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President's Message Special Feature All the News That’s Country Club Cleans Up Its Act Wykagyl Superintendent Chip Lafferty Shares His Club’s Success With a Specially Fit to Print Funded Nonpoint Pollution Program

t’s midyear already, and everyone ven if your course is miles away from the nearest beach, there’s still a on the board has been hard at good chance that you have drainage paths— usually a series of interconnected work. Here’s a look at what’s been streams and ponds— that lead to Long Island Sound. It’s through these happening. drainage paths that storm water runoff containing undesirable pollutants can I flowE directly into the Sound. Environmental groups refer to this as nonpoint Official Business pollution. On May 15, MetGCSA Vice President Golf courses most at risk are those with older drainage systems that haven’t Tim Moore, Treasurer Dave Mahoney, been engineered to filter nitrates and other harmful substances from storm water. and Secretary Will Heintz joined me in Fortunately, The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has representing our association at an out­ received funding to help prevent nonpoint pollution— not just from golf courses, ing at Fiddlers Elbow Country Club in but from any other potential source in Westchester County. New Jersey. Proceeds from this event go toward turfgrass research at Rutgers Wykagyl was one o f the first projects drainage system was cleaned up and University, which, right now, is prob­ to benefit from this funding. “We were reengineered to work more efficiendy ably the premier research facility in the a prime candidate,” says Wykagyl and effectively as a filtering system. Northeast. The Met has been support­ Superintendent Chip Lafferty. “The The entire process happened fast and ing this worthwhile endeavor since its main siltation basin near our 18th hole furiously. Work began April 10 and inception in the mid-90s. wasn’t functioning properly. It was so ended Memorial Day weekend. Here, On June 5, the entire board attended loaded with silt and leaves and debris Chip offers insight into the project: the the annual Met Golf Writers Dinner at that any time we had a heavy rain, the bidding process, what it took to marshal the Westchester Marriott, which, again, basin would spill over, scattering the County resources and contractors, and we have been attending for as long as debris across our 18th fairway.” the actual cleanup work itself. I’ve been on the board. Being there With the program’s funds— $167,000 The end result is one we would all among others in the golf industry gives when all was said and done—Wykagyl like to achieve: a win-win for both the us the opportunity to demonstrate our was expected to see that the storm water environment and (continued on page 6) important role in the golf community. Also in This Issue Committee Work • Membership: The big news here is (4 ) Invitational Goes to Tamarack (jj) John Carlone’s Adventures as a Tour Caddie that Committee Chairman Will Heintz (5 ) The Hamlet Hosts July Golf Meeting will be sending out our biannual survey. @ Met Meeting and Social Events. . . Pro Watch for it in the mail. It’s important ( 7) Member Notables Golf Events. . . Turfgrass Field Days that as many members as possible complete this survey so that the results (? ) A Peak Inside the GCSAA © Two-Ball Qualifiers at Centennial. . . Top Boardroom are meaningful (continued on page 2) Scorers in Superintendent/Manager Tourney • • jr President's Message (coni, trompg. 1) All the News That’s Fit to Print Board of Directors

