Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) members Dan Dinelli, Anthony Williams and David Yanez are among Golf Inc. magazine’s newest list of “20 most admired operators.”
Dinelli, a GCSAA certified golf course superintendent and regular contributor of Club & Resort Business’ popular “Super to Super” interview feature, is a third-generation superintendent now in his 35th year at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Ill.. He recently conducted a golf course satisfaction survey for North Shore members to gain additional feedback, help prioritize his maintenance budget, and collect numerical data to compare with a similar survey conducted in 2004, ultimately ensuring golfer satisfaction. Dinelli is a staunch supporter of integrated pest management and an advocate for new practices to reduce the inputs needed to provide competitive golf turf conditions. He is also involved with developing means of measuring the value of a golf facility’s ecological and economic value of carbon sequestration. Dinelli earned the 2009 GCSAA President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship.
Williams, the GCSAA certified golf course superintendent at Stone Mountain (Ga.) Golf Club by Marriott, is a three-time GCSAA/Golf Digest Environmental Leaders in Golf Award winner, capturing the overall award at Marriott’s Stone Mountain in 2006. Williams holds an associate’s degree in horticulture from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga. He is one of only approximately 40 people to have completed all six specialized certification programs of GCSAA’s Environmental Management Program. Williams also holds certifications in grounds and professional turfgrass management, ornamental landscaping, and pool and spa operations, and is a certified arborist and Georgia master gardener.
Yanez, the GCSAA Class A superintendent at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego, has been at The Grand since 2001. He recently oversaw a major renovation of the course. Yanez and his staff did the construction, which included building a 15-foot waterfall by the 18th green. He also oversees maintenance of the adjoining 249-room luxury resort. Yanez earned a horticulture degree from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, Calif., and was a member of GCSAA’s student resource board during that time.
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