The Annual Meet- ing of the GCSA of Central California will be held on September 17, 2012 at the Village Country Club in Lompoc and hosted by Su- perintendent Scott Walwyn. Village Country Club is located 5 miles north of Lompoc and 7 miles east of Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Club is a full service private facility with a 150 acre 18 hole golf course built in 1962. Scott Walwyn came to the Village in December 2011. His career in the golf industry began after he re- tired from the military. He had a degree in Administra- tion and was working as a sales manager for a com- pany when one of the secre- taries mentioned that her son worked at Los Altos Hills Country club as the assistant superintendent. She knew how much Scott loved golf as she had caught him sneaking out of the office early to go play . Scott had no idea what a superintendent was and be- gan asking questions. He remarked that the job sounded really cool and since she already knew he didn’t really like his job at the company she suggested he go visit her son. She co- ordinated the visit and Scott spent several hours with him driving his course, meeting the superintendent and gen- erally being in awe of this new world behind the scenes of the game he loved so much. Within six months, after a lot of investigation, he convinced his then girl- friend, now wife, that they should move to San Luis Obispo so that he could at- tend Cal Poly. (Continued on page 3) Annual Meeting Village Country Club Host Superintendent Scott Walwyn TEE-OFF News July/August 2012 President’s Message 2 Meeting Schedules 5 Maximizing Irrigation 6 Rounds 4 Research 9 Highlights from Tri Chapter Meeting 10 Inside this issue: Official Publication of the Golf Course Superinten- dents Association of Central California. The purpose of this publication is informa- tion and education for the membership. Published bi-monthly by GCSACC 5322 N. Leonard Clovis, CA 93619 Phone (559) 298-4853 Fax (559) 298-6957 Email [email protected]Bob Schneiderhan, Newsletter Chairman Mike Scott, CGCS, Editor Tri Chapter Meeting by Emmy Moore Minister Nearly 100 golf course superintendents and affiliate members from the Central, Northern Califor- nia and Sierra Chapters of the GCSAA attended the 2012 Tri-Chapter Meeting at TPC Stonebrae in Hay- ward, CA, hosted by Di- rector of Golf Course Maintenance Operations Dave Davies, CGCS. The educational seminar and golf tourna- ment sponsored by John Deere, commenced with Fred Brattain, founder of The Disabled Golfers’ Learning Foundation pro- viding insight on ADA Compliance as it specifi- cally relates to golf facili- ties. Brattain’s presentation spanned from legal aspects to the economic benefits de- rived from improved course accessibility. Part two of the pres- entation shifted to the driv- ing range at TPC Stonebrae where Brattain was joined by international ambassador for (Continued on page 8)
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The Annual Meet-
ing of the GCSA of Central
California will be held on
September 17, 2012 at the
Village Country Club in
Lompoc and hosted by Su-
perintendent Scott Walwyn.
Village Country Club is
located 5 miles north of
Lompoc and 7 miles east of
Vandenberg Air Force
Base. The Club is a full
service private facility with
a 150 acre 18 hole golf
course built in 1962.
Scott Walwyn came
to the Village in December
2011. His career in the golf
industry began after he re-
tired from the military. He
had a degree in Administra-
tion and was working as a
sales manager for a com-
pany when one of the secre-
taries mentioned that her
son worked at Los Altos
Hills Country club as the
assistant superintendent.
She knew how much Scott
loved golf as she had
caught him sneaking out of
the office early to go play .
Scott had no idea what a
superintendent was and be-
gan asking questions. He
remarked that the job
sounded really cool and
since she already knew he
didn’t really like his job at
the company she suggested
he go visit her son. She co-
ordinated the visit and Scott
spent several hours with him
driving his course, meeting
the superintendent and gen-
erally being in awe of this
new world behind the scenes
of the game he loved so
much.
Within six months,
after a lot of investigation,
he convinced his then girl-
friend, now wife, that they
should move to San Luis
Obispo so that he could at-
tend Cal Poly.
(Continued on page 3)
Annual Meeting Village Country Club
Host Superintendent Scott Walwyn
TEE-OFF News July/August 2012
President’s Message 2
Meeting Schedules 5
Maximizing Irrigation 6
Rounds 4 Research 9
Highlights from Tri Chapter Meeting
10
Inside this issue:
Official Publication of the Golf Course Superinten-
dents Association of Central California. The purpose of this publication is informa-tion and education for the membership. Published