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SUMMER 2017 The FLORIDAGreen MENTOR AND MOTIVATOR Stevens’ Calm Approach Works for Billy Casper The Retiring Type After All Tom Alex signs off at Grand Cypress Under the Microscope The state of turfgrass research at UF Florida Chapter INDUSTRY STANDARD BALANCED APPROACH Florida Chapter SUMMER 2017 President Ricky Reeves Miami Beach GC 2301 Alton Road Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-673-7000 Vice President John Curran John’s Island Club 5802 87th Street Sebastian, FL 32958 772-231-8623 Sec/Treas Mike Stevens 32 18 Billy Casper Golf 1008 Welaka Way, St. Augustine, FL 32092 CONTENTS 904-626-9263 Past President David Dore-Smith 18 Florida Builds Auction Momentum Copperleaf GC 23101 Copperleaf Blvd 22 Association Works to Correct Bonita Springs, FL 34135 239-495-1415 Water Ways 24 Floods Follow Drought for Some 26 Grand Cypress Farewells a Legend 40 DIRECTORS 32 Stevens’ Calm Approach Brings 5 months after initiation Project Initiation Calusa Mark Thomas Kelly Greens Golf & Coun- Cool Results try Club 239-466-3201 38 Sweet Talk: Keys to a Long Tenure Central Florida Rickey Craig Rosen Shingle Creek 40 Turfgrass Research Then, Now and 407-996-9800 Everglades Aaron Ohloff Beyond Harrell’s Balanced Wyndemere Country Club 239-263-0022 44 How EREF Defends Golf’s Record North Florida David Hillhouse Fernandina Golf Club and Rights 239-566-2677 Approach Annual Program Palm Beach Steve Wright, CGCS President’s Message .............. 4 Pine Tree Golf Club 561-734-9688 ON THE COVER: The Executive’s Summary .... 6 Mitigate plant stress and promote plant Your Balanced Approach Annual Program will Ridge Tyler Green In a loud and hectic age, Southern Dunes Golf and Chapter Round Up.................. 8 take into account liquid and granular fertilizer, Country Club Mike Stevens is creating health throughout the year with the Harrell’s 863-421-4653 an impressive record with In the News ............................48 wetting agents, soil amendments, adjuvants, Seven Rivers Andy Jorgensen, CGCS Balanced Approach Annual Program. On Top of the World his calm leadership for News Briefs ............................50 colorants and the Harrell’s fungicide program 352-237-9564 Billy Casper Golf. South Florida Rolando Molina Field Observations ...............54 recommended for your specific needs. Programs Country Club of Miami By analyzing your course tissue, soil and water 305-725-2381 aim for an integrated analysis for decreased Sun Coast Nick Kearns samples along with your fertilization and pest The Oaks Club Story ideas, news tips or 941-966-6523 PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR: January, April, July and October applications, decreased labor, and more efficient Treasure Coast Craig Weyandt comments? Please let us protection practices, your Harrell’s representative The Moorings Yacht and COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Copyright 2016, Florida Golf Course Superintendents know at: [email protected] can devise your customized Balanced Approach inputs to achieve greener results. Country Club Association. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced in whole or in part 727-469-3613 without written permission of the FGCSA. EXCEPTION: Official publications PUBLICATIONS CHAIR West Coast Andy Neiswender Ricky Reeves Annual Program using our agronomic annual Belleair Country Club of all golf course superintendent associations affiliated with the Golf Course 727-443-2127 Superintendents Association of America are welcome to use any material Miami Beach GC planning software. Ready to build your Balanced Approach? contained herein provided they give credit and copyright notice. 2301 Alton Rd. Miami Beach, FL 32140 Contact your sales representative today. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $25 for four issues. Contact the FGCSA office. 305-673-7000 STAFF Executive Director Jennifer Bryan ADVERTISING: For rates and information, contact the FGCSA office at 800- EDITORS EMERITI PO Box 65 732-6053 Dan Jones, CGCS Jensen Beach, FL 34958 Oviedo, FL 772-334-7515; 800-732-6053 (FL) EDITORIAL: All inquiries should be directed to the editor, Joel Jackson. Un- [email protected] solicited manuscripts and photographs cannot be returned. Joel Jackson, CGCS Retired Editor Trent Bouts Sherman Oaks, CA Tee Media Consulting ABOUT THE USE OF TRADE NAMES: The use of trade names in this maga- 103 Scattershot Lane zine is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does Greer, SC 29650 not imply endorsement of the products named nor discrimination against 864-414-3123 [email protected] similar unnamed products. It is the responsibility of the user to determine www.harrells.com that product use is consistent with the directions on the label. Summer 2017 | THE FLORIDA GREEN 3 FL GCSA Balanced Approach.indd 1 6/21/2017 10:41:06 AM INDUSTRY STANDARD BALANCED APPROACH Florida Chapter SUMMER 2017 President Ricky Reeves Miami Beach GC 2301 Alton Road Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-673-7000 Vice President John Curran John’s Island Club 5802 87th Street Sebastian, FL 32958 772-231-8623 Sec/Treas Mike Stevens 