Personnel news

Jim MacDonald, retired golf course superintendent at New Haven Country Club, was named the Connecticut Golf Course Superintendents Association superintendent of the year.

Tom Harrington is the new superintendent at Marshfield (Mass.) Country Club.

Tom Stone is the new superintendent at Indian Pond Country Club in Kingston, Mass.

Golf Course Managers Association of Cape Cod members Joe Felicetti, superintendent at Pinehills Golf Club, and Jim Small II, superintendent at Olde Scotland Links, became certified golf course superintendents designated by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.

Blake Garrett is the new superintendent at Farm Links in Sylacauga, Ala.

Jim Fitzroy, superintendent at Presidents Golf Course in Quincy, Mass., was elected to the board of directors of the GCSAA. Fitzroy also was president of the New England branch of the association.

Alan D. Hess, CGCS, a 25-year member of the GCSAA, was named president of the Lonestar GCSA for 2005, succeeding Jamie Kizer of Austin, Texas. Hess is a member of South Texas GCSA and a member of the British and International Greenskeepers Association. Also, Hess is the director of course management for Golf Partners Management, and serves as the superintendent of Augusta Pines Golf Club in Spring, Texas.

Cory Nelson was named superintendent at Lakeview Golf Course in Ralston, Neb.

Kathi Driggs was named c.o.o. of the Club Managers Association of America.