to our members and useful to our Club Tony Girardi and Peter McCormick Relations Committee, which relies on have been hard at work on sprucing survey results when offering counsel or up— and maintaining— the site. If you President advice to clubs requesting the would like to post something on the JOHN CARL0NE, CGCS committee’s services. Met’s site, e-mail Tony or Peter with The Meadow Brook Club As always, only those who complete the information. Vice President the survey will receive the results. If all TIMOTHY MOORE • Education: Chairman Matt Ceplo has Knollwood Country Club members complete the survey by the been hard at work gathering speakers for August 1 deadline, we hope to have the Secretary our monthly meetings and has nearly WILLIAM HEINTZ results in participants’ hands by mid- completed plans for our flagship educa­ Centennial Golf Club September. tional day, our 2001 Winter Seminar, Treasurer • Tournament: First-year board mem­ which is already booked for January 10 DAVID MAHONEY bers and Co-Chairs Jeff Wentworth and at Westchester Country Club. Siwanoy Country Club Sean Cain have done an excellent job at Past President securing sites for our monthly golf EARL MILLETT Ridgeway Country Club meetings. I know from experience that • Social & Welfare: this is among the most difficult commit­ Thanks to SEAN CAIN tees to chair. The entire membership Chairman Sunningdale Country Club Joe Alonzi should make a point o f congratulating MATTHEW CEPLO, CGCS them on a job well done. and the Rockland Country Club other Our final two meeting calendar ANTHONY GIRARDI, CGCS openings have finally been filled: Steve members o f the committee for Rockrimmon Country Club planning what I know will be memo­ Finamore of Alpine Country Club in PETER McCORMICK Demarest, NJ, has agreed to host our rable social events for 2000. Mark your TurfNet Associates, Inc. Superintendent/Green Chairman calendar now for these MetGCSA socials: ERIC O’NEILL meeting on October 10, while Tim Scarsdale Golf Club Moore of Knollwood Country Club %/ Family Picnic, Woodway Beach Club, August 7, 2000 STEVEN RENZETTI, CGCS will host our Annual Meeting on Quaker Ridge Golf Club November 14. %/ Summer Social, Old Oaks Country Club, August 21, 2000 PATRICK SISK I’m sure Jeff and Sean are actively Country Club of Fairfield seeking spots for meeting sites in 2001. ✓ Christmas Party, Mt. Kisco Country Club, December 9, 2000 JEFFREY WENTWORTH If you would like to host a meeting, it’s not too early to secure • Special Events: Our July 5 meeting at Executive Secretary The Hamlet Golf & Country Club will INEKE PIERPOINT feature our annual Scholarship & Research golf fundraiser. Matt Ceplo will once again be calling on our valued Tee to Green Staff Affiliate members to support our cause • Communications: Co-Chairmen Pat Editors Sisk and Steve Renzetti and their com­ by purchasing a tee sign or by sponsor­ PAT SISK STEVE RENZETTI mittee have been working hard on ing a hole-in-one contest on one o f the 203-254-1240 914-725-1100 ext. 132 enhancements to two very important 3s. Managing Editor PANDORA C. WOJICK MetGCSA documents: our newsletter • Scholarship & Research: The S & R and directory. The first to appear on the Committee, chaired by Tim Moore, Editorial Committee scene will be our new-and-improved MIKE COOK MIKE M0NG0N recently met and awarded eight appli­ BLAKE HALDERMAN SCOTT NIVEN directory, complete with tabbed sec­ cants MetGCSA scholarships. The CHIP LAFFERTY BILL PERLEE tions, an expanded cross-reference monies for this cause are raised primarily TOM LEAHY PETER RAPP0CCI0 PAT LUCAS HERB WATER0US section, and advertising. These ads will from our annual Scholarship & Research replace those in the Tee to Green, which Raffle held in the memory of Bill Photographer BILL PERLEE is also being redesigned. Watch for an Caputi. Watch for an announcement of all-new publication coming soon. Bet the winners in the next issue of Tee to Advertising Manager STEVE RENZETTI, 914-725-1100 ext. 132 you won’t recognize it. Green. Speaking of redesigns, be sure to In addition, the Met has committed TEE TO GREEN is published bimonthly by check out our website, if you haven’t $17,500 in research donations for the the Metropolitan Superintendents Associahon 49 Knollwood Road. Elmsford. NY 10523-2819 already. Website Committee Co-Chairs year 2000. They are: 914-347-4653. FAX: 914-347-3437 Copyright © 2000 É f e Ü É H JUL 2 n ?uuo

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY £ ✓ $10,000 to Cornell University’s Dr. Award and the Sk¡eivroocPA. Moore affect us. Right now, there are at least Frank Rossi for his Moss Exclusion Award. Anyone interested in nominat­ 26 bills before State of New York law­ Study. ing an individual for one of these makers regarding pesticides. ✓ $1,500 to GCSAA’s “Investing in awards should be sure to contact Earl. the Beauty of Golf’ Fund. This is the About Our Class Reps final year o f a three-year commitment. Class AF Rep Peter McCormick of ✓ $1,000 to University o f Massachu­ TurfNet Associates and Class C Rep setts’s Dr. Pat Vittum for her ongoing Eric O ’Neill of Scarsdale Country Club Hyperodes research. • G overnm ent have been tremendous assets to the ✓ $2,500 to the Tri-State Turf Re­ R elations: Committee Met board of directors. Affiliate search Foundation. Co-Chairs Will Heintz and Tony members should feel comfortable ✓ $2,500 to Rutgers University Turf- Girardi put together an informative calling Peter with any issue they would grass Research Center. packet on the West Nile virus that they like to see brought before the board, In addition, our restricted Scholarship mailed to all A, B, and Affiliate mem­ and any assistant superintendent who & Research funds continue to grow to bers. In the last issue of Tee to Green, would like to become involved in a support significant future research. our feature article also offered excellent committee or as a volunteer at one of This committee is near and dear to insight into the virus and how to keep our monthly golf meetings should call my heart as I feel it is one o f the ways ourselves and our courses out of harm’s Eric. the Met gives back to its members. way. It was so newsworthy, in fact, that • A w ards: Earl Millett, immediate past Superintendent News asked our permis­ Final Word president and Awards Committee sion to reprint it. Stay involved, and the Met will con­ Chairman, is currently accepting nomi­ In general, it’s the job of this com­ tinue to thrive! nations for our two prestigious awards: mittee to track and keep us informed of JOHN CARLONE, CGCS the John Reid Lifetime Achievement any pesticide legislation that might President

