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Tee Off News September/October 2018

Fort Washington Country Club November 5, 2018 Hosted by Jose Alvarez

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President’s Message Andy Cordova As I sit down to write this president's message, fall is upon us.

Baseball season is winding down with the playoffs approaching, football season is in full swing, the FedEx cup season has ended, Andy Cordova and the Ryder Cup is over. In the baseball world, regular season came down to an extra game in both leagues for the wild card spot and my Giants are nowhere to be found. Our rival Dodgers, on the other hand, are working their way in to either the wild card spot or 1st place in the NL West pending their matchup against the Rockies. In the land of football, controversy still looms over the NFL which has many people watching college instead. In my mind, college is more exciting anyway.

cup prize. It was great to see Tiger win again and as I have mentioned before, it is a great thing for the game of golf as well. It was a bit anticlimactic though having two champions on the 18th green. Apparently the PGA is going to adjust the points for next year's playoffs to prevent this from happening again and only have one champion on the final day.

As for golf, there were plenty of fireworks to end the season. The Fedex Cup playofffs ended with Tiger winning the tour championship but Justin Rose winning the $10 million Fedex

Speaking of the Ryder Cup, I don't know how many of you know that one of our own was selected to work on the maintenance crew at Le Golf National

where the Ryder Cup was held. Herminio Plata was invited to help with the course preparation for the event.

Be sure to ask him about his experience, it sounds as though he had a great time not only working on the course but meeting people as well.

As many of you know by now, long time member, past president, and friend Tom Elliot has retired his posiThe most excitement, however, was at tion at Monarch Dunes. We wish him the Ryder Cup in France the following and Liz nothing but the best and hope week where the US lost 10.5 to 17.5. they know we continue to be here for The amount we lost by wasn't nearly as them both. embarrassing as the events that folOur next event is the annual Charities lowed and all of the finger pointing (by Tournament which will be held this one guy in particular) and second year at Fort Washington Golf Club in guessing the captain's decisions. We Fresno. I know Superintendent Jose lost because most of the team played Alvarez is looking forward to seeing terrible. Historically the Americans are everyone out there for what is guarannot very good at alternate shot which teed to be a good time. I hope most of killed any momentum we had going in our membership has a chance to get to Saturday and although it was enter- out there and I look forward to seeing taining to hear all of the fireworks in everyone. the aftermath, it was rather embarrassing.

2018 GCSACC BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT ANDY CORDOVA CYPRESS RIDGE GOLD COURSE

VICE PRESIDENT GLENN MATTHEWS, CGCS VISALIA COUNTRY CLUB ALBERT NUNES MORRO BAY GOLF COURSE MIKE CLINE WILBUR ELLIS CO.

PAST PRESIDENT STEVEN SHOWERS BROOKSIDE GOLF & C.C.

SECRETARY/TREASURER PAUL BARR SAN LUIS OBISPO C.C. KEVIN WILES RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE

MATT NOWLEN

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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, 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

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Save The Dates 2018

2019

November 5, 2018

January

Lowell Stone Charity Tournament Fort Washington C.C. Hosted by Jose Alvarez

December 1, 2018 Annual Holiday Event Windows on the Water Morro Bay, CA

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By Kurtis Wolford California BMP Update by Kurtis Wolford, Cherry Island G.C. and Representative to the California GCSA BMP Committee: As we go into fall season the California GCSAA BMP and Blankinship & Associates are diligently working on drafting the documents. It has been a slow evaluation process. With having many people involved in the evaluation of the documents with a list legitimate concerns for their respective regions it tends to slow the process. This evaluation by the BMP committee is represented by each GCSAA chapter in the state. California is one of the most difficult states to write a state BMP from the sole reasons of our climatic diversity and our regulatory compliance. A BMP document that is drafted for San Diego would not work for Sacramento or the Tahoe region. The BMP document that is being drafted is one the end user of it can apply it to their respective region.

In brief, BMPs provide:

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Clarification

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Guidance

Examples to help BMP users develop the essential protocol’s to adhere to regulatory agency’s requirements We are developing the BMPs based on technical information from the national GCSAA document and specific needs for California, and existing standards. BMP’s are important and that need to work correctly. They are simply the best way to do things and have been worked

New Members John Kirtland A2G2—SW Affiliate Member Brian Cloud Prime Source Affiliate Member

out through trial and error, and are found to be the most sensible way to accomplish task. They will assist the user and help point them in the correct direction to learn what state agencies administer laws and regulations.

Having a State Golf Course BMP Guide that is accredited and has the approval of multiple agencies is very important for the golf industry going forward. It will help serve as a buffer when state agencies and politicians come after the golf industry with bad intentions. It gives us a vetted document to show them that we are doing things correctly and using a BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE So far the completed chapters are Groundwater and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The chapters up next are Pollinators, Urban Golf and Air Quality. We are hoping to have everything finalized in 2019 and ready for distribution. When the document is released an education meeting will follow for each GCSAA chapter.

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From the Field Jeff Jensen, GCSAA Field Staff, Southwest Region GCSAA recently announced candidates for the 2019 GCSAA Board of Directors. The election will take place at the Jeff Jensen GCSAA Annual Meeting on Feb. 7, 2019 in San Diego.

