Hawaii Golf Course Superintendents Blog
Turf Damage on fairways
Specticle herbicide damage alert.
could you please forward this everyone, I know some people have some damage here but it looks like also in Florida. Thanks Russ
FYI, over the past 2-3 weeks we have been getting calls about damage after applications of Bayer’s new preemergent. Problems are being experienced on both bermuda and paspalum.
Here are some pics on 1 and 2 south fairways. Signs are not good on the rest of the courses. As you can see I look like a patch work quilt….
Membership Enrollment/Renewal
Please submit your membership dues before May 31, 2011.
Make checks payable to HGCSA
11th Annual Seminars and Trade Show
CPS will be having our 11th Annual Seminar and Trade show on Friday, May 13th at the HONOLULU COUNTRY CLUB. We would like to invite you and your employees to join us for this event which has grown through out the years. Spend the day with us to learn what’s new and how you can help your business improve with new products and practices.
The program will consist of 24 seminars (45 minutes each with 3 sessions running concUl’rently at each time frame). We will have speakers talking about a variety of topics.
Friday, May 13, 2011 @ the HONOLULU COUNTRY CLUB
Registration: 7:00 am Start: 8:00am
Trade show from 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Suppliers will have booths showing new products and be available to answer questions about their products.Please bring your State of Hawaii RUP applicator’s license that will be scanned for you to receive DOA credits, We are also offering GCSAA & Arborist credits.
$50 per person for Seminars, lunch & Trade Show with 2 drinks & appetizers
$30 per person for ONLY Trade Show with 2 drinl{s & appetizersRegistration & payments must be received by: April 13, 2011
11th Annual Field Day & Invitational Golf Outing
B. Hayman Co. and Crop Production Services cordially invite you to join us at our 2011 Field Day, & Invitational Golf Outing. See new equipment and technologies to help you with your work and enjoy a day of fellowship and fun with other industry supporters. The morning is packed with educational product presentations & demonstrations. A fun loving golf and banquet event follows in the afternoon to wrap up a great day. We hope you will join us!
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Place: Ewa Beach Golf Club, 91-050 Fort Weaver Rd, Ewa Beach, HI 96706
Schedule: 7:30 a.m. – B. Hayman Co.’s Equipment Reviews & Demonstrations begin. Door prizes to be awarded throughout the day. Putting contest for $2,500 and additional prizes (must be signed in by 9am to qualify). A Golf outing will follow the equipment demonstrations, with an Awards Presentation & Banquet to wrap up the evening.
Format: Team Low Net (2 ball aggregate), Pairings to be assigned
Registration: $85 per person (Entries limited to first 80 participants) Includes Morning Refreshments during field day, Greens Fees & Cart, Lunch, Banquet and Drinks, and entries for A wards & other Prizes.
Registration & payment must be received by: April 13, 2011 Space is limited.
CLICK HERE to download Registration Invitation for complete information
Aloha Section PGA Newsletter
The Aloha Section PGA is proud to introduce “Newswire” the official ASPGA Magazine. The new publication will feature news and aid as a source to stay up to date with the ASPGA and the game of golf in Hawaii. We welcome any and all feedback. Please send us your thoughts to aloha@pgahq.com. We hope you enjoy our new publication.
Click on this link to go to ASPGA’s NEWSWIRE:
http://issuu.com/alohavision/docs/aloha_section_pga_magazine_april_2011_no_347
Newswire is courtesy of John Byrne of Maui Golf Review.
Sincerely,
Anthony Valverde
Interim Executive Director
Aloha Section PGA
615 Piikoi St., Suite 1812
Honolulu, HI 96814
GCSAA launches test site of new gcsaa.org
Accessing the new site and forums
During the test, the current website will remain the primary site, but you’ll be able to access the new site by clicking the icon on the upper right hand corner of the home page.
USGA/ HGCSA REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Moderated by Mr. Larry Gilhuly, Northwest Director, USGA Green Section
CLICK HERE to download the registration form
2011 Hawaii Golf Industry Conference
CLICK HERE to download the brochure and registration form.
Dollar Spot Update
By: Lane Tredway
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Department of Plant Pathology
North Carolina State University
Dollar spot, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, is the most important turfgrass disease worldwide. Dollar spot develops all over the world, and can infect every species of grass that is grown for turf. According to some estimates, 40% of fungicide applications made to turf are for the control of this single disease. Unfortunately, this fungus develops fungicide resistance very quickly, and this severely limits the number of tools that superintendents have at their disposal to control dollar spot.
Despite its importance, very little is known about dollar spot or the fungus that causes it. We don’t know how the fungus spreads, where it survives when it’s not causing disease, the specific conditions that trigger its development, or how it develops resistance to fungicides so quickly. Heck, we don’t even know what the correct Latin name is for the Dollar Spot pathogen. We know that it isn’t really a Sclerotinia, but we don’t know what else to call it!
To fill these gaps in our knowledge, my research program has begun to focus almost exclusively on Dollar Spot, and in particular, the development of fungicide resistance. First, we need to understand how this pathogen spreads, survives, and reproduces. So for the last few years, we’ve been traveling the world to sample dollar spot populations from different turf species for genetic analysis. So far, we’ve amassed over 3000 isolates from the US, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Chile, United Kingdom, and Japan. Collecting trips to South Africa and Southeast Asia are in the plans for next year.
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to visit with Les Jeremiah on Lanai, along with Dr. Micah Woods from the Asian Turfgrass Center. We toured The Experience at Koele and The Challenge at Manele and collected samples of dollar spot from Creeping Bentgrass, Hilograss, and Seashore Paspalum. So far, we’ve learned a lot about the Dollar Spot pathogen from our work with these Hawaiian isolates.
Board of Directors Meeting
The meeting date is January 20th to be held at the Kamehameha Golf Club in Wailuku, Maui at 11:00am.