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Tee to Green May/June2000 0 Spotlight Jeff Scott Brings Invitational to Tamarack

n June 26, Met members had the He accepted a job with a local land­ pleasure of contesting this year’s scaper and, then, at the suggestion of Invitational Tournament at one of friends, he contacted fellow Pawlingite the area’s last “working man’s” Mark Loper about working on the clubs:O Tamarack Country Club in grounds crew at Fairview Country Club. Greenwich, CT. Mark was the assistant clubhouse man­ Nearly three quarters o f a century ager there at the time. old, this 6,800-plus-yard course was de­ The rest is history. Jeff worked for signed by Golf Course Architect Charles Bob Alonzi, Fairview’s super at the “Steam Shovel” Banks. The first to use time, from 1978 to 1979, then headed a machine— the steam shovel—to con­ off to UMass’s turf school. While struct golf courses, Banks was known for completing his two-year degree, he designing large playing surfaces, specifi­ interned at Baltimore Country Club. cally sizable bunkers and greens. In 1984, Jeff returned to Fairview, “The greens average 7,600 square spent one year there, and then hooked feet,” explains host Superintendent Jeff up with another Alonzi— Joe—when he Tamarack CC Superintendent Jeff Scott Scott. “That’s at least a third larger than was superintendent at Fenway Golf most clubs’ greens.” Club. Among JefPs other pleasures are his But at Tamarack, big is beautiful. In November o f ’85, Jeff secured his two German Shepherds, which spend According to Jeff, the club is putting first superintendent’s job at Knicker­ time with him on the golf course. In together a master plan that will include bocker Country Club in Tenafly, NJ. his office, Jeff also keeps an aquarium restoring the oversized bunkers and also Then he returned to New York in 1988, full of crickets— not as pets, but as tasty updating the course’s 20-year-old irri­ as superintendent at The Apawamis treats for the family’s two pet lizards. gation system. Up for vote, as well, are Club. Nine years later— in February of “You know how it goes,” says Jeff, with improvements to the club’s 35-year-old ’97, to be exact— he secured his current kind resolution, “the kids want all sorts clubhouse. position at Tamarack. o f animals, and eventually, somehow, “We should know the outcome this I’m the one taking care o f them.” summer,” says Jeff, who is currently in The Loves of His Life the midst of building a brand-new, JefPs personal life is pretty much It’s Great to Belong $700,000 maintenance facility, sched­ focused on his wife, Kathy, and three Jeff spent six years on the MetGCSA uled for completion in the fall. children—Annie, 13; Cali, 11; and Jeff, board, chairing the Social & Welfare 7— and, o f course, skiing. “We all like Committee and running the Turfgrass The Road to Tamarack to ski,” says Jeff who enjoys sharing his Field Day for several years. “The Met, Like many superintendents who have still-favorite pastime with his family. as well as GCSAA, are strong organiza­ been in the business a number of years, During the winter months, Jeff is a tions that are dedicated to promoting turfgrass management wasn’t first and ski instructor many winter weekends education and fostering professional­ foremost on JefPs mind when he en­ and week nights at the Thunderidge Ski ism,” says Jeff. “It’s great to be part of tered college in the mid-70s. “I started Area in Patterson, NY. “The kids all ski organizations that provide so much out at South Hampton College in Long competitively on the Thunderidge Ski support— not just professionally, but in Island as a Marine Biology major,” he Team. It’s a great place to learn,” says our personal lives, as well. explains, “but after five semesters, I Jeff, who notes that he’s also president “I’m so glad to have been able to decided being a ski bum had a lot more of the Thunderidge Parents Association, host an event for all our members to appeal.” Jeff headed for the slopes in which assembled the ski area’s 60- enjoy.” Colorado, returning to his Pawling, NY, member team to compete against other MIKE COOK hometown one year later. ski teams in the Northeast. Alpine, the Care o f Trees

