Highlights from the GCSAA Conference and Show in Atlanta:
- The GCSAA’s 20 percent dues increase was approved by members during the annual meeting on Feb. 14. Class A and superintendent members will now pay $300 per year and Class C members will pay $150 annually.
- Jon D. Maddern, CGCS, of Elk Ridge Golf Course in Atlanta, Mich., was elected president.
- Official Conference and Show attendance was 18,164, down approximately 2,500 from last year in Orlando.
- A total of 701 exhibitors covered 245,200 square feet of floor space compared to 729 exhibitors encompassing 273,200 square feet last year in Orlando.
- Joseph M. Pantaleo, superintendent at Indian Creek CC in Miami Beach, Fla., took home the 2003 GCSAA Golf Championship with a two-day total of 150 Feb. 10 – 11 in Hilton Head, S.C.
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