Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Limited number of complimentary one-year GCSAA memberships now available

Memberships available to assistant superintendents and equipment managers who have not been a member of GCSAA in the past three years

GCSAA recently made available a limited number of complimentary one-year GCSAA memberships for assistant superintendents and equipment managers. The memberships are sponsored by GCSAA’s valued partners: Anderson’s, Barenbrug, Baroness, BASF, Bayer, Civitas, Club Car, EZ-Go, Floratine, Foley United, Koch Turf & Ornamental, Jacobsen, John Deere, Lebanon, Nufarm, Par-Aide, PBI Gordon, Quali-Pro, Rain Bird, R&R, Standard Golf, Syngenta, Tee-2 Green, Toro and VGM Club.

Thirty memberships are available in the Southwest region (AZ, CA, HI, NV) and assistant superintendents and equipment managers who have not been a member of GCSAA in the past three years are eligible.


The complimentary memberships provide an opportunity for assistant superintendents and equipment managers to experience the numerous benefits of GCSAA membership including education, access to the GCSAA Job Board, government relations correspondence and advocacy representation, career coaching services, online forums, networking opportunities, social media outlets, field staff representation and a vast library of online materials (agronomy, business, communication, compliance, environment) to assist in the complete management of your golf facility. 

For equipment managers, GCSAA offers a Turf Equipment Technician Certification Program. The program consists of six key areas including hydraulic troubleshooting, electrical troubleshooting, internal combustion engines, drivelines, sprayer troubleshooting and cutting units. Additionally, GCSAA offers hundreds of hours of online and Golf Industry Show (GIS) education dedicated solely to equipment managers.

These memberships are going fast, so please contact me today at jjensen@gcsaa.org to obtain the one-page application (approximately five minutes to complete).

A special thanks goes out to our above-mentioned partners for their financial backing of these memberships. Please consider using their products as they support your industry and livelihood.

If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to call me and I look forward to having you as a member of GCSAA.

Monday, October 10, 2016

Northern California Golf Association to host Assistant Superintendent Boot Camp

Event scheduled for Oct. 24-25 at Poppy Hills Golf Course

The Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) "Big Iron" Assistant Superintendent Boot Camp will be hosted at the Poppy Hills Golf Course in Monterey, Calif. Oct. 24-25.

The two-day event is packed with speakers who will address many of the latest agronomic, managerial and career development trends in the golf industry.

Poppy Hills superintendent Matt Muhlenbruch has assembled a lineup of speakers including Steve Argo, regional vice president of operations for KemperSports; Dean Mosdell, Ph.D., regional tech manager for Syngenta; Kevin Rendueles, Northern California regional service manager for Turfstar; Justin Sims, superintendent of The Alotian Club in Roland, Ark.; Joel Simmons, founder of Earthworks; Armen Suny, search executive at Kopplin and Kuebler and yours truly.


The boot camp also features a welcome dinner on Oct. 24, equipment demos from Jacobsen, John Deere and Toro, and golf following the morning seminars on Oct. 25.

Cost of the event is $85 per person and includes lunch and dinner Oct. 24, breakfast on Oct. 25 and all seminars. A special $170 package is available for those needing lodging and includes all of the above plus one-night lodging at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. There is an additional fee of $25 for the golf (walking) on Oct. 25.

More information and registration is available at the NCGA website. Find information on Poppy Hills, NCGA's home facility. I look forward to seeing many of our Central California, Northern California and Sierra Nevada assistant superintendents at the event.