Restoration Conference?

[Mark_Fine]

Anybody here attending Brad Klein's Restoration Conference this Sunday through Tuesday in Williamsburg?  Brad informed me about it and the agenda looks impresssive!  I'll be attending and it should be very educational.  Great group of speakers.

[ed_getka]

Mark,
  I won't be attending, but would love to hear your thoughts when you get back. Have fun.

[Tommy_Naccarato]

As so will I.

Mark, I will call you later today.

[Dunlop_White]

Brad's program in Williamsburg is terrific. I highly recommend attending. Its educational from many perspectives as shown by the presentation topics below.

This was the 2002 agenda.

Sunday, November 3, 2002

-5:30 p.m. Reception

-6:30 p.m. Dinner -welcoming remarks

-7:30 p.m. Architects Panel: Restoration or Modernization?
Opening comments: Where is golf equipment technology going? By Dick Rugge, USGA senior technical director

Panel Discussion:
                      -Ron Prichard
                      -Steve Smyers
                      -Bobby Weed

Monday, November. 4, 2002

-7:30 a.m. Breakfast
-8:30 a.m. Master Planning: by Jim McLoughlin (ASGCA)

-9:45 a.m. Finance and Valuation
                -Larry Hirsh, Golf Properties Analysis
                -Don Rhodes* Heritage Golf Group

-11:00 a.m. Finessing the Landmine of Club Politics
                -Steve Cress, Brookside CC, Ohio
                -Mark Studer, Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa.  

-12:15 p.m. Lunch

-1:30 p.m. The Role of the Superintendent
                -Patrick Krikseonaitis, Essex County Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
                -Ryan Blair, Holston Hills, Knoxville, Tenn.
               -Chris Sykes, Cherokee Country Club, Knoxville, Tenn.

-3:00 p.m. Water Quality and Irrigation Assessment
                -Mike Huck, Full Coverage Irrigation, Inc. (expenses)
                 (grass varieties and textural contrasts)

-4:00 p.m. When to Rebuild Your Greens?
                -Frank Rossi, Cornell University (expenses)

-5:00 p.m. Tree Management
                -David Oatis, USGA Green Section, Northeast Reg.
                -Dunlop White, Winston-Salem, N.C.

-6:30 p.m. Exhibitors' Reception

-7:30 p.m.   Dinner

-8:30 p.m. "The Ratings Game"
                  -Bradley S. Klein, of Golfweek and Golfweek's
                 - Jeff Mingay - of  Whitman Golf

Tuesday, November 5, 2002

-7:00 a.m. Breakfast

-8:15 a.m. Architectural Case Studies
                -Kris Spence (Greensboro, NC)
                -Mike Young (Athens, GA)

-9:45 a.m. Construction (The Shapers) and Grow-In
                -Terry Buchen, CGCS, MG
                -Bob Wilshire, Niebur Golf Inc.
                -John A. "Chip" McDonald, McDonald & Sons, Inc.
                                   - Bunkering: Merion, Winged Foot, Shinnecock, Aronimink, Riviera

-11:30 a.m. Concluding Remarks

-Noon:  Adjourn

[Dunlop_White]

The 2003 agenda below looks as good if not better than before.

Sunday, Nov. 16. 2003  

– Dinner reception at Williamsburg Lodge
 7:30pm: Course Set Ups, Distances and Defending Par,
               Speaker: Tim Moraghan, USGA Agronomist

   Architects panel discussion

   •  David Esler, Chicago, IL
   •  Ron Forse, Uniontown, PN   
   •  John Harbottle, Tacoma, WA
   •  Ron Prichard, Montgomeryville, PA


Monday, Nov. 4, 2003

7:30am:  Continental breakfast.

8:30am: Architecture, Speakers: Quentin Lutz & Drew Rogers,
            Arthur Hills, Golf Course Architects, Toledo, OH

9:45am: Break

10am: Financial Appraisal, Speakers: Laurence Hirsh & John McNair, Golf Course Appraisers, Golf Property Analysts, Harrisburg, PA

11:15am:Agronomy and Grow-In, Speaker: Dick Bator,
      International Golf Course Agronomist, Lenox, MA

12:00pm:   Lunch: Tidewater Room

1:15pm:  Managing Club Politics

      Panel participants:
      •  Pete Garvey, PGA Golf Pro, Idle Hour CC, Lexington, Ken
      •  Steve Cress, Chairman, Renovation Project,
          Brookside CC, Canton, OH
      •  Steve Renzetti, CGCS Superintendent, Quaker Ridge

2:45pm:The Role of the Superintendent, Speaker: Chris  Sykes, Superintendent, Cherokee CC, Knoxville, TN

4:15pm:   Break

4:30pm:    Renovation & Restoration Case Studies
      Panel participants:
      •  David Esler, Chicago, IL
      •  Ron Forse, Uniontown, PA
      •  John Harbottle, Tacoma, WA
      •  Ron Prichard, Montgomeryville, PA

5:30pm:   Dinner on your own.

8:00pm:    How to Screw Up Your Golf Course Without Really Trying, Speaker: Bradley S. Klein Editor, Golfweek’s SuperNews, Orlando, FL

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2003  
 
7am: Breakfast.

8:15am: Construction, Speaker: John A. "Chip" McDonald,
      President, McDonald & Sons, Inc.

9:45am:    Irrigation, Speaker: Paul Granger, Aqua AgronomicSolutions, Inc.

11:30am:   Roundtable & conclusion.

12pm:   Adjourn

[Fred_C.]

Mark,

I would love to hear (see a transcript of) the Tuesday discussion on bunkering.  Is there anyway any/all notes could be posted here after the conference?

Yours,

FJC

[brad_miller]

To bad this isn't being held at YALE.  If portions of the program, DW on Trees were avalible after, might be interesting fodder for some of our northeast green committees.

[Mark_Fine]

I'll be taking lots of notes and will try to post a summary of the highlights when I return.

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Will Del Paso greens committee be there?

[Dunlop_White]

Mark,

Just curious, did a blonde gal from Myrtle Beach, S.C pop in late wanting to learn all she could about building golf courses?

[Mindy]

Thank you for the invitation, I would love to get all of us to attend. Is there one out in California soon?

Mindy