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Dairy Creek Golf Course Host to the 2014 Symposium on Affordable Golf
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Inside this issue:
President’s Message-Continued from page 1
Presidents Message
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Meeting Schedule
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GCSACC
Around the Green
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President
From the Field
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Winter Symposium Recap
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Symposium on “Affordable Golf” Schedule
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Meeting recaps
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NEXT EVENT
2014 Spring Symposium Affordable Golf March 31—April 1, 2014
Josh Heptig
I am entering a fun time in my life as my two girls, Julia and Celine (4 and 6 years old respectively), are beginning to become more serious about golf. Thursday afternoons we get to spend some good father daughter time going to The First Tee lessons at one of the courses I manage. Last Thursday Julia woke up and the first thing she asked was, “Do we get to go to the golf course today daddy?” It is so great to see their excitement and interest in the game for which I have a genuine passion. I wanted to share a quick story about a recent experience that confirmed my passion for the game that allows me to provide for my family.
At the end of the girls’ First Tee session, one junior golfer was banging their putter into the putting Contact Association Office at 559-298-4853 for green and Celine stopped her and said that’s her daddy’s grass. This more details or go to http://centralcaliforniagcsa.com/home/ prompted one of the teaching Pros to say that this sport would not be possible without the efforts of superinten-
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dents and asked if anyone knew a superintendent. He then introduced me as the County Golf Superintendent of Parks and my identity had been revealed to the parents and grandparents attending the session. The Pro then asked me to talk a bit about what goes into a putting green regarding maintenance and how to take care of it as a golfer. The Pros and I finished by teaching the kids how to correctly repair ball marks using a golf tee. Many of the parents joined in the exercise and gained a better understanding of the process and thanked me for the lesson. The teaching Pro came up to me later and thanked me for helping out as well as told me thanks for taking care of the courses and providing the great conditions. He told me that our profession needs more recognition for what we provide to the game and that pro’s owe us a great deal for our commitment. I told him thanks, but it takes a team to provide a golf course and he asked how many staff I have. My response was, “Nearly seventy.” He was flabbergasted! This pro was not one of our staff, so I explained to him that our team consisted of grounds workers, cart staff, cooks, pros, outside staff, administration, etc. and without any one of
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President’s Message Continued from page 2 these individuals we cannot provide the experiences our customers expect and deserve. After expressing my gratitude to him and his efforts toward the game of golf I grabbed my girls by the hands and headed for the parking lot. Once the girls and I were loaded into the car, I told Celine thanks and that she and Julia really impressed me today. “Why daddy?” she asked. I told her because they really worked hard to learn and that it took a lot of courage to tell her friend to stop damaging the green. She said it wasn’t because she loved me and wanted to help. Golf is a great game! Sometimes I get so caught up in the business of golf that I lose sight of why I got into the industry in the first place…the passion that I have for golf. Take a look around your facility and observe the enjoyment, social friendships, recreation, and economic vitality provided by you and your team each and every day. The courses are not ours, they belong to our customers, members, or whatever you facility calls golfers. It is our duty as professionals to make sure they enjoy themselves while they spend their precious time at these facilities. My message is that we all need each other for support and a passion to succeed in the golf industry. Share your passion with everyone on your team so that you can succeed together and begin to experience the best that golf has to offer. Best wishes for 2014!
