Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) member Frank Dobie, Superintendent and General Manager at the Sharon Golf Club in Sharon Center, Ohio, has been selected to receive the 2011 GCSAA Col. John Morley Distinguished Service Award.
Dobie, a 52-year GCSAA member, will be acknowledged at the 2011 GCSAA Education Conference during Celebrate GCSAA! presented in partnership with Syngenta, Feb. 8. The conference (Feb. 7-11) will be held in conjunction with the Golf Industry Show (Feb. 9-10) in Orlando.
Dobie got his start on the maintenance crew at Homelinks Golf Club in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, in 1954. He did an internship at Bob O’Link Golf Club in Highland Park, Ill., before earning a GCSAA scholarship in 1960 to Penn State University, where he graduated first in his class with a two-year certificate in turfgrass management. Starting in 1961, Dobie served as superintendent at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Brecksville, Ohio, then Fairlawn (Ohio) Country Club before assuming his current role as at Sharon Golf Club. He co-supervised the construction of the golf course in 1964-65, and under his management, Sharon has made an operating profit for the past 44 consecutive years.
For more information on Dobie’s career, visit www.gcsaa.org.
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