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VOL 52, NO3.
Published by Hudson Valley Golf Course Superintendents Association
July/August 2015
Grossinger Golf Course— Hole 10
Bedford Golf & Tennis Club
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Board of Directors
President:
Matt Topazio, New York CC
Vice President:
Dan Wilber, Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club
Treasurer:
Guy Gurney, Hollow Brook GC
Secretary:
Grover Alexander, Hudson Hills GC
Past President:
Steve Whipple, West Point GC
Directors:
Kevin O’Brien, James Baird GC
Bedford Golf & Tennis Club
In This Issue
President’s Message…………………..……………………..3
Grossinger Country Club........................…………..4
Chris Dyroff, Highlands CC
Hudson Valley News of Interest.........……………...5
Chris Kemble, McCann Memorial GC
Board of Director’s Corner………...................……..6
AF Rep:
Ernie Steinhofer, CGCS,
Metro Turf Specialists
Newsletter Editor & Executive Secretary:
Susan O’Dowd
August Meeting at Grossinger’s...........................7
Ernie Steinhofer, GCSAA Certification...…...…....9
HV Cup Recap................................….………………..10
GCSAA, Kevin Doyle ............…..….…………………….13
Patron Directory....................................................16
Association Motto
To promote interest and good will in the association, encourage good relations between
members and the clubs they represent…. And
to keep up with the current developments in
turf and related work…..
Bill Smart
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Well, here we are in the middle of summer and I must say so far the
weather has been cooperative and the storms have been hitting us with
much needed moisture. I guess in some ways that helps me out, but
hurts in other ways. It’s nice not rely on the irrigation system as much,
but disease pressure has been severe.
Every year is met with its fair share or challenges. This year I’m
challenged with a few diseases popping up along with the bluegrass weevil, nothing new in the
Northeast. The biggest challenge I have is educating the golfer about proper etiquette of the
game. A day doesn’t go by where I see a guy walk out of a bunker without raking it or not fixing
a divot and when I talk to them they act like they forgot. Yes they paid their greens fee but that
doesn’t entitle them to destroy the facility. It’s just something that bothers me and always will.
As we all know respect the game, it’s a gentlemen’s game.
I would like to give a big “Thank You” to Bob and his staff at Bedford Golf & Tennis Club for an
outstanding day. The HV Cup was a great success! If you get a chance, try to head up to
Grossinger’s for the Sullivan County Challenge, it’s always a great day.
Hope everyone makes it through the next few weeks of summer heat and stress.
Cheers,
Matt
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Grossinger Country Club
to host the Sullivan County Challenge
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
How time flies!! 2015 marks the 16th straight year that Grossinger CC is hosting the Sullivan County Challenge.
In 2014 the “SCC” generated $13,354 in revenue to bring the total monies raised since the start of this tournament to $145,838. Sponsored by NYSTA, the HVGCSA, and Grossinger CC, the proceeds of this worthwhile
event help support turfgrass research and legislative endeavors in Albany. Last year’s receipts were donated
to the 2015 Turfgrass Advocacy Day and to support NYAFEC (NYSTA’s Lobbyists) and the New York Farm Bureau Agricultural Alliance.
It has become more and more difficult, both locally and statewide, for our industry to get a fair shake from
many of our left of center leaning legislators (I’m not being critical, but that’s where the battle line has been
drawn, Democrats versus Republicans) around the state due to the politics surrounding environmental issues.
“The environmental lobby has gained a lot of momentum in the past number of years”, Grossinger CC Superintendent Mike McNamara remarked, “New legislation in many instances is more about politics and emotion,
not about science”.
NYAFEC lobbies on behalf of the turfgrass industry in both the NYS Assembly and Senate. Some of the more
recent proposed legislation is looking to restrict and in some cases ban the use of certain pesticides. Other
environmental lobbies are looking to restrict water use on golf courses. Locally, counties and municipalities
have enacted their own bans and restrictions on fertilizer and pesticide use. For the last decade and more the
turfgrass industry has been fighting an uphill battle protecting its rights even though the turfgrass industry in
NYS is a multi-billion dollar concern. In a nutshell, that is why it is of the utmost importance to support NYSTA and this tournament to help turn the tide and regain a more equal footing with the environmental lobby
in our lawmaker’s eyes.