Josh
Welcome New Members Glenn Mathews
Zach Moran
Visalia Country Club Class A
Water Quality Consulting Group Class E
Matt Nesbitt
Deven Murria
Belmont Country Club Class C
Jacobsen West Class E
Brian Ramsey
Casey Kim, CGCS
Ojai Valley Country Club Class A
Montecito C.C. Class A
Cody Price
Jim English
North Ranch G.C. Class C
Pine Mountain Club Class SM
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A Big Thank You to Our Sponsors and Vendors! By Jeff Kollenkark, Affiliate Board of Director As a newcomer to the board and a businessman in the green industry I have had a chance to see “under the hood� of our chapter and it is obvious to me that we have greatly benefited from the continued support from our vendors and sponsors at our various events and advertisers in the newsletter. We need your support and we sincerely thank you. My goal in overseeing the Sponsorship committee is to be sure that both the Chapter and the sponsors come out feeling well served. We need to be sure that you, the sponsor, are seeing value in advertising or sponsoring events which helps
our chapter stay financially healthy. In the past there have been opportunities to advertise in the newsletter, sponsor meetings, host beverage carts, host pre/post bar, donate prizes, and help at the annual Christmas Party. I would like to hear from you as to what you like or would like to see in terms of how we can support you and your business. Do you need more face time with superintendents? Do you want to see more superintendents at our meetings? Would you like the opportunity to write educational articles on products or services? Would you like the chapter to help arrange educational breakfast or lunch meetings with
interested superintendents? Other ideas? The bottom line is we need your continues support and we need to be sure you see value for your time and dollars. It is a business decision. I hope to be in contact with you over the next few months to gather some feedback from you. Meanwhile please feel free to contact me or any board member to give us some constructive feedback on how we can best serve each other. Jeff Kollenkark, Ph.D. Weed Man
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Meeting Schedule March 31—April 1st, 2014
August 11, 2014 Tri Chapter Meeting Del Rio Country Club Hosted by David Bermudez
Spring Symposium Dairy Creek G.C. Host Superintendent Josh Heptig
June 2, 2014 Al Glaze Memorial Scholarship Tournament Madera Golf & C.C. Host Superintendent Lowell Stone
September , 2014 Annual Election Meeting Pending Confirmation of Location
October 2, 2014 Annual Charity Event Sierra Meadows Country Club Host Superintendent Mike Best
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Around The Green by Mike Cline
Welcome to 2014 and a new year for the Golf Course Superintendents Central Chapter. Finally just today as I write my article, we finally had some rain, the first in over 50 days. Depending on where you were it ranged from .25.5” of the wet stuff so hopefully that will open some doors for more storms to follow. The GIS was about to begin as I finished this article and for those of you who headed to Orlando, I hope that you got to experience all the latest and greatest of the industry on display. The California Room had over 200 in attendance and even though this was a far cry from the 600+ who attended the California Room in San Diego, it was a great time to catch up with some people we hadn’t seen in a while. The travel, expense, and time away from the course make the east coast events hard to attend for some of us. A quick trip around the GCSACC: Sunnyside Country Club began construction on their new irrigation system the first week of the New Year. Foremost Construction began trenching for the mainline immediately and hopes to complete the process within 3-4 months depending on weather. Superintendent Joel Brinkman has nothing but good things to say about the process to date and expects the process to run very smoothly. Riverbend Golf Course interim superintendent Jack Roth reports that a full time superinten-
dent has been hired. Adrick Ryan will be the new superintendent beginning February 1. Hopefully I haven’t butchered Adrick name too badly, but Jack wasn’t sure of the spelling either. Adrick comes from a course in Colorado but does have experience as an assistant here in California as well. A couple of long time GSCACC courses have recently sold and will most likely become farm land. Wasco Valley Rose and Selma Valley Golf Courses have both been purchased and speculation is they will be planted to either nuts or grapes. If something changes, I will let you know. For those of you who don’t get the Central Valley Lifestyle Magazine, there was an excellent article on Sunnyside Country Club celebrating over 100 years of tradition since it’s opening in 1911. The article gave a wonderful history lesson on one of the oldest Country Clubs in California. This is the part of Around the Green where we normally tell you 10 things about one of our Superintends but I thought I would go a little different direction this issue. For those of you who hadn’t heard, the GCSACC and Central California golf lost 2 wonderful and inspirational ambassadors this past month. Gary Bauer, long time PGA professional at Fig Garden Golf Course passed away on December 9 of heart disease at the age of 72. Gary anchored Fig Garden’s team many
