Golfdom, January 2015

Starter MULLIGAN A Two Stroke Penalty President Barack Obama President of the United States To newlywed Army Captains Natalie and Edward Mallue after apologizing that his play forced the couples wedding to be moved from the 16th tee box at the Kaneohe Hawaii Klipper GC according to ABC News Anthony and Phyllis Williams they said it 10 Golfdom January 2015 Golfdom com photo courtesy Georgia GCSA Golfdom editor adds another honor Anthony Williams CGCS CGM director of grounds at Stone Mountain Ga GC took home the Superintendent of the Year award from the Georgia GCSA Williams the Environmental Editor for Golfdom was presented the award recently at the associations annual awards banquet Simply attending the ceremony was a success for Williams after facing personal challenges throughout last year He lost his older brother to a heart attack in August and then the following month his wife of 29 years Phyllis suffered a major heart attack Just 18 days later Williams himself collapsed and required emergency surgery to replace an aortic valve and repair an aneurysm God was good and rehab went well for Phyllis and I Williams told the group I have never been so blessed to be with you all and soak it all in Williams is a past president of the Georgia GCSA and has held a seat on their board of directors since 2001 His achievements also reach a national scale The GCSAA recognized him with their 2014 Excellence in Government Relations Award and the 2010 Presidents Award for Environmental Stewardship In 2006 GCSAA and Golf Digest named him the overall winner of the Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards He also authored the book The Environmental Toolkit and has written several stories for Golfdom Teach a man to fish First Green awarded 112250 grant from USGA First Green has been awarded a 112250 STEM Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics grant by the United States Golf Association USGA for 2015 The grant is funded by the USGAs partnership with Chevron and designed to encourage students in science technology engineering and math disciplines through the world of golf The goal of the Chevron USGA partnership and our Eagles for Education funding is to make STEM more fun and engaging through the game of golf said Dr Kimberly S Erusha Managing Director of the USGA Green Section The First Greens educational and environmental outreach programs on the golf course have shown tremendous success supporting this objective for which we are extremely grateful First Green has been providing STEM learning since 1997 and is an environmental education outreach program Superintendents host field trips on golf courses as a learning lab for handson activities like testing water quality collecting soil samples identifying plants and assisting in streambed renovation In 2013 and 2014 USGA Chevron grants totaling 255750 funded expansion of First Green to Oregon and the launch of First Green in Northern and Southern California It also enabled First Green to respond to growing interest in the program across the country as well as in Canada In the October issue of Golfdom we incorrectly identified Doug Bechtel director of Audubon International as Jim Coker of R R Products We apologize to both of you gents THAT A KID If I had skipped the 16th hole I would have shot a 79 Golfdom wisdom That sure didnt look like a third string quarterback to us Sorry Ducks golfdomwisdom O H I O