0 Tee to Green May/June 2000 Spotlight Rabideau Welcomes Met Members to The Hamlet

et members will visit a course on house grounds and tennis courts. As July 5 that has never before ap­ much as Steve hates to admit it, The peared on our meeting roster: Hamlet Golf & Country Club is prob­ The Hamlet Golf & Country ably better known for tennis than it is for Club in Commack, NY. The club’s golf—particularly for the tournament it third-year superintendent, Steve Rabi­ hosts one week prior to the U.S. Tennis deau, will host members in this year’s Open in August. “The surface of the first round MetGCSA Championship courts is the same as the Open’s, so the and Met Area Team Championship field is always strong,” notes Steve. “We qualifier. put a lot of effort into preparing for the tournament,” he adds. But Steve is also quick to point out that he and his crew The course, formerly Commack Hills are putting at least as much effort into Golf Course, was entirely redesigned by elevating the status o f golf at the club. Architect Stephen Kay in 1993. “The new tract doesn’t resemble the old lay­ out in any way, shape, or form,” says Steve’s career in golf course manage­ Steve Rabideau. “Upscale houses line ment happened quite by accident. While While hitting the books, Steve com­ many fairways, and out o f bounds come pursuing a business degree at Westfield pleted two internships, the first at Farm into play on almost every hole.” State College, Steve worked on a four- Neck Golf Club on the Vineyard and the Dotted with small ponds and native person crew at Petersham Country Club, second at The Apawamis Club in Rye, grass areas, the course boasts sculpted a Donald Ross nine-hole course in Wes­ NY. After graduating in 1995, he fairways, well-placed bunkers, and extra- tern Massachusetts. “Being a small op­ accepted a position as assistant superin­ large greens. “The greens average 6,500 eration, I was able to get a feel for every tendent at Seawane Club and then, three square feet with lots o f undulations and aspect of golf course maintenance,” says years later, landed his current position as ample pin locations,” says Steve adding, Steve, who decided after two seasons on superintendent at The Hamlet. “That gives us the opportunity to tuck a the job to swap his future in a business Speaking about his transition from few sucker pins on several holes.” suit for a degree in turfgrass management. assistant to superintendent, Steve says The Par 70, 6,500 layout has strong He enrolled, first, in the Stockbridge the biggest challenge he faced had less to Par 3s, and according to Steve, a back School o f Agriculture. After completing do with his new responsibilities and nine that’s a real test. a two-year turf degree, he pursued a B.S. more to do with making the transition In addition to the golf course, Steve’s in Plant and Soil Science at the Univer­ to a newly built course. “Every golf in charge of maintaining all the club­ sity o f Massachusetts. course I had worked at prior to The Hamlet had native soil, push-up style greens,” says Steve. “It took me a while Notable Notes to adjust to the idiosyncrasies of a new Met Member Saves a Life course—things like water management to account for the new USGA sand- harlie Siemers, a sales rep for Lesco, Inc., made the headlines in the West­ based greens.” chester section of The Journal News last month for saving a woman’s life. He When He’s Off Duty, He’s on the Links was rowing out on the Cuscoot Reservoir in Goldens Bridge, NY, when he Now well settled in, Steve says he’s heard the faint sound o f a woman’s cry for help. After 10 minutes of rowing, thoroughly enjoying his position at The heC reached an overturned boat with a woman clinging to the craft. “She was just Hamlet. And Steve adds, “Being single 10 feet from shore,” says Charlie, “but she couldn’t swim and was scared to death.” in this business has its advantages, too.” Charlie jumped in the water to save her, bringing her safely to shore. When he’s not out grooming his own Unfortunately, it was too late to save the woman’s companion who had fallen links, Steve usually joins one his golf out o f the boat, became tangled in the anchor line, and drowned tragically in less course buddies in the Met area for a than 10 feet o f water. Congratualtions to Charlie for this valient, life-saving efforts. round of golf and a peak at another person’s grooming practices and course Well Wishes layout. And that’s the very same thing all of you will have the opportunity to The MetGCSA would like to send well wishes to two members: do at The Hamlet, when you join Met Dom Richichi, o f Dar Par Sales, White Bob Mullane, of Alpine, the Care of members for our July golf meeting. Plains, NY, who is recuperating from Trees, New Canaan, CT, who is BILL PERLEE bypass surgery recuperating from a car accident The Apawamis Club

Tee to Green 2000 I ( ? ) Special Feature (coni, 1) Wykagyl Country Club Cleans Up Its Act

