August/September 2012 Newsletter

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2012BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT Mal McLaren Award Sean McHugh, CGCS

[email protected] 440.232.7247

VICE PRESIDENT Public & Government Relations

Scott Brickley [email protected]

330.725.2829

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Craig Kachline


CHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR Communication/Benevolent

Michelle L. Frazier-Feher, CGCS [email protected]

216.469.9287

TRUSTEES Golf & Tournament/ Website/Communication

Jason Bennett [email protected]

330.725.9996

Membership/Government RelationsMark Conner


SECRETARY/TREASURERgram & Education/Strategic Planning/Historical

Mark Figurella [email protected]

330.562.1691

Golf & Tournament/SocialBryan Fitch


Membership Tobin (Toby) Lane


Program & Education Brent Palich


Social/Assistant Relations Eric Snodgrass


ASSISTANT GCS RELATIONS Dave Willmott

[email protected] 330-239-2383

INDUTRIAL RELATIONS Scholarship & Research

Ryan Miller [email protected]

440.796.7990 &

Morgan Timberlake [email protected]

330.353.0816

Mission Statement

moting the profession of the golf course superintendentough education, camaraderie and cooperation among

fellow members in Northern Ohio since 1923

Schedule of Events 3By The Board July 4Superintendents Korner 6GCSAA News

August Meeting Information 10OTF Field Day Registration 11On The Road With the USGA 12Friends and Family Picnic Information 13Advertiser Directory 14

We had 13 vendors and we utilized a different format this year which we hopewill encourage more vendors in the future. Look for even more greatimprovements to this event in 2013!

I would also like to thank all of our members who helped to make our AnnualFamily & Friends Picnic a huge success this year. We had 60 attendees with

40 people camping overnight!

Dont forget to sign for the Annual Clambake & Scholarship Tournament!

Warmest Regards,Sean P. McHugh, CGCS

NOGCSA [email protected]

I would like to thank Scott Brickleyand all the staff at Bunker Hill for putting together a wonderful venue for our Vendor Day! It turned out to beanother successful event.
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August 7, 2012Vendor DayBunker Hill Golf CourseHost: Scott BrickleyTime: TBDPoints: 0.1 service points

August 11-12, 2012

Family PicnicClays Park Host: NOGCSATime: 10:AMCost: $11/day or

$20 for 2 days with camping

September 1, 2012Philanthropy ProjectCamp Cheerful

September 26, 2012Ridgetop Golf CourseAnnual ClambakeScholarship & Research TournamentHost: Greg Bobbs Time: 12:00 Shotgun Cost: $70/person Points: 0.1 service points

October 11, 2012Pro/SuperSandridge Golf Club

November 2012Annual Meeting

March 2, 2013Reverse RaffleRaintree Golf Course


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President McHugh called the Board of Trustees of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Golf CourseSuperintendents Association of America meeting toorder at 1:05 P.M.

Roll Call: Bennett, Brickley, Feher, Figurella, Fitch,Kachline, Lane, McHugh, Palich, Snodgrass,Timberlake, Willmott, present. Conner, MillerAbsent

Trustee Figurella moved to except the minutes fromthe June 12 regular board meeting. IndustrialRepresentative seconded. Motion passed.

Budget and Finance: Chapter Administrator Feherreported that there is currently $9,436.10 in thechecking account, $36,806.97 in the money market,$28,041.79 in the Scholarship & Research accountand $370.19 in the PayPal account. The Profit &Loss shows a profit of $23,127.08 from January 1 July 16, 2012.

Program and Education: Trustee Palich reportedthat he would be checking with Conner onNovember date and he would like to begin settingnext years schedule. Brookledge Golf Course willhost the Vendor Day On August 13.

Editorial: No Report

Golf & Tournament: Trustee Bennett reported thateverything went well for the August meeting.

Membership & Welcoming: No Report

Social: Chapter Administrator Feher reported thatwe Clays Park is set up online for signups and thenotice was e- mailed. Lyons Den has invited thegroup over to play golf on Saturday evening.

Strategic Planning: No Report.

Historical & Benevolent: No Report.