“Turfgrass Advocacy Day”, an event held annually in Albany, enables participants to meet and speak to members of the NYS Assembly and Senate on behalf of the industry. “TAD” has always been a great opportunity to
impress our lawmakers with the professionalism and care for the environment exhibited by superintendents
on their golf courses. I attended this year and my discussions with lawmakers probably set NYSTA back at
least a decade. At the wrap up, while looking directly at me, Mike Maffei whispered in Beth Seme’s ear to
make sure Saul Alinsky Collins doesn’t get invited back.
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By Kevin Collins
If you recall, our good friend Ernie Steinhofer, beset by weakness and bone density issues in both his ankles, took the brave step last year to undergo horse ankle replacement surgery (a first in medical history)
having his left ankle replaced. Donated by a local Clydesdale draught horse, Ernie’s new ankle has stood
up remarkably well with no negative drawbacks. Recently, after fracturing his remaining “human” ankle,
Ernie has decided to have his right ankle replaced, also. Unfortunately, Ernie will no longer be able to
wear sandals or flip flops as hooves just don’t look right in that kind of footwear. On the bright side, Ernie
plans to enter some of the local road running events as his surgeon has told him that having two horse
ankles will enable Ernie to run at a top speed of 40 mph.
Word has it that Garrison CC’s Jeff Newell has quit the “Hair Club for Women” dating website. “At first I
liked it, but now it’s freaking me out. It’s like dating a plucked chicken. I need normalcy in my life. I don’t
need Yul Brynner for a girlfriend,” Jeff remarked.
As reported in last month’s issue of “The Foreground”, our own HVGCSA Executive Secretary Susan
O’Dowd was scheduled to be inducted into the Irish Hurling Hall of Fame this coming November. This is
now reportedly on hold as accusations have recently surfaced that in her playing days Susan used an illegal Hurley and a corked Sliotar. Susan commented, “My Hurley always met the league specifications and I
never corked my Sliotar”. A full investigation is underway and should be completed by the end of August.
NYCC’s Matt Topazio has been doing double duty this year as both GM and Golf Course Superintendent
at his course. Saying they are short on funds, club owners recently asked Matt to patrol the grounds at
night since their security guard Claudell abruptly resigned. Matt had no comment but was seen drinking
heavily at the club’s bar slurring about the unfairness of it all.
Upcoming Meetings!
August 19th - Sullivan County Challenge..............Grossinger CC - Host, Michael McNamara
September 15th........................................................The Links at Union Vale - Host, Chris Strehl
October 6th - Worthington Cup/Elections..........West Hills Country Club - Host, Brad Sparta
October 20th - Met Team Championship.............Quaker Ridge Golf Club - Host, Tom Ashfield
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Unforgettable Winter
by Dan Wilber
Yes, I know none of us want to think about the
winter we just had, but I feel I need to discuss
what we saw here at the Millbrook Golf and Tennis Club (MGT). Most of us are out of the woods
now, but a great majority of us went through the
worst cases of “winterkill” we have seen on our
respective properties in a long while. It was a winter that brought normal snow fall to the Hudson
Valley, but what sunk everyone was the extreme
cold and extended ice cover. These signs had
most in the area scrambling to order buckets of
bentgrass seed in the early spring. There were a
few courses in the upper Hudson Valley that did
make it out of the hellish winter with relatively
light damage, to name a few (College Hill, Vassar, Links @ Union Vale, Trump Hudson Valley). I’d first like to
tell you a little bit about MGT and what we did last year leading up to the winter. I’d then ask those of you who
did have success through the off season to share with us what you did or didn’t do to help alleviate the damage
most of us saw.
MGT is a nine hole golf course that has native push up greens (predominately poa annua) that have never
been rebuilt. They do not drain particularly well, but do have a three – four inch amended sand root zone. Last
year we DryJected in the spring, core aerified twice with ½” tines on 1 by 1 spacing, contracted Planet Air two –
three times through the summer months, needle tined among the Planet Air applications one – two times in the
heart of the season, and deeptined the greens in the late fall. My last fertilizer applications were a half of pound
of a slow release fertilizer the first week of October and a pound of a Potassium/Magnesium based soil amendment product at the end of October. Our normal closing process is to apply a heavy layer of topdressing as well.
