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This three- formulated to regional turf stage release results in a con- requirements. stant, even rate of turf feeding See your local distributor that lasts for up to 90 days. or PAR EX representative Yet the price of IBDU/SCU about the new IBDU/SCU fer- fertilizers is less than you tilizer mixes. They just might would expect to pay. be the perfect partner for your fertilizer budget. A First for Turf Estech General Chemicals Corporation New IBCU/SCU fertilizer Selvitz Road, Ft. Pierce, FL 33450 mixes can provide your turf a 305/464-3511 combination of features never 21213rd St., S.W., Winter Haven, FL 33880 before available in a single fer- 813/293-3147 tilizer. It gives your turf all *mm^^ * Registration Pending The Florida Golf Course Superintendent's Association has been very active and productive in 1980. At our most recent board meeting a state logo was adopted and soon will be seen on our stationery and blazers. We also had the opportunity to meet with G.C.S.A.A.'s president, Mel Lucas, and discuss how their plans and philosophies relate to the F.G.C.S.A. Attendance at this board meeting was strong and very encouraging. Your chapter presidents and vice presidents are to be commended for their dedication and outstanding contribution toward strengthening our state association and its chapters. October will be a busy month for golf course superintendents and their afRlitates in the turf industry. The Florida Turf Grass Association conference and show will be held in Gainesville from October 19-22. In accordance with our By-Laws, the Florida Golf Course Superinten- dent's Association will hold its annual meeting at that time. The board and I look forward to personally meeting you and discussing our association's objectives. You should make plans now to attend these annual functions and receive their many benefits. The Florida Green The Official Bulletin of the Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association Florida Green Phone: (305) 793-0069 TIM HIERS ...President Sun Tree Country Club BILL WAGNER Vice President REED LE FEBVRE Director Tequesta Club Pines and Palms, Inc. KEVIN DOWLING Secretary-Treasurer GARY MORGAN Director Atlantis Golf Club Sherwood Country Club JOHN HAYDEN Director PAUL TURCOTTE Director San Jose Country Club City of Miami LESLIE HIXON Director CLINTON SMALLRIDGE Director Gator Greek Golf Club Royal Poinciana Golf Club TABLE OF CONTENTS President's Message 3 "Mr. Green Committee Chairman" 6 Dan Jones, C.G.C.S., Editor Budget Saving Ideas 12 Banyan Golf Club Responses To April Editorial 16 Interview with Jerry Chessman 17 Everglades Chapter Meetings 18 The Gator Growls 19 Dave Baily Atlantis Country Club Pompano Beach Golf Facility Associate Editor Becomes Computerized 24 New Officers South Florida Chapter 24 Who In The World Put The Hole There 25 Crowfoot Open Huge Success 29 Harry McCartha Jimmy Blackledge Motivated Henderson & McCartha Turfgrass Research In Florida 30 Photography Florida Plows Ahead in 1980 33 FCGSA Board Meeting 33 Golf Course Development Report 36 Please, Don't Call Me Greenskeeper!! 37 Editorial 38 Contributing Editors: Cover Photo by Harry McCartha Hubert E. (Al) Frenette Peachtree G.C., Atlanta, Ga. ABOUT OUR COVER Fred V. Grau, Ph.D. President, The Musser Foundation Left to right: Tim Heirs, G.C.S. Suntree C.C.; Mel Paul R. MacDonald Lucas, president, G.C.S.A.A.; Gilli Flamnio, chair- woman, Member Volunteers, Suntree C.C.; Ken Johns-Manville Corp. Boozer, golf pro, Suntree C.C.; Harold Stabb, presi- dent and general manager, Suntree C.C. NOTICE: All correspondence concerning business matters, circulation, editorial and advertising should be addressed to the Editor, P.O. Box 5958, Lakeworth, Fla. 33461. Opinions expressed by writers in by-lined editorials are not necessarily those of this publication. "The Florida Green" is published quarterly: the 1st of January, April, July, October. Closing date for advertising and copy is 45 days prior to publication. Not copyrighted. Please credit the author and "The Florida Green." 