2024 Ozark Turf Association June Meeting Results
/2024 June Meeting Recap
Branson Hills Golf Club and superintendent Lukas Phillips hosted the Ozark Turf Association for our June meeting, on June 11th. SiteOne was our meeting sponsor.
We had a great turnout with close to 50 attendees. Dr. Mike Richardson from the University of Arkansas presented an update on wetting agent research, that the OTA is cosponsoring with other GCSAA chapters with a GCSAA Chapter cooperative research grant. He also answered many wetting agent related questions of meeting attendees. Also speaking were two of Dr. Richardson’s grad students, Will Green who spoke on uses of drones on golf courses, and Sam Kreinberg who spoke on the new USGA GS3 ball technology. GCSAA members received .1 education points.
For lunch meeting attendees were treated to a deli buffet along with side salads.
Those that decided to stay and play golf choose between a Stableford scoring format or playing on one of the scramble teams.
The winners in the Stableford competition were as follows:
First place in A flight with a total of 27 points was Conner Antonetti, assistant superintendent at Hickory Hills C.C.
Second place in A flight with a total of 26th points was Jordan Eyster with Viridity Golf Construction.
First place in B flight with a total of 21 points, winning is a score card playoff was Ronnie Harman, superintendent at Silo Ridge C.C.
Second place in B flight with a total of 21 points was Adam Camp, superintendent at Hidden Valley Golf Links.
Winning the net contest with a net score of 74 was Kolby Armbruster of Ledgestone Country Club.
First place in the scramble division was the SiteOne team with SiteOne representatives Eddie Roach Jr., CGCS, and Andrew Jones, with Ryan Jerome from Brandt and Conrad Pennkuk from Syngenta with a strong 61.
Second place in the scramble division was the Capital Sand team with Capital Sand represenitives Katie Pierce and Jason Wilmes, along with Joey Robers, superintendent at Holiday