All the aerification and “turf building tools” could not help what we saw in the amount of winterkill this past off
season. On January 18th we had a small amount of snow on the ground and received about one inch of rain (with
the temps around 34 degrees).
The following morning we woke up to see “frozen swimming pools” on the greens, ½” – 4” thick. I took
the proactive approach and spread a dark material over the greens to create some air pockets in the ice (temps
never got above 35 degrees but we saw some sun throughout the remainder of the week). The dark material
worked on the greens that received an ample amount of sunlight.
By week’s end now, a new obstacle of snow in the forecast, arriving in three days. We now wanted to remove as much of the ice as possible before the blanket of snow, the one that would last until about the last week
of March. I only have a two/three hour window from 1:00 – 3:30 pm or so when the sun warms enough to soften
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Grossinger Country Club...cont’d
Beginning in 2009, the “SCC” became known as
the “Steve Smith Memorial Tournament”. “Steve
and I had worked as co-chairs on this tournament
since its inception.” Mike McNamara recalled’
“Steve was deeply involved with NYSTA; he served
as president twice, and naming the tournament
after him is a fitting tribute”. Mike and I believe
Steve will be there on August 19th in spirit.
I gave Mike a call the other day to catch up. Like
many public golf courses in New York State, money is tight at Grossinger CC and Mike has to do a
lot with very little. There is a silver lining in the
offing as Mohegan Sun Properties was awarded a
casino license to open and operate a gambling resort at the Concord Hotel property. Mike is hoping that the increased economic activity generated
by the new casino will provide the resources to
renovate and upgrade Grossinger CC. The casino
is projected to open in the early fall of 2017.
Sullivan County Challenge
Grossinger Country Club
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Mike also gave me an update on the McNamara
family. Daughter Brittany obtained her Master’s
degree at the University of Colorado in Marketing
and is currently working for the Health Alliance of
Hudson Valley in Kingston, NY. Daughter Kelly is
a recent graduate of Alfred University and is currently enrolled at Texas A&M in the Masters/
Doctorate program. And...Kelly’s work as a teaching assistant at the college is paying for her education, a fact that puts a smile on Mike and Emily
McNamara’s faces!! Mike wanted to let everyone
know that his girls were both recipients of GCSAA
and HVGCSA scholarships and “It works”!!
Schedule
10:30 Registration
11:00 - 12:15 Lunch
12:30 Shotgun Start
Spikeless shoes required
4-Man Handicap Scramble
5:15 - 6:45 Open Bar, Buffet Dinner,
The Valley-Lakes layout you will be playing in this
“scramble” format was designed by Andrew Salerno, William Mitchell and Joe Finger. It plays
6,850 yards from the back tees and is an excellent
test of golf. The course is characterized by significant elevation changes, severe doglegs, and large
sloping greens.
Prizes & Raffle Drawings
Tournament Fee: $110.00 per person
Includes:
• Greens Fee • Cart Fee
Our host, Mike McNamara, has been at Grossinger CC since 1975, becoming superintendent in
1984. Mike always looks forward to this event and
the usual big turnout.
• Driving Range • Lunch
• 1 1/2 hours open
To register: Click HERE
We hope to see you there!!
or call NYSTA (518) 783-1229
Kevin Collins
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Unforgettable Winter.....cont’d
the ice. So for three days, three guys removed ice on six and a half greens,
while the shady three and half greens remained ice covered. The snow came
just in time to blanket the bare greens before the extreme cold temps arrived.
After 47 days under ice on our three and half greens, we had a Bobcat (March
6th) with a snow blower attachment (see picture) come in and blow off the
foot of snow still remaining on the greens so we could get at the ice. It took
as much time for the Bobcat to get from green to green as it did to blow off
the greens trying not to damage anything along the way. The snow was gone
within three hours, the ice gone the next day. The greens didn’t look too bad
initially, a couple spots here and there (ice damage, anoxia). But in the days
to come when the temperatures sunk into the teens at night, and water running across the greens from the day’s snow melt, they turned for the worse
(cold temperature injury/desiccation). The question I asked myself after we removed the snow and ice in
March was now, “Should I have left the ice cover on and let it come off naturally, not exposing it to the extreme cold temperatures and risk further ice damage? OR have done what I did to “minimize the ice damage?” If we didn’t receive the extreme cold I don’t believe we would have had the extent of damage that we
got. If we waited to blow the snow off a week later the greens would have been too soft and messy to get the
Bobcat on them. So if we were going to remove the ice and snow, that first week of March was “go time”. Another question after the fact, “should we have blown the snow back on the greens to protect them from the
extreme cold?” After it was all said and done it was nice to feel the hard work in January paid off by removing
as much of the ice as we could or I believe we would have had damage on all of our greens.
