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PUBLICATION OF THE CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION CAROLINAS greenMARCH - APRIL 2015 Back From The Grave Ipock Helps Lead Club Resurrection Plus Bulls Bay Durham High Hopes for Valley www.carolinasgcsa.org [ search engine powered by magazooms.com ] Control like this has always been out of reach. Until now. The New A Model Mowers from John Deere. Now your presence can be felt on every part of your course. That’s the control you get with the new A Model mowers from John Deere. Thanks to our TechControl display, no matter who is operating the mower, you can easily program these mowers to mow and turn at exact speeds, to transport at safe speeds, and to lock in fuel savings. You can also plug in service reminders and get diagnostic feedback quickly and accurately. And all of your operators can now mow in a more consistent fashion. The power to control your course is now in your hands. To find out more about our new A Models, call us or sign up for a demo at JohnDeere.com/Demo. Trusted by the best courses on Earth. Our exclusive, password-protected TechControl™ Display lets you program JohnDeere.com/Golf commands for your operators. REVELS TURF AND TRACTOR SHOWTURF GREENVILLE TURF AND TRACTOR NC, SC, VA, WV Hilton Head, SC Piedmont, SC 800-849-5469 888-746-8873 866-485-8873 RevelsTractor.com ShowTurf.com GreenvilleTurf.com GTI8X110101CG-4C GREENVILLE TURF AND TRACTOR [ search engine powered by magazooms.com ] OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS President William E. Kennedy, CGCS Chechessee Creek Club CAROLINAS Bluffton, SC (843) 987-2740 green [email protected] Vice-President David Lee Hope Valley Country Club COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS Durham, NC (919) 489-4308 4 President’s Message [email protected] 6 Executive Director’s Message Secretary-Treasurer P. Adam Charles 8 The Pat Jones Index The Preserve at Verdae 12 Turf Talk Greenville, SC (864) 676-1515 16 Headliners [email protected] 18 Government Relations Immediate Past-President W. Brian Powell, CGCS 32 Local Association News Old Chatham Golf Club Cary, NC 38 Industry News (919) 361-1401 19 [email protected] 43 Our Friends Directors 44 New Members Danny B. Allen Camden Country Club 46 The Clean Up Lap Camden, SC (803) 432-5450 [email protected] NEWS AND FEATURES John W. “Billy” Bagwell Callawassie Island Club 19 Ready for Rounds4Research Okatie, SC (843) 987-2131 21 Durham Dominates the Bull [email protected] Robert A. Daniel, III, CGCS 24 Networking: An Assistant’s View RiverTowne Country Club Mount Pleasant, SC 25 Hope Valley Hosts Conference (843) 849-2400 Ext 2417 21 [email protected] 26 Andy Ipock Carries the Crystal Chris DeVane Forsyth Country Club Winston-Salem, NC (336) 760-8191 [email protected] W. Scott Kennon, CGCS Myers Park Country Club Charlotte, NC (704) 529-5490 [email protected] Andrew S. Ramsey Cutter Creek Golf Club Snow Hill, NC (252) 717-6927 [email protected] 26 Charlie Spears Cherokee Plantation Yemassee, SC Published bimonthly by the Carolinas Golf (843) 844-9937 Course Superintendents Association [email protected] Cover photo: Executive Director: Tim Kreger Andy Ipock has Brian J. Stiehler, CGCS helped the Country Highlands Country Club Carolinas Green: Highlands, NC Club of the Crystal Editor: Trent Bouts email: [email protected] (828) 526-5371 Coast survive the Design: Julie Vincent [email protected] worst of the recession. Contact Information: Matthew Wharton, CGCS 103 Edgemont Avenue Carolina Golf Club P.O. Box 210 Liberty, SC 29657-0210 Charlotte, NC Phone: 800-476-4272 (704) 942-1370 [email protected] Fax: 864-843-1149 www.carolinasgcsa.org [ search engine powered by magazooms.com ] PRESIDENT Bill Kennedy, CGCS Time to Step Forward for Stewards of the Game in other parts of the country have foundered, our partnership led to a continually strong event,” Chuck explained. Pat agrees. “Chuck Borman and Tim Kreger’s leadership have helped to inspire and promote strong attendance to these meetings each year,” he said. “As a result it has long been one of the highest-attended USGA regional meetings in the country.” But Chuck had something else to say that should make us all take notice: “It would be a shame to see this event come to an end.” The fact is the future of our annual USGA Southeast Green Section Conference is up in the air following some sweeping changes within the Green Section. Of course our relationship as superintendents with the USGA goes Bill Kennedy, CGCS from Chechessee Creek Club and his assistant superintendent Nathan much deeper than one meeting a year. Stevely during the winter meeting at Bulls Bay Golf Club. I am an 18-year member