Lifetime Achievement Award are Guido
Cribari, retired executive sports editor
for the Gannett Suburban Newspapers;
Alexander Radko, retired head of the
USGA’s Green Section; pro golf great
Ken Venturi; noted turf experts and
agronomists Dr. Ralph Engel and Dr.
Haruo Tashiro; and renowned golf
course architect Geoffrey Cornish.
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Upcoming Events

Scorecard

Superintendent/Manager Meeting Draws
Record-Breaking Crowd

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he June 1 Whippoorwill meeting drew more than a full house: 108 for golf
and 140 for dinner, with 20 would-be attendees turned away.

Golf Meeting

Here’s a look at how those who braved the day’s inclement weather fared on
the links:

Superintendent/Manager
Low Gross Winners

75
80

E. Millett/D. Vasquez
Ridgeway CC
G. Wojick/D. Denehy
Greenwich CC

Superintendent/Guest

Low Gross Winners

75
76

J. Alonzi/P. Bisconti
Westchester CC
J. Carlone/A. Ausserlechner
Middle Bay CC/Sunning dale CC

Low Net Winners

Low Net Winners

62

64

62

65

J. Cotone/A. Rubin
B riar H all CC
(match o f cards)
D. Flynn/J. Vallis
Brae Burn CC
(match o f cards)
T. M oore/F. O ’Leary
Knollwood CC

Closest to the Pin

#4

Meeting Reminder

D. Murphy, Guest

65

65

F. Scheyhing/B. Johnson
Mount Kisco CC/The Terre Co.
H. Waterous/B. Mullane
Scarsdale GC/Alpine Tree Care
(match o f cards)
T. Powers/D. Murphy
Pound Ridge GC
(match o f cards)

Longest Drive

Tuesday, July 14
Siwanoy Country Club
Bronxville, NY
Host superintendent: Dave Mahoney. (Watch
for his profile in the July issue of Tee to
Green.)

Social Events
See this issue’s President’s Message for the
lowdown on our social calendar for the balance
of the year. The next scheduled event: the
MetGCSA Family Picnic at Woodway Beach
Club on July 20— a nearly two-decade tradition
no member should miss. Watch for details on
this and other upcoming social events.

Educational Events
Part 3, Green Chairmen Educational Series
Tuesday, October 13
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (before the Met Field Day)
Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY
For further information, contact the MGA,
914-698-0390, and watch for details as the
date grows closer.

#18 J. Carlone, Middle Buy CC

Many thanks to Superintendent Chuck Martineau, Manager Ray Grandale, Golf
Pro Bob Moro, and the rest o f the Whippoorwill staff for making this an enjoyable
event.
MATT CEPLO
Westchester Hills Golf Club

Check the President’s Message for a sneak
peak at two upcoming MetGCSA-sponsored
events: the Professional Turfgrass Field Day
and the Introduction to Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) seminar.

Tools ol the Trade

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The handbook offers guidelines for
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to both your maintenance operation
and your club’s existing personnel
policies.
Among the topics covered: develop­
ing pay scales, work schedules, and

standards o f employee conduct; es­
tablishing job descriptions for every­
one from your assistant superinten­
dent to your triplex operator; conduct­
ing performance reviews; and under­
standing and adhering to employment
laws.
The book is available to GCSAA
members for $10 and to nonmembers
for $15. For further information or to
order, contact the GCSAA’s member­
ship department at 1421 Research Park
Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049-3859,
913-832-4480.

A Pictorial Guide to
Ornamental Grasses

L

ofts Seed is offering an ornamental
grasses poster that is not only
attractive, but also useful. It de­
picts some of the more popular
grass species, along with helpful hints
on their applications.
You can purchase the poster from
Lofts Seed for $4, which includes
shipping. (New Jersey residents must
add 7% state sales tax.)
For further information, contact
Lofts Seed, Inc. at Chimney Rock
Road, P.O. Box 146, Bound Brook, NJ
08805,908-560-1590.
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Patrons listed on this page are supporting our association. You are encouraged to support them.

Abbey Lane Landscaping Corp.
Brent J.C. Roubos
RT 123, Box 27, South Salem, NY 10590
914-533-2382
f t Alpine Tree Care, Inc.
Robert Mullane - Ken Clear
44 Slocum St., Norwalk, CT 06851
CT: 203-847-1855 NY: 914-948-0101

f t Grass Roots T u rf Products Inc.
Bert Jones: 201-686-8709
Ken Kubik: 201-361-5943
P.O. Box 336, Mt. Freedom, N J 07970

f t Shemin Nurseries Inc.
Horticultural-Irrigation Supplies
Jim Hespe: 203-531-7352
1081 King St., Greenwich, CT 06831

f t Growth Products, Ltd.
Clare Reinbergen/Joe Stahl
P.O. Box 1259, White Plains, NY 10602
914-428-1316

f t Stephen Kay, G olf Course Architects
Renovation, Master Planning, New Golf Courses
495 New Rochelle Rd., Office 2B
Bronxville, NY 10708, 914-699-4437

A1 Preston’s Garage
Massey Ferguson, Sales & Service
Shelton, CT 06484
203-924-1747

f t Hawthorne Bros. Tree Service Inc.
Charles Siemers
5 Center St., Bedford Hills, NY 10507
800-235-7035

Argento’s And Sons Inc.
Turf Equipment: Parts and Service
Louis Argento: 914-949-1152
1 Prospect Ave., White Plains, NY 10607

f t Irrigation Systems Incorporated
Installation, Service, 8c GC System Design
P.O. Box 66, Windsor, CT 06095
203-727-9227

f t Adantic Irrigation
Ed Santalone/Tim Pogue
620 Commerce St., Thornwood, NY 10594
800-878-TURF

