applications, to determine the interval be- the "Superintendent's Corner" where the tween sprays necessary to control cut- superintendents write articles concerning Northeast worms below damaging levels, and to de- turf management, so that golfers can un- Southeast termine if low rates of nematodes applied derstand why and how courses are NEW CHAPTER IN FLORIDA periodically will control cutworms below maintained. A1 Ellis, superintendent of Seven Rivers damaging levels. One of the advertisements will be in the Country Club in Crystal River, Fla., is the The study site will be mainly at Rochester Children's Mercy Golf Classic program, a membership chair- Country Club. charity event featuring , man of the new The board of directors also is considering founder and host of the event. Watson has Seven Rivers chap- funding for a comparison study of invited , Paul Azinger and Fred ter. biostimulants, informally proposed by Dr. Couples to join him for an 18-hole exhibi- Seven Rivers will John Roberts of the University of New tion on June 18 in Kansas City. serve the area north Hampshire. HAGCSA is also airing an environmental of the West Coast The study would compare materials such commercial on radio during the Senior chapter and south of as Roots, Astron 5000, Panasea, soluble sea- PGA Tour stop in Kansas City in June. the Big Bend chap- weed extract, Ringers and Sustain." HAGCSA will assist the local section of the ter. It will draw The work would be conducted on a golf PGA with the Tom Watson Club for Kids, members princi- course fairway and would cost about $2,100. an event that promotes junior golf. pally from Alachua, MACKINTOSH CERTIFIED To improve press relations, HAGCSA Citrus, Dixie, A. Roy Mackintosh, general manager/su- has invited local sports directors from the Gilchrist, perintendent of Twin Hills Country Club in North Central three network television stations and the Hernando, Lake, Longmeadow, Mass., has been designated a local newspaper to its annual scholarship Levy, Marion, Pasco and Sumpter counties. certified golf course superintendent by the and research tournament for Kansas State While the affiliate will take some members Golf Course Superintendents Association of University and the University of Missouri's from the North Florida, Central Florida and America. turfgrass programs. If this is a success, West Coast chapters, it will bring new mem- Mackintosh has been Twin Hills superin- officials say they will host a media golf bers into the participation process and reduce tendent since 1964and general manager since event next year. travel time for some members who previously 1976. Last Christmas, HAGCSA sponsored a drove great distances to attend meetings. Christmas tree at the Festival of Trees, a Area superintendents may contact Ellis at MORRIS AT STRATTON MT. charity event that raises money for Sudden 904-795-6665 or P.O. Box 1146, Crystal River, Tom Morris is the new superintendent at Infant Death Syndrome. After the festival, Fla. 32629. Stratton Mt. (Vt.) Country Club. HAGCSA donated the tree to the Salvation Army Children's Shelter, took a collection SPORTS TURF INSTITUTE SET BROWN HIRED AT WORCESTER CC HAGCSA AIRING GOLF SPOTS at their annual meeting and raised several CLEMSON, S.C. —The Sports Turf Man- Daryn Brown is the new assistant superin- The Heart of America Golf Course hundred dollars for the children. Plans are agers Association and its South Carolina tendent at Worcester (Mass.) Country Club. Superintendent's Association is airing radio now being made for Christmas 1991. chapter, in cooperation with Clemson Uni- A1991 graduate of Stockbridge, University and television spots to demonstrate the versity, will host a sports turf institute at the of Massachusetts, Brown previously was positive aspects that golf courses have on MCGONIGAL RETIRES university, June 12-13. employed at Needham (Mass.) Golf Club the environment. Louis McGonigal recently retired after The institute focuses on athletic fieldwee d under Ron Kirkman. With the help of GCSAA's 30-second 31 years as head greenkeeper at Macktown and insect control, drainage and maintenance. commercial "Golf from Our Point of View," (111.) Golf Course. He was succeeded by It also includes a problem-solving seminar CUTWORM RESEARCH FUNDED the Public Relations and Communications Pat Nolan, a Boylan High School and that offers practical solutions for low-budget CONCORD, N.H. —The New Hampshire Committee had scheduled commercials Kishwaukee graduate who was athletic field maintenance. Golf Course Superintendents Association will with five cable companies covering ap- McGonigal's assistant for eight years. Speakers include Dr. Euwell Coats, Mis- attack the black cutworm, a serious pest on proximately a 150-mile radius around Mark Eucker is the new assistant. sissippi State University; Dr. John King, golf course greens. Kansas City. University of Arkansas; Dr. Bob Carrow, The association's board of directors re- To counter negative criticism golf KIENTZLE CERTIFIED University of Georgia; Dr. Bert McCarty, cently approved a proposal by Dr. Stanley courses have received concerning the en- Thomas M. Kientzle, superintendent of University of Florida, and Drs. Clyde Gorsuch Swier for a two-year funding of $9,500 for vironment, the advertisements will also The Pines golf course at Grand View Lodge and Bruce Martin, Clemson University. research. appear in a monthly magazine distributed near Brainerd, Minn., since 1984, has A special seminar with sports turf manag- Objectives are to determine the feasibility free in approximately 100 golf courses. earned certification from the Golf Course ers is planned June 13, with a tour of Clemson of using pheromone traps to time nematode The magazine has a monthly feature called Superintendents Association of America. turfgrass research plots and sports facilities.

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