Qtrly TeeOff Newsletter MayAug21

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May-Aug 2021

RanchoDel DelRio ReyCountry Golf Course Club Superintendent Candy Ortega

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President’s Message Glenn Matthews, CGCS golf games and award academic scholarships to worthy applicants. This year 3 scholarships were awarded. Michael Stieler Jr. was awarded a turf scholarship to continue his studies at Fresno State. Stephen Culley and Bryn Kroeze were awarded Legacy Scholarships as immediate family members of members of our association. In the fall Stephen will commence studies in economics and math at UC San Diego. Bryn is transferring to Fresno State to pursue a degree in Food & Nutritional Sciences.

Glenn Matthews, CGCS

Welcome back!

Over 60 association members and guests attended the 2021 Al Glaze Memorial Scholarship tournament at San Joaquin Country Club on June 7th. If you were not there you completely missed out on one of the best scholarship events in recent memory. We were hosted by the team at San Joaquin CC lead by Dario Olivares, Superintendent, Tommy Masters, General Manager, and Paul Cushing, club consultant. The day started with Paul and Dario making a great presentation highlighting recent renovations at the course, which included a complete renovation of all bunkers, renovation of several greens, and removal of hundreds of trees. The course played beautifully and the weather was great.

Early this month I had the opportunity to participate in the event at Del Rio Country Club for the annual Tri -Chapters meeting. Which was hosted by the Sierra Nevada Chapter. This event is always well attended and this year was no exception. Superintendent at Del Rio C.C., Dave Bermudez, hosted and shared insight about recent renovations at the Modesto club and Jeff Jensen provided valuable information on California drought as well as important information on employee recruiting ideas.

Unfortunately our Field Day at Ridge Creek Golf Course in Dinuba will be rescheduled and we are still working on our Annual Charities Event in October, but in December we will return to our Holiday Event in Morro Bay at Windows on The Water as we have in years past.

Mark your calendars and get involved! Our events are better when you attend.

See you soon,

Glenn Matthews, CGCS

Immediately after we golf we gathered to settle our

2021 GCSACC BOARD OF DIRECTORS VICE PRESIDENT PAUL BARR SAN LUIS OBISPO C.C.

JOSE ALVAREZ FORT WASHINGTON CC

JIM CULLEY SEED KING

PRESIDENT GLENN MATTHEWS, CGCS VISALIA COUNTRY CLUB

ALBERT NUNES MORRO BAY GOLF COURSE

SECRETARY/TREASURER MARK WEITZ

ROB LOMELI RIDGECREEK G.C.

PAST PRESIDENT ANDY CORDOVA CYPRESS RIDGE GOLF COURSE

Executive Directors Irene Cline & Kimberly Milne Newsletter Editor Michael Scott, CGCS

CANDELERO ORTEGA RANCHO DEL REY G.C.

MATT GRAVES BELKORP

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Save The Dates 2021 October 2021 Confirmation Pending

Annual Charity Event Location Pending Confirmation

December 4, 2021

Holiday Event Morro Bay “Windows on the Water”

2022 January 2022

Annual Election Mtg It’s time to volunteer to host an event

Feb. 5-10 , 2022 GIS Conference San Diego February 9, 2022 California Room USS Midway

April 2022 We need a location for a Spring Educational Event

June 2022 Al Glaze Memorial S & R Tournament Location to be confirmed

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From the Field

Jeff Jensen, GCSAA Field Staff, Southwest Region

Jeff Jensen, GCSAA Field Staff, Southwest Region

GCSAA recently launched its revised app “GCSAA Now” in the Apple Store as well as on Google Play. GCSAA Now gives you GCSAA news and information in the palm of your hands. Download documents, interact with fellow members, update your membership info and more.

Some of the new features include:

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Login once, and you are in. Simple and easy to access!

Relevant, up to date GCSAA news and content. Includes an RSS Feed to GCSAA news and a direct link to GCSAA’s Twitter account. Stay up to date on government relations and public policy, Jeff Jensen GCSAA programs, special events and much more.

• Interact with other members through the discussions and private messaging features.

• Find other members in your geographic proximity with the Near Me feature.

• Keep track of national and local GCSAA happenings with the Events feature. Includes an up-to-date calendar of chapter events and functions. The My Schedule feature allows you to add GCSAA related functions you want to attend to your app scheduler or phone calendar.

Have easy access to membership documents and other information in the resources section. COVID-19 assistance, First Green, education, certification and disaster resources are all available on the app. Even submit your GCSAA points!

To make the most of your experience, if you previously used the GCSAA Mobile app, delete that before downloading the new version. Once you have downloaded the app, just use your current GCSAA login and password to access it. The apps are available free of charge.

If you need assistance with your login and password credentials, simply call our Members Services Department at 800472-7878 and they can assist you on the spot.

