GCSAA

First Green, a STEM education and environmental outreach program using golf courses as learning labs, helps students apply classroom knowledge in an outdoor setting

Collaboration will educate junior golfers on careers in professional golf course management while recognizing the work of golf course superintendents and their teams

Superintendents follow science-based management practices to protect the environment and continue efforts to conserve important course resources

Grants support four turfgrass research projects at universities across the U.S. through 2025; funded by GCSAA Foundation research endowments and Chapter Cooperative Grant Program

Fund assists GCSAA members who have suffered personal loss caused by natural disasters; in 2020, those affected by COVID-19 also became eligible to receive relief funds

Nearly 1,000 rounds of golf have been donated at courses in 43 states plus Bermuda and Costa Rica; GCSAA Foundation program has raised more than $2.5 million since 2012

Frequently used pest management practices include monitoring weather, scouting, pesticide resistance strategies, improving turfgrass health and spot treatment of damage

In-person attendance was 11,000 vs. 6,500 in 2022 and a total of 6,300 seminar seats were filled, which was up 70% over 2021 and was the highest number since 2008

Jeff L. White was elected as vice president and T.A. Barker as secretary/treasurer; H. Scott Griffith joins the board alongside re-elected members Paul L. Carter and Steven J. Hammon

Contribution will go toward a shortage in turfgrass research; Toro, a longtime partner of the GCSAA Foundation, has helped raise more than $2 million for turfgrass research