32 18 Billy Casper Golf 1008 Welaka Way, St. Augustine, FL 32092 CONTENTS 904-626-9263 Past President David Dore-Smith 18 Florida Builds Auction Momentum Copperleaf GC 23101 Copperleaf Blvd 22 Association Works to Correct Bonita Springs, FL 34135 239-495-1415 Water Ways 24 Floods Follow Drought for Some 26 Grand Cypress Farewells a Legend 40 DIRECTORS 32 Stevens’ Calm Approach Brings 5 months after initiation Project Initiation Calusa Mark Thomas Kelly Greens Golf & Coun- Cool Results try Club 239-466-3201 38 Sweet Talk: Keys to a Long Tenure Central Florida Rickey Craig Rosen Shingle Creek 40 Turfgrass Research Then, Now and 407-996-9800 Everglades Aaron Ohloff Beyond Harrell’s Balanced Wyndemere Country Club 239-263-0022 44 How EREF Defends Golf’s Record North Florida David Hillhouse Fernandina Golf Club and Rights 239-566-2677 Approach Annual Program Palm Beach Steve Wright, CGCS President’s Message .............. 4 Pine Tree Golf Club 561-734-9688 ON THE COVER: The Executive’s Summary .... 6 Mitigate plant stress and promote plant Your Balanced Approach Annual Program will Ridge Tyler Green In a loud and hectic age, Southern Dunes Golf and Chapter Round Up.................. 8 take into account liquid and granular fertilizer, Country Club Mike Stevens is creating health throughout the year with the Harrell’s 863-421-4653 an impressive record with In the News ............................48 wetting agents, soil amendments, adjuvants, Seven Rivers Andy Jorgensen, CGCS Balanced Approach Annual Program. On Top of the World his calm leadership for News Briefs ............................50 colorants and the Harrell’s fungicide program 352-237-9564 Billy Casper Golf. South Florida Rolando Molina Field Observations ...............54 recommended for your specific needs. Programs Country Club of Miami By analyzing your course tissue, soil and water 305-725-2381 aim for an integrated analysis for decreased Sun Coast Nick Kearns samples along with your fertilization and pest The Oaks Club Story ideas, news tips or 941-966-6523 PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR: January, April, July and October applications, decreased labor, and more efficient Treasure Coast Craig Weyandt comments? Please let us protection practices, your Harrell’s representative The Moorings Yacht and COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Copyright 2016, Florida Golf Course Superintendents know at: [email protected] can devise your customized Balanced Approach inputs to achieve greener results. Country Club Association. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced in whole or in part 727-469-3613 without written permission of the FGCSA. EXCEPTION: Official publications PUBLICATIONS CHAIR West Coast Andy Neiswender Ricky Reeves Annual Program using our agronomic annual Belleair Country Club of all golf course superintendent associations affiliated with the Golf Course 727-443-2127 Superintendents Association of America are welcome to use any material Miami Beach GC planning software. Ready to build your Balanced Approach? contained herein provided they give credit and copyright notice. 2301 Alton Rd. Miami Beach, FL 32140 Contact your sales representative today. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $25 for four issues. Contact the FGCSA office. 305-673-7000 STAFF Executive Director Jennifer Bryan ADVERTISING: For rates and information, contact the FGCSA office at 800- EDITORS EMERITI PO Box 65 732-6053 Dan Jones, CGCS Jensen Beach, FL 34958 Oviedo, FL 772-334-7515; 800-732-6053 (FL) EDITORIAL: All inquiries should be directed to the editor, Joel Jackson. Un- [email protected] solicited manuscripts and photographs cannot be returned. Joel Jackson, CGCS Retired Editor Trent Bouts Sherman Oaks, CA Tee Media Consulting ABOUT THE USE OF TRADE NAMES: The use of trade names in this maga- 103 Scattershot Lane zine is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does Greer, SC 29650 not imply endorsement of the products named nor discrimination against 864-414-3123 [email protected] similar unnamed products. It is the responsibility of the user to determine www.harrells.com that product use is consistent with the directions on the label. Summer 2017 | THE FLORIDA GREEN 3 FL GCSA Balanced Approach.indd 1 6/21/2017 10:41:06 AM Presidents Message PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE THE 2017 Florida Chapter Your Florida GCSA Thrives SUNCOAST On Behind the Scenes Work WE SALUTE THE MEMBERS OF THE his is the last article that I’ll be Florida G.C.S.A. SCRAMBLE writing as president of the Florida GCSA. I want to thank the board INDUSTRY Tof directors, our executive committee, PARTNERS PROGRAM our executive director Jennifer Bryan and Presented by the Suncoast GCSA our magazine editor Trent Bouts for their With thanks to Plantation Golf and Country Club hard work. They made my year at the PLATINUM PLUS helm seem like a very short and easy one. And our host superintendent Jay Mullen. The Toro Company There is so much that goes on behind the HectorTurf scenes in an association like ours. Much of it is work that most members never Wesco Turf get to hear about but they do benefit from it.