Golfdom, February 2018

SUPERINTENDENT PARADISE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name that turf pro 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 36 56 57 The 2017 Golfdom Summit was proud to host 40 superintendents and 15 vendors We handed out a snazzy new T shirt to the whole crew and asked them to pose on the Reunion 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 24 42 50 65 66 67 68 Resort stairs for this killer photo we had to run on the front cover See some faces you recognize Heres a guide to whos who 69 70 1 Michael Maravich vice president of specialty business SipcamAdvan 2 Jay Young product manager PBI Gordon 3 Brian Bonlender superintendent West Bend Wis CC 4 Drew Thompson CGCS East Aurora N Y CC 5 Nick Kearns superintendent The Oaks Club Osprey Fla 6 Paul Carter CGCS The Bear Trace at Harrison Tenn Bay 7 Jim Goodrich product manager PBI Gordon 8 Rick Hathaway superintendent Rock Creek Cattle Co Deer Lodge Mont 9 Jim VanHerwynen CGCS South Hills G CC Fond du Lac Wis 10 Mike McCormick superintendent The Apawamis Club Rye N Y 11 Chip Lewison CGCS Saddlebrook Resort Wesley Chapel Fla 12 Jackson Reiswig superintendent Coral Creek Club Placida Fla 13 Ted Fist product manager Capillary Concrete 14 John Jeffreys superintendent Pinehurst N C No 1 5 15 Greg Wade sales and marketing specialist Blount International Oregon Outdoor Power Equipment 16 Justin Sudo superintendent The Kahkwa Club Erie Pa 17 Rocky Dreibrodt director Corbin Turf Primera 18 Eric Dusa CGCS Traces GC Florence S C 19 Jared Milner superintendent Meadowbrook CC Northville Mich 20 Jason Bradley superintendent Memphis Tenn CC 21 Eric Swensen superintendent Floridian National GC Palm City Fla 22 Chris Francis formerly of Turfco territory manager Turf Products 23 Joe Amalfitano business development manager Blount International Oregon Outdoor Power Equipment 24 Martin Sternberg CGCS founder and inventor Capillary Concrete 25 Rick Grant business director T O Control Solutions Inc Quali Pro 26 Michael Kropp national director professional markets Wilbur Ellis Primera 27 Robert Hertzing superintendent Lakeside GC Toluca Lake Calif 28 Pat Gradoville CGCS Palos Verdes Calif GC 29 Aaron Johnsen director of regional sales WinField United 30 Mark Boyd president Control Solutions Inc Quali Pro 31 Cam Schafer application specialist Frost Inc 32 John Gold superintendent Valley of the Eagles Elyria Ohio 33 Jeff White CGCS Indian Hills CC Mission Hills Kan 34 Joe Stribley superintendent Yellowstone CC Billings Mont 35 Carmen Magro CGCS chief agronomist Pogo Turf Pro 36 Jeff Chan senior engineer Pogo Turf Pro 37 Eric Gifford superintendent Riverside CC Provo Utah 38 Ken Rost president and CEO Frost Inc 39 Justin VanLanduit superintendent Briarwood CC Deerfield Ill 40 John Smith marketing director WinField United 41 Steven Johnson regional sales manager Smithco 42 Clark Throssell Ph D research editor Golfdom 43 Scott Witte CGCS Cantigny Golf Wheaton Ill 44 Greg Rounds superintendent Sunset Ridge CC Northfield Ill 45 Connor Healy superintendent Conway Farms GC Lake Forest Ill 46 Sam Wineinger manager T O marketing formulator business SipcamAdvan 47 Steve Jedrzejek marketing manager Nufarm 48 Ryan Baldwin CGCS Highland G CC Indianapolis 49 Chris Dalhamer CGCS Pebble Beach Calif Golf Links 50 Ron Kerley superintendent Los Robles Greens GC Thousand Oaks Calif 51 Rusty McLendon product expert Northeast Capillary Concrete 52 Dan Marco superintendent Ruth Lake CC Hinsdale Ill 53 Brandon Richey superintendent Lake Nona G CC Orlando Fla 54 Scott Kinkead executive vice president Turfco 55 Paul Fox Gulf Coast area manager Quali Pro 56 Mike Keohan superintendent Brookville CC Old Brookville N Y 57 Dave Hendricksen consultant Soilworks Consulting Healthy Grow 58 Mike Lytle general manager sales and grass seed teams LebanonTurf 59 Augie Young Northeast territory manager SipcamAdvan 60 Robert Guerra superintendent Reunion Resort Kissimmee Fla 61 Joe Gulotti superintendent Newark Del CC 62 David Wally Gresham superintendent Sunset Hills CC Carrollton Ga 63 Zach Bauer superintendent The Broadmoor West Course Colorado Springs Colo 64 Don Smith president Smithco 65 Brian Birney superintendent The Club at Admirals Cove Jupiter Fla 66 Chris Gray golf marketing manager LebanonTurf 67 John Moore regional sales manager Smithco Turfco 68 Jeff Churchill domestic and international sales Smithco 69 Cam Copley golf national account manager Nufarm 70 Bob Farren CGCS Director of Grounds and Golf Course Maintenance Pinehurst N C Resort Turfs Most Interesting Man 22 Golfdom February 2018 Golfdom com