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Nominations open for MVT Award

Details: Category: Industry; Published: Tuesday, 02 February 2016 19:20; Written by GCSAA; Hits: 3097

Nominate by March 31!

Nominate your tech for the Golden Wrench Award

Details: Category: Industry; Published: Sunday, 17 January 2016 21:08; Written by John Reitman, TurfNet; Hits: 3192

A good equipment technician can be hard to find; a great one nearly impossible. Those superintendents lucky enough to have one know that an exceptional mechanic is the backbone of any successful golf course maintenance operation. Not much gets accomplished with equipment that does not work properly or reliably, or when parts are strewn about a disorganized shop.

Phillips wins 2015 Most Valuable Technician Award

Details: Category: Industry; Published: Tuesday, 07 July 2015 14:56; Written by press release; Hits: 4455

Lawrence, Kan. (July 7, 2015) - Cory Phillips, the equipment manager at Horseshoe Bend Country Club in Roswell, Ga., and the Golf Club of Georgia in Alpharetta, has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Most Valuable Technician Award, presented by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and Golf Course Management (GCM) magazine in partnership with Foley United.

Florida’s Stephen Tucker wins 2015 Edwin Budding Award

Details: Category: Industry; Published: Tuesday, 29 December 2015 16:15; Written by press release; Hits: 3261

Lawrence, Kan. (Dec. 29. 2015) - At 37, Stephen Tucker, equipment manager at Tranquillo Golf Club at Four Seasons in Windermere, Fla., may seem too young to be awarded his profession’s equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. However, in just 16 years in the profession, Tucker helped found a national membership organization for golf course equipment managers, oversaw development of the first recognized certificate program for technicians, and ushered the organization’s members into the next phase of opportunities. For his efforts, Tucker is being honored with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America’s 2015 Edwin Budding Award.

The Edwin Budding Award, named for the inventor of the lawnmower and presented in partnership with Ransomes/Jacobsen, is given to equipment managers and related innovators, technicians, educators, or engineers who have made a significant impact in the golf and turf business.

Vote for this year's MVT!

Details: Category: Industry; Published: Saturday, 09 May 2015 20:37; Written by Steve Spuhler; Hits: 4024

The GCSAA's magazine Golf Course Management(GCM) is now taking votes for this year's Most Valuable Tech. The Foley guys put up the major coin for the winner; $2500. VOTE HERE for the finalists.