\ «v«mber/Dereni ber 2003

VOLUME33 NUMBERS

Published by the Metropolitan Roll Course Superintendents Association

Board of Directors
President
DAVID MAHONEY

Siwanoy Country Club

Vice President
WILLIAM HEINTZ

Centennial Golf Club

Cover: Woodway
Country Club. Photo
by Jim Krajicek.

Treasurer
MATTHEW CEPLO, CGCS

Rockland Country Club

Secretary
AN THONY GIRARDI, CGCS

Rockrimmon Country Club
Past President
TIM OTHY M OO RE

Knollwood Country Club
SCOTT APGAR

Metro Tuf Specialists
PAUL BOYD

Greenwich Country Club
SEAN CAIN

Sunningdale Country Club
GLEN DUBE, CGCS

Oak Hills Park Golf Course

THOMAS LEAHY, CGCS

Sleepy Hollow Country Club

ROBERT NIELSEN JR. CGCS

Bedford Golf &Tennis Club
ERIC O ’NEILL

Scarsdale Golf Club

rn this Issue

GLENN PERRY, CGCS

Rolling Hills Country Club

JEFFREY W ENTW ORTH, CGCS

Pelham Country Club

Executive Secretary
INEKE PIERPOINT

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MetGCSA Selects Siwanoy Super Dave Mahoney as
Its 26th President ....................................................................
W oodway’s Larry Pakkala Earns High Honors With
Sherwood A. Moore Award ................................................

M ember News .....................................................................................................7
Inside the National .................................................................

8

Scorecard..............................................................................................................10
U pcom ing Events ............................................................................................ 12
Spotlight ..............................................................................................................13

ÖSresident’s
’m honored—and a bit overwhelmed—
|to be elected president of the MetGCSA.
|Fortunately, I’ve inherited things in excel| lent shape—thanks to Tim Moore and all
| who preceded him as president of the Met
during my tenure on the board. I’ve
1enjoyed working with all of them, and I’ve
j learned so much from witnessing, flrstI hand, their various leadership styles and
practices.
While it generally takes at least 10 years to
¡ascend to the president’s position, there’s no
question in my mind that it’s time well
| spent. There’s no better training ground for
president than traveling, step by step,
Ithrough the ranks of the board.
Thinking back on when I was first
elected to the board, I remember being sur­
prised and impressed by all that it takes to
¡¡run a successful organization. I look forJward, now, to working with our Board of
Directors and the membership to ensure
| that the Met remains among the best associ| ations in the golf industry,
i Here are just a few of the goals I have for
I the upcoming year:

Meetings and Education

|As most of you know, the board’s been con| cerned about the decline in member particI ipation at our monthly meetings and
| functions. It’s my opinion, however, that we
\ shouldn’t fret over whether or not people
[ attend. Instead, we should focus our efforts
| on planning and running first-class events—
Iwhether they’re monthly meetings, large
[ social affairs, educational forums, or inforImal get-togethers—the kind of events that
; will inspire people to attend.
I also believe we should have some forum
I for education at every meeting. It doesn’t
[ have to be a scheduled speaker. Roundtable
| discussions can also be informative. Our
members, after all, are a knowledgeable
bunch. And these open forums encourage
future sharing of information and cama­
raderie within our group.

Dave Mahoney
MetGCSA President

On the Research Front

A portion of your dues is allocated toward
research. And I think we all know how
important turfgrass research has been—and
is—to our jobs.
Right now, the bulk of the money we
designate for research goes to the Tri-State
Turf Research Foundation. The Tri-State,
as most of you know, funds turfgrass
research that is pertinent to Met area golf
courses. Most recently, the Tri-State sup­
ported Dr. Frank Rossi’s moss control stud­
ies at Cornell and Dr. Bruce Clarke’s
anthracnose control research at Rutgers.
While our contributions to the Tri-State
are good, we can—and need—to do more,
particularly when it comes to gaining indi­
vidual club support. There is no reason we
can’t have 100 percent of the clubs in the
Met supporting the Tri-State. If you can
think of one, let me know.
In addition to the Tri-State, we support
the Building Fund for the Rutgers Turf
Research Center, and we’ve joined turf and
agricultural groups throughout New York
in funding a full-time lobbyist who moni­
tors activities and potential legislation that
can affect our golf courses.
While this is all well and good, we do
have additional funds to support other
research efforts—research that we, our­
selves, select and fund directly. If there are
any turfgrass issues you would like to see
researched, please let me know, and we’ll
look into it.
continued on page 13

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came close on two occa­
sions to quitting the board
of directors,” says straighttalking Dave Mahoney of his
long-tenured affiliation with the
Metropolitan Golf Course Superin­
tendents Association. “The first time was
when we were renovating the golf course at
Siwanoy, and the second time was when I
discovered I had some health issues. I was
fortunate, though, to have the strong support
of the board.”
Dave doesn’t, for one minute, regret perse­
vering and staying the course to become our
association’s 26th president. His commit­
ment to the board is a source of great pride
for Dave, who is committed to making a dif­
ference as head of what he describes as “one
II of the best, if not the best” GCSAA chapters
in the country.
S “I have great respect for our chapter mem­
bers—and a clear vision for our association,”
says Dave. “There have been many strong
leaders before me, and I want to be consid­
ered another strong leader of the Met,” adds
Dave, sharing with me some of his concerns
about our association as he begins his term.