Gary Bauer 2/24/41—12/9/13 times when they played in the Al Glaze Scholarship Tournament and was always a friend to all in the golfing community. In addition to Fig Garden, Gary also worked at Belmont Country Club, San Joaquin Country Club and Hank Swank’s. Another interesting fact I found out about Gary is that he had 44 hole in ones and holds several course scoring records including shooting a 61 at the age of 63. Gary Bauer was a wonderful ambassador to the game. The GCSACC also lost a friend when long time member Ben Oller passed away in early January. Ben was one of the original affiliate members who worked for a basic chemical manufacturer, Mobay/ Bayer. Before Ben, most of the chemical manufacturers relied on their agricultural representatives to carry the massage to the golf indus(Continued on page 7)
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Around The Green Continued from Page 6 in the early 80’s and I remember 3 things about Ben that where true as long as I knew him. 1) He loved his work; he loved his family and loved to smile. He made the job fun and anyone around him felt up-lifted as soon as he came in the room. 2) He loved to play golf. Even after his retirement, I found Ben on a golf course somewhere playing a game he loved. 3) He loved Sushi; in fact he introduced me to it and got me hooked on it as well as several GCSACC superintendents who will remain anonymous. Ben had been a member of GCSACC since 1990 up Ben Oller until he retired in 2002 after working for Mobay and Bayer for 30 years. He 3-18-38 —1-8-14 was a friend to the industry, and a try. Ben changed that and the industry friend to so many of us in this chapter. soon changed as well. I had met Ben
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He will be missed by all those that knew him. The year is just beginning, the worries of drought and the economy still concern everyone, but we’ll get through this together and come out stronger on the other side. As always, if you have news that you think people might like to hear about, drop me a line, otherwise, I’ll see you “Around the Green”
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From the Field Jeff Jensen, GCSAA Field Staff, Southwest Region This column will find many of you just returning from the annual Golf Industry Show, EducaJeff Jensen tion Conference and GCSAA Golf Championships in Orlando. I sincerely hope you enjoyed all of the events, hospitality and education that were provided at this very successful show. We appreciate your continued support of the event and look forward to San Antonio in 2015. As we move into spring, GCSAA wants to hear from our members concerning our strategic vision for GCSAA moving forward and ask
for your assistance with key projects when they arise. There are numerous volunteer opportunities throughout the year in which you can engage with GCSAA staff, the GCSAA Board of Directors and your fellow members that have a positive impact on the golf industry. Whatever your interest may be – water management, the environment, government regulations or member relations, GCSAA has a project or a committee that you can assist with. Take a moment to complete a survey at https:// www.surveymonkey.com/s/ VPFKSLH to indicate that we can call upon you in the future when engagement opportunities arise. The
feedback you share on this survey will also give you the avenue to identify topics that interest you. You will receive 0.25 service points for taking the time to complete this survey. Additionally, I will be reaching out to Central California members this summer to identify those who have interest in serving as a GCSAA government relations liaison. More information on this program will be available shortly and we are hoping to have commitments from members by July. We look forward to working with you and making sure we have our member’s best interests in mind. If you have any questions concerning the survey, please contact Scott Woodhead, associate director of member relations at 800-472-7878 ext. 4418 or swoodhead@gcsaa.org.
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From the Field Continued from page 8 Thank you for your support of my position and if I can do anything to make your member experience more beneficial, don’t hesitate to contact me at jjensen@gcsaa.org . For current updates and regional news, follow me on Twitter @GCSAA_SW or check out the Southwest Region blog at http://gcsaa-southwest.blogspot.com.
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2014 Winter Educational Symposium Our recent meeting event was outstanding and thanks again to the staff and The Valley Club in Montecito for hosting the GCSA of Central California. The event started early as our host guest Roger Robarge was there with a big smile to greet us to his club on a day with absolutely spectacular weather! Sunny, warm and dry conditions provided a timely headline to our meeting subject surrounding “water” and with our current drought issues remaining critical. A special thanks to all the board members and Irene Cline Executive Director who assisted in all the pre-setup organization and dayof operations to have a well executed meeting with the assistance of the Valley Club Staff.
By Tennessee McBroom
location, venue and value of speakers improved their desideratum to attend. Our goal is to provide a valued experience at the meetings with real-time information that we can all take away and utilize at our own facilities or business. Josh also provided updates on the local association, announced the upcoming spring meeting “2014 Symposium on Affordable Golf” on March 31st in San Luis Obispo at Dairy Creek GC, and talked about the Golf Industry Show in Orlando this year!