Public Relations: Vice President Brickley reportedthat Camp Cheerful is set up for the first Saturday inSeptember.

Industrial Relations: No Report.

Assistant Relations: No Report.

Employment Relations: President McHugh reportedthat Cleveland Metro Parks will be looking for amechanic at Rocky River.

Mal McLaren Award: No nominations have beenreceived.

Scholarship and Research: Chapter AdministratorFeher forgot to send applications out for review.She will do by the end of the week.

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Government Relations: No Report.

Website : Trustee Bennett reported that the notessection of the registration page was taken care of

Old Business:

President McHugh completed the nomination letterfor Mark Jordan and it was sent off.

New Business: Chapter Administrator Feher presented thefollowing applications for membership:

None

Chapter Administrator Feher presented thefollowing members for reinstatement:

Mike Minks Beechmont Country ClubClass SM

Chapter Administrator Feher presented thefollowing members for reclassification:

None

Trustee Figurella motioned to approve and Bennettseconded. Motion passed.

The Board discussed the GCSAA Rounds for Golf andwe will put it on the website for our members.

The Board agreed to donate $200 to the WeeFoundation.

Correspondence: None

The next meeting is scheduled Tuesday, August 14,2012 at 1:00 P.M. Place TBD.

President McHugh adjourned the meeting at 1:45P.M.

Contact Gregg Schanerat 614-878-6746 or

[email protected] to learn more.
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Whetherits Poaannua ,creepingbentgrass,orbermuda-grassgreens,Invariably

they become "puffy" sometime during the growing season.At this moment many of you are experiencing puffy greens.Puffy is a rather interesting term used to describe the feelof the turf as one walks across it and visually for the reasonfor the sudden scalping that occurs. Dr. Ralph Engel while

at Rutgers University described puffiness and the problemswith it in a USGA Green Section Record article as:"On occasions, bentgrass and Poa annua greens developsoft, puffy qualities that tend to ridge or buckle into aslightly higher position than established by the mower. Theloose, dense, poorly rooted growth makes a poor puttingsurface. This slight unevenness occasionally enables themower to grab chunks of the soft, puffy turf and its scalps

or gouges the surface. This produces a poor green."

Although I do not want to get too technical into the plantmorphological reasons for "puffiness", understanding thepotential causes may help explain the success/failure of certain management practices. So lets take a moment andlook at a dense putting green turf.

As a general rule 2.7 to 3.1 live leaves occur per tillerregardless of density (Cattani and Clark, 1991). Thus, thedensity of the turf is maintained through tillering. If we lookat the primary tiller it produces leaves and can also produceadditional tillers from its base. Tillering is an organizedsystem that is well structured. Tillers appear in a specificsequence and are influenced by the plant population

density. Turfgrass tillers can be classified as lower orderand higher order tillers. The lower order tillers areconsidered primary tillers that emerge close to the base of the primary tiller, while the higher order tillers areproduced from subsequent axils of later emerging leaves.Higher order tillers generally appear slightly higher in thecanopy. In dense turf, higher tiller orders tend to be smaller(maybe more succulent), more competitive for light, andpredominate over the lower order tillers (Cattani andStruik, 2001). Now, should these higher tiller orderselongate through internodal elongation the leavesassociated with these tillers are raised higher into thecanopy causing the turf to become "puffy". Obviously, thisis not an easy thing to visualize, but hey what do you expectfrom a professor.

If we go back up to the Engle description of "puffy" we cansee that "dense" and "unevenness" may be a result of theinternodal elongation of the higher order tillers favoreddue to the high density plant community. The higher ordertillers produced tend to be succulent (soft), easily pulledupon, and the leaves from these tillers are elevated abovethe canopy (unevenness)

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A shallow root system is characteristic of a puffygreen. Thus an unbalanced relationship betweentillering and root growth is important in puffiness.

At this time of the year with high soiltemperatures, reduction in root growth or loss of root system is common for creeping bentgrassand annual bluegrass causing an imbalance intillering capabilities and root growth. For thosemaintaining annual bluegrass greens thisimbalance of high shoot density and low rootdensity is pretty evident. Interestingly, I think weare seeing the same relationship with the newhigh shoot density bentgrass cultivars and theultradwarfs (I know some golf coursesuperintendents who are managing theultradwarfs are freaking out over the shallower root system then what would normally be

expected with a bermudagrass).

