Super Notes

Casey Conlin, CGCS, director of golf course maintenance at the Celebrity Course at Indian Wells Golf Resort is hosting the LG Skins Game in Indian Wells, Calif.

Georgia GCSA elects new leadership and presents awards

The Georgia GCSA elected new leadership and presented it annual award recipients. The new president is Mike Crawford, CGCS at TPC Sugarloaf.

Vice President: Anthony Williams, CGCS at Stone Mountain Golf Club was elected vice president; Richard Staughton, CGCS at Towne Lake Hills Golf Club is the immediate past president; and Lane Ferguson, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Creekside Golf & Country Club is the new secretary/treasurer.

The 2008 Georgia GCSA board of directors includes Barry Bennett, CGCS; Berry Collett, CGCS; Craig Conner, GCSAA Class A member, Ivey Dyal, GCSAA Class A member; Lee Fillingim, GCSAA Class A member; Ray Meredith, GCSAA Class A member; Jerry Matthews, CGCS; Brad Owen, GCSAA Class A member.

The 2008 Superintendent of the Year was awarded to Frank Siple, CGCS at Lanier Golf Club. He will also be recognized at the 2008 Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Induction ceremony to be held on Jan. 12, in Augusta.

The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Tim Murphy, Ph.D., extension weed scientist, University of Georgia.

The 2007 Assistant Superintendent of the Year was Matt Park, GCSAA Class C member at Stone Mountain Golf Club.

The 2007 Golden Pen recipients for contributions to Through the Green were Craig Conner in the superintendent category, and Ed Brown, Ph.D., in the non-superintendent category.

The 2007 Photography Contest Winners were: First - Dennis Echols, CGCS; Second - Stephen Quaife, GCSAA Class C member; and Third - Matt Park, GCSAA Class C member.

Superintendents in the News

Philadelphia Inquirer, "The grass is greener right here," about the Delaware Valley College (Doylestown, Pa.) turf management program, featuring GCSAA educator Doug Linde, Ph.D., men’s golf coach and turfgrass professor at DelVal; GCSAA affiliate member Steven McDonald, DelVal graduate and owner of Turfgrass Disease Solutions in Pottstown, Pa.; GCSAA student members Anthony Garzia and Jason Kahr, DelVal seniors; 1995 DelVal graduate Rich Sweeney, CGCS at Hidden Creek Country Club in Reston, Va.; and GCSAA member Ryan Tuxhorn, assistant superintendent at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., and DelVal graduate.

Fort Meyers (Fla.) News Press, "Drought puts its hooks in the links," about the strain caused by Southwest Florida’s drought and consequent water restrictions on the golf industry, as Spanish Wells Country Club in Bonita Springs has closed nine of its 27 holes and Eastwood Golf Course in Fort Myers closed Nov. 19 for two weeks, featuring Matt Taylor, CGCS, president of the Florida GCSA and director of golf course operations at Royal Poinciana Golf Club in Naples; and Bill Huskins, CGCS, director of golf and grounds at Highland Woods Golf & Country Club in Bonita Springs.

Duke University News & Communications, "Saving water at the golf course," about Washington Duke Inn’s Duke University Golf Club in Durham, N.C., and its water conservation efforts during the area’s prolonged drought, featuring Bill Sessums, CGCS.

Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Sun News, "New grasses may dwarf bent putting surfaces," about golf courses in the Carolinas moving away from bentgrass greens and back to bermudagrass, because of heat tolerance, featuring Clay DuBose, CGCS, general manager of the Tradition Club in Pawleys Island, S.C., and president of the Palmetto Golf Course Superintendent’s Association, and GCSAA educator Pat O’Brien, USGA Southeast Region agronomy director.

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