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Dear Members of the PGCSA . . .

Just a brief note of thanks to the officers and membership of the Piedmont GCSA for their generous support of the Wee One Charity Golf Event Benefiting Eric Voss held September 8th at Meadowlands Golf Club. The demonstration of support from both within and outside the industry was truly exceptional as over $18,000 was raised to help Eric and his family meet their expenses during his lengthy rehabilitation. Moreover, the Wee One Foundation has provided an additional matching gift of $10,000 to further assist Eric. I am very pleased to report that Eric's condition is improving steadily as he has just returned home to Kernersville.

For those that may not know, the Wee One Foundation was founded a few years ago by friends of Wayne Otto, CGCS who passed away in 2004 of pancreatic cancer. For anyone that knew Wayne it is a fitting tribute to a guy that loved the game and the industry and all those people he met along the way. I would encourage everyone to visit their website at www.weeone.org and consider becoming a member.

Kevin Smith, CGCS
Paul Johnson

2009 PGCSA Membership Information
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at 800.476.4272.

2009 PGCSA Scholarship Requirements
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The PGCSA has awarded our annual turf and family scholarships. Shane Gravett at Sedgefield CC received our turf scholarship. Chris Smith son of Kevin Smith at Bryan Park received our family scholarship. The scholarships were awarded in the amount of $1000 each. Shane is currently attending GTCC and Chris is attending Carnegie Melon University, congratulations to our winners.

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Annual PGCSA Championship at the Cardinal Golf & Country Club Make sure to come out to the Annual Championship at the Cardinal Golf & Country Club for your chance to take home some hardware! Dear Members of the PGCSA . . . Just a brief note of thanks to the officers and membership of the Piedmont GCSA for their generous support of the Wee One Charity Golf Event Benefiting Eric Voss held September 8th at Meadowlands Golf Club. The demonstration of support from both within and outside the industry was truly exceptional as over $18,000 was raised to help Eric and his family meet their expenses during his lengthy rehabilitation. Moreover, the Wee One Foundation has provided an additional matching gift of $10,000 to further assist Eric. I am very pleased to report that Eric's condition is improving steadily as he has just returned home to Kernersville. For those that may not know, the Wee One Foundation was founded a few years ago by friends of Wayne Otto, CGCS who passed away in 2004 of pancreatic cancer. For anyone that knew Wayne it is a fitting tribute to a guy that loved the game and the industry and all those people he met along the way. I would encourage everyone to visit their website at www.weeone.org and consider becoming a member. Kevin Smith, CGCS Paul Johnson 2009 PGCSA Membership Information Click here or contact Kim Clark at 800.476.4272. 2009 PGCSA Scholarship Requirements Click Here The PGCSA has awarded our annual turf and family scholarships. Shane Gravett at Sedgefield CC received our turf scholarship. Chris Smith son of Kevin Smith at Bryan Park received our family scholarship. The scholarships were awarded in the amount of $1000 each. Shane is currently attending GTCC and Chris is attending Carnegie Melon University, congratulations to our winners. Board Update News: Used Equipment Webpage There have been several new postings for good used equipment that are now listed on the CGCSA used equipment page. To view, Click Here *Other News* Scholarships are now due for 2009. If you are interested please check our website www.pgcsa.net under the programs tabs for more information.	Upcoming Events... Monday May 18th Annual Championship Cardinal Golf & Country Club 10:00 am Dr. Leon Lucas' presentation 11:30 Lunch - 12:30 Shotgun Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Gross & Net $45.00 per person Tuesday June 2nd Cup Match with the Sandhills Tot Hill Farm 10:00 am Shotgun - Lunch afterwards $35.00 per person Monday June 22nd Assistant Tournament Sedgefield Country Club Time - TBA $35.00 per person This should prove useful so you can go ahead and mark your calendars and especially get some practice in the week before the Cup Matches. Brooks Turner, Greensboro Country Club (336) 451.0765 For questions or to register for these events, contact Kim Clark at 800.476.4272 or email kclark@cgcsa.org
	Piedmont Press I hope that everyone has been enjoying the nice dry beginning of spring that we are experiencing. Hopefully, with any luck, we can dodge these rainy days this year on our meeting days. The Association's schedule will have some exciting golf events beginning next month. I hope that everyone took time to mark your calendars with our events this year and plan to attend as many of them as possible. The Board has been busy working on the details for the events this year and we have some exciting news about our speaker at the Annual Championship. We are fortunate to have Dr. Leon Lucas, agronomist for the Carolinas Golf Association, give the attendees a presentation on May 18th at the Cardinal Golf & Country Club. He will discuss disease, weed control, and other topics that his travels through the Carolinas have given him knowledge to pass along to members of the PGCSA. Dr. Lucas' presentation will begin at 10:00 with lunch to follow and a shotgun start at around 12:30. Please make sure to take this opportunity to see what a magnificent job Pete Dye did with the recent renovation at the Cardinal. The Cup Match with the Sandhills is on June 2nd at Tot Hill Farm and they have been gracious enough to allow us a primetime start with a 10:00 shotgun start and lunch to follow. We need to make sure we bring the cup back to the Piedmont this year. We have confirmed the date for the Assistant's Championship at Sedgefield CC. It will be held on June 22nd so make sure that all our assistants in the Piedmont have a chance to come out and network with their peers. This is a great opportunity for them to get in a round of golf away from their perspective clubs before they have to start battling Mother Nature and her evil doings to bentgrass. Our night out with the Greensboro Grasshoppers is taking place on July 9th. Please mark this on your calendar because it is a good opportunity to catch up with everyone and best of all there is no cost to you due to the support of our sponsor, Syngenta. The Educational Meeting was a big success and I believe that everyone truly enjoyed listening to Pat O'Brien and his many sidebars! He brought up some interesting points about grassing selections and how the right grass in the right area can save time and money and that is surely something that we are all thinking about this year. On the subject of money, he gave the attendees some different ideas that have allowed other superintendents around the country to save countless dollars and get more "time" out of their employees' day. Our tour around the Greensboro Country Club's Farm Course was a little shorter than expected due to the meeting coinciding with the coldest and windiest day of April. However, we did get to see some work being performed by Medalist Golf, the construction company doing the renovation, and how they are building "Billy Bunkers" and we inspected the new cracked sand that will be used as the bunker medium. I would really like to thank our sponsors of the event: Growth Enhancer and Southern Ag. Also, Labor Source provided a great lunch brought in from Stamey's Barbecue and to everybody's surprise I had seconds! Thank you everyone for your support this year and I look forward to seeing you at the Annual Championship on May 18th. Brooks Turner, Greensboro Country Club (336) 451.0765
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