Another situation where the plant can be"raised" is where thatch is a significant problem.In a series of research studies by Dr. Al Turgeonwhile at the University of Illinois demonstratedthat the crown of the plant elevates into thethatch layer. Thus the softness of the thatchalong with the plant community "rising" into thethatch contributes to puffiness.

Management Practices for Puffiness:

Nitrogen Fertility: It makes sense that practicesthat stimulate tillering over root growth willcontribute to puffiness. Excessive nitrogenapplications during active shoot growthcontribute to puffiness. For example fertilizingheavily in spring during a flush of growth willfavor tillering over root growth. Thus, puffiness

can occur in spring if nitrogen applications areexcessive and applied during the flush of shootgrowth. In addition, during late summer high soiltemperatures along with soil moisture increasesmineralization of organic matter and the releaseof "natural" nitrogen that could promotepuffiness.

Coring: This practice can help reduce puffinessof the green by opening up the turf andpromoting greater light penetration to the plantsaround the core hole. Thus, the lower order tillers, closer to the surface will spread laterallyand not elongate vertically like the higher order tillers. Coring with small diameter tines likequadra tines, or star tines, should help reducepuffiness. In addition the coring depth could be

shallow since you are trying to promote tilleringclose to the base of the plant not necessarilytrying to relieve compaction.

Verticutting: Light verticutting, and I emphasizelight, is also a means of removing some leaf tissue and providing more light down into thecanopy. This may promote lower order tillering(the good tillering).

Topdressing: By raising the surface you helpreduce the scalping associated with puffiness.Light frequent topdressing is especially critical tominimize puffiness with Poa annua and highshoot density creeping bentgrass cultivars, aswell as the ultradwarfs.

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Mowing: If puffiness is occurring scalping frommowing can occur. To help reduce the likelihoodof scalping switch to solid rollers, and minimizedropping mower units when engaged at the start

of mowing pass. The new flex head type-mowing units present the potential for lessscalping on puffy greens. However, I do nothave any first hand knowledge or information tosupport this idea.

Sources Beard, J.B. 1973. Turfgrass: science andculture. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Cattani, D.J., and K.W. Clark. 1991. Influence of wear stress on turfgrass growth components

and visual density ratings. Can. J. Plant Sci.71:305-308.Cattani, D.J. and P.C. Struik, 2001. Tillering,internode development, and dry matter partitioning in creeping bentgrass. Crop

Science:41:111-118 .

Authors: Karl Danneberger

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Sixteen seminars have been added to the educationallineup for the 2013 GCSAA Education Conference to beheld Feb. 4-8 in San Diego. The seminars were approvedby GCSAAs Conference Education Committee June 4 inLawrence, Kan. To better reflect members currenteducational needs and to keep offerings relevant to theprofession, a number of seminars were deleted, rested orrestructured.

New 2013 conference seminars are:8 Steps to Increase the Investment Return of YourCourse in 2013 James J. Keegan

BMPs for Saline and Sodic Turfgrass Sites: Science,Practicum & Case Study Robert Carrow, Ph.D., Ronny Duncan, Ph.D., and Jeff Plotts

Event Management and Golf Course Preparation Fred Yelverton, Ph.D., and Tim Moraghan

Management of Fine Fescues for Native Rough Areasof Golf Courses Steven McDonald, M.S., and Peter Dernoeden, Ph.D.

Maximizing Microclimactic Turf Management Dale Bremer, Ph.D., and Steve Keeley, Ph.D.

Making Meteorology Work for Your Golf Course Beyond the Apps Kevin Breen, CGCS, and Sara CrokePhosphorus and Potassium: Agronomic andEnvironmental Benefits and Consequences Beth Guertal, Ph.D.

Playing it Smart: Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls of ManagingYour Workforce From Hiring Through Termination Megan C. Winter

Progressive Annual Bluegrass and Creeping BentgrassPopulation Management Frank Rossi, Ph.D.

