2013 GCSAA Conference

GCSAA Conference 2013

Each year a national educational show is held for Superintendents and others to take classes, network with peers, and gain new ideas to help their facility for the year to come. This years show was in San Diego, CA. I was fortunate to take great classes this year that covered seeding/managing naturalized Fescue areas as well as a class dealing with recovering from winter kill injury on turf. Both of these subjects will come into play for us this coming season as we get ready to seed new naturalized areas and could need to recover from some winter kill injury.

In addition to taking some great classes at the show, I also attended the Michigan Golf Course Superintendents Association (MiGCSA) gathering and was able to network with many of Michigan's finest Superintendents, Assistants, and Educators.

--Dan Meersman named Superintendent of the Year--

On a side note, I would like to congratulate Dan Meersman, Director of Grounds at The Philadelphia Cricket Club, as this years recipient of the Superintendent of the Year award.  This award is a great honor and one that is well deserved.  After working for Dan and getting to know him well, it's great to see Dan's leadership, strong work ethic, and progressive thinking is continually recognized.  Congratulations Dan!