The recovery process seemed like it took forever and was aided by a few folks. Thanks have to go out to a couple of friends (Bill Luthin and Gary Latrell) who demoed/lent us their over seeders in April; Chris Strehl who
let us borrow his greens covers; and Dick Neufeld for the “stimulating” spray package, we made it out of the
woods by mid June. The members did have to play to temp greens on three holes for about six weeks. The use
of temporary greens allowed the damaged
greens to heal that much quicker. There
were other smaller spots on some other
greens I kept in play that didn’t recover as
quickly as the ones I had closed off. The silver lining came just in time for us to host our
Member-Guest on June 13th. The membership was very patient as we grew in the damaged greens and got to play on full putting
surfaces in a relatively short period of time.
It was an experience I can build off of, but I
hope to not go down that road for a long
while.
How did you recover from the
“unforgettable winter”?
Dan Wilber
Millbrook Golf & Tennis Club
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To qualify for GCSAA’s top certification, a candidate
must have at least three years’ experience as a golf
course superintendent, be currently employed in
that capacity and meet post-secondary educational
requirements and/or continuing education points. A
candidate’s knowledge, skills and abilities are validated through case-study scenarios and work samples; an on-site inspection of their golf facility; and a
rigorous six-hour examination covering turfgrass
cultural practices, golf course landscapes, pest management, equipment, Rules of Golf, business systems, regulator and programmatic systems, project
management, human resources, environmental
management and stewardship, natural systems and
ethics and values.
GCSAA Certification “Elite Status”
In order to maintain certified status, certificates are
required to complete a renewal process every five
years. To fulfill certification renewal, a candidate
must participate in 150 hours of continuing education and professional development. Steinhofer has
completed four renewals cycles since initially receiving his certification.
GCSAA
Ernest J. Steinhofer, certified golf course superintendent (CGCS) and vice president of sales at Metro
Turf Specialist, Brookfield, Conn., has completed the
renewal process for maintaining his elite status with
the Golf Course Superintendents Association of
America (GCSAA). Steinhofer has been at Metro Turf
Specialist since 1999.
A 22-year GCSAA member, he initially achieved his
certification in 1995. Only about 1,500 golf course superintendents worldwide currently hold top-level
status as a certified golf course superintendent.
Welcome New Members
Ken Gentile, Executive Turf Products
Class AF
“This program requires the highest set of competencies in golf course management through testing and
practical application, and we are proud of the association’s Class A members who have advanced and
continue to hold the highest level of professional
recognition as a certified golf course superintendent,”
said Rhett Evans, GCSAA chief executive officer. “We
congratulate Ernest on his continuing accomplishment.”
Condolences
Dr. Joseph Troll
Passed away June 16, 2015
The Association was among the first to institute a
professional certification program, establishing its
program in 1971 to recognize outstanding and progressive superintendents. The program is recognized
by the National Certification Commission as one of
the most extensive and comprehensive certification
programs for any profession.
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The Hudson Valley Cup
by Ernie Steinhofer, GCSA
On June 10th the HVGCSA was treated to a great day for our very successful Hudson Valley Cup fund raiser.
This year’s Hudson Valley Cup was held at Bedford Golf and Tennis Club. Our host Bob Nielsen and his staff
had the course in wonderful condition. Plus, the whole staff at the club went out of their way to make us all feel
welcomed.
We had a great turn out with a great weather on a great golf course. First and foremost we have to thank Bob
and his staff, including his assistants Ben Babbage, Sean French, and Jose Cuevas. Great job guys!! The pro
shop staff did an excellent job having us all organized and compiling the results. You’d never know it was a
Hudson Valley event, it went too smoothly. I also would like to thank PGA Pro Steven Dougan and his staff for
all their help. Club manager Phil Dubon and his staff treated us to a wonderful buffet lunch and sit down dinner. They really went all out for us.