Wykagyl, which in the process of bene­ So many times in our business, we concern, eventually leads to a brook that fiting Long Island Sound, was able to look only at the final cost. The flaw here makes its way down to the Sound. get an aesthetically unpleasant site is that frequently extras are billed at a Much o f this water is parking lot runoff, beautified free o f charge. much higher rate, making the project combined with roadway material. This much more costly than we expect. Low area was bogged down with silt, First Things First: Putting the Project Out to Bid bidder is not, in the end, necessarily the branches, and leaves, which had to be The bidding process was a learning ex­ most economical choice. removed for this area to function perience in itself. To start, we thought Taking the needs o f our club and properly as a final cleanup zone. the best thing to do would be to require membership into consideration, the It was ELQ ’s job to dredge and clear that all prospective contractors attend a County awarded the bid far more the area and then stabilize the bank. formal walk-through of the site so every quickly than customary— in three days, They used a material resembling rolled rather than the usual chicken wire packed with rock and three weeks. ELQ vegetative material to do the job. Landscaping was Another aspect o f the project was to chosen for the job. plant a variety o f aquatic and other vegetation at both the inlet and outlet The Task at Hand areas of this final basin. This was meant Though I had mixed to help filter the nitrates from the water feelings about working before it left the property. with an unknown A separate contractor handled this leg contractor, the project o f the project, working inconspicuously couldn’t have run on the 18th hole through member play more smoothly. ELQ and maintenance activities. The club did a wonderful job, plans to retain the same contractor to working quickly and maintain the new plantings, including neatly, with little weed pulling, watering, fertilizing, and Begieeing: The Site Targeted for Cleanup disturbance to club overall upkeep o f the area. grounds and neigh­ bidder would be on the same page. boring properties. Environmentally Friendly Plantings Turns out that, legally, we could not The cleanup was not easy task. I’ll Many interesting plants were selected require a walk-through. We could just explain as I walk you suggest that it would be in the contrac­ through Wykagyl’s tors’ best interest to be there to see, storm water engi­ firsthand, the scope of the project. neering. The other unexpected legal detail was All our storm that if any questions arose during our water runoff is walk-through, we had to write them collected from down and fax the answers to all bidders, Quaker Ridge Road whether they attended the walk-through and channeled into or not. an irrigation pond. The specification book on the project This is the first was 297 pages long. It took seven siltation bed in the engineers, hired by the County, to put it plan, and it’s used to together. Needless to say, it covered collect the silt and every base. Bidders were given a dead­ cleanse the water line—a specific date and time— for through a holding Middle: Rasin Construction in Progress, Showing Rank Stabilization submitting their bids. capacity. When considering the bids, the Once the irrigation lake is full to for the project. Here’s a list that you County was most concerned that the capacity, the water is then diverted into a might find useful on your own course. unit cost match the final cost of the 48-inch pipe that outlets at the 10th It’s divided by area. project. In other words, if the job hole, making the creek crossing this hole • First, fescue grass, mainly hard required, in the end, that an extra 500 the second siltation/cleanup basin. This fescue, was planted to provide an yards of material be removed, that work basin has a series o f rip raps designed to “Environmental Rerimeter” from the had to be billed at the same rate as the further cleanse and oxygenate the water. golf course. first 500 yards. The final basin, and area o f prime • A buffer strip was planted with primarily upland enhance the look o f this once-unsightly wildflowers, includ­ area, but also help in keeping a low-lying ing New England wet area dry because o f their superior Aster, New York water uptake capacity. Aster, Purple Cone- Once the plantings have reached flower, Blue Flag, maturity, this area will not only be beau­ Cardinal Flower, tiful to view, but also help to put an end Indian Tobacco, to any nonpoint pollution that might Blue Lobelia, Hairy have been generated from our course and Beardtongue, and from the surrounding streets and parking Black-eyed Susan. lots where the storm water originates. • Planted in a submerged state Who Do You Call? along the perimeter If you think your course might profit core bank stabiliza­ from a nonpoint pollution program, End: tion is Fringe Sedge, Project Draws to a Close With Native Plantings in Place here’s who to call: Marsh Hibiscus, Yellow Flag, Arrow • Several floating varieties have also • Gina D’Agrosa, Director of Arum, Pickerel Weed, and Lizards Tail. been planted, including Spatterdock, Environmental Planning, 914-285-4423 • To screen several sewer drainage caps, White Pond Lily, White Water Lily, • John Morrella, Construction we’ve used New Jersey Tea Olive, Sweet Pondweed, Watershed, and Button- Coordinator, Department of Public Pepper Bush, Silky Dogwood, American bush. 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Tee to Green May/June 2000 ( j ) Inside the National What Do You Do Out There in Kansas, Anyway? Tim O’Neill Brings Met Members Inside the GCSAA Boardroom

