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An Illinois native, Geoffgrew up in Bloomington -Norma!.He began his career as an assistantat Mount Hawley, then took onthe superintendent role at PontiacElks, Pekin C.C. and CrestwickC.C. before getting involved atWeaver Ridge.

Geoff came on board atWeaver Ridge in June 1996 dur-ing the irrigation installationphase. Seeding, ete. started onAugust 16, 1996, with the courseopening for play on June 13,1997.

Geoff is 42 and has beenmarried for 20 years to wife Cathy,who is the events coordinator atWeaver Ridge. The clubhouse is

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seemingly everywhere! ITFgolfers are surely going to enjoybeing punished by this gorgeousgolf course, a MichaelHurdzanjDana Fry design builtby Wadsworth Golf.

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The ITF Combined GolfDay will be held May 3 on twosuperb Peoria area golf courses.Peter Clarno will be hosting onehalf of the field at Mount HawleyC.C.'s beautiful, totally renovatedprivate layout, while Geoff Kempplays host to the rest of the golfersat the awesome and dramaticWeaver Ridge (a course that PhilKosin justifiably raves about).

Pat Norton) CGCS

In a word-this course isamazing! I had a hard time com-prehending its beauty ... and it iseven more difficult to describeverbally. The course has some ter-rific elevation changes, lots ofelevated tees and beautiful vistas

Geoff Kemp'sWeaver Ridge G.C.

Geoff Kemp, CGCS, will behosting one half of the field onMay 3 at the stunning, spectacularWeaver Ridge G.C.

I took the time in late Marchto go visit Pete and Geoff-twoturf grass veterans-at these dis-tinctly different golf layouts andinterview them for On Course ...and what a wonderful day thosetwo guys gave me! Both superin-tendents are just great guys ...very hospitable, friendly andknowledgeable. Each is a credit tohimself, his club and our profes-SIon.

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capable of hosting groups of up to350 people on each of two differ-ent levels, which means that asmany as 700 wedding guests onany given Saturday look to Cathyand her staff for the royal treat-ment. I guess that Saturdays atWeaver Ridge are usually incredi-bly busy!

The Kemps have three chil-dren: Ben, 18, Jason, 16, andLauri, 13. Geoff says that he canstill kick Ben's butt on the basket-ball court and Jason's butt on thegolf course. His deep-seated fear,though, is that daughter Lauri willbe the best athlete of them all andsoon surpass him in any and everysport!

Geoff reports that the coursehosted about 32,000 rounds in1998, a total that will ultimatelyclimb to a maximum of 35,000-40,000 rounds annually. Thecourse plays to different yardagesfrom its five sets of tees ... any-where from 5,000 to 7,000 yardsdepending on how much pain aguy wants to inflict on himself1The course also sports 87 beauti-ful bunkers, which Geoff flatlystates by far represent his biggestheadache/challenge.

This golf course is absolutelybreathtaking and will be a treat foranybody playing it! However-make sure you've got your "A"game going before attempting toplay here. Too often, I (and I'msure many of you, too) do nottake the time to playa few roundsbefore attending a big event .shaking out the rust, right?

In particular, I hope that myfriend Hans from Blackberry Oakstakes this advice before slashingand burning his usual way aroundthe golf course during the ITFevent. Or maybe I'll ask to bepaired with Hans to insure thatsome of my golfing ability will rub


off on him as we negotiate ourway through either one of thesefine central Illinois courses.

It would be the least that Icould do to repay the hospitalityshown to me and to On Course bythese two fine superintendents.

Pete Clarno'sMount Hawley C.C.

Mount Hawley C.C. is anolder club, originally built in1923, according to Pete Clarno,an affable 38-year-old gentleman.Its acreage is relatively small,about 95 in all, which is very typ-ical of older courses. The clubrecently underwent a significantfacelift to revitalize her venerablebeauty, courtesy of Lohmann GolfDesigns and Landscapes Unlimit-ed. The actual reconstruction ofthis course took just 87 days tocomplete, which is a nice testa-ment to the cooperative talents ofmany people-Jay Wille and BobLohmann, the people from Land-scapes Unlimited, the board andmembership of Mount Hawleyand certainly Peter Clarno.

Pete has extensive construc-tion and grow-in experience. Helaunched his career at MountHawley as the assistant superin-ten dent, and then moved toGeorgia to finish a grow-in at aprivate club. In the early '90s, hespent two years constructing adaily fee layout, then got involvedwith Sunbelt Golf, the construc-tion contractors for the seven sitesand 18 golf courses that comprisethe Robert Trent Jones Golf Trailin Alabama. Mter his two-and-a-half-year stint with Sunbelt Golf(during which time he actually saton the firm's board of directors),he returned to Peoria in August1994.

Pete spent the next year-and-a-half working on plans forWeaver Ridge. In February 1996,he started at Mount Hawley C.C.,scheming during those early

months on how best to rip apartand renovate the existing golfcourse. Ultimately, the annihila-tion of the old Mount Hawleybegan in July 1996, after theBOD courageously voted to closethe course for 13 months for atotal facelift.

The magnificent new MountHawley features all new greensand green complexes, regraded/recontoured/regrassed fairways,many new tees, all new bunkering,new and expanded lakes, and allnew irrigation and drainage. Theexisting and new elements blendseamlessly into one vintage beautythat plays to about 6,300 yards.

Pete told me that this reno-vation was somewhat of a "pieceof cake" -easy for someone of hisexperience to say! I'd simply saythat the membership at MountHawley should be very proud oftheir golf course and of theirsuperintendent. This guy reallyknows what he's doing!

