FROM THE MAGCSA PRESIDENT
Andrew Foster
ANOTHER
GREAT SEASON The
Memphis Area had another great growing and golf season. Windyke Country Club hosted the Scholarship and Research Tournament which was back to normal with prizes and giveaways. A huge thank you to Bubba Jones for hosting another successful shrimp boil and skeet shoot. As we go into 2022, Jason Bradley will be taking over as president of the MAGCSA. This is the end of my second year as president of the MAGCSA, and it has been a great experience. I owe a huge thank you to Melissa Martin and my board that consists of Jason Bradley, Nick Bisanz, Stephen Cox and Michael Rosemond. It absolutely takes a group effort because we all have full time jobs and a life outside of work. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family.
Not only for helping with the association but also supporting me in the decision of being in the Golf Course Superintendent industry. We all know the long days and the weekend conflicts that we sometimes run into, and it takes the support of those around you. As we look to next year it will be interesting to see what it holds. Will Covid and restrictions be any better, will fertilizer prices go down, will golf courses put a surcharge on rounds to follow suit of every other industry? Hopefully the 2022 golf course industry will stay strong and on the upswing, only time will tell.
Andrew Foster MAGCSA President
FROM THE MTGCSAA PRESIDENT
Justin Browning
LOOKING AHEAD I
hope this finds all of our members healthy and doing very well. As the holidays begin and 2021 approaches its end, I also hope we can all look back and see a lot of positive things that we were able to do in 2021. Overall, maybe everyone was able to experience something that felt a little more normal than what we had to deal with last year. I am happy with all of our meetings so far this year and I am thankful for all of our hosts. I hope that all Assistants were able to attend the meeting on December 7th at Brentwood Country Club. It is so important for them to be able to network together.
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It is very exciting that we are able to hold our Tennessee Turfgrass Conference in person this coming January. I personally look forward to seeing everyone, so please get registered. If you see Melissa Martin at any of the upcoming events, please be sure to thank her for all that she does for the TGCSAA. Lastly, I want to wish our entire membership a very happy and safe holiday season.
Justin Browning The Course at Sewanee
TENNESSEE TURFGRASS DECEMBER / JANUARY 2022 Email TTA at: info@ttaonline.org