uring the past couple of months, Tim O ’Neill’s position as director on the GCSAA board has required that he travel to GCSAA headquarters in Law­ rence, KS, for two separate meetings. A general meeting was held first— on May 4 and 5. About a month later—June 9 and 10— Tim joined the Mem­ bershipD Standards Resource Group (MSRG) for a meeting to discuss the Profes­ As the Membership sional Development Initiative (PDI). Here, Tim offers a look at the inner work­ chairman, it was my job to report ings— and the outcomes— of these two “meetings of the minds.” recommendations generated during the Membership Committee’s April meeting. I found this agenda breakdown to be Among them were to: Meetings of the GCSAA board are all a highly impressive and professional way • Devise an alternative Class A entry path business— and a lot of prepwork. Two in which to conduct association business. for superintendents who do not have at weeks before each of the meetings, a Day Two least a two-year turf degree. This might packet of information arrived on my The second day focused on issues re­ include such things as requiring that they doorstep so I could be well briefed and lated to approving the next fiscal bud­ have more experience and continuing prepared for the sessions. get. We also reviewed the GCSAA Busi­ education credits. For the May meeting, I received two ness Plan. GCSAA’s fiscal year begins • Award membership credits to superin­ books—each one pertaining to a separate on July 1. tendents who act as mentors to budding day o f the meeting. Day one’s book During the approval process, all turf professionals, e.g., interns. contained reports, issues, and discussion GCSAA department heads come before • Require Class A members to have an items related to GCSAA and GCSAA the board to discuss and justify their appropriate pesticide license or to pass a Communications Inc. Day Two’s book expected expenses and plans for the GCSAA-developed exam. contained all the materials necessary to coming year. In other PDI discussions, we decided: discuss GCSAA’s fiscal budget. As the Membership Committee • Ongoing requirements will include Each day, the board and the executive chairman, it was my responsibility to pay such things as credits for continuing officers of the GCSAA staff would con­ particular attention to the areas dealing education and industry-related service. vene for the meeting, which President with member services and programs. • Use o f the HR Web, now called the Scott Woodhead would begin promptly Numerous reports are prepared to Professional Development Resource at 7 a.m. clearly map out staff resources and ex­ (PDR), will not be required, just strongly Day One penditures, right down to stationery and encouraged, possibly by offering credits. The meeting agenda was divided into postage. Throughout the entire pro­ PDR is an online competency evaluation three basic areas: cess, Chief Financial Officer Julian tool designed to allow superintendents to 1. Consent items, which are minor issues Arrendendo demonstrated a remarkably assess their on-the-job effectiveness and that require board approval and were clear understanding o f all facets of target specific areas for improvement. generally discussed at a prior meeting. association operations. • Members will be given credit for 2. Action items, which are more signifi­ This leg of the meeting was particu­ educational programs taken locally or cant issues that were previously discussed larly rewarding for me since I was able nationally. but are now coming before the board for to walk away with a greater understand­ The PDI still has a way to go before final resolution. ing of our association business—which it’s put into effect. It will be discussed 3. Discussion items, which are issues— includes a $20-million-plus operating again at upcoming committee meetings in minor or significant— that are intro­ budget— and the need for a well- July and at the Delegates Meeting in duced to the board; depending on the thought-out business plan that ensures September. sentiment of the board, they’re either growth and improvement. Prior to the Delegates meeting, the killed or tabled for the next meeting as I am happy to report that both membership will be sent a document that consent or action items. fiscally and professionally, GCSAA is details the latest proposal. Members are In this meeting, various items were well positioned to meet the growing encouraged to review this material and brought up for discussion, including: needs of superintendents. contact their delegate with comments. • a new research program designed to Look for more details about the MSRG test maintenance products, such as The MSRG Meeting meeting in the July issue o f Newsline. wetting agents, biostimulants, fertilizers, The June meeting’s focus was the Pro­ Also know that, as a GCSAA member, and soil amendments fessional Development Initiative. Since you can learn more about our board and • Web Strategy Committee progress the New Orleans conference and show, MSRG meetings by visiting the associa­ • the PDI communication plan GCSAA has received significant member tion website—WWW.gcsaa.com— and • the appointment of Robert Maibusch, feedback, which has helped to mold the logging on to the members-only section. 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10 Tee to Green May/June 2000 Travel Notes Tour Caddie for Hire Superintendent John Carlone Shares His Experiences as a Caddie for an LPGA Touring Pro

