Super Notes

Paul D. Ellwood, CGCS at The Gallery at Dove Mountain, is hosting the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Ariz.

Alan Nakamura, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Ko Olina Golf Club, is hosting the Fields Open in Kapolei, Hawaii

Superintendents in the news

University of Massachusetts Daily Collegian, "New position for UMass alum," about UMass alum James R. Fitzroy, CGCS, newly-elected GCSAA secretary/treasurer.

Guelph (Ontario) Mercury, "Turf god from home of golf dispenses his advice," about GCSAA member Gordon McKie, greenskeeper at St. Andrews Old Course in Scotland, speaking at the University of Guelph (Ontario) Turfgrass Institute, featuring David Kuypers, GCSAA superintendent at The Cutten Club in Guelph, Ontario; and GCSAA educator Rob Witherspoon, director of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute.

Hilton Head (S.C.) Island Packet, "Long Cove Club erects prime bluebird real estate," about Ashley Davis, CGCS at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C., placing bluebird houses throughout the golf course and working with club members who volunteer to maintain the houses.

Golf Inc., "Go green," about golf course owners and developers adopting management practices that encourage sustainable growth, protect the environment and 12 ideas to make an existing golf facilities kinder to the environment. It features GCSAA members Sean Hoolehan, CGCS at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon; David Wienecke, superintendent at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.; Stephen Miles, director of operations at the Preserve Golf Club in Vancleave, Miss.; Bob Volpe, CGCS at Twin Eagles Golf Club in Naples, Fla.; Steve Kealy, CGCS at Glendale Country Club in Bellevue, Wash.; T.J. Winzeler, superintendent at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Scottsdale, Ariz.; Michael Scott, CGCS at Cypress Ridge Golf Club in Arroyo Grande, Calif.; Scott Whorrall, CGCS at The Club at Mediterra in Naples, Fla.; Dean Piller, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Cordova Bay Golf Course in Victoria, British Columbia; Jon O’Connor, GCSAA Class A golf course maintenance director at The Bay Club at Mattapoisett (Mass.); and Greg Lyman, GCSAA director of environmental programs.

Golf Inc., "Keepers of the green," about environmentally friendly superintendents and operators leading the way when it comes to changing traditional industry practices, featuring David Gourlay, CGCS, CCM, general manager at Colbert Hills Golf Club in Manhattan, Kan.; Don Ewoldt, CGCS, director of maintenance operations at Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Ind.; Anthony Williams, CGCS at Stone Mountain (Ga.) Golf Club;  Dave Phipps, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Stone Creek Golf Club in Oregon City, Ore.; Jeff Carlson, CGCS at The Vineyard in Martha’s Vineyard, near Edgartown, Mass.; and Tim Hiers, CGCS, director of agronomics at Old Collier Golf Club in Naples, Fla.

Golf Inc., "Revival in Panama," about the resurrection of Summit Golf Course, a long-abandoned daily fee course near Panama City, Panama, featuring Russell Mollberg, GCSAA Class A superintendent.

Golf Inc., "Saviors of a devastated community," about the efforts of a 40-plus group from Kansas GCSA and area vendors that volunteered to help for a day at Cannonball Golf Course in Greensburg, Kan., a tiny town in western Kansas that was virtually wiped off the map by a devastating F-5 tornado, on May 4, 2007. It features Matt Miller, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Carey Park Golf Course in Hutchinson, Kan.

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