of the USGA. I have personally had visits from Pat eing an active member of the one would argue with their knowledge and Chris at Chechessee Creek Club. Carolinas GCSA has afforded or experience or their passion or They have helped me confirm with Bme the opportunity to meet and commitment. The fact that they have members and management that our work with so many good people. We always gone about their work with a programs are strong. They have helped have relationships with many allied smile and a sense of humor has always us transition from an overseeded golf golf associations and groups. These made their presentations enjoyable as course to painting fairways. Golf course connections and relationships have been well as informative. conditioning is at its highest level ever a huge part of our association’s growth and expectations are still climbing. and success. But I know the relationship between our two groups predates my arrival in the The USGA Green Section has been a One of the greatest and longest- Carolinas so I had to reach out to the big part of our improvements as an running relationships has been with the Carolinas GCSA’s Chuck Borman for industry. All of our allied associations USGA. This March we again partner some historical perspective. are important and we all share the same with the USGA for our joint meeting goals; keeping golf healthy and growing Chuck explained that up until 2001 with education and golf at Hope Valley the game. But no group embodies Patrick and the Green Section ran all of Country Club in Durham, NC. The USGA those goals greater than the USGA. If the administration for the conference Green Section regional conference you are not already a member I highly and we ran the administration for is always well attended and I find it recommend it. I also recommend the golf portion of the event. In 2001, personally rewarding and fun. participating in the USGA meeting in Chuck recommended that we take over Durham this year. I am proud of our Like most of you, I have known Pat administration of both the education relationship and I would love think we O’Brien and Chris Hartwiger as the conference and the golf. That allowed Pat could continue to enjoy it for years to USGA’s Southeast Green Section and Chris to concentrate on the content come. This year, more than any other, is agronomists for a number of years. As that we as superintendents and other golf the year to show your support in thanks golf course superintendents, we might industry members would enjoy. for all the support we have received over not always agree completely with their the years. opinions but by the same token no “While the Green Section conferences 4 CAROLINAS green March - April 2015 [ search engine powered by magazooms.com ] It’s Sprayer Tune Up Time! Is your sprayer ready for the season? Spray Nozzles • Nozzle Bodies • Foamer Defoamer • Tank Cleaner • Spray Suits Give us a call so we can help you with whatever is on your list! www.corbinturf.com 800.476.4504 [ search engine powered by magazooms.com ] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tim Kreger No such thing as Too Many Friends: Ask Switzerland state agree to represent us was a big deal. But that day was nowhere on the radar when Charlie and I first met. Another person I met working in my junior golf days who I now regard as a friend is Gene Morris, owner of Morris Marketing. That relationship carried over when I came to the Carolinas GCSA and Gene now advertises Radios for Golf in this magazine and is a general sessions partner at Conference and Show. Clemson golf coach Larry Penley is someone else I have been fortunate to know from way back when. In those days, neither he nor I was thinking he would be a great speaker for an audience of golf Carolinas GCSA executive director Tim Kreger, Brian Stiehler, CGCS, Chris DeVane, Billy course superintendents at the Grove Park Bagwell, plant manager Scott Austin, Matthew Wharton, CGCS, Bill Kennedy, CGCS and Inn in Asheville, NC one fall meeting, but, Adam Charles at the TaylorMade facility in Liberty, SC. a few years ago, he was. e’ve all heard the saying that can never have too many friends.” To me Recently, I toured the TaylorMade golf “It’s not what you know but that is a rule of thumb that is ultimately ball manufacturing facility here in Liberty, who you know that matters.” more helpful than building a network for SC with several Carolinas GCSA board W members. It was interesting for all of us, I’m not sure that’s the whole story. At the purely professional reasons. Friends look end of the day you have to know what out for each other beyond just a work including the folks at TaylorMade who you’re doing no matter how many friends setting.