Thinking Outside the Itox

‘No Baloney ’Mahoney
Minces No Words About
His Vision for the Met
by Greg Wojick>CGCS

Tee to Green November/December 2003

First and foremost on Dave’s mind is the
dwindling participation and enthusiasm
among members. “I want to continue giving
superintendent members the opportunity to
associate—and to convince them that the
most satisfying aspect of being a member of
our group is having the luxury of getting
together and sharing ideas with the best
superintendents in the world,” says Dave.
“There have always been a core group of
Met members who enjoy meeting, playing
golf, and sharing thoughts and experiences,”
he continues. “But I’d like to see this core
expand to include a much larger share of the
membership.”
To spur things along, Dave intends to work
with the board and with the general mem­
bership and committees to create meeting
I venues that will, he hopes, generate more
interest and enthusiasm about meeting
monthly.

“I’m a great believer in quality,” says Dave.
“If we hold an event, I would like it to be so
well run that people will feel they can’t pass
up the opportunity to attend—not unlike
what the Social Committee, Larry Pakkala,
and Woodway did with our Christmas party.
It was well-planned, well-communicated,
and definitely the kind of event everyone
was eager to attend.”
When it comes to upping participation,
Dave has no fear of thinking outside the
box. We can’t continue to hold meetings on
Mondays at clubs with fewer than 100 atten­
dees. It’s not fair to—or profitable for—the
club that brings in staff especially for our
event, and it’s an embarrassment to the
superintendents who go out of their way to
host one of our monthly meetings.
“I respect the history and traditions of our
association,” Dave continues, “but I certainly
have no problem experimenting to provide

Talking to the Membership... Online

members with better value for their mem­
bership dollar.”
Dave, for instance, was intrigued recently
by the idea of holding limited-space-available meetings. “These meetings would be
top-notch,” he explains. “We’d seek out a
great site, schedule the meeting on one of
the club’s regular golf days, and we’d limit
the number who could attend to, let’s say, 40.
As with our Invitationals, signup would be
on a first-come, first-served basis.
This approach could bring just enough of
an air of exclusivity to our meetings that it
might peak more of our members’ interest in
attending,” adds Dave, who welcomes sug­
gestions on how to inspire greater member
participation.

and my life in general,” says Dave, “aren’t
that much different than other superintend­
ents’jobs and personal lives: We’re busier than
ever. I know all too well that it’s not always
easy to leave the property, and if we do, I
know that attending a Met event can’t
always be the top priority. We all have to
make choices about how we spend our time
away from our golf courses.
“I’d love to hear directly about any mem­
bers’ concerns,” adds Dave, who wants every
member of the Met to feel comfortable
communicating directly with him via email or v-mail. “Call me,” says Dave.
“Maybe, together, we can make our associa­
tion just that much better.”

That points to another of Dave’s major
objectives: communication—particularly as
it relates to member events. “All of our
events must be well communicated so that
every superintendent member knows
exactly what to expect of our meetings—no
surprises,” emphasizes Dave. “That way, if it’s
a topic that interests them, they can be sure
to clear their calendars well ahead of time.
“I’m eager to work with the board to find
ways to better communicate with our mem­
bership,” notes Dave. “I’m convinced that
we can do a better job of sending notices
and other communications electronically.”
Though highly motivated to fix what ails
the association’s member participation,
Dave’s quick to say he certainly doesn’t
intend to bully members into attending
events. “My job responsibilities at Siwanoy

The Making of a President

Dave is clearly well-equipped for the rigors
of the Met presidency. He’s been a member
of the Met Board of Directors for the past
10 years, and he’s served on—or chaired—
numerous committees, not the least of
which was the Tournament Committee.
Dave is equally well schooled in turf
management, earning a degree from Penn
State in 1983. The rest of his education
came from hard-core, hands-on experience.
His first stop was an assistant’s position at
the Naperville Country Club in the
Chicago-area town where he lived since he
was 12.
From there, Dave went to The Golf Club
of Oklahoma. Oklahoma!? “I was enticed
by the promise of gaining experience grow­
ing in an all-new Fazio-designed course,”
explains Dave of his move. After the course

“I ’m a great believer in quality. If we hold
an event, I would like it to be so well run
that people will feel they can’t pass up the
opportunity to attend.

opened, he returned to Naperville as the
superintendent and then, in 1988, accepted
his current position at Siwanoy. “New York
was calling me back,” says Dave, who lived
in Queens and then Levitown, LI, for the
first 12 years of his life—and now
Bronxville, NY, for the past 15.
Dave can thank the club for his latest
posh New York address: He lives on club
grounds with his wife, Catherine, and two
children: David, who’s now 18, and Jessica,
who’s 16.
Greg Wojick, a member of the Tee to Green
Editorial Committee, is superintendent at
Greenwich Country Club in Greenwich, CT.
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eature

Woodways Larry Pakkala
Earns High Honors With
Sherwood A. Moore Award

by Glenn Perry, CGCS

Isn’t
it
only
fitting
that this year’s Sherwood A.
Moore (SAM) Award go to a superintendent who’s treading on—and
managing—some of the same turf as the award’s namesake once did?

v

Graduates of“Woodway University^ strike a pose with Larry Pakkala (center) and his current assistant Joe
DeLauter (left). From left to right: Blake Halderman,Tony Girardi, Gregg Stanley, and Mike Mongon.