Will Bosland Assistant Superintendent
Josh Heptig, President of the GCSA of Central California, welcomed the group of 47 attendees to the meeting, and started the session by posing the question “what would encourage you to attend future meetings”? While there were a couple of bleacher answers most agreed that
As the regular portion of the meeting opened up, our first guest speaker was Charles Hoherd from the Roscoe Moss Company regarding “Pump and Well Maintenance” discussion. Charlie provided a historical of the Roscoe Moss Company, and an overview of operations and proper maintenance of pumps and wells. The importance of choosing the proper metal and material for
Our goal is to provide a valued experience at the meetings with real-time information
all new casing installation, and the different style’s that his company produces. We’ll look forward to having Charlie back for future meeting opportunities to share more of his knowledge to improve our operations and water pumping needs. The second portion of our meeting was setup as a water panel discussion on the topic of “Water...Let’s Get Real”, as we introduced the panelist each gave a brief introduction on their various backgrounds followed up with questions from the audience. The current -state of our water issues in California from a State, Regional, County, Local, and Superintendent Perspectives. Craig Kessler Director of Governmental Affairs with the SCGA shared a wealth of knowledge and spoke on the real issues facing California, and provided information on the “Golf Industry Water Conservation Task Force” recently setup in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Coachella Valley. Our next panelist was Zach Moran representing his company Water Quality Consulting Group Inc., Zach gave incite on the regulatory issues on the horizon as well as the upcoming aquatic pesticide permitting process and requirements, and shared the current information
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Winter Symposium Continued from page 10 on Storm Water Pollution Prevention and Management that has been pending in relation to the golf course industry. Our third panelist was Karl Meier from the Montecito Water District with their presentation of current water resources and issues facing the local Santa Barbara/Montecito consumers. The urgency for restarting the desalination plant in downtown Santa Barbara, costs and timing associated to bringing desal for online delivery. Karl provided rainfall records and explained that the Central Coast after a severe dry December in the last 80 years historically has shown a latewet winter, we’ll hope their information is correct this time! With State water costs increasing for all water districts and sharing those costs with increased water rates all up and down the state of California. Mike McCullough from the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency presented the ideas that are being considered to find new water sources. Also what conservation and water rates are doing to flows at waste water treatment plants and the efforts put into the Salinas Valley and how effluent water could be utilized by more growers in the future. Mike had similar outlook on the current lack of water resources and drought conditions for our industry. The thoughts on how the industry may need to look at itself and may need to make changes,
answer the hard questions about how we irrigate still needs to be addressed. Roger Robarge Superintendent at The Valley Club gave his perspective on current drought conditions, the need for reduced inputs across the spectrum, and their decision for a conversion from cool season dominated turf to a hybridBermuda that has reduced their future needs for water resources. Roger gave a prelude to our golf outing and thanked everyone for coming out for the meeting, and was proud that his club was able to give back to the industry! As for the golf, what else can you say about perfect weather, perfect playing conditions and great comradery among colleagues from near and afar; it was a “perfect day”! Cheers, Tennessee McBroom Sandpiper Golf Club Rancho San Marcos Golf Club
Speaker Contact List
Charles C. Hoherd | Director of Sales and Marketing |choherd@roscoemoss.com
Craig Kessler |Director of Governmental Affairs, SCGA |CKessler@scga.org
Zach Moran | Water Quality Consulting Group, Inc. |zack@waterqualityconsultinggr oup.com
Karl Meier | Montecito Water District |karl@montecitowater.com
Mike McCullough |Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency |mike.d.mccullough@gmail.com
Roger Robarge CGCS | The Valley Club of Montecito | roger@valleyclub.org
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8:00 am to 8:15 am: Introduction
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Josh Heptig, Dairy Creek Golf Course
8:15 am to 9:00 am: Define "Affordable" Open Discussion Our Symposium will begin with an open group discussion about what "affordable" means to the business of golf. Affordable means different things to different people. Can affordable be at different price points? Is affordable even a goal we should aspire to? As a group, we will try to answer these questions and lay out a map for the rest of the day's discussions.
9:00 am to 9:45 am: If The Demand Isn't There, Is Anything Affordable? Craig Kessler, Southern California Golf Association The divergence between capacity to pay and capacity to control costs gets to the heart of the problem the game faces on the most systemic and elemental of levels. Craig will explore the macroeconomic factors that existed during the game's steady growth period (1946-1999) and their relevancy in the twenty-first century. He will discuss how those factors that provided context for growing a game dependent upon long-term economic security, expanding disposable incomes, and a steadily growing middle class have changed. Simply put, if there are fewer folks in the market capable of affording what you're selling at the price point necessary to turn a profit, what is the answer?
