Last
call: Distinguished Service Award nominations
due Friday. Each year, GCSAA presents
a DSA to an individual who has made an outstanding
contribution, in both substance and duration,
to the advancement of the golf course superintendent
profession. The award will be presented at the
Golf Industry Show in 2007. Nominations
are due Sept. 1.
Next week:
Join online chat on GCSAA's proposed dues strategy.
A live, online chat is scheduled 11 a.m.
to noon (CST) Wednesday, Sept. 6, to discuss a
proposed
pricing concept for GCSAA membership dues.
You can also submit
questions for the online chat in advance.
GCSAA and The University
of Nebraska partner to offer distance education.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in
partnership with GCSAA, has unveiled a new distance
education program designed to enable superintendents
anywhere in the world to achieve graduate-level
training or complete a master’s degree.
Media spotlight shines
on superintendents. Weather talk and major
championships garnered much of the media’s
attention concerning superintendents and golf course
conditions over the last five months. Check out
a sample
of the industry news covered by the mainstream press
in recent months.
Spread the
word: Share your environmental stewardship efforts.
Dave Phipps, superintendent at Stone
Creek Golf Course in Oregon City, Ore., is seeking
case studies about the environmental stewardship
efforts of superintendents. Phipps will host an
online monthly column at www.eifg.org
beginning early next year to present case studies
from around the nation. Your conservation practices,
IPM practices, water quality monitoring, wildlife
habitat or preservation, or related efforts will
help convey a sound environmental message to the
media and the public about golf and golf course
management. For more information, contact Phipps
at (503) 518-8873, or Mark
Johnson, GCSAA environmental programs specialist,
at (800) 472-7878, ext. 5161.
Bunker quality
has become an obsession with golfers. Based
on the experience of USGA Green Section
agronomists, complaints about bunkers now
exceed complaints about putting quality.
During this session, James F. Moore, director
of the USGA Green Section's Construction
Education Program, will address bunkers
from a variety of angles – design,
construction, maintenance and sand selection.
Please note:
This webcast was originally scheduled Sept.
6. The Sept. 6 date was canceled and rescheduled
to Sept. 11.
High-dollar clientel.
While there are 3 million sailing aficionados in the United
States who earn more than $75,000 a year, and 8.3 million
skiers in the same tax bracket, there are more than 17.3
million golfers in this category, according to the 1999
Mendelsohn Affluent Study. Golfers even outnumber tennis
players and runners in this income segment, of which there
are 7.9 million and 13.1 million, respectively. (Source:
American
Demographics, August 2000).
View
your transcript. Check your Class
A transcript or CGCS transcript to see how many
points you need for your renewal cycle. Or print out
a copy of your entire lifetime transcript to show your
employer how involved you really are!
