Senior Seminar- David Robinson, Marriott Golf

David Robinson, Director of Golf Grounds for Marriott Golf, visited the Lake City campus on April 19th to speak to the Seniors to about the challenges of resort golf management in the current economy. David, a Class of 1998 graduate of the LCCC GCO program, focused on the need for creativity in evaluating the golf business model and how pace of play has effected the generating of revenue. Robinson stressed the importance of industry participation and continuing education, encouraging the students to achieve GCSAA certification. We would like to thank Mr. Robinson for his support of the GCO program at Lake City.

LCCC Field Days

As the semester winds to an end, LCCC's GCO program hosted its annual industry field days at the Turf Equipment Technology building. Students were exposed to the latest turf equipment technology from three titans of the golf course industry. Jacobsen and Golf Ventures spoke to students about the company's latest hybrid technology along with new options in its rotary mowing lines. John Deere and Beard's introduced some of the technology being used in military applications in Iraq and Afghanistan and how this autonomous technology will be applied to course maintenance. Toro and Wesco Turf discussed some of their new machines to be introduced for field applications in 2011 including the newest tri-plex and walk-mowers with flexible cutting unit and hybrid technology. We would like to thank these three cornerstones of the golf maintenance industry for their investments in the Lake City GCO program.

Howard Fertilizer Golf Tournament

The Country Club of Lake City played host to the annual Howard Fertilizer Golf Tournament organized for LCCC's Golf Course Operations, Landscape Technology, and Turf Equipment Technology graduating class of 2010. An 11:30 a.m. lunch was followed by a 1:00 p.m. shotgun start, best-ball tournament and concluded with a dinner and awards banquet. Congratulations to LCCC senior Joey Flinchbaugh for taking home prizes in both the longest drive and closest to the pin contest. Thank you to LCCC alumn, Howard Fertilizer's Dwight Kummer for sponsoring this wonderful event and for Howard's support of Lake City's GLO programs.

Pike Creek Turf Farm

LCCC GCO students made their annual excursion to Pike Creek Turf, Inc in Adel, Georgia, on Monday, April 5, 2010. Students were exposed to fourteen different warm-season grasses planted on over 2500 acres. Current selections in production include Fumigated, Georgia certified Tifway, TifDwarf, TifSport, TifEagle, TifGrand, and Miniverde bermudagrass as well as Sea Isle 1, Sea Isle 2000, Sea Isle Supreme, SeaDwarf, and Platinum TE paspalumgrass. Thank you Pike Creek and the Allen Family for your ongoing support of the LCCC GCO program.