everal months ago, I had the experience of a lifetime—the opportunity to shot, but here i caddie for LPGA touring professional Amy Benz at the $750,000 LPGA “our” statistics Welch’s/Circle K Championship in Tucson, AZ. Amy is in her 17th year and 36 holes: 5 has made more than $1.5 million in prize money. She’s won two events in 24 pars, 7 Japan,S and she partnered with John Houston to win the J.C. Penny Team Classic at 58 putts, 23 Innisbrook Resort. Amy is a solid ball striker and, as I can now attest, is recognized greens in as one of the best putters on Tour. and 22 of 28 So how did I know Amy Benz, much less get invited to caddie for her? Good hit. fortune. Amy is the sister o f Mike Benz, who was my assistant at Middle Bay and is Caddies always keep statistics, and now superintendent there. When Mike got married this past January, I was not only when talking about their player’s round, invited to the wedding, but asked to be his Best Man— a great honor. they always say ^we" or "our. While his sister, Amy, was in town for the wedding, I stole the chance talk to her Our results were a score o f 73 each day about the possibility of my caddying for her at a Tour event. Amy, being a quick for a 2-over-par total of 146. We missed study, realized how excited I was with the idea and didn’t have the heart to say no. the cut to play on the weekend, which fell So there I was, March 5 through 12, carrying clubs for Amy Benz on Randolph at a 1-under-par 143. Park Golf Course, where the event was contested. Needless to say, it was a tremen­ Amy played very consistently and put dous experience, so I thought I’d give you a few of the highlights. Though they’ll her amazing short game on display. Un­ be from a caddie’s, rather than a superintendent’s perspective, I will say that this fortunately, a couple of bad lies on the public course, which receives 65,000 rounds a year, was in terrific shape for the dormant Bermuda rough cost us a couple event. The tees and fairways were overseeded with Ryegrass and with Rye/Poa of bogies. At this level of play, there is trivialis on greens. Here’s the rest of the story— through the eyes of a caddie. only minimal margin for error. Every stroke is extremely important. The First Meeting use of the afternoon off with some I flew to Phoenix on Sunday afternoon beverages at a local cantina! Lessons Learned and was supposed to catch a flight to First and foremost, I rediscovered what a Tucson. I bumped into Amy, who had The Course of Events saint my wife is . . . letting me go for a come in from Hawaii and was also on Tuesday was practice day. While still week to caddie. She’s the BEST! As for her way to Tucson. Bad weather had cool and cloudy, the rain had stopped. golf, here’s what I picked up on tour: briefly closed the Phoenix airport, We got in 18 holes and several hours of • On the full swing, don’t try to imitate delaying our flights. Amy and I decided ball striking, chipping, and putting. the swing of Tiger Woods. Watch the to rent a car and drive the 120 miles to Another Pro-Am was scheduled for women play on TV. Attend the JAL Tucson. When we got there, she went Wednesday. Amy was not scheduled to Classic at Wykagyl. Copy their tempo. on to the home where she was staying play, so we got in another full day of • On putting and chipping, if you want for the week, while I went to the Tucson practice and finally saw the sun. I also to lower your scores, you have to practice airport to get her clubs and my clothes registered in the “Caddie Shack” (a tent this area o f your game twice as much as off the plane. on the range tee). This required me to woods and irons. Amy was scheduled to play in the fill out a form naming the player I was • In general, never swing with 100 per­ Pro-Am at 12:30 on Monday, but working for and leave a $20 deposit for cent of your power. Pros generally swing conditions weren’t with us. It was the caddie bib, which was refunded at 85 percent, rarely at 100. Watching raining and 45 degrees, with a wind chill when I returned it. the women swing so easily— and hit it so that made it more like 35! It was the We also got tee times for Thursday far and straight—was enlightening. first measurable rainfall in Tucson in and Friday. Just as with the men’s tour, • Always practice with intention. Every about four months. Leave it to me to you start early one day and late the next, practice swing should have a specific go to the desert and bring rain. while also alternating starting tees. We purpose. Don’t just beat the balls. Despite the weather, I did walk the had 8:30 a.m. oft'#10 on Thursday and I’m not sure I can ever properly ex­ course between 8 and 11 a.m. to get 1:40 p.m. off #1 on Friday. press my appreciation to Amy Benz. familiar with the layout, yardage— and I was at the course by 7 a.m. on Thurs­ She’s a savvy professional who is well all the other things a caddie should know. day. There aren’t many rules for tour liked by everyone involved with the By the start o f the event, the weather caddies, but Rule #1 is never be late. LPGA tour. was unbearable. We started on the 18th After about an hour warm-up, we Amy actually said I performed pretty hole in the shotgun. After playing one headed to the 10th tee. We were paired well in my tour debut, and that we may hole, Amy, being a seasoned veteran, with Luciana Bemvenuti from Brazil and even team up at an event again sometime. convinced her amateur partners to quit Jennifer Rosales from Monterey, CA. That would be great by me. I had a and go in the clubhouse for some hot Jennifer is a tour rookie who left USC tremendous time “inside the ropes.” chocolate. Sure enough, the event was after her junior year to turn pro. JOHN CARLONE, CGCS canceled after 9 holes. We made good I won’t describe the rounds shot by Meadow Brook Club Tee to Green Upcoming Events Get rid of those The Complete MetGCSA &*% GEESE TODAY! Year 2000 Calendar of Events STATIC DISPLAYS DON'T WORK. hanks to the diligent efforts of our Tournament and our Social & Welfare Dogs arc expensive, instead use safe, committees, our golf and social events are locked in for the balance o f the harmless noisemakers to INVADE the year. If anyone is interested in hosting one of these events next year, it’s not pest’s territory with irregular B too early to book a site. For Golf Meetings, call one of the Tournament Committee co-chairs—Jeff Wentworth, 914-738-2752, or Sean Cain, 914-723- 3238. To host a social event, contact Social & Welfare Committee Chair Joe Alonzi, 914-967-6000, ext. 360.