Break: 9:45 am to 10:00 am 10:00 am to 10:45 am: Case Study: River Oaks Golf Course in Paso Robles, California Dick Wilhoit, Estrella Associates & Wes Wilhoit, Estrella Associates One popular discussion among the talking heads of the golf business in recent years is the idea of non-traditional golf course of less than eighteen or nine holes. The talk is great but few have attempted the ideal. River Oaks Golf Course is the first "player development" course in the nation and plays to a par of nineteen with three sets of tees for each hole. Learn first-hand from their experience in providing public golf as a first step to becoming a core golfer and how their efforts at affordability have progressed.
10:45 am to 11:45 am: Breaking Through the Noise: What Does the Golfer Gain From Equipment? Dick Rugge, Former USGA Sr. Technical Director Only nine percent of all golfers break 100. Two percent reach the eighties. Does the marketing effort laid forth by the manufacturers really reach a target audience that is just trying to get the ball airborne or is it just wasted effort? Should the focus be on the equipment or on what should be done with the equipment? Many believe that the first barrier to golf starts with the cost of equipment and that effort should be re-focused elsewhere.
Lunch: 11:45 am to 1:00 pm 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm: Zero Waste Golf - Josh Heptig, Director of Golf Operations County of San Luis Obispo, California At our second Symposium on Affordable Golf, we discussed the many facets of a Sustainable Golf Facility and that the fundamental challenge in maintenance is to reduce inputs. Superintendent Josh Heptig has devised a system at his facility where he has indeed done just that and as a result, nothing is wasted at Dairy Creek Golf Course, a truly self-sustaining facility.
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm: Case Study: University of New Mexico North Course, Albuquerque, New Mexico Andy Staples, Staples Golf The University of New Mexico North Course was originally an eighteen-hole golf course designed in 1941 by William Tucker. Embraced by a vocal, pro-golf community, the layout was nonetheless reduced to nine holes and is now heavily used by the locals for non-golf uses such as walking, running, dog-walking and other passive activities. Recently the golf course received a grant to make the golf course more water efficient. The new irrigation design, at a budget of $650,000.00, is an approach that runs counter to the standard systems specified today with double and triple row irrigation and stressing complete coverage. Instead, the upgrade will integrate an efficient pumping strategy relying on moisture sensors and a single row layout spaced 75-feet on center supplemented by partcircle outer rows at the same spacing. The golf course will be programmed to irrigate with center row only and be supplemented with outer spray as water becomes available.
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Break: 2:45 pm to 3:00 pm 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm: Promoting the Game: Community Buy-In Ben Hood, Richard Mandell Golf Architecture As the perception of golf among the non-golfing public continues to be that of elitism and a drain on a community's natural resources, there must be a way for a golf facility to be inclusive of not just all people, but of uses as well. If a golf course can truly be a resource for all residents, it can also provide profit centers beyond golf that can help the cost of the golf itself.
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm: The Folly of Replicating Tournament Conditions Tim Moraghan, ASPIRE Golf Consulting, Bruce Williams, Bruce Williams Golf Consulting & Ted Horton, ValleyCrest Golf Maintenance The golf courses we see each week on television are prepared for only one purpose: To look good on television and in other mediums. You've heard the warning many times: "Do not try this at home". That is a mantra that should be heeded by greens committees and golf operators throughout the land. Trying to create an artificial environment beyond the minimum is a dangerous and never-ending journey that leads to a very expensive proposition and an unsustainable precedent.
5:00 pm till: Happy Hour
Dairy Creek Golf Course Clubhouse
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 8:00 am to 8:45 am: Returning the Game to Affordability - How Less Can Actually Be More Richard Mandell, Richard Mandell Golf Architecture For decades, advances in golf course construction and maintenance have pushed the limits of the business far from their intended goals of efficiency and quality. Instead of solving problems in terms of time and costs, we have created more problems than solutions in the search for the perfect playing fields. Ironically, golf was never intended to be played on a perfect playing field. One way to do more with less is to re-visit the basic principle that golf was originally meant to be played within nature's own constraints. Returning the Game to Affordability - How Less Can Actually Be More is based on the return to the way golf was meant to be played, which first requires an understanding of how the game got from there to here.
