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Hello Spring!
It is finally here, and I know you all, like myself, have experienced record rainfall again to start our 2020 year. As I am writing this letter, our country is in turmoil due to the Coronavirus and our golf courses are shutting down by the day. It’s hard to believe something of this caliber could shut businesses down and put so many Americans out of work. We will continue to quarantine and keep our families safe and pray that we will keep our courses open for play.
I’m proud to be returning as the President of the East Tennessee Golf Course Superintendents Association, and my fellow board members I’ve had the pleasure to serve with last year will be returning as well. The East Tennessee Board members are as follows:
PRESIDENT — DJ Lerchen
VICE PRESIDENT — Travis Hopkins
SECRETARY / TREASURER — Jordan Clark
DIRECTORS — Michael Crawford, Jeff Rumph, Tim Long, Joe Hill, Roger Frazier
The board has been working diligently scheduling meeting sites and contacting speakers for each monthly meeting. Unfortunately, the April meeting has been cancelled due to COVID19, but we are looking forward to the upcoming months. We have some good speakers scheduled and I want to encourage everyone to come out to the meetings and bring your assistants, equipment technicians and other team members.
The upcoming meetings are as follows:
MAY 19, 2020
Link Hills C.C.
Host Superintendent – Corey Seals
Speaker – Eric Taylor, Tennessee Smokies, “Renovation of Smokies Park”
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JUNE 2, 2020
Egwani Farms Golf Course
Host Superintendent – Gary Southerland
Speaker – Sam Adams, Arborist UT Grounds, “Tree Care on the Course”
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JULY 14, 2020
Woodlake Lodge, Golf and Country Club
Host Superintendent – Michael Medley
Speaker – Dr. Tom Samples “Managing Natural Areas on the Golf Course”
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AUGUST 11, 2020
Lookout Mountain Club
Host Superintendent – Mark Hearn
Speaker – Jimmy Abernathy
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OCTOBER 26, 2020
Oak Ridge Country Club
30th Annual ETGCSA Scholarship & Research Golf Tournament
Host Superintendent – Guy Hudson
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DJ Lerchen
Golf Course Superintendent The Sevierville Golf Club
DJ Lerchen
