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    • 01/08/2025
    • 9:30 AM
    • 01/09/2025
    • 12:00 PM
    • The American Club, Kohler, WI
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    Wisconsin Golf Turf Symposium

    presented by Milorganite


    Late Night at the Symposium: Top 10 List Edition!

    The American Club

    Kohler, Wisconsin

    January 8-9, 2025

                                                                                                             

    January 8, 2025

    9:30-10:30

    Symposium Registration

    10:30-10:45

    Garrett Luck-2025 WGCSA President

    Welcome – Opening Remarks                                  

    10:45-11:30

    Doug Fry-Former WSGA President & Afghanistan Veteran

    Keynote - A Life Around Golf..,and a Few Other Places                                 

    11:30-12:15

    Larry Collins - EC Design Group

    It's time to start planning for a new irrigation system, what's next

    12:15-12:30

    Q & A

    12:30-1:30

    Lunch sponsored by Reinders

    1:30-2:15

    Todd Quitno-Quitno Golf Designs

    Stupid Master Plan Tricks                       

    2:15-3:00

    Austin Wright - Hazeltine National Golf Club

    Top 10 Cutting Unit Practices

    3:00-3:15

     Beverage Break sponsored by Clesens, Corteva, EZGO Cushman, & Jasperson Sod Farm

     3:15-4:15  Interactive Panel Discussion
     4:15-5:30  Wee One Foundation Auction & Happy Hour with Hors d'Ouevres sponsored by Revels Turf & Tractor

    January 9, 2025

    7:30-8:30

    Breakfast Buffet sponsored by Simplot Turf & Horticulture

    8:30-9:15

    Adam Moeller-Moeller Consulting

    Top 10 Practices to Create Outstanding Playing Conditions

    9:15-10:00

    Dr. Mike Richardson - University of Arkansas

    Top 10 Issues for Managing Grasses in the Shade

    10:00-10:15

    Beverage break sponsored by Clesens, Corteva, EZGO Cushman, & Jasperson Sod Farm

    10:15-11:15

    UW Presentations-Badger Power Hour

    11:15-12:00

    Zach Nicoludis - USGA Green Section

    Top 10 Fine Fescue/Native Area Management Tips

    • 01/13/2025
    • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Online
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    Get a jump on your facility best management practices (BMP) manual with fellow WGCSA members and Shane Conroy and Emily Fuger of the GCSAA. During this remote Facility BMP Workshop, Shane and Emily will lead the group via Zoom as members work on their own facility BMP. This hourlong session will provide the opportunity for members to create their facility BMP, edit sections, add media, and ask any questions as you work through this process. Leave this workshop with your facility BMP well underway!

    GCSAA members must have their GCSAA username and password available as they will have to login through GCSAA.org to work on their facility BMP. A laptop or tablet is highly recommended versus working on a smartphone.

    The Zoom link for the event is below and will be sent out first thing on the 13th to all registrants.

    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86884280957?pwd=8X4jdAXANPgamo3U9H2oHlt9xDzyV6.1


    A guide for environmental stewardship

    Golf Course best management practices (BMPs) offer guidelines for superintendents to manage their facilities in an efficient and environmentally sustainable manner. BMP manuals document all the science-based practices and professional course management that many people need to see.



    • 01/21/2025
    • 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
    • Whispering Springs GC, Fond du Lac, WI
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    Assistant Superintendent Seminar

     January 21, 2025

    Whispering Springs Golf Club

    Fond du Lac, WI


    This event is open to ALL WGCSA Assistant Superintendent and Student Members


    8:00 am

    Registration and Continental Breakfast

    8:30 am

    Golf Course Resources at UW-Madison


    Dr. Doug Soldat, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor


    Turfgrass Diagnostic Lab Service, Turfgrass Apprenticeship Program, and Soil Sampling Basics

    9:15 am

    Poa Control at a Tournament Golf Course


    Zach Reineking, Superintendent at Erin Hills Golf Course


    Trials and tribulations of dealing with Poa annua at a high level


    10:00 am

    Break with Coffee and Soda

    10:15 am

    Building a Successful Culture


    Jens Arneson, Senior Assistant Superintendet at Hawks Landing Golf Club


    Tips on building a successful culture and landing your first superintendent position

    11:00 am

    Tournament Golf Courses

    Chris Zugel, Director of Agronomy and Landscape, Kohler Co.

    Working with the PGA to make a course ready to play for a major tournament

    11:45 am

    Lunch: Taco Bar

     12:30 pm

     Q&A with Superintendents in Wisconsin

    Garrett Luck, Hidden Glen Golf Club

    Jon Canavan, Milwaukee Country Parks

    Ben LaBarre, Westmoor Country Club

    Jens Arneson, Hawks Landing Golf Club

    In this interactive Q&A, we will talk with superintendents from the state who have different backgrounds and different ways of managing a golf course.

     1:30 pm  Wrap-up



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