Club in Darien, CT, for the past 20 years,
following Sherwood by four years.
Like his predecessor—and the other past
SAM Award recipients—Larry has gone the
extra mile for the profession, meeting, if not
exceeding, the award’s criteria of “advanc­
ing the professional image, status, and repu­
tation of the golf course superintendent.”
Larry is the 11th superintendent to
receive the SAM Award, which was created
in 1987 to honor none other than
Sherwood A. Moore and his contributions
to the MetGCSA and our profession.
Larry will receive his well-deserved
honor at the MetGCSA s January 15 Winter
Seminar at Westchester Country Club. “It’s
difficult to describe how I feel about this
great honor that my peers have bestowed on

me,” he said when notified of his selection
for the award. “Knowing Sherwood and
having seen evidence of his efforts at
Woodway, I can tell you firsthand what a
master he was at managing the details and
challenges of our very demanding jobs.
He was the best of his generation, and I am
so grateful—and flattered—to be compared
to him.”
Property manager of Woodway Country
Club since 1983, Larry is clearly passionate
about his work and the industry. “Not a day
goes by that I don’t stop and think about
how glad I am to have chosen this profes­
sion,” says Larry, who has clearly offered the
profession at least as much as it’s given him.
He served as the Met’s president, spend­

ing 11 years on the board and chairing or
sitting on just about every committee there
is. Still at it, he’s currently serving on four of
the Met’s 12 committees.
Larry’s also been generous throughout
the years in offering his club for association
events. With Woodway among the few
clubs in the area to boast two addresses—
Woodway Country Club in Darien and
Woodway Beach Club in Stamford—Larry
has hosted members not just for golf meet­
ings, but also for some of the Met’s more
memorable family events: our waterside
family picnics at Woodway’s Caribbeanesque beach club.
After a brief hiatus as meeting host, Larry
hosted this year’s holiday bash and will bring
everyone back when the ground’s thawed
for our annual Superintendent/Manager
Tourney in May.
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“It hasbeen
apparent to mefor
some time now that Larry
would someday be the
proud recipient of this
coveted award. When you
look at his accomplish­
ments, by definition, he is
the epitome of a model golf
course superintendent.
- Scott Niven, CGCS

“There is no question the MetGCSA is
one of the finest chapters in the country,”
says Larry “I’m grateful for the opportunity
to serve the association, and I’m pleased to
see it excel. We must all, as association
members, continue to enhance the image of
the superintendent—an image that men
like Sherwood Moore strived to obtain
while seeking improvements for our well­
being.”
Always at the forefront, Larry’s contribu­
tions extend well beyond the Met. He was
the founding president of the Tri-State Turf
Research Foundation in 1991 and served
on the first GCSAA committee responsible
for establishing the GCSAA Foundation.
Larry was also among the first to become
involved in the Audubon Cooperative
Sanctuary Program (ACSP), which offers
golf courses and superintendents a wellrespected vehicle for validating and publi­
cizing their environmental efforts. Having
met all the program’s criteria in 1993,
Woodway was one of the first 25 clubs in
the country to become a certified coopera­
tive sanctuary.
Larry’s work with the ACSP, put him on
the lecture circuit in the tri-state area and
also at the 1996 GCSAA conference and
show. He also published two articles in Golf
Course Management: “Turf Covers for
Problem Greens” and “Restoring a
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Connecticut Classic.”
It’s work like this that led SAM Award
presenter and good friend Scott Niven to
make the following comment: “It has been
apparent to me for some time now that
Larry would someday be the proud recipi­
ent of this coveted award. When you look at
his accomplishments, by definition, he is the
epitome of a model golf course superin­
tendent. I am honored to have the opportu­
nity to present my good friend with this
year’s Sherwood A. Moore Award.”
On a more personal level, Larry has been
a mentor to—and strong advocate of—the
many past assistants (see picture page 5) who
have moved on to their own jobs.
Graduates of “Woodway University,” as it’s
affectionately termed, include Mike
Mongon (Fairview CC), Gregg Stanley
(Hudson National GC), Tony Girardi
(Rockrimmon CC), and Blake Halderman
(Trump National GC). All will tell you that
once you’ve worked for Larry, you have a
friend for life.
Blake was the one to nominate Larry for
the award. “I felt Larry was deserving of the
award not only for his many years of dedica­
tion to the golf industry, but more impor­
tant, for his desire to help others around
him,” says Blake “He has been a leader of
multiple organizations—both golf and
community—and has been a mentor to all
who have worked for him.”

Personally Speaking

Born to a golfing family in Pittsburgh, PA—
home, at the time, to golfing legend Arnold
Palmer—Larry has spent the past 32 years at
golf clubs in three different states and one
tropical isle.
After earning an associate’s in landscape
architecture, Larry’s first stop in the business
was Philadelphia Country Club, where his
brother, D.J., was superintendent at the
time. “He took me under his wing and
brought me into the business,” says Larry,
gratefully. During his tenure there, Larry
completed the turfgrass management pro­
gram at Penn State University, where he can
still be found on football weekends rooting
for his alma mater.

On the road to Woodway, Larry gained
valuable experience as the assistant superin­
tendent at the prestigious Merion Golf
Club in Ardmore, PA, and then as superin­
tendent at Bermuda’s Mid Ocean Club.
Though he recounts Mid Ocean as a
“tremendous and valuable learning experi­
ence,” after four years there, he was ready to
leave island life behind. He returned to the
States in 1981 and took the superinten­
dent’s job at St. Andrew’s Golf Club in
Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY. That’s when
he began his 22-year-and-counting associa­
tion with the MetGCSA.

