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Industry NewsTCTTP Winners to attend U.S. Open and PGA Championship Three GCSAA members have been selected to learn first-hand what it takes to prepare for a major golf championship. As winners of the Toro Championship Tournament Training Program, two will attend the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and one will attend the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club and assist the maintenance staff. Ryan DeMay, assistant golf course superintendent at Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club, Powell, Ohio, will join Steven Cook, CGCS, MG, and his staff at Oakland Hills. The winners were selected based on past work experience and an essay about their future career goals. "The Toro Championship Tournament Training Program brings the experience and knowledge of major tournament preparation to GCSAA members," said Bob VandenBoom, senior golf marketing manager at Toro. "The experience is designed to expose superintendents at the beginning of their careers to a variety of cultural practices and management techniques that make major tournaments a success." The program was started in partnership with the GCSAA in 1999 to provide an opportunity for assistant superintendents and students to learn what happens at the highest level of golf course management.  Marriott Golf commits 34 courses to Audubon certification in 2008 Marriott Golf has announced that 34 courses it manages throughout North America and the Caribbean are committed to becoming Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuariesby the end of 2008. The plan is part of a system-wide commitment by Marriott International Inc. to promote environmental stewardship. The mandate includes golf courses at 25 locations throughout the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, including Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Royal St. Kitts Golf Club and Shadow Ridge Golf Club. "Marriott Golf is proud to be part of the company’s broader green initiatives by supporting Audubon Certification, golf’s environmental gold standard," said Robert Waller, senior director of grounds. "Our goal is to engage our guests and associates from around the world in this unique process and to further our commitment to promoting the game of golf in an eco-friendly way." In advance of the 2008 mandate initiative, the company maintains six properties that are certified cooperative sanctuaries, including:
Intelligent Use Of Water Award deadline approaching Rain Bird Corp. is looking for people or organizations whose innovation, leadership, ingenuity and overall commitment to improved landscape water efficiency has raised the standard for outdoor water conservation as nominees for its second annual Intelligent Use of Water Award. Both consumers and professionals (industry and non-industry) are encouraged deadline for nominations is June 30, 2008.
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Kevin Breuker, assistant superintendent at Traverse City (Mich.) Golf and Country Club, and Shane Griffith, student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison will join Mark Woodward, CGCS, and his crew at Torrey Pines. 
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