Two-Ball Qualifier MetGCSA Summer Social April 25 August 21 Centennial Golf Club, Carmel, NY Old Oaks Country Club, Purchase, NY Host: Will Heintz Host: Mark Millett

Superintendent/Manager Tournament MetGCSA Championship/Met Area Team May 18 Championship Qualifier, Round 2 Silver Spring Country Club, September 19 Ridgefield, CT Burning Tree Country Club, Greenwich, CT Host: Peter Rappoccio, CGCS Host: Gary Glazier

Invitational Tournament Annual Class C Outing June 26 October 5 Tamarack Country Club, Greenwich, CT Scarsdale Golf Club, Hartsdale, NY Host: Jeff Scott, CGCS Host: Eric O’Neill, assistant superintendent

MetGCSA Championship/ Superintendent/Green Chairman Tournament Met Area Team Championship Qualifier, October 10 Round 1 Alpine Country Club, Demarest, NJ July 5 Host: Steve Finamore, CGCS The Hamlet Golf & Country Club, Commack, NY Met Area Team Championship Host: Steve Rabideau October 16 • • • Country Club of Fairfield, Fairfield, CT The Best MetGCSA Family Picnic Host: Pat Sisk August 7 Woodway Beach Club, MetGCSA Annual Meeting Liquid Fertilizers & Stamford, CT November 14 Host: Larry Pakkala, CGCS Knollwood Country Club, Elmsford, NY • . • Host: Tim Moore Soil Amendments Poa Annual Tournament August 10 MetGCSA Christmas Party Brooklawn Country Club, December 9 Available Today! Fairfield, CT Mt. Klsco Country Club, Mt. Kisco, NY Host: Peter Bly Host: Fred Scheyhing, CGCS

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14 Tee to Green May/June 2000 Scorecard Centennial a Real Challenge for Two-Ball Qualifiers

he new course in Carmel, NY, was a great way to start our 2000 golf season. ^ An environmentally sound Special thanks to Will Heintz and his staff' for providing such great playing tq approach to a r t management conditions so early in the year— and to Golf Professional Chris Klaffer and his :=> Add to your turf! staff for a smoothly run day. Here’s a list o f the Two-Ball qualifiers: life B io Ject Distribute beneficial Class A/B microbes through your 1 ) Fred Scheyhing/Chuck Martineau vs. 16) Scott Ferguson/Bob Johnston irrigation system. Mt. Kisco CC/W hippoonvill Club Mahopac G C /Lake Success GC • 8) Dennis Flynn/Peter Rappoccio vs. 9) Tim Moore/Todd Polidor Brae Burn CC/Silver Spring CC Knollwood CC/Heritage Hills GC Recharge microbial based program Extend your root system! 4) Rich Feducia/Blake Halderman vs. 13) Matt Ceplo/Tony Baviello Clean your wash water! Dellwood CC/Minisceongo GC Rockland CC/Tale GC 3* CleanRack™ 5) Sean Cain/Jeff Wentworth vs. 12) Bob Welch/Mike Miner Sunningdale CC/Pelham CC Rock Ridge CC/Montammy GC 2) Matt Severino/Bob Zaletsky vs. 15) John Carlone/Tim O ’Neill Scarsdale GC/New York CC Meadow Brook Club/CC of Darien ^ ...a comprehensive wash 7) Bob Alonzi/Joe Alonzi vs. 10) Jim Fulwider/Jim Fulwider Sr. water recycling system Fenway GC/WestChester CC Century CC/Class AL 'S 3) Mike Reeb/Greg Wojick vs. 14) Bill Perlee/Bert Dickinson Contact Joe Stahl or your local CC of New Canaan/Greenwich CC Apawamis Club/Willow Ridge CC 'S Turf Partners representative at 800 228-6656 « 6) Tony Grasso/Earl Millett vs. 11) Mark Fuller/Mark Millett www «coaoll com Metropolis CC/Ridgeway CC Connecticut GC/Old Oaks CC Class AF 1) A1 Tretera/Scott Tretera vs. 8) Glen Gallion/Rob Good Turf Products/Metro Milorgunite Wilfred Mac Do n a Id/Leggette, Brashears & Graham S avA Tee 4) Greg Moran/Charlie Siemers vs. 5) Mike Cook/Ken Clear Our trained crews are careful hesco, Inc. Alpine, the Care of Trees on a golf course. We treat trees 2) Bob Lippman Jr./John Richichi vs. 7) John Currie/Ernie Steinhofer like greens and greens like gold. Westchester T u rf Supply/Dar ParSales Currie Landscping/Metro Milorganite That is one reason five of the 3) David Griffin/Joe Kennedy vs. 6) Keith Kraham/Frank Savakis area’s most prestigious clubs are Down to Earth/Irra-Tech The Bruedan Corporation already our clients. The other reasons? We prune judiciously using state-of-the-art Silver Spring a Hidden Gem techniques. We deep-root feed with our own custom blend We cable and brace with future ilver Spring Country Club hosted the MetGCSA Superintendent/Manager growth in mind. And, we will meeting on May 18. There isn’t much else to say but first class all the way. work with your crews to be most The golf course was in immaculate condition, the food service top-notch, and cost effective. the Pro Shop gracious and helpful. Special thanks to Superintendent Peter If you want a tree company that Rappoccio,S General Manager Bob Sommer, Golf Professional Stan Garrett and consistently beats par, call us. their staffs. Here are the top plays o f the day:

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