A mover and
shaker inside the turf industry
and out, Larry has been an active
member of the Darien Lion’s Club
for the past 14 years, serving as the
group’s president in 1997 and then dis­
trict zone chairman, in charge of all
Fairfield County chapters. In 2000, the
organization, which raises hundreds of
thousands of dollars each year for local
charities, awarded Larry its Knights of the
Blind Award in honor of his dedicated serv­
ice to fundraising.
Not limiting his community service to
Lion’s Club activities, Larry has spoken to
local garden clubs and is involved with the
Stamford Sound Waters Association, a
group that educates high school students
about the environment.
Though there is no denying that Larry’s
success has everything to do with the time
and effort he’s devoted to his career and to
helping others, he offers a slightly different
perspective: “There is usually a good reason
people gain success— call it hard work or
dedication—but mine relates most to my
family and the love and devotion that I’ve
received from my wife, Carole, and my chil­
dren, Christina and Lauren,” says Larry.

“There
isusually
a good reason people
gain success— call it
hard work or dedication
but mine relates most to
my family and the love
and devotion that I’ve
receivedfrom my
wife, Carole, and my
children, Christina and
Environmental Award
Lauren. ”
Superintendent Tim Powers
—

“They have always been there for me, and
without that type of support, my life would
have no purpose.”
Carole and Larry have been married for
28 years. And Carole is a career success in
her own right, serving as the head of spe­
cial education at New Canaan High
School.
Like her mom and dad, Larry’s oldest
daughter, Christina, is a Penn State alum.
Currently working as a marketing analyst
for A.C. Neilsen, she is due to be married
sometime next year. Lauren, who gradu­
ated from the University of Colorado at
Boulder, is working as a speech therapist in
the Town of New Canaan school system.
Larry joins a long line of Sherwood A.
Moore Award recipients. Starting with
Sherwood, himself, were Ted Horton,
the late Bruno Vidala, James Fulwider Sr.,
Bob Alonzi, the late Ted Jozwick,
Mike Maffei, Pat Lucas, Joe Alonzi, and
Peter Rappoccio.
Congratulations, Larry, on a job well
done!
Glenn Perry; co-editor of the Tee to Green, is
superintendent at Rolling Hills Country Club
in Wilton, CT.

and the
CourseCo, Inc.’s Crystal Springs Golf
Course in Burlingame, CA, have re­
ceived international recognition for
their contributions to wildlife habitat
conservation at the Wildlife Habitat
Council’s 15th Anniversary Symposium.
CourseCo demonstrates its commitment
to environmental stewardship and in­
creasing native biodiversity by achieving
habitat recertification at the Crystal
Springs Golf Course.
Much like the Audubon Cooperative
Sanctuary Program, the WHC program
requires that participants meet a rigorous
set of environmental standards and
criteria.
Congratulations to Tim and the 15 other
CourseCo staff members actively en­
gaged in the course’s habitat enhance­
ment projects for their commendable
efforts in restoring and enhancing
wildlife habitat at Crystal Springs Golf
Course.

• Gerardo Forgione, Class C,Willow
Ridge Country Club, Harrison, NY
• Jake Kellar, Class C, GlenArbor Golf
Club, Bedford Hills, NY
• Frank Tedescucci, Class C, GlenArbor
Golf Club, Bedford Hills, NY
• Bob York, Class AF, BASF, Palmer, MA

Well Wishes

Hoping Fenway Superintendent Bob
Alonzi is back on his feet again really soon!
Bob had a double whammy: both knees
replaced at one time!

Births

Congratulations to Edgewood Country
Club Superintendent Paul Dotti and his
wife, Lisa, on the birth of their son, Nicholas
Joseph, on October 25.

New Members

Please join us in welcoming the follow­
ing new members:
• Donald Asinski, Class C, Pelham
Country Club, Pelham Manor, NY
• Kevin Balocca, Class AS,
Willimantic Country Club,Willimantic,
CT
• Sean Flynn, Class C, Golf Club of
Purchase, Purchase, NY
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Inside the National

Oh, What a
Productive
Year It Was
by Tim O ’Neill, CGCS

^ M

he past year as secretary/treasurer
has been extremely busy with all the
additional responsibilities that come with
being an officer of GCSAA.
As association treasurer, I was involved in
creating not one, but two fiscal budgets. At
the Annual Meeting in Atlanta we voted
to change our fiscal year from the tradi­
tional July 1 through June 30 timeframe
to January 1 through December 31. That
meant that by the time we had our spring
board meeting in May, we had to have pre­
pared a six-month budget. We are in the
final stages, now, of ironing out a budget for
2004 in time for our new, January 1 budget
deadline.
Like the other GCSAA officers, I was
expected to represent our association at a
number of meetings and events. Among
them: major golf tournaments—like the
Masters, U.S. Open, and the PGA—indus­
try meetings, foundation activities, and even
an international conference and show. I
attended the Canadian Turfgrass Con­
ference and Show in Calgary earlier this
year, where I met with a variety of col­
leagues and industry representatives from
around the world. At these types of meet­
ings, much of our time is spent developing
and maintaining relationships that foster
ongoing cooperation.
In addition, I was expected to attend five
regular board meetings in various parts of
the country and fulfill commitments associ­
ated with chairing or co-chairing three
committees: I chaired both the Environ­
mental Stewardship and Research commit­
tees and co-chaired the Chapter Relations
Committee.
Here are a few of the outcomes of
my activities—and everyone else’s—in and
around GCSAA.

