GCSAA, Bayer to send seven superintendents to GIS

Through the Bayer Superintendent Grant Program, Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), announced they will send seven golf course superintendents to attend the 2014 Golf Industry Show Feb. 3-6 in Orlando.

The 2014 winners are listed below::

• Joe J. Brophy, Pleasant Valley Golf Course, West Liberty, Iowa
• Mark Goodwin, Meadowbrook Country Club, Clayton, Ohio
• Richard (Scott) Smart, South Portland Municipal Golf Course, South Portland, Maine
• Jessica Aytoun, Sutton Creek Golf Club, Ontario, Canada
• Edward B. Murdock, Salmon Run Golf Course, Brookings, Ore.
• Michael C. Benz, Village Club of Sands Point, Sands Point, N.Y.
• Eric O’Neill,North Shore Towers and Country Club, Floral Park, N.Y.

This year’s winners receive airfare, hotel accommodations for five nights, conference full-pack registration, two educational seminars and $200 spending money. The program is funded by a grant from the Environmental Institute for Golf supported by Bayer.

“GCSAA and the Environmental Institute for Golf are grateful for our continued relationship with Bayer, a relationship that supports the development of these superintendents,” said GCSAA’s president, Patrick R. Finlen, CGCS. “We all recognize the importance of promoting a strong future for our industry by helping golf course superintendents stay current in their ever-evolving professional roles.”