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This event is open to ALL Asst. Superintendents and all WGCSA Members and Staff!
20/20 Vision: Looking Into the Future
This event is open to ALL Asst. Superintendents and all WGCSA Members and Staff!
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am GPS Sprayers
Joe Etten, Account Executive, Reinders, Greater Chicago Area
In this session Joe will walk through the basics of GPS spraying technology, system setup, mapping, and benefits of using this new technology in the golf industry.
10:00 am Break
10:15 am BMP Update and Implementation
Josh LePine, Golf Course Superintendent, Maple Bluff Country Club, WGCSA President
With the current public focus on environmental impacts of golf courses, clubs need a guidebook to help refocus the narrative on all of the positive and preventative decisions made out on the course. Here Josh will describe what the Best Management Practice manual is, and how it can be implemented on courses in the future.
10:45 am Assisting the Assistants
Jens Arneson, Assistant Golf Course Superintendent, Maple Bluff Country Club, Class C Rep
The role and development of the Assistant Golf Course Superintendent is ever changing. Here Jens will bring to light the varying array of opportunities available for assistants on a local, state, and national level to forward yourself and your career.
11:45 am Grass Roots Magazine in the 21st Century
David Brandenburg, Golf Course Manager, Rolling Meadows Golf Course, Grass Roots Magazine Editor
In the current age of technology, print resources are becoming much more limited. Here David will discuss the history of the Grass Roots magazine, its importance in our state, and how you can help it sustain well into the future!
12:00 pm Lunch – Buffet Lunch included in registration.
12:45 pm Roundtable Discussion - Making the Transition from Assistant to Superintendent: The First Years
Alex Beson-Crone, Golf Course Superintendent, Blue Mound Golf & CC, Wauwatosa, WI
Craig Sondergaard, Golf Course Superintendent, Racine CC, Racine, WI
Craig Smith, Golf Course Superintendent, Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, IL
Brian Chasensky, Golf Course Superintendent, Shoreacres, Lake Bluff, IL
Adam Suelflow, Golf Course Superintendent, Wisconsin Club, Milwaukee, WI