Environmental Committee News

We are pleased to announce that Gregory T.
Lyman has been named GCSAA’s director
of environmental programs. Greg comes to
GCSAA from Michigan State University,
where he served as a turfgrass environmen­
tal education specialist. He began his duties
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October 20, providing new leadership to
the association’s development and execution
of environmental programs and services,
which will be initiated and funded largely
through The Environmental Institute for
Golf.
Greg has gained widespread recognition
for the creation of programs that have
developed a set of best management prac­
tices for Michigan’s “green industry.” The
Michigan State Turfgrass Environmental
Stewardship Program, developed and
launched by Greg, was awarded GCSAA’s
President’s Award for Environmental
Leadership in 2001. He earned a bachelor’s
in landscape horticulture from Michigan
State in 1983 and a master’s in horticulture
from Penn State University in 1992.
Greg brings a wealth of knowledge and
talent with enormous enthusiasm to take
the GCSAA environmental programs to a
new level. I expect great things in the years
to come in our environmental program
results.

Affiliation Agreement

The Chapter Relations Committee will be
working long and hard in 2004 to reevalu­
ate our current affiliation agreement be­
tween chapters and GCSAA. Among the
several issues we’ll be looking at will be the
dual membership requirement: Should we
or shouldn’t we require that people belong
to both a local chapter and GCSAA?
The affiliation agreement will be up for
renewal in 2005, so we are hoping to pres­
ent the new agreement at the September
Delegate’s Meeting and then put it before
the entire GCSAA Board of Directors at the
fall board meeting.
Chapters will have all of 2005 to sign the
new agreement.
The Research Committee will be meeting
in early January to select research worthy of
our support. The task won’t be easy. We
have 41 research proposals to read and eval-

uate. Joining me in the review process will
be Stanwich Club’s Scott Niven, who is a
member of GCSAA’s Research Commit­
tee, along with seven other superintendents
and Dr. Michael Kenna from the USGA,
Ronny Duncan of the University of
Georgia, Frank Rossi of Cornell University,
and Kevin Morris from the National
Turfgrass Evaluation Program.

Enhancing Our Organization

Last winter, in the name of organizational
improvement, GCSAA subjected itself to
the scrutiny of an independent manage­
ment-consulting firm. After a three-month
review process, the audit revealed that
GCSAA is a well-run organization with a
top-flight staff who has a remarkable under­
standing of the organization’s mission,
vision, and goals.
What the association needs more of, the
audit found, is long-term, strategic thinking
at all levels. As a result, the board members
have come to realize that they must divorce
themselves from operational involvement
and focus more on strategic discussions.
The staff will then be charged with fulfilling
the “vision” that the board sets forth.
The board is convinced that by decreas­
ing their operational involvement, they will
actually gain greater control of the organi­
zation. They will have more time to focus
on developing strategic goals for the associ­
ation and creating indicators to measure
progress toward these goals.
GCSAA’s CEO, Steve Mona—and the
entire staff—will be held accountable for
achieving progress on the indicators, which
are being finalized now and will be
extremely specific.
Indicators will, for instance, be established
to measure staff progress in such areas as
membership growth, facility representation,
conference and show growth, member cer­
tification numbers, renewal of Class A
requirements, and fiscal responsibility.
With written—and agreed on—goals
and indicators on hand, the board can better
track the progress of staff members and
GCSAA as a whole. This will give GCSAA
members the greatest control in the associa­
tion direction, while at the same time
allowing the staff to devise the operational
processes required to accomplish the overall
goals.
Also as a result of the firm’s audit, the
board has agreed to move forward with a
more strategic and more focused committee
system. During 2004, two umbrella com­
mittees will be formed: the Environmental
Committee and the Communications
Committee.
The environmental group will include
the original Environmental Stewardship,

Research, and Government Relations com­
mittees; under one umbrella, they will work
together to accomplish agreed-on goals.
The Communications Committee will
combine the former Member Communi­
cations Committee with the Web Strategy
Committee.
Within these two umbrella committees,
there will be task groups that will be
assigned to handle specific issues and
include individuals with special interest or
expertise in a particular area.
Another focus, as a result of the audit, will
be to reduce the substantial time commit­
ment required of board members. There
will be fewer board meetings, and agendas
at those meetings will be altered to make
the most of everyone’s meeting time. There
won’t be any officer-only meetings; all nine
board members will always meet together.
And last, but not least, nonboard members
will be invited to chair committees.
Individual members are already chairing
task groups. For instance, Milwaukee
Country Club Superintendent Pat Sisk, one
of our former Tee to Green editors who left
the area, chairs a task group of members
who are reviewing the affiliation agreement
to be presented to the Chapter Relations
Committee in June. The opportunity to
chair task groups and committees should
help develop volunteer leaders, as well as
ease the burden on board members.
We will begin to implement these
changes in 2004 and, hopefully, have them
up and running in 2005.

established to make the show experience as
meaningful as possible for superintendents.
San Diego should be a great city for the
conference and show, as well as the entire
family. I am hoping these and other changes
will bolster the show within the golf indus­
try. Plans to conduct a joint conference and
trade show in 2005 in Orlando with the
National Golf Course Owners Association
is designed to do just that.
Having employers at the show will
improve their understanding of the profes­
sionalism of superintendents and just how
important our jobs are to the game of golf.
Our industry partners, needless to say, are
pleased by the prospect of bringing together
more “qualified buyers” for a single event.
A final note about the conference: This
year’s Annual Meeting is scheduled for
Saturday, February 14 at 9 a.m. I hope
you’ll all be there. Barring anything
unusual, I should be elected vice president
of GCSAA. I am looking forward to this
new role and would like to thank the
MetGCSA for their support throughout the
years.
I am also fortunate to have the support of
the Country Club of Darien membership
and staff. Special thanks to club General
Manager Ken Koch and to my two assis­
tants, Chad Anderson and Jon Majchrzak,
both MetGCSA members. Without my
assistants’ attention to detail and tireless
effort, I would not be able to meet these
GCSAA commitments. An extra-special
thank you, too, to my wife, Jennifer, and
kids, Justin and Kristen for their support and
understanding.