James Barrett Associates, Inc.
Golf Course Irrigation Design 8c Consulting
Jim Barrett
201-744-8237

Steven Will and, Inc.
Turf Equipment
P.O. Box 9, RT 206, Augusta, N J 07822
201-579-5656
f t Tee And Green Sod Inc.
Blue grass, Bentgrass, 8c Blue/Fescue Sods
P.O. Box 418, Exeter, RI 02822
David Wallace: 401-789-8177
f t The O.M. Scott 81c Sons Company
Area Technical Representatives
NY: Frank Marra, 516-286-7712
CT: Steve DeVito, 203-723-4190
f t The Terre Company o f N J, Inc.
Byron Johnson Jr.
206 Delawanna Ave., Clifton, N J 07014
Office: 201-473-3393 Home: 203-748-5069

f t Blue Ridge Peat Farms Inc.
Topdressing, Peat, Humus, & Potting Soil
Gene Evans
717-443-9596

f t James Carrière 81c Sons, Inc.
Bill Carrière
7 Cottage St., Port Chester, NY 10573
914-937-2136

f t Dar Par Sales
Golf Course & Tennis Supplies
Outdoor Furniture Dominic A. Richichi
914-946-1743, FAX 914-946-0796

f t L E SC O , Inc.
Seed, Fertilizer, Control Products, Equipment
Greg Moran: 914-838-1650
800-321-5325

TB S Maintenance & Improvement
Tony Bettino
102 Fulton St., White Plains, NY 10606
914-949-3362

ft D & S
Floratine Products, Reveal Test Kits,
Precision Small Engine Co., Flymo
Dave Basconi: 203-250-TURF

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T L C Security Systems
Electronic Surveillance, Card Keys, Door Hardware
620 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Bob Thompson: 914-698-8382

Lofts Seed Inc.
John Morrissey
P.O. Box 146, Chimney Rock Rd.
Bound Brook, N J 08805,908-356-8700

DeBuck Sod Farm
M agovem Co.
For De-Best in Quality Turfgrass Sod
Peter M. Moran/Bill Perry
Fine Turf-Type Tall Fescues, Kentucky Blue Blends Windsor Locks, CT
800-243-7718
914-258-4131

f t Tuckahoe T u rf Farms, Inc.
Fine Fescue, Ryegrass, Bluegrass, Tall Fescue
3/ l 6" or V 4" Bentgrass, Washing Available
Skip Deubel, 800-243-7582

DeLea Sod Farms
Vinnie Sasso/Joel Miller
444 Elwood Rd., East Northport, NY 11731
800-244-SODS/516-368-8022

f t T u rf Products C orp ./T O R O
George Gorton, Irrigation/Al Tretera, Equipment
157 Moody Rd., Box 2576, Enfield, CT 06082
800-243-4355/203-763-3581

Metro Milorganite Inc.
Rick Apgar 8c Scott Apgar
365 Adams St., Bedford Hills, NY 10507
914-666-3171

f t D .J. Callahan Inc.
Dennis Callahan, Golf Course Renovation
P.O. Box 1435, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-584-7080

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Montco /S u rf-S id e/Z ap !
Surfactants-Defoamers
Box 404, Amber, PA 19002
Robert Oeschle: 215-836-4992/215-628-3144

f t Eastern Land Management Inc.
Golf Course Restoration & Renovation
113 Canal St., Shelton, CT 06484
Bruce Moore: 203-924-7272

Nor-Am Chemical Company
David J. Sylvester
311 Carriage Dr., Kensington, CT 06037
203-828-8905

f t Valley View Greenhouse
Frank Amodio
RT 123, RR 2, Box 27, So. Salem, NY 10590
914-533-2504/914-533-2526

Partac G olf Course Top-Dressing
Kelsey Park, Great Meadows, N J 07838
Jim Kelsey: 800-247-2326
Bill 8c Joe Carrière: 914-937-2136

f t W.A. Cleary Chemical Co.
Robert Leslie: 201-746-6734
1049 Somerset St., Somerset, N J 08873
908-247-8000/800-524-1662

Pipe & Irrigation Equipment Supply Co.
Jay Anderson/Steve Smith
P.O. Box 3049, Milford, CT 06460
203-878-0658

f t Westchester Ford Tractor Inc.
John Apple
Meadow St., Goldens Bridge, NY 10526
914-232-7746

Egypt Farms, Inc.
Green Topdressing, Sand, Construction Mixes
White Marsh, MD 21162
800-899-SOIL
f t Emerald Isle, Ltd.
Bill Middleton
2153 Newport Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
800-628-GROW

T u rf Products Corporation
Ernie Rizzio - Larry Rizzio
P.O. Box 296, Mountain Lakes, N J 07046
201-263-1234

f t Fleet Pump & Service Group
Donald Tiedemann
100 Calvert St., Harrison, NY 10512
914-835-3801

f t Pro-Lawn Products, Inc.
Stephen M. Kotowicz
30 Nashville Rd., Bethel, CT 06801
203-792-3032

f t Westchester T u rf Supply, Inc.
Serving the Fine Turf Profession
P.O. Box 198, Lincolndale, NY 10540
Bob Lippman: 914-248-7476

f t Glenmore Landscape Service
Glenn S. Moore
RR 3, Box 285, Hackgreen Rd.
Pound Ridge, NY 10576, 914-764-4348

f t SAV-A-TREE
Complete Tree 8c Shrub Care, Naturally
Westchester: 914-666-8202
NJ: 201-891-5379 CT: 203-661-6755

f t Wilfred MacDonald, Inc.
Dennis DeSanctis
340 Main Ave., Clifton, N J 07014
201-365-6801
f t D enotes M etG C SA member

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