We would also like thank our sponsors. A special thanks to Jacobsen/Textron for stepping up and being the
Premier Sponsor, along with Steven Willand, Wilfred MacDonald. Then our Associate sponsors, Aquatrols,
DryJect/Turf Pounders (we still haven’t found your sign),
Winfield Solutions, Seeton Turf, Metro Turf Specialists, Plant
Food, OJR Enterprises and Westchester Turf.
I do want to give a shout out to a couple of Dan’s. First we
owe a great deal of gratitude to Mr. Dan (one hip) Madar.
The Hudson Valley Cup was his brain child from the very beginning. He ran the whole thing and reached out to all our
vendors to help support this fundraiser. Than a special
thanks to Dan (the Fireman) Wilber. He really took the bull
by the horns this year and led the whole HVGCSA Board in
building this year’s event. With that said, I would like to
thank all my fellow board members for a job well done!
Thanks again for making this such a successful fund raiser.
The sponsorships, 50/50 raffle, the Par 3 challenge all go to
Scholarships and Research, and Matt Topazio’s (AKA the not
so big sexy) new wardrobe.
Now, on to the prizes!
1st Falkirk CC, this year’s HV Cup winner Pete Schmidt, Jim Dougan, Ross Corts, and Scott Clarke. (we hope that
Pete doesn’t forget to get the brass name plate engraved.) 60 net. Great job guys!
2nd Brae Burn CC, Blake Halderman, Jon Rachlin, Ron Weissman, and Nick Yaun - 62 net
3rd Satch Sales, Bernie Jorgensen, Erica Ward, Josh Yerdon, and Mark Wyld - 64 net with a scorecard playoff.
4th Bedford Golf & Tennis, Bob Nielsen, Steven Dougan, Bill Waterman and Chris Morley - 64 net.
Most Honest team, Wilfred MacDonald, Bill Luthin, Jim Pelrine, Dick Roberts and the team anchor Mr. Ed
Walsh. (Anchor can be taken two ways) Ed it was great of you to come down and join us. Oh yeah their score was
77 (ouch)
Closest to the Pins #5 Tom Weinert and #10 Jason Smith
Long drives # 4 Brian Chapin and #15 Geoff DeMarco
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Hudson Valley Cup
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Hudson Valley Cup
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Kevin Doyle, GCSAA
With GCM’s July issue featuring a tremendous article regarding mentorship in golf
course management; it gave me a bit of nostalgia for when I started in the industry. I
have written about that mentor relationship, and asked you, the reader, to consider
reaching out to your mentor to express your gratitude on occasion. There is a lot to be
said for the special relationship and the GCM article stated those facts very eloquently.
While superlatives to those who influence our career may be documented very well,
what about the course itself? While it is hard to say that an inanimate object can really
teach us anything, does it? Did that first golf course you worked at, the actual golf
course, contribute to your future?
The people are often credited for making a house a home, not the structure itself.
“Home is where the heart is,” and all that jazz. But managing that structure can help the inhabitants create an
identity, can’t it? With all the hours, sweat and frustration helping to manage a golf facility for the first time,
doesn’t that course fall into that first “home” category as well? I took time recently to visit my mentor, and we
drove around my first home and what a great trip down memory lane it was.
I had the fortune of working as an assistant for six years at a 39-hole daily fee facility where change was the
norm. Today, that is still the case. There are trees that are no longer there, rebuilt holes and greens, and nearly
every staff member was unknown to me, but that was not at all what caught my eye. Nearly every view I had on
our ride was of work I had done when I was an assistant there from 1995-2001. Small items like retaining walls
and irrigation controllers that I installed are still there; it made me smile. I had argued then for large areas being mowed regularly to be naturalized, to no avail. Now those areas and additional are unmaintained. Bigger
picture areas – like the five holes on my course that were rebuilt when I was there – really got my blood flowing.
What is now a walk down memory lane brought back the visions of misery lane. Now I see all that went right,
but memories only flooded back of what went wrong! Isn’t this another highlight of what it means to be a golf
course superintendent? Even 20 years later the perfectionist in us still rears its head!
I enjoy hearing about the history of GCSAA members’ careers when I attend events, meetings, or conduct site
visits. The passion superintendents develop from day one of their careers is usually still there and continuing to
rise. I feel blessed to be able to take my own career history – my first mentor and first “home” – and tie them
into a nice bow. The first golf course I worked at is also where my mentor (Andy McHugh) works. I continue to
learn from McHugh and lean on him for insights and, of course, laughs. Looking at the golf course still floods
me with why’s and what-ifs. I don’t think those will ever leave me. Maybe that is another trait of a golf course
superintendent?