Below are the candidates: For President Rafael Barajas, CGCS, Boca Grove Plantation, Boca Raton, FL. For Vice President John Fulling Jr., CGCS, Kalamazoo Country Club, Kalamazoo, MI.

For Secretary/Treasurer

Country Club, Mission Hills, KS.

Mark Jordan, CGCS, Westfield Group Country Club, Westfield Center, OH.

Bios and candidate videos will be available following the annual GCSAA Chapter Delegates Meeting in Kansas City on Nov. 13-14. You may also contact your duly chosen chapter delegate for any questions related to board members or the GCSAA Board election.

Kevin Breen, CGCS, La Rinconada Country Club, Los Gatos, CA. Board of Directors (3 open positions) Carlos Arraya, CGCS, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, MO. T.A. Barker, CGCS, Fore Lakes Golf Course, Taylorsville, UT. Paul Carter, CGCS, Bear Trace Golf Club, Harrison, TN. Doug Dykstra, CGCS, White Mountain Country Club, Pinetop, AZ. Jeff White, CGCS, Indian Hills

Please note that the 2019 Annual Meeting time has been moved from its traditional Thursday afternoon slot at the Golf Industry Show to Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.

In other GIS related news, GCSAA staff has been hard at work putting together education for the (Continued on page 6)

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Around The Green By Mike Cline Welcome to the “Fall” edition of Around the Green, with cooler temperatures, and even a little rain has fallen in some places of the state. Still potential for wild fires so hopefully everyone keeps there guard up until we get a bit more moisture in the ground.

We have several changes to our membership to report currently. Superintendent Tom Elliott CGCS, Monarch Dunes Golf Course has retired and moved to Northern California. I’ve been told that Tom will be spending part of the year on a large ranch and will be acting as the property care-taker when the owners aren’t around and the balance of the year at his home in the Pismo area. We all wish Tom the best in his retirement.

Superintendent Matt Nowlan,

Laguna Lake Golf Course, has accepted a job with the City of Alameda as the City Park’s lead. Matt told me the chance for advancement made the decision easy although he will miss San Luis Obispo. The interim superintendent will be Vladimir Cruz until this city makes its final decision.

Superintendent Mark Weitz, Alisal Guest Ranch reports that he is currently working on his PGA Certificate as a way of broadening his resume in these tumultuous times. Mark reports that he is at level 1 of the 3-step process. I believe Glenn Matthews is also working on his PGA Certificate as well.

Speaking of working to improve your resume and broaden your employment desirability, I can report that Mark Weitz and Andy Cordova have tested and received PCA licenses which they can not only use as Superintendents but something for the back pocket should they consider jobs outside the ranks of a Golf Course Superintend.

That’s all I have for this edition, but as always, if you see or know of something you think

the membership might enjoy knowing about, please let us know, and we will see you “Around the Green”

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2019 Show and Conference.

This year’s event will feature 89 seminars (39 new) as well as a couple of new education tracks focused on mental health and water management.

Seminars are available in 1.5hour, 2-hour, 4-hour and fullday sessions. Seminar costs for members are $70, $85, $135 and $185 respectively.

Numerous tours and field trips will be available highlighted by the Equipment Management Tour at Barona Creek, the Hunter Irrigation Tour and the First Green Field Trip/Training Seminar at Bonita Golf Course.

The cost of the learning tours is $205 per tour.

Housing and early registration for GCSAA members opens on Oct. 16. Early registration price for members is $450 and registration will be available at http://www.golfindustryshow.c om/.

We hope to see all of you in San Diego and If you have any questions or need anything to make your GIS experience more beneficial, please contact me at jjensen@gcsaa.org and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @GCSAA_SW for daily industry updates.

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Jose Alvarez—Fort Washington Country Club by Irene Cline Keep your eyes out for the BelKorp tent as they will be serving up street tacos for everyone during the tournament! Target will be hosting the beverages on the course for the day and Wilbur Ellis and Mike Cline will be challenging everyone to participate in the putting contest. After you’ve played 18 holes of golf, turn in your scorecards and start checking out your raffle tickets to see what great items Fort Washington Country has you may have won. We will be having once again stepped up to host the ansome light hors d’ouerves, and a no nual charity event on Monday, Novem- host bar while the scoring is done. ber 5th , This is the 16th Annual Lowell Stone Charities Tournament and Jose Alvarez’s 2nd time hosting at the beautiful Fort Washington Country Club in Fresno. We will open registration at 8 am and get the shotgun 4man scramble going at 10 am sharp.

The proceeds from this year’s tournament will go to the Central Valley Disabled Veterans!

Go online to www.centralcaliforniagcsa.com or call Irene or Kim at headquarters 559-2986262 to register as we are limited to the first 100 golfers.

The GCSACC Board is looking forward to seeing everyone on a beautiful fall day in the Central Valley to enjoy a wonderful golf course and raise monies for a great cause!

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Morro Bay Golf Course September Meeting Highlights

Brad Snavely, STS Turf Provided a very informative talk for our education.

Pictured above is Brad and GCSACC Presidnet Andy Cordova Another speaker for our September Meeting was Rob Rutherford of Holistic Grazing

Pictured above Glenn Matthews, CGCS is heading out to the course Pictured is Eric Smith, Target

Host Superintendent Albert Nunes Pictured at above are Josh Heptig and Kevin Eppich

At left are Morgan Brockman and David Jones Morro Bay and Dairy Creek

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