Golfdom Gallery: March 2015

1. YEE-HAW!
   This apparently wasn’t Jacobsen’s first rodeo, but it was ours. Attendees at Jacobsen’s Golf Industry Show VIP party were treated to plenty to eat, drink and an honest-to-goodness rodeo.
2. Home state advantage
   We hit a lot of chapter parties at the GIS, including the Lone Star party, held at Pat O’Brien’s. We drank a few hurricanes, were invited to some great golf courses and took this pic of Rodney Crow, CGCS at the Battleground at Deer Park, Deer Park, Texas; Joe Todaro, department chair at Texas State Technical College and superintendent at James Connally GC, Waco, Texas; and Brian Cloud, GCSAA’s field staff representative for Texas.
3. Mow with your eyes closed
   We met “Jazz,” a Patriot PAWS service dog, at Jacobsen’s Certified Pre-Owned booth. Jazz and her fellow Patriot PAWS dogs are trained to help disabled American veterans at no cost. She looks pretty comfy on that mower, eh?
4. Don’t mess with this Cowboy
   No. 3 ranked MMA fighter Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone was at the Cushman booth, signing autographs and telling people how tough their new Hauler Pro is.
5. Retirement party
   After 28 years of working at GCSAA, Penny Mitchell, certification manager (center, with Lisa Wick, manager of e-learning, GCSAA and Golfdom EIC Seth Jones) recently retired. CGCSes around the world wish you their best, Penny!
6. Drawing a crowd
   The 2015 Herb Graffis Businessperson of the Year award was presented to Bill Larson, CGCS, at the Golfdom booth. This shot, taken from over Bill’s shoulder, shows what we already knew: Bill has a lot of friends in the business.