Fort Collins super earns DSA

Congrats to Grant Yaklich (pictured), Fort Collins (Colo.) CC superintendent, who was presented the Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association’s 2010 Distinguished Service Award at its annual conference and trade show in Denver recently.

A former president of the RMRTA, Yaklich has been in the turfgrass industry for 27 years. His service includes an effort to expand educational offerings to the association in such areas as business and employment. While Yaklich was superintendent of the Links at Sierra Blanca, he improved the course’s Golf Digest ranking from 10th to 6th while at the same time reducing the course’s water usage by 54 percent.

Yaklich has been the superintendent at Fort Collins since 1999.