8:45 am to 9:30 am: Case Study: Monarch Dunes Golf Course, Nipomo, California Tom Elliott, CGCS Jim DeLaby, PGA Professional Any way to get the new golfer is the mission for Monarch Dunes Golf Course. Their program, simply entitled LEARN GOLF, aims to minimize intimidation, cost, and time for the beginning golfer. Vertical integration allows the beginner to start their golfing career on a twelve-hole par-three course and graduate to their regulation golf course. Between both facilities, there are enough fun and games to keep everyone engaged, no matter their golf game at the time. It is a very active private club experience in the quintessential public golfing environment.
Break: 9:30 am to 9:45 am 9:45 am to 10:45 am:Brown is the New Green? Firm and Fast? Or is it Something Else? Rhett Evans, CEO, GCSAA, Mike McCullough, Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency Mike Huck, Irrigation & Turfgrass Services Many feel that the "browning" of golf courses today is a step in the right direction for an industry that has relied too heavily on our nation's natural resources - primarily water - in the past. The resulting backlash seemed at first an over-reaction to a word (brown) that required a little more consideration than literal translation. Our speakers will debate the sensitive issue of how to manage golf courses in this age, how choices made for playability can affect public perception and a facility's bottom line, and most importantly how our most precious resource - water - factors into the equation.
10:45 am to 11:55 am: Customer Service: What Does the Golfer Really Want?
Roundtable Discussion
Utilizing The Golf Experience - Your Way survey as a guide, five everyday golfers speak out on what truly is important to their own golf experiences. When pressed, the industry may find out that much of the effort is being expended without the desired results expected from the end-user. Maybe that effort can be directed elsewhere.
11:55 am to 12:00 pm: Final Thoughts Open Discussion Golf Outing at Dairy Creek Golf Course
Tee Times Beginning at 1:00 pm
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2014 Winter Symposium The Valley Club Beautiful weather and amazing location made for the perfect day at the 2014 Winter Educational Symposium . The education was extremely informative and timely with discussion on water issues in our area. At left Tennessee McBroom addressed the group. At left Tim Paulson, Glenn Mathews, Pete Bowman, and Matt Deuel.
Above is host superintendent Roger Robarge, CGCS along with his ever present special friend. A huge thank you to Roger and the members of The Valley Club for allowing us to hold this meeting.
Above Mike Stieler, CGCS and Rafael Barrajas, CGCS. Left are Tennessee McBroom and Mike McCullough. Pictured below are Michael Sommer, Andy Cordova, Jim English, and Simon Herrera
Above are Jim Culley with Casey Kim, CGCS
At left are Josh Heptig, Jeff Jensen, and Rafael Barrajas, CGCS
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2014 GIS Orlando California Room Trade Show Floor Below Martin Morozowski and Andy Heinze from Seven Oaks in Bakersfield talk to Tom Corralez of Belkorp, John Deere Golf.
Above Joe Ballmer and Nick Angelucci, Syngenta Reps work on the trade show floor.
Graeme Parris, Parris Eqmt.
California Room At left enjoying the festivities of the California Room are Larry Layne, Turf Time West., Corbet Rankin, Belkorp, and Ryan Bentley, North Ranch Golf Club. Approximately 200 attended the event.
Annual Meeting & Election At right Josh Heptig takes voting very serious as he casts the ballots for the Central California Chapter. At far right the traditional President’s walk where all the Past GCSAA Presidents walk the newly elected president in to the building.
2013/2014 GCSACC BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT JOSH HEPTIG SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY SECRETARY/TREASURER BRIAN DAUM VALLEY CREST/PALO ALTO G.C.
VICE PRESIDENT TENNESSEE MCBROOM SANDPIPER GOLF CLUB
BOARD MEMBERS
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TRINI HERNANDEZ RIO BRAVO C. C.
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JEFF KOLLENKARK WEEDMAN
PAST PRESIDENT MICHAEL SWING, CGCS VALLEY OAKS GOLF COURSE
Official Publication of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of Central California. The purpose of this publication is information and education for the membership. Published bi-monthly by GCSACC, 5322 N. Leonard Clovis, CA 93619 Phone (559) 298-4853 Fax (559) 298-6957 Email gcsacc@aol.com Newsletter Chairman & Newsletter Editor Tennessee McBroom Executive Directors Irene Cline & Kimberly Milne