USGA To Hold PNW Green Section Conference at Waverely CC

The USGA, in conjunction with the Oregon Golf Course Superintendants association is hosting the Pacific NW Green Section Conference at Waverley CC on Monday, March 15.

The schedule for the conference includes the following presentations/discussions:

• 7:30am - Registration & Continental Breakfast


• 8:00am - Organ-ick!  The Bane of Good Growing and Playing Conditions
  (Larry Gilhuly, USGA NW Director, Green Section)


• 8:45am - Mowing, Rolling and Green Speed – Oh My!
  (Rob Golembiewski, Associate Professor, Oregon State University)


• 9:45am - Feeling Groovy – the Changes to the Rules in 2010
  (John Spitzer, Assistant Technical Director, USGA Technical Department (Live Meeting)


• 10:30am - Unobtainium - Wanting Championship Conditions All the Time
  (Derf Soller, NW Region Agronomist, USGA Green Section)


• 11:15am - Proper Course Marking – The Rules are the Rules!
  (Craig Winter, Manager - Rules Education, OGA)


• 12noon Lunch  


• 1:00pm - From the Fire to the Freezer – Damage to Putting Greens West of the Cascades
  (Panel: Forrest Goodling, Portland GC, Steve Kealy Glendale CC, Rob Golembiewski, OSU)


• 2:00pm - The Value of Golf in Washington – Oregon’s Next!
  (Paul Backman, Executive Director, Northwest Turfgrass Association)


• 2:30pm Adjourn

REGISTRATION DEADLINE - MARCH 8, 2010

Register online at www.ogcsa.org or click here for a registration form: 

-$55 per person (if paid by March 8, 2010)
-$60 per person (if paid after March 8, 2010)

Questions concerning the seminar should be directed to: 
Larry Gilhuly Tel: (253) 858 2266 or email: lgilhuly@usga.org

GCSAA, PGA and CMAA EDU points available.