Additionally, GCSAA is offering a chapter competition for members downloading the app by July 30. The chapter with the most downloads as well as the chapter with the highest percentage of members downloading the app will each win $500. It’s automatically tracked, so nothing additional to do!

I hope that you enjoy the new app and find it a useful tool for improving your membership experience. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at jjensen@gcsaa.org and make sure to visit my regional webpage at https:// www.gcsaa.org/resources/regional-resources/southwest for update information from around the Southwest.

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2021 Scholarship Recipients The Golf Course Superintendents Association of Central California raises funds from various sources to fund our ongoing Scholarship and Research (S&R) Program. The S&R Program annually funds scholarships to deserving turfgrass and ornamental horticulture students throughout Central California and the Central Coast areas and Golf Course staff attending college or university in these fields. Scholarships are awarded annually to assist students that plan to stay within the industry and be our leaders of the future. In 2018 through the generosity of the Steve Scarbrough family and the members of Bakersfield Country Club where Steve worked for many year, we were granted additional funds to offer additional turfgrass and ornamental horticulture scholarships that will we have granted every year since then. The name of this scholarship is now known as the Steve Scarbrough, CGCS Memorial Scholarship.

This year the winner of the Steve Scarbrough, CGCS Memorial Scholarship was granted to Michael Stieler. Michael is the son of Michael Stieler,CGCS from Spring Creek C.C. and a member of our chapter for many years. Michael has started Fresno State Univ. this fall to complete his degree in Earth Science. Michael says after graduation he will look for a position as an Assistant Superintendent with hopefully fulfilling his dream of becoming a superintendent.

The Legacy Awards winners this year were Bryn Kroeze, Daughter of Michael Kroeze, CGCS of Kings River Country Club in Kingsburg. Bryn will also be Michael Stieler & Glenn Matthews, CGCS attending Fresno State University majoring in Food and Nutritional Science in hopes to become a Registered Dietician. Also winning a Legacy Award this year are Stephen Culley, son of Jim Culley of Seed King. Stephen will be studying mathematics and economics while attending college and has special interests in the Movie and Sports industry.

We are pleased that we were able to assist these wonderful young people in achieving their dreams and look forward to hearing about all their accomplishments.

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2021 Al Glaze Memorial S & R Highlights

Our hosts for the event from right Dario Olivares Superintendent, Paul Cushing Consultant, Turf Scholarship winner Michael Stieler, Director of Golf Tommy Masters, and General Manager Lee Castro.

Thanks to Belkorp for hosting beverages for the day.

Pictured above is the BelKorp Team with Matt Graves, Jose Elias, Todd Njack, and Ryan O’Conner

First place net team, Bill Galli, Michael Stieler, CGCS, Danny Pannacia, and Michael Stieler.

1s Place Gross team is Tom Johnson, Ralph and Alex Salcido, and Randy Craven

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Welcome New Members

S & R Highlights At right pictured is a team from our hosts from San Joaquin C.C. with Dario Olivares, Paul Cushing, Tommy Masters, and Lee Castro.

Jose Aguilar Class B Sunnyside Country Club Jesse Ferris Class B Zaca Creek Gary Preston Class C Zaca Creek Mike Brown Class A Zaca Creek & Catalina Golf & Tennis

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Turf Star Team Kevin Eppich, Candy Ortega, Clark Beams, and Will Barragan/ Thank you to Turf Star for hosting our lunch.

At left is Mike Cline, Steve Showers, Andy Cordova, and Mike Scott.

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2021 Tri Chapter Highlights

Dave Bermudez, Host Superintendent

Dr James Baird presented information on research projects he has going in the Northern California area

Candy Ortega and Clark Bents

Doug Dingledine and Recardo Gonzales

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2021 Tri Chapter Highlights There were almost 80 attendees from the three northern California Chapters. There were lots of questions for the speakers which included Dave Bermudes, discussing the projects that he has been working on for over two year. Jeff Jensen made a presentation regarding our state drought regulations as well as some tips on hiring employees and Dr. Jim Baird.

Steve Showers and Dean Kinney

Dave Bermudez invited several retired members to attend as his guest.

Here is a picture of four of the retired members. From right Gary Carls, Don Allen, Russ Mitchell, and Adrien Bertens.

Dave Bermudez, Lonnie Stevens, and Sierra Nevada President Scott McCullough

At left is Matt Graves with BelKorp who once again hosted the beverages for the event.

Candy Ortega, Pete Bowman, and Muhammad Ali from SN Board of Directors

Official Publication of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of Central California.

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Published bi-monthly by GCSACC, 3273 Richert, Clovis, CA 93619 Phone (559) 298-6262 Fax (559) 298-6957 Email gcsacc@aol.com Newsletter Chairman & Newsletter Editor Michael Scott, CGCS Executive Directors Irene Cline & Kimberly Milne