Golfdom Gallery: 2023 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show edition

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Tree hugger, or…?: After some of his recent projects, including the West Course at Belleair (Fla.) CC renovation, where he removed 1,000 trees, a friend gave Jason Straka, ASGCA, of Fry/Straka Design, this T-shirt.

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Life’s a beach: (Left to right) Sam Wineinger, Nufarm; Lauren Thompson, Golf Channel; T.A. Barker, Fore Lakes GC, Taylorsville, Utah; and Craig MacGregor, publisher of Golfdom, take in some beach time at the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show Opening Reception.

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Know when to fold ‘em: GCSAA CEO Rhett Evans (right) challenged Golfdom’s Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones to a race at the 2024 GCSAA Conference, but Jones quickly declined for one reason: he knows he’d lose.

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Casamigos, por favor: A couple of old friends ran into each other at a poolside bar in Orlando; from left to right, Eric Hindes, Playa Grande Golf & Ocean Club, Dominican Republic; Jones; Glen MacDonald, Cripple Creek G&CC, Dagsboro, Del.; and Luke Fisher, River Bend G&CC, Great Falls, Va. Did Hindes really buy everyone tequila?

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Walking into Walk-On’s: (Left to right) Hunki Yun, USGA; Scott Bower and Jon Moulton, both of Martis Camp Club, Truckee, Calif., share a laugh at the annual Friends of Golfdom party at Walk-On’s.

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Quality control: (Left to right) Jeff Rampino and Erica Cardenas of Quali-Pro give Golfdom Group Publisher Bill Roddy a tour of the QP booth.

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The welcoming committee: It was Golfdom Digital Editor Sydney Fischer’s first GCSAA Conference and Trade Show. It isn’t a complete trade show experience until you’ve hung out with Quali-Pro’s Allan Fulcher (far left) and Paul Blodorn (right).