Plans for the upcoming convention and Tim O’Neill, serving on the GCSAA Board of
show in San Diego, scheduled for February Directors as secretary/ treasurer, is superintendent
9 —14, are well underway. The golf tourna­ at Country Club of Darien in Darien, CT.
ment registration recently concluded with a
little more than 500 competitors signed up
to play. Overall participation in the tourna­
ment is down from what it was a couple
years ago. No doubt, the struggling econ­
omy has contributed to the decline in
recent years.
Those fortunate to be attending this
year’s event can expect the same high-qual­
ity tournament we have every year. Who
could ask for anything more than great golf
courses and great weather during February?
By contrast, the convention and show
registration numbers have trended upward
from a year ago. Hopefully, superintendents
and employers are viewing this as an annual
event you must attend to take advantage of
the new technology and product offerings
and the educational and networking oppor­
tunities.
Watch for changes in the timing of
events, such as the Opening Session, and for
“Trade Show Only” hours, which are being

Scornarli

Sunningdale’s Eric Yount Scores Annual Lake Me Takes
MetGCSA Assistants Championship
Superintendent/
Green Chairman
Tourney

On October 14, MetGCSA assistants were able to experience life as a member of Siwanoy
Country Club, the site of this years MetGCSA Assistants Championship. The course played
as sweet as the surf ’n’ turf spread served by our gracious hosts. A special thanks to host
Assistant Superintendent Scott Zalinsky and Superintendent Dave Mahoney for an excel­
lent event and a superbly conditioned golf course.
Winning the event was Sunningdale Country Club’s Eric Yount, who grinded out an
81—a two-stroke victory over Jake Kellar of GlenArbor.
The team from Sleepy Hollow, Andrew Agnew and Doug Vanderlee, took the Team
Championship by ham ’n’ eggin’ a 78.
Also making the day a great success were the affiliate members who contributed a gener­
ous $2,900 in support of the event.
An extra-special thank you to The Care ofTrees, Metro Turf Specialists, Westchester Turf
Supply, Glenmore Landscape Services, E/T Equipment Company, Steven Willand Inc.,Turf
Products Corp./Toro, Simplot Partners, Plant Food Company, Turf Products Corporation/
B. Rizzio.
Now a look at the day’s winning scores:
Individual Results
Low Gross Winners

81 Eric Yount
Sunningdale Country Club
83 Jake Kellar
GlenArbor Golf Club
86 Shannon Slevin
Pelham Country Club
Team Results
Low Gross Winners

78 Andrew Agnew/DougVanderlee
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
81 Shannon Slevin/Don Asinski
Pelham Country Club
81 EricYount/Franco Ishmael
Sunningdale Country Club
Longest Drive

Debbie Unger, St. Andrew’s Golf Club #5
Eric O ’Neill, Scarsdale Golf Club
#18

Tee to Green November/December 2 0 0 3

On what was one of the best days for golf in
2003, Greenwich Country Club hosted the
MetGCSA s annual Superintendent/Green
Chairman Tournament. The only thing bet­
ter than the day was the superbly condi­
tioned golf course. Host Superintendent
Greg Wojick and his staff can sure “get it
done.” They, as well as the rest of the staff at
Greenwich Country Club, deserve a gra­
cious thank you for providing the association
with a memorable day.
Congratulations to Lake Isle tourney
winners Kevin Quist and Nick Saviano!
Here are the winning scores:

Low Net Winners

71 Mike Brunelle
Bedford Golf & Tennis Club
74 Doug Vanderlee
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
75 Brent Borelli
Brooklake Country Club

Superintendent/Green Chnirmnn
Tourney Results
Low New Winners

62 Kevin Quist/Nick Saviano
Lake Isle Country Club
64 Bob Steinman/John Gera
Beekman Country Club
64 Tom Leahy/Chuck Rockefeller
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
Low Net Winners
66
Joe
Alonzi/Gail Flanagan
65 Mike Brunelle, Bedford Golf & Tennis Club
Westchester
Country Club
Joe DeLauter, Woodway Country Club
66 Bob Nielsen/Ralph Fletcher
67 Jason Rolf, Bonnie Briar Country Club
Bedford Golf & Tennis Club
Adam Poplawski, Old Oaks Country Club
69 Jake Kellar/Frank Tedescucci, GlenArbor
Golf Club
Two-Man Best Ball

Closest to the Pin

Matt Post, Old Oaks Country Club
Mike Brunelle
Bedford Golf & Tennis Club

5'3"
1T0"

Low New Winners

60 David Polvino/Jim Schell
The Stanwich Club
63 Joe Stahl, Simplot Partners
Bob York, BASF
63 Ernie Steinhoffer, Metro Turf Specialists
Owen Towne

Two-Ball Tourney Keeps on Keepin’ On

Philly Wins Met
Area Team
Championship

Rounds One,Two, and Three of the annual Two-Ball Tourney are complete. The competition
has been friendly but fierce, with two teams left standing for the final round. Here’s a look at
how the contestants have fared so far:

This year’s Met Area Team Championship
was held November 3 at Rolling Green Golf
Club in West Chester, PA. Host Superinten­
dent Warren Savini prepared a great track for
us, and the weather more than cooperated: It
was picture-perfect.
The Met competed with five other teams
for the trophy. Our team members this year
were:
• John Carlone of The Meadow Brook
Club
• Sean Cain of Sunningdale Country Club
• Dave Mahoney of Siwanoy Country Club
• Ken Benoit of GlenArbor Golf Club
• Glen Dube of Oak Hills Park Golf Course
• Chip Lafferty of Rye Golf Club
• JeffWentworth of Pelham Country Club
The Philadelphia chapter stacked their
team with some heavy ringers and ran away
with the trophy. Our own Sean Cain won
the Medallist honors with a round of 75.
Here’s how it all shook out:
Philadelphia GCSA
New Jersey GCSA
Northeastern GCSA
MetGCSA
Connecticut AGCS
Hudson Valley GCSA

452
469
472
473
479
508

First Round Results

• Gary Arlio/Bob DeMarco defeated Jeff Wentworth/Ken Benoit 1 up at Sunningdale
Country Club.
• John Carlone/John Streeter defeated Tony Girardi/Jim Calladio 5 and 3 at Deepdale
Country Club.
• Tim Garceau/Rich Browne defeated Lou Quick/Paul Gonzalez by forfeit.
• Rick Schock/Gregg Stanley defeated Chuck Denny/Sean Cain 5 and 4 at Sleepy Hollow
Country Club.
• Larry Pakkala/Scott Niven defeated Joe Alonzi/Bob Alonzi 1 up at Whippoorwill Club
• Glen Dube/Blake Halderman defeated Earl Millet/Tony Grasso 3 and 2 at Rolling Hills
Country Club.
• Wayne Remo/Jim McNally defeated Dennis Flynn/Peter Rappoccio 3 and 2 at Bedford
Golf Sc Tennis Club.
• Bob Nielsen/Bill Perlee defeated Todd Polidor/Tim Moore 1 up at The Apawamis Club.
Second Round Results

•
•
•
•

Gary Arlio/Bob DeMarco defeated John Carlone/John Streeter on a coin flip.
Rick Schock/Gregg Stanley defeated Tim Garceau/Rich Browne 1 up
Glen Dube/Blake Halderman defeated Scott Niven/Larry Pakkala 2 and 1
Wayne Remo/Jim McNally defeated Bill Perlee/Bob Nielsen on a coin flip.

Third Round Results

• Rick Schock/Gregg Stanley defeated Gary Arlio/Bob DeMarco 4 and 3
• Wayne Remo/Jim McNally defeated Glen Dube/Blake Halderman 4 and 3
The Finals Still to Come

Looks like our finalists were too slow on the draw to get their matches in before the change in
weather. Now, we’ll have to wait till 2004 to see who walks away with the Two-Ball Tourney
trophy. Will it be Rick Schock and Gregg Stanley or Wayne Remo and Jim McNally? Watch
an upcoming issue of Tee to Green to find out!

Tee to Green November/December 2 003

Upcoming Events

2004 Met Calendar of Events in the Making
Here’s a look at our preliminary 2004
Meeting/Social Calendar. Several sites are
still yours for the taking, so please think
about hosting an event! To secure a golf
meeting, don’t delay in calling either of our
Tournament Committee co-chairs: Tom
Leahy, 914-941-8281, or Bob Nielsen,
914-234-3779.
Business Meeting

March
Date and Site OPEN
Two-Ball Qualifer

Monday, April 12
Elmwood Country Club,White Plains, NY
Host: Dave Roule

Superintendent/Manager
Tournament

Superintendent/Green Chairman
Tournament

Invitational Tournament

Annual Assistants Championship

Monday, May 17
Woodway Country Club, Darien, CT
Host: Larry Pakkala, CGCS
Thursday,June 17
Fairview Country Club, Greenwich, CT
Host: Mike Mongon

Tuesday, October 19
Round Hill Club, Greenwich, CT
Host: Bill Gaydosh
Date & Site OPEN

Met Area Team Championship

Date & Site OPEN

Education Meeting

July
Date & Site OPEN

Annual Meeting

November
Date & Site OPEN

Poa Annual Tournament

August
Connecticut Golf Club, Easton, CT
Host: Mark Fuller, CGCS

MetGCSA Christmas Party

Date Sc Site OPEN

Golf Meeting

Monday, September 20
Seawane Golf Club, Hewlett Harbor, NY
Host: Brian Benedict
Educational Events
MetGCSA Winter Seminar

Thursday,January 15, 2004
Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY
Host: Joe Alonzi, CGCS
Don’t miss this year’s round of exciting speakers and topics. Among them: Brad Klein of
Superintendent News and Golf Week Magazine on “The Superintendent and the Media”;
University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Wayne Kussow on soil cation balance and soil testing;
Cornell’s Dr. Frank Rossi on IPM and the Bethpage Green Course Research and onTriState-funded research on organic and microbial product evaluation; the USGA Green
Section’s Dave Oatis and Dr. James Baird on ice and winter damage; and Brian Vinchesi on
irrigation scheduling efficiency and ET.
The 7th Annual New England Regional Turfgrass Conference & Show

Monday - Thursday, March 1 - 4 , 2004
Rhode Island Convention Center
Providence, RI
This annual conference and show’s educational sessions will bring you cutting edge turf­
grass management tactics and techniques, as well as the latest in equipment, products, and
supplies at more than 400 exhibitor booths. Be sure to catch the general session with
keynote speaker David Feherty, golf commentator for CBS Sports. Feherty had turned pro
at age 17 and enjoyed a very successful professional golf career with 10 victories worldwide.
Also available on March 1 are preconference seminars on managing golf course trees;
turfgrass traffic stress: physiology and management; and plant growth regulators.
For further information, call 401-841-5490 or visit www.NERTF.org.

