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Super NotesGCSAA Class A superintendent Chris Dalhamer, CGCS, is hosting the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif.  GCSAA superintendent member Mike Phillips is hosting the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Del Monte Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif. GCSAA Class A superintendent Thomas G. Brodeur is hosting the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass. Superintendents in the news The BoardRoom, July/August: "GCSAA’s President David Downing leads members through a year of change," cover story Q&A with GCSAA President David S. Downing II, CGCS. Gettysburg (Pa.) Times, Aug. 26: "Say hello to the bad guy," post about the course conditions at Gettysburg (Pa.) Country Club for the last day of the Duramed Futures Tour’s Gettysburg Championship, featuring GCSAA member John Long, superintendent. Northwest (Fayetteville) Arkansas Times, Aug. 24: "Rain wipes out first round of FCC Member-Member," article about two inches of rain received in one hour forcing Fayetteville (Ark.) Country Club to cancel the first round of its member-member championship and shorten it from 36 to 18 holes, featuring Brandon Nichols, GCSAA Class A superintendent. Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, Aug. 24: "Sharing stories of Tiger," Tom Keegan column about GCSAA CEO Mark Woodward, CGCS, former golf operations manager for the city of San Diego and his experiences from hosting the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, Calif. Bergen (N.J.) Record, Aug. 25: "The Barclays may return" Lewiston(Maine) Sun Journal, Aug. 25: "Bruce is Sugarloaf course superintendent," brief about Sugarloaf Golf Club in Kingfield, Maine, hiring GCSAA member Robert Bruce, former superintendent at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club as its new superintendent. Real Estate Blog, Aug. 23: "What’s new at Glenmore – golf maintenance goes green," post by Charlottesville, Va., realtor Pam Dent about GCSAA member Tim Thomas, superintendent at Glenmore Country Club in Keswick, Va., and his column in Piper Magazine, the club’s publication, about the efforts Glenmore has made to make its golf maintenance as environmentally friendly as possible. Kansas City Star, Aug. 22: "Vinland Natural Nine: the coarse golf course," article about Richard Morantz, who mowed a rough nine-hole golf course on his property in Baldwin City, Kan., that he maintains without any chemicals, featuring Jeff Bollig, GCSAA director of communications. XM Satellite Radio, Aug. 22: "PGA Tour Live," radio interview on the PGA Tour Channel with Todd Raisch, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., host of the PGA Tour’s first event of its FedExCup Playoffs, The Barclays. Webster City (Iowa) Daily Freeman Journal, Aug. 20: "Conservation board hears update on repairs at golf course," article about Russ Appel, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Briggs Woods Golf Course in Webster City, Iowa, presenting an update to the Hamilton County Conservation Board on the repairs to the golf course from spring and summer floods. Banff (Alberta) Crag and Canyon, Aug. 19: "Heritage and champions on the golf course," review of Banff (Alberta) Springs Golf Course, crediting improvements to new golf course superintendent Robert Burrows, CGCS. We need your help Do you know a superintendent who's done something interesting? We'd like to hear about it, so click here.
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