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Make the Snake and other fun Fall Field Day facets

The CGSA Fall Field Day (FFD) was held September 15-17 in Osoyoos and Oliver, BC with the main event staged at the Nk’Mip (pronounced Inkameep) Canyon Desert Golf Course, host superintendent Ken Bruneski.

Usually a sell-out, this year’s FFD didn’t quite reach capacity but it did see superintendents gather from across the country to take part in an educational/networking seminar and golf tournament that is the national championship for golf course superintendents. 

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Same Golf Course, Same Day

Same Golf Course, Same Day

To say the Canadian climate is harsh wouldn’t surprise most canucks, but sometimes even we get wowed by our winter weather.  Take for example the following two photos from Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, BC, both taken on May 9th, 2012 by Superintendent, Keith Lyall.

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Jim Dafoe Superintendent of the Year 2010

from the BCGSA:

It is with great sadness that we wish to inform you that our dear friend and colleague, Jim Dafoe, Superintendent, Fairwinds Golf Course, passed away on Sunday evening, October 7th, due to complicatons from the cancer he was struggling with for the past several months.

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Get Your Greens Shined Up

Whistler Golf Club’s Re-Sodding Project

By Jerry Rousseau

At the 2011 Lower Mainland BCGSA windup held at the Whistler Golf Club, I was surprised to learn from Superintendent Dave Gottselig and Assistant Superintendent Stuart Carmichael that the Club was planning to re-sod all 18 greens. 

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