23 Superintendents Honored at GCSAA Education Conference

At the 2010 Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Education Conference last month in San Diego, 23 GCSAA certified golf course superintendents were honored for 25 years of maintaining their certified status.

“Twenty-five percent of GCSAA’s Class A members have achieved the highest level of recognition through the CGCS professional designation,” said GCSAA CEO Mark Woodward, who has held the CGCS designation for 24 years. “This program requires their demonstration of a higher set of competencies in golf course management through testing and practical application. Employers can feel confident they employ a career professional who have made the commitment to professional development.”

In addition to the 23 GCSAA certified golf course superintendents who were honored for 25 years of certification, nine newly certified superintendents were recognized at the event, as well as those celebrating 15-, 20-, 30- and 35+ year anniversaries.

GCSAA certified superintendents honored for 25 years of certification in San Diego:

• Neil D. Acton, CGCS, Deer Creek Golf and Country Estates, Ajax, Ontario
• John V. Andersen, CGCS, PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
• Thomas W. Athy, CGCS, Omaha (Neb.) Country Club
• John C. Cummings, CGCS, Elkview, W.Va.
• Craig L. Elms, CGCS, Oklahoma City (Okla.) Golf and Country Club
• Thomas C. Fischer, CGCS, Libertyville, Ill.
• Randal C. Gai, CGCS, Claremont Country Club, Oakland, Calif.
• Mark E. Gorga, CGCS, Briarwood Country Club, Sun City West, Ariz.
• Thomas J. Gray, CGCS, Cordevalle Golf Club, San Martin, Calif.
• Gregory A. Hansen, CGCS, Grass Groomers, Little Rock, Ark.
• Larry C. Hantle, CGCS, The Country Club of Paducah (Ky.)
• LeRoy Kruse, CGCS, Gateway Hills Golf Course, Lackland AFB (San Antonio)
• Richard J. Lavine, CGCS, Foxtail Golf Club, Rohnert Park, Calif.
• Tony W. Littrell, CGCS, Midland Trail Golf Club, Eastwood, Ky.
• Patrick D. McCabe, CGCS, The Greenbrier Resort, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
• Walter C. Montross, CGCS, Westwood Country Club, Vienna, Va.
• William K. Moore, CGCS, Buckhorn Springs Golf and Country Club, Valrico, Fla.
• Brian W. Morris, CGCS, Blue Rock Spring Golf Club, Vallejo, Calif.
• Michael J. O’Connor, CGCS, Green Space Environmental, Williston, Vt.
• Alton V. Sheffield, CGCS, North Ridge Country Club, Raleigh, N.C.
• Lynn A. Thompson, CGCS, Western Hills Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Randall C. Wahler, CGCS, Knollwood Club, Lake Forest, Ill.
• Jeffrey Wetterling, CGCS, Greenacres Country Club, Lawrence Township, N.J.

GCSAA certified golf course superintendents who reach the 25-year mark of maintaining their GCSAA certification status in 2010 will be honored at the next GCSAA Education Conference, held in conjunction with the 2011 Golf Industry Show, Feb. 7-11 in Orlando.

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