4 OUR BIGGEST ADVANTAGE IS HOW IONG A SINGLE APPLICATION WILL CONTROL CRABGRASS, GOOSEGRASS, BULLGRASS AND SANDBUR. That's right. You get an entire sea- son's control with just one application of Asulox". Control of your four major problem weeds in Tifway 419 Bermuda j grass and St. Augustinegrass. Reliable, I consistent control that will help pro- duce the kind of turf that reflects most | favorably on your management skill. Asulox is easy to use without drift problems, since it is extremely selec- aaasa^a^.r^^jsga^a^, tive to surrounding vegetation. You apply lt ostemer ence to ONF WFTOT F QFA QON P S weeds with win n, vv nuLr regular ground equipment. Use four to Hfive pints per acre in 30 to 50 gallons of water. Be sure to use the higher rate for goosegrass control. It's tough, but not as tough as Asulox. You may get temporary discoloration following application. But your turf will quickly grow out of it, with no ill effects. Just be sure not to apply above labeled rates, as permanent turf injury may occur. And don't apply Asulox to freshly mowed turf or turf that's under stress. This season, why not simplify and improve your turf weed control program? Spray Asulox. A single application will control crabgrass, goosegrass, bullgrass and sandbur for one whole season. Rhone-Poulenc Chemical Co. Agrochemical RHÔNE POULENC CHEMICAL COMPANY Division, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852 SAGROCHEMICAL DIVISION Please read labels carefully, and use only as directed. labeled for use in Florida only. ^ The once-a-season herbicide. "Mr. Green Committee Paul D. Cato, Jr. Chairman" by PAUL D. CATO, JR. President, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas OR THE LAST three years, I interested in improving himself. With 3. He must be a man who has easy Fhave been green committee this background and experience I do access to the Board of the club, proba- chairman at Colonial Country Club, not consider myself an expert, but I bly as a member of the Board. This in Fort Worth, Texas, the home of have learned just enough to develop enables the Board to be kept up-to- the Colonial National Invitation some opinions. So the following date and to be in a position to under- Tournament. This is a golf-oriented thoughts are the way I see it as Mr. stand and explain the activities on the club, with over 40,000 rounds played Green Committee Chairman. course to members. An informed each year. Golf has been good to Most clubs are judged by their golf Board is easier to sell on budget or Colonial, and the Board feels strongly course, its layout and condition. the need for additional capital expen- about the continued improvement of Country clubs were created primarily ditures. the course. Over the last three years, for golf, and members need to under- 4. He must be a man who has time more than $400,000 has been spent on stand the importance of their golf to give to the job and a great pride in golf course improvements, including a course. If it were not for the course, the golf course. new automatic irrigation system and the clubhouse, tennis courts and swim- The other committee members pump station, a new and efficient ming pool would probably not have should be basically like the chairman. maintenance building, a new 10,000 been built. It follows that the green They need to be chosen by the chair- square foot putting green, a new committee should be qne of the most man, or at least approved by him. The design and construction of the par 3, important and most active in the club. committee must have very good com- 13th hole, a new 16,000 square foot With this understanding, it puts great munications. I recommend a small bentgrass nursery, and all our asphalt importance on the selection of a green committee, three people or less, and cart paths were relocated and re- committee chairman. In my opinion, a in many cases only a chairman with- placed with concrete. chairman should meet the following out a committee. Meetings with the In 1977, Paul Cano, our golf course qualifications: superintendent are held at all times in superintendent, retired after a 42-year 1. He must be an active golfer (not many places, and this makes getting a career at Colonial. Replacing him was necessarily a low handicapper) and large committee together very diffi- very difficult, but during this process enough a student of the game to have cult. The chairman and superinten- I gained tremendous respect for the a working knowledge of the Rules of dent should have regular meetings profession of golf course superinten- Golf. while they inspect the course. dents. We interviewed several men for 2. He must be a fair, understanding The green committee chairman the job, and I can truthfully say that and flexible person who has enough should help the superintendent with every applicant was extremely quali- maturity and self discipline to recog- his budget and with policymaking fied, proud of his profession, and nize that he is not an agronomist problems.