Golfdom Gallery: 2023 Golfdom Summit edition

Bagpipes and turf equipment They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Thanks to Turfco for sponsoring the bagpiper as the group got ready to get out on the golf course.

Homeward bound Terry Negen, superintendent, Cimarron Hills G&CC, Leander, Texas; Troy Flanagan, director of golf maintenance, The Olympic Club, San Francisco; Matt Jones, CGCS, director of agronomy, Forsyth CC, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Ryan Blechta, superintendent, Spanish Peaks Mountain Club, Big Sky, Mont.; Michael Wolpoff, superintendent, Arroyo Trabuco GC, Mission Viejo, Calif.; and Michael Magnani, superintendent, Lakeside GC, Toluca Lake, Calif., as they prepared to head to the airport upon the conclusion of the 2023 Golfdom Summit.

The 19th Hole Glenn Matthews, CGCS, Stockdale CC in Visalia, Calif., and Negen catch up on shop talk during the post-golf barbecue.

The champs are here Golfdom’s Seth Jones (second from left), and Jake Goodman (far right) handed the hardware to this winning foursome in the golf tournament: (left to right) Allan Fulcher, Quali-Pro; Jared Brewster, superintendent, Rolling Hills CC, Newburgh, Ind.; Scott Kinkead, Turfco; and Chad Oxenreider, superintendent, Lebanon (Pa.) CC.

Fowler’s laugh is contagious Philip Linker and John Fowler of BioBoost Nest share a laugh with Mark Koepsell of Frost Inc.

A special appearance by the host superintendent Everyone was happy to welcome and say “nice job” to Reunion Resort’s head superintendent, Andy Maguire (left), with Jeff Kerr, superintendent, CC of Peoria in Peoria Heights, Ill.

A good game of bags The golf scramble wasn’t enough competition for these four, as they needed to also wage war in a game of bags. (Left to right) Blechta; Ken Rost, Frost Inc.; Brian Godwin, Turfco; and Michael Sonnek, superintendent, Royal GC, Lake Elmo, Minn.

You know they’ve got game (Left to right) Chris Navin, superintendent, the GC at P.B. Dye, Ijamsville, Md.; Bill Roddy, Golfdom; Fulcher and Paul Blodorn, Quali-Pro, await the winner of the bags game.

Caddyshack crew (Left to right) Dan Johnson, superintendent, Old Hickory CC, Nashville; Eric Gerhartz, Sipcam Agro; and Craig MacGregor, Golfdom, discuss their real-life Caddyshack moments.

A new Legend Matt Shaffer (left), superintendent emeritus, Merion GC, and Shawn Emerson (right), Ethos Club and Leisure, welcome the newest Legend to the group: Dan Dinelli, director of agronomy, North Shore CC, Glenview, Ill.

Par is their friend Jones’ foursome of (left to right) Graham Edelman, superintendent, Wolf Creek Golf Links, Olathe, Kan.; Godwin and Patrick Affolder, superintendent, McAllen (Texas) CC, didn’t win any hardware but they had a great time playing a relaxing round on Reunion Resort’s Palmer Course.

All photos by Golfdom staff