L

Spotlight

Peter Waterous Invites Annual Meeting
Goers to Westchester Hills

by Glen Dube, CGCS

i

/ * 13, Golf Course Superin/M /ovember
tendent Peter Waterous graciously
J hosted the MetGCSA Annual Meeting
at Westchester Hills Golf Club in White
Plains, NY. Those who attended were
brought up to date on the Met’s various
committee activities before participating in
the election of the 2004 Board of Directors,
which culminated in Tim Moore passing his
presidential responsibilities on to newly
elected Dave Mahoney.
When all was said and done, members
were treated to an outstanding lunch in the
dining room, which overlooks the golf
the summers during high school—and col­
course.
lege,” says Peter, “I would commute with
my dad every day. It was a two-hour drive
each way from where we lived in
Work in Progress
Woodstock.
d drive in; I would drive
Though this trip to Westchester Hills gave home, while He’
he
slept beside me,” Peter
us only a glimpse of the 90-year-old clubs remembers.
90 acres, Peter has methodically worked to Peter earned an associate’s in turfgrass
improve the Peter Clark-designed course management
SUNY Cobleskill in
where it’s needed it most. “We can’t boast 1989. At that from
point,
he was elevated from
any major renovations,” says Peter, with a crew member to assistant
superintendent,
touch of relief, “but we’ve taken on at least still under his father’s tutelage.
“My dad
one improvement project nearly every taught me everything I know,” says
Peter.
season.”
“My
dad
and
Matt
Ceplo,”
Peter
was
quick
From ’99 to 2000, he oversaw the installa­ to add.
tion of a brand-new, state-of-the-art irriga­ After three years as his father’s assistant, it
tion system and pump station. The
time for Peter to spread his wings—and
following year, Peter went on to build a was
he
flew
coop. In 1992, he accepted an
short-game practice facility that included a assistant’the
s
position
with Matt Ceplo, who
new fairway and chipping area. No rest for was the superintendent,
at Westchester
the weary, Peter embarked on yet another Hills Golf Club. Whenthen,
Matt
West­
project in 2003: the renovation of four new chester two years later, Peter was left
promoted
tee complexes. And there’s more....
to golf course superintendent. And he’s
“In the fall of 2004,” he says, we’re hoping been
ever since, working alongside his
to begin construction on an all-new main­ staff tothere
make
Hills as enjoyable
tenance facility. The current building dates as possible forWestchester
its
members.
back to the 1800s and is too small and tired
to suit our needs. Hopefully, the new one
will have better heat.”
Stealing Away
When Peter can steal away from the daily
grind, he enjoys spending time with his
Once a Grass Grower, Always a Grass wife,
Marie, and his two daughters:
Grower
Danielle, 7, and Julia, 3. And, on those beau­
Peter was nearly born into the golf course tiful, sun-soaked Sundays, Peter also finds
business. Tending to turf for more than half great pleasure in taking his classic 1969
his life, Peter, like so many other Met super­ Cougar out for a cruise.
intendents, followed in his father’s footsteps.
Now a Life member, his dad, Herb Glen Dube, a member of the Tee to Green
Waterous, worked for Scarsdale Golf Club Editorial Committee, is superintendent at Oak
nearly as long as Peter could remember. “In Hills Park Golf Course in Norwalk, CT.

President’s Message continued from page l

We produce an excellent, award-winning
journal with the Tee to Green. I think, par­
ticularly in the past two years, the editorial
content has excelled. I congratulate those
involved and look forward to future issues.
Our website continues to be a wealth of
information. Meeting notes and directions,
job listings, and research reports are just
some of items available on our site. I’d like
to see our website continue to grow. One
thing, in particular, that I’d like to do is
set up a group email that will allow us
to disseminate pertinent information to
the entire membership—quickly and
efficiently.

Socially Speaking

I promise we will have a picnic and summer
social this year. Our challenge is to see that
these events are well supported. I’d also like
to see us continue to plan some simple
events, like our bus trip to the Open at
Bethpage or our trip to Saratoga. Everyone
who went had a great time.

Finances

With all we hope to accomplish, our associ­
ation needs to remain fiscally responsible.
We’re aware that our dues are higher than a
number of other associations’, but please be
aware that we’re very conscious of every
dollar we spend—and take in.
On December 7, we had our annual
Christmas Party at Woodway Country
Club. Despite being snowed out on Sat­
urday, Woodway and Larry Pakkala were
able to accommodate us on Sunday. I want
to thank everyone for shifting their plans to
join in the fun Sunday night. It was a ter­
rific evening.
We’re fortunate to have a dedicated, hard­
working board. I’m asking all committee
chairman to seek out any individual who is
willing to serve on a committee. And I’m
asking any and all members who would like
to get involved to please contact me or one
of the board members, and we’ll make sure
to get you on a committee.
Happy New Year to one and all!
I’ll see you at the next meeting.
Dave Mahoney
President
Tee to Green November/December 2003

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