Super Notes

Matthew A. Morton, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Riviera Country Club, is hosting the Northern Trust Open  in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Also visit the GCSAA, Golf Channel preview.

Michael Honma, GCSAA golf course superintendent at the Palmer Course at Turtle Bay Resort, is hosting the SBS Open, in Kahuku (Oahu), Hawaii. Also visit the GCSAA, Golf Channel preview.

NYSTA elects 2008 officers and directors

The New York State Turfgrass Association elected its 2008 officers and directors, naming Owen Regan, owner of Organics & More Ltd., as president.

Regan was vice president in 2006 and 2007, secretary/treasurer in 2005, and has been on the board of directors since 2002.

Greg Chorvas is the association's vice president, Robert Sanderson is secretary/treasurer.

Newly elected directors include Craig Yunker, Craig Currier and Tom Wright.  Other directors are Peter Muller, Timothy Hahn, Rick Holfoth, CGCS, Roger Lind and Michael McNamara. Michael Maffei, CGCS, is past president.

Superintendents in the news

Carthage (Mo.) Press, "Golf course withstands winter’s torment," about Carthage (Mo.) Municipal Golf Course explaining how the staff remains year around to maintain the facilities even though it’s closed to the golfers during winter, featuring Kurt Neubert, GCSAA Class A superintendent.

Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer, "Fire-marred golf course gets repair," about high winds and drought conditions helping ignite a wildfire Feb. 10 that burned five acres of Carolina Country Club’s golf course in Raleigh, N.C., featuring Bob Young, CGCS.

Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times, "Golfer says club will be up to par," about GCSAA member Rick Begley, who is taking over operations of Middletown Country Club in Langhorne, Pa., where he has served as general manager and superintendent previously.

Southtown (Ill.) Star, "When love finds you," Valentine’s Day story featuring Dave Ward, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor, Ill., who celebrated his 30 wedding anniversary in July with his wife whom he met as a teenager on a high school choir trip.  After keeping in touch long distance, she was denied a work visa to move to the U.S., so he proposed in order to secure her a K-Visa.

Monterey County (Calif.) Herald, "Players: Courses in good shape," about the positive player reactions on the course conditions at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, featuring Chris Dalhamer, CGCS at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links; Bob Yeo, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach; and Manny Sousa, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach.

Los Angeles Times, "Things should get rough at Riviera," Preview of the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., featuring Matt Morton, GCSAA Class A superintendent.

Green Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette, "Brown County golf course superintendent announces retirement," about Paul Delfosse, GCSAA superintendent at Brown County Golf Course in Oneida, Wis., the past 29 years, announcing his retirement.

XM Satellite Radio, "PGA Tour Live," Radio interview on the PGA Tour Channel with Chris Dalhamer, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Pebble Beach Golf Links, co-host of the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

(Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, "TPC Sawgrass lands new superintendent," about TPC Sawgrass hiring Tom Vlach, CGCS, to replace Fred Klauk, GCSAA Class A superintendent, who is retiring after the 2008 Players.

Hemispheres Magazine, "Teed off: Golf’s superheroes," Feature in United Airlines’ magazine about how golfers are beginning to recognize that the biggest VIP at any golf facility is its superintendent, and that with this higher profile has come a whole new job description, featuring GCSAA Class A member Tom Altmann, director of golf for Osprey Meadows at Tamarack Resort in Donnelly, Idaho; GCSAA affiliate corporate member and former Environmental Institute for Golf Chairman Michael Hurdzan, Ph.D., golf course architect and principal of Hurdzan/Fry Golf Course Design; and Kevin Pryseski, CGCS at Marin Country Club in Novato, Calif.

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