Aloha to all of my friends and colleagues,

After almost 9 years on Lana’i working on these two world class golf courses, I have decided to move on and take my career into its next phase by joining Danny and Joy Ramos, the owners of DHR Golf Construction, by becoming their Superintendent of Golf Course Construction and Agronomy. In this capacity I will be overseeing and concentrating on the Hawaiian islands and Guam, and consulting for other construction projects throughout the United States and Internationally as needed for our growing organization. Many of you are already familiar with DHR Golf Construction and the services that they can provide, and I am excited to represent them in Hawaii and to be a part of this rapidly growing company. DHR will now be able to offer construction, renovation and agronomic expertise and services.

My new contact information is as follows: Office/Phone: 808-222-7055, e-mail: [email protected]. For more information please check out our website at dhrgolf.com.

I look forward to continued relationships with all of you and hope see and talk with you soon.

Sincerely,
Les Jeremiah Jr.

Veteran certified golf course superintendent to assist GCSAA chapters

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has selected Richard Pavlasek, CGCS, director of golf course maintenance at Gainey Ranch Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., as the GCSAA field staff representative for the Southwest region of the country (California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona).

“Richard has a wealth of experience and knowledge,” said GCSAA President James R. Fitzroy, CGCS. “He will be a great asset to our members in the Southwest region as we expand our field staff program.”

To assist in the effort of serving members through chapters, GCSAA has continually added resources to facilitate an enhanced relationship between the association and its chapters, including the expansion of the GCSAA field staff program. Initially a pilot program designed to help chapters utilize GCSAA programs and services to a fuller extent, it received overwhelmingly positive feedback from chapters that participated in the program. Participating chapters reported greater connection with GCSAA, an enhanced ability to utilize GCSAA programs and services, and access to additional resources to advance chapters in a strategic manner.

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….

Please submit your membership dues before May 31, 2011.

CLICK HERE for application

Make checks payable to HGCSA

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 [email protected]. 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

Dear GCSAA Members,

On Tuesday, April 5, GCSAA will begin an “open test” of the redesigned website and new forums product. The two goals of the test are to put the site and forums into use so that any glitches or needed improvements can be identified, and to give you the opportunity to become familiar with them before they are launched. I am asking for your help in making this test as successful as possible by visiting the site and offering any feedback you have.

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.