Resource Management Design for Your Golf Course

Andy Staples

Speak Tweaks Compelling Communication Jan Fox

Sure Fire Ways to Increase Plant Health Frank Rossi, Ph.D.

Technology Applications for the Golf CourseSuperintendent Tim Vanini, Ph.D., and William Brown, CGCS

Understanding and Managing Organic Matter

Accumulation in Cool-Season Putting Greens Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D.

Weed Control for Cool-Season Golf Courses Jim Brosnan, Ph.D., and Aaron Patton, Ph.D.

Weed Control for Warm-Season Golf Courses Jim Brosnan, Ph.D., and Gerald Henry, Ph.D.

Sixteen new conference seminars approved for 2013Education Conference

New education to debut at 2013 education conference in San Diego
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By Bob Brame, director, North Central Region August 1, 2012

The very hot and dry July has moderated slightlymoving into early August. While the heat hassubsided a bit, dry conditions linger on. In fact,several courses visited recently are on the verge of running out of water. An extended lack of water canchange the phrase brown is good to brown isdead. This doesnt diminish the value of pushingtoward the dry end of the continuum with normal golf turf maintenance but too dry for too long can usher inthe need to replant. There will be many coursesinvesting in replanting as we move into late summer

and early fall.

July ushered in the Senior Open Championshipcontested at Indianwood Country Club in Lake Orion,Michigan. Mark Jackson and his staff did a super jobof presenting a firm and fast golf course to test theworlds best senior players. Even though weexperienced 4.5 inches of rain during advance week,Mark was able to roll with the punches and weave alarge number of variables into a championshiptapestry. The rain was followed by very dry conditions

and all greens, approaches and fairway landing zoneswere maintained exclusively by hand watering andsyringing. By the time we reached the championshiprounds the course was drier than it had ever beenmaintained. It is always interesting to note how wellturf acclimates to the process of gradually dryingdown a course while pulling back on water too quicklycan result in injury. An ovation is extended to Markand the entire Indianwood grounds staff for the longhours of hard work.

The bacteria decline complex is once again impactinga few courses in the region. We cannot call it bacterialwilt at this point since research has yet to positivelyidentify the exact cause of the decline. In fact, manyfeel that on this issue there remains more that wedont know than what we do.

It does seem that bacteria are part of a mix orcomplex that is causing weakening and thinning, butthe specifics that will lead to control options remainunclear. There will be more to come as practitionersand scientists work together.

The following links offer good information on otherpertinent topics.

Spray tank water pH - July 2012-Spray tank water Turf diseases encouraged - July 2012-Summerdisease

Soil temps - July 2012-Long summer

Growth regulator losing impact - July 2012-Primolongevity Heat taking a toll on golf turf - July 2012-Heat drough

Surviving heat dormancy - Dormant lawns

Drought and water restrictions - Drought-outlook-andwater-restriction

As always, call or email anytime to pass on whatyoure experiencing or to discuss points of concern inmore detail.

Source: Bob Brame, [email protected] or 859-356-3272

Brown Good or Bad?

Usage restrictions or the lack of water isbringing brown to the forefront. For some therewill be a renewed awareness of how resilientgrass plants are, and for others replanting maybecome necessary.

Reprinted from the USGA website
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Arms Trucking Brian Bates800.362.1343

Baker Vehicle Systems Rick Baker - Gary Guhde -Lenny Marino - Steve McCoy -Ron Wolf 330.467.2250

BASF Corporation Gerald Husemann937.604.5617

Century Equipment Norton Brick - Tim Hughes -

Ryan Miller - Ron Smolik800.522.8676

Harrells Turf Specialty Glenn Omori440.439.1393

H & S Stump Removal Jack Hopkins330.654.2347

John Deere Golf Bob Burkett440.653.1778Ron Rucinski440.647.1051

Perk Air

Bob Doty330.296.7307

Precision Golf Construction Mike ODonnell, CGCS 440.285.2117

South East Golf Car Co. 888.684.4653

Syngenta Gregg Schaner 614-878-6745

TERRA LinksJack Hopkins330.815.4148

Walker Supply Mike Sekula - Bill Walker 800.792.5537

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