Pete is also a 15 -year veteranof "the marriage thing." WifeLinda owns her own medical tran-scription business. The couple hastwo daughters, Erica, 12, andStephanie, seven.

Thanks, Pete, for your greathospitality ... I enjoyed myselfjust about as much as your col-leagues will during the CombinedGolf Day! ~

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players one on one. Now, moreand more, superintendents arebecoming involved-indeed, needto be involved-with public rela-tions on behalf of theirorganizations through direct con-tact around the clubhouse. Manysuperintendents are now attend-ing club board meetings, anotherstep in the right direction. Thesuperintendent position itselfseems to be more stable as in gen-eral, superintendents have verylong tenures.

How many superintendentshave pursued a general managerposition? Probably not too many.Most will say that they do not wantto give up time away from the golfcourse, their true devotion. Butwould you feel the same way ifyour club was going to a GM man-agement scheme and you couldeither pursue the position oranswer to a clubhouse manager orgolf professional on a daily basis?

Several MAGCS membershave opted for the former, pursu-ing and securing titles of eithergeneral manager or director ofgolf. Mike Nass of Cantigny GolfClub and Dave Fisher of ParkHills Golf Course are two goodexamples of superintendentsadvancing to the GM position .Both Mike and Dave feel it iseasier for a superintendent tolearn the restaurant and pro shopbusinesses than it would be fora pro or clubhouse manager tolearn and understand golf coursemanagement.

Dave Fisher's transfer to theGM role was slightly differentthan Mike's. Initially, the pro atDave's course assumed the GMposition, and when this did notwork out, Dave stepped in. Dave'sfriendly personality eased the tran-sition and no hard feelingsdeveloped. Operations are goingsmoothly and organizational coor-dination has been achieved.

When asked about any diffi-culties with the transition to GM,both Dave and Mike expressedconcerns about letting go ofhands-on golf course manage-ment and managing from adistance. For both, making thissacrifice was well worth it. NeitherDave nor Mike hesitated to say hewould take the same path if he hadto do it all over again. Bothagreed that the effort and respon-sibilities are worth the advantages

of being a GM and that theywould rather be general n1anagersthan work for GMs.

If golf professionals andclubhouse managers coming intoGM roles are "trained" with abasic course or two in turf grassmanagement, why doesn't theGCSAA promote educationalcourses that train superintendentson the full spectrum of GMresponsibilities? I for one wouldtake part in the training. AlthoughI am perfectly happy with the tri-management system at my club, ifthe situation were to change Iwould like to have enough qualifi-cations to at least be consideredfor the GM position. When pushcomes to shove, I too wouldrather be a GM than work for one.

Mike N ass enjoys being themain "go-to" person at his facili-ty and welcomes the challenges ofthe added responsibilities. Hefeels very fortunate about hiswork situation and appreciatesthe fact that his employers pro-vided him the opportunity toacquire the education necessaryfor the position.


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in drinking water, produced inand around the home, andencountered on lawns, gardensand public spaces, such as parks,rights-of-way and golf courses.Safeguards for infants and chil-dren, as well as other sensitivepopulation subgroups, have beenexpanded.2 The new legislationalso requires that where two ormore pesticides act on humanhealth in the same manner, theymust share a common risk cup.Therefore, the risk cup hasbecome smaller, resulting inpotentially fewer pesticidesand/or pesticide uses. While theFQPA makes it more difficult toregister or maintain products inthe market, we can be assured thatthe products that receive approvalhave been thoroughly reviewed bythe EPA and pose a reasonablecertainty of no harm to people orthe environment.

To obtain federal registra-tion, then, rigorous research intoenvironmental issues includingwater quality, product degrada-tion, the analysis of the degradatesand effects on soil microbiologyare necessary. Ecological researchinvolving non-target effects onnative and endangered species isalso part of the process. Pesticideregistration decisions are basedprimarily on the EPA's evaluationof the test data provided by man-ufacturers. Some 120 or moretests may be required.1

Established products willalso be, at some point in time,subject to review by the EPA. Thisreview process requires manufac-turers to reexamine the olderproducts' chemical components,reassess their risk in light of therisk cup and evaluate the prod-ucts' ability to meet the newlegislative standards. Expendituresrelated to this re-registrationreview are significant. This costlyprocess has already resulted in the


elimination or limitation of thenumber of tools available forsuperintendents. Organophos-phate and carbamate insecticidesare among the first of the prod-ucts now undergoing review bythe EPA as a result of the new leg-islation. A grassroots initiative ispresently encouraging the EPAnot to rush to judgment oninvaluable pesticide products anduse preliminary and incompleteinformation. Rather, this grass-roots campaign calls for use ofreal-world data and sound scienceas the basis for the EPA's analysis.

In addition to the EPA'sstrict requirements, the economicsof product development alsoaffect the process. The researchneeded to bring a particular prod-uct to market can take from six toten years and cost the manufactur-er $50 million or more.2 You maywonder, why are the large pesti-cide manufacturers also in thepharmaceutical business? The

answer is research. With the elner-gence of biotechnology, thesynergy between pharmaceuticaland agricultural chemical researchplatforms provides the manufac-turers with exciting newpossibilities, skills and resourcesthat enhance competitive positionin the marketplace.

What are the fruits of theextensive research and registrationefforts put forth by the chemicalmanufacturers? New, user-friendlyproducts and the continued avail-ability of reliable, time-testedchemicals that provide excellentalternatives for pest control in theturf environment. ~

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