When is the last time you visited the first golf course you worked on, your first “home”? Did you feel differently?
Let me know when we meet again!
GCSAA Resources and Deadlines
you
Get Cool Stuff from your Association Already:
GCSAA Insurance benefits you!
Did you know that GCSAA provides free life insurance and AD&D (accidental death & dismemberment) as a
part of your membership? GCSAA's administrator, SRA Benefits, brings members and their families quality insurance programs. For more info click here.
The WOTUS rule will become effective Aug. 28, 2015. To learn what these changes may mean to you, Deidre
Duncan, partner at Hunton & Williams and the legal counsel to the Waters Advocacy Coalition, will present
"WOTUS – Implementation of The Final Clean Water Rule," on Tuesday, July 28, at 10 a.m. (Central). This
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Kevin Doyle, GCSAA...cont’d
presentation will be available free to all interested parties. Please enroll today or look for the archived
webcast.
Help recruit new members, get rewarded
GCSAA's new Member-Get-A-Member program provides members with the opportunity to receive gift certificates for each new member that they recruit. Members will also receive one entry into the grand prize drawing
for an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2016 Golf Industry Show in San Diego. Learn more about the program at
www.gcsaa.org/member-get-a-member.
The 2016 Dog Days of Golf calendar sponsored by LebanonTurf in cooperation with GCSAA
Submissions for the 2016 Dog Days of Golf Calendar will be accepted through Aug. 4, 2015. From the submissions, 14 dogs will be selected. Owners of the selected dogs will be notified in September, and the calendar will
be distributed with the November issue of GCM magazine.
Plan now to stop by the LebanonTurf booth at the Golf Industry Show in February to place your vote for the
2016 Dog of the Year. The winner's owner will receive a $500 prize and $3,000 for his or her GCSAA-affiliated
chapter. A $1,000 donation to the Train a Dog Save a Warrior program will also be made in honor of the winner.
Great Equipment Mangers Deal
Don't forget to sign up your equipment manager for this limited opportunity to enjoy full, complimentary
membership in 2015. In February, GCSAA members approved the new membership classification, and equipment managers can now take advantage of benefits and resources available to GCSAA members, including new
education opportunities tailored specifically for equipment managers.
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Thank You!
HV Cup Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
Jacobsen/Textron
Steven Willand
Wilfred MacDonald
Associated Sponsors
Aquatrols
DryJect/Turf Pounders
Metro Turf Specialists
OJR Enterprises
Plant Food
Seeton Turf Warehouse
Winfield Solutions
Westchester Turf
Kevin Doyle, GCSAA.....cont’d
Sign up your equipment manager here for free
membership through 2015
Upcoming FREE webcasts:
July 28: WOTUS - Implementation of the Final Clean
Water Rule
Aug. 5: Poa annua Control and Resistance Management in Warm-Season Turf
Aug. 25: Developing and Selecting Cool-Season
Turfgrasses for Improved Traffic Tolerance and
Wear Recovery
Aug. 26: Effective Mower Configurations to Optimize
Putting Green Playability - Equipment Management
Series
Again, if I can be of any assistance, please feel free to
contact me.
Kevin Doyle,
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Blue Ridge Peat Farm
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Harrell’s
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John Deere Landscapes
LaCorte
Montco Products
Red Wing Sand & Gravel
Satch/Club Car
Storr Tractor
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THE FOREGROUND - PATRON DIRECTORY
A.G. Enterprises
Staff Uniforms
www.agenterprisesonline.com
Rick Gordon
merrick160@gmail.com
201-488-1276 (F) 201-489-5830
Leggette, Brashear & Graham, Inc
Professional Groundwater & Environmental
Engineering Services
Farmington, CT
Rob Good: 860-678-0404
Storr Tractor Company
3191 Highway 22
Branchburg, NJ 08876
Steve Bradley / Rick Krok
908-722-9830 / 908-413-5640 / 908-413-3403
Aquatrols Corp. of America
1273 Imperial Way, Paulsboro, NJ 08066
Kevin P. Collins, Mid Atlantic/NE TM
609-841-2077
Metro Turf Specialists
“Customers, Our Top Priority”
Ernie Steinhofer, CGCS: (C) 914-760-6112
(O) 203-748– GOLF (4653)
ernie.steinhofer@metroturfspecialists.com
www.metroturfspecialists.com
Synergy Turf Supply
Bobby Steinman, CGCS
Cell: 860-488-2822
bobby777@aol.com
BASF
« We Create Chemistry »
Pete Jacobson: 919-530-9062
peter.jacobson@basf.com
www.betterturf.basf.us
Bayer
311 Carriage Drive
Kensington, CT 06037
Dave Sylvester
860-841-3173
Blue Ridge Peat Farms
133 Peat Moss Road
White Haven, PA 18661
Gene Evans & Chuck Evans
570-443-9596 or 570-947-5888
DryJect NE/Turf Pounders
37 Oneonta Road, Carmel, NY 10512
Kevin Collins: 914-525-3681
Steve Jordan: 914-602-2857
Grass Roots Turf Products, Inc.
www.GRIturf.com
sales@griturf.com
Ryan Batz: 973-252-6634
Grassland Equipt. & Irrigation Corp.
“Celebrating 54 Years”
Chris Pogge (C) 518-857-0197
cpogge@grasslandcorp.com
Harrell’s
“Growing a Better World
Partner for Success”
Scott Tretera: 914-262-8638
stretera@harrells.com
James Carriere & Sons Inc.
U.S. Silica Top Dressing & Bunker Sands,
Partac Heat Treated Top Dressing
XGD & Root Zone Mixes
Bill Carriere: 914-937-2136
MONTCO PRODUCTS CORP.
SURFSIDE WETTING AGENTS
ZAP! Defoamer
Bob Oechsle & Ben Poole
(O) 800-401-0411
(F) 570-235-6204
ben@montcoproducts.com
Plant Food Company, Inc.
38 Hightstown-Cranbury Station Rd
Cranbury, NJ 08512
Dick Neufeld: 973-945-6318
Tom Weinert: 914-262-0111
Dave Conrad: 914-263-3244
Red Wing Sand & Gravel
675 Leetown Road
Stormville, NY 12582
John Balducci (C) 914-475-7890
(O) 845-221-2224
Saratoga Sod Farm
1670 Route 4
Stillwater, NY 12170
Laurie Griffen
(O) 518-664-5038 (C) 518-265-0160
Syngenta
Manufacture of Plant Protection Products
Daconil Action, Acelepryn, Ference, Secure
Lee A. Kozsey: 215-796-0409
www.greencastonline.com
The Care of Trees
458 Lexington Ave
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Greg Gutter
(O) 914-241-8110 (C) 914-490-3830
Valley Green, Inc
205 Wilson Ave, Norwalk, CT 06854
Gregory Moran
845-901-1358
Westchester Tractor, Inc.
60 International Boulevard
Brewster, NY 10509
John Apple - George Risley
845-278-7766
www.wtractor.com
Westchester Turf Supply, Inc.
“Serving the HVGCSA for 39 Years”
Bob Lippman: 914-447-6257
Dave Lippman: 914-447-5192
info@westchesterturf.com
Satch Sales, Inc
Club Car Golf & Utility Vehicles
Red Max Power Equipment
63 Broadway, Menands, NY 12204
Bernie Jorgensen
518-281-4371 / 518-426-5002
Wickes Arborists
11 McNamara Road
Spring Valley, NY 10977
John Wickes
845-354-3400 / 914-906-3264
Seeton Turf Warehouse, LLC
25 Roland Avenue
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Brian Bontemps: 845-239-7959
Brian Gjelsvik: 973-670-7139
Wilfred MacDonald Inc.
Turf Equipment Specialists
Bill Luthin (C) 201-214-5901
(O) 888-831-0891 (F) 201-931-1730
billy@wilfredmacdonald.com
Soil Solutions, LLC
Aerification Professionals
7 Whittmore Pl, Rye Brook, NY 10573
Anthony & John DeCicco
(O) 914-393-0659 (F) 914-939-5010
Winfield Solutions, LLC
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“Service, Solutions, Insight”
Eric Bresky, CGCS: 845-849-8640
Mike DiLorenzo, CGCS: 518-428-8625
www.winfieldpro.com