Golfdom, February 2015

5 nifty gis events Continued from page 32 speaker because CBS and Golf Channel personality David Feherty makes his return to GIS after serving as the keynote speaker in 2012 The event also features the results of the 21st Annual Collegiate Turf Bowl Whose alma mater will take home the top prize 1 Golfdoms Herb Graffis Businessperson of the Year presentation 1 p m Wednesday Feb 25 booth 8069 Youve seen the man on the cover and read about his business tactics see page 20 Now meet William Larson CGCS at the Herb Graffis Businessperson of the Year presentation at the Golfdom booth Once again The Open Doctor Rees Jones will be making the presentation of the award named after his familys good friend Golfdoms booth hosts the presentation Continued from page 34 but surely a post show celebration will ensue somewhere afterward on the River Walk Thats our real No 1 we just dont know the time or location yet so we couldnt list it G Ad Index 34 Golfdom February 2015 Golfdom com photo courtesy gcsaa We are looking at promotion of the entire superintendent profession and the model of designations certification certificates verses individual classifications We are proposing a bylaws change for this years annual meeting to add a classification for equipment managers who are key to the success of the turf maintenance team We believe this group through GCSAAs educational programs and other resources will increase the superintendents ability to meet rising course expectations We have also worked to reenergize the Environmental Institute for Golf EIFG within our membership The EIFG is the philanthropic organization for GCSAA and its success is important Many GCSAA programs are funded through EIFG grants We also believe the Rounds4Research program which generates resources to fund research and help ensure golfs future has been beneficial to local chapters Were working to grow that program as well Visit Golfdom com for the rest of Lyons interview with Ihms in which the two talk about Ihms new job the GCSAAs Field Staff program and the people who had the biggest impact on his year as GCSAAs president Come see us Golfdoms entire staff will be at the GIS Stop by booth 8069 at the following times to see your favorite columnist or pitch an editor on your cool story idea Wednesday Feb 25th 9 a m Joel Jackson 10 a m Ed Hiscock 11 a m Karl Danneberger Ph D 12 p m Clark Throssell Ph D 1 p m Graffis presentation 2 p m Mark Woodward 3 p m Joelle Harms 4 p m Seth Jones Thursday Feb 26th 10 a m Joel Jackson 11 a m Clark Throssell Ph D 12 p m Grant B Gannon 1 p m Joelle Harms 2 p m Seth Jones 3 p m Ed Hiscock Companies featured in this issue Advertiser PAge AMVAC 31 The Andersons 33 Aqua Aid CV2 BASF 13 Bayer 5 Control Solutions 3 Crystal Green 4 Cushman 35 Earthway Products Inc 42 FMC Corp 19 Foley United 51 GCBAA 28 Grigg Bros 41 Hunter Industries 39 Jacobsen 7 John Deere 17 Linear Rubber Products 52 Neary Technologies 1 PBI Gordon 15 Pathway Biologic 26 Pearl Valley Organix 11 Penn State 23 RISE 44 Seago Intl Inc 40 Sensient Industrial Colors 37 Smithco CV4 Soil Technologies Corp 53 Spectrum Technologies Inc 38 Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc 43 Toro CV3 Winfield Solutions 25 27 29 This index is provided as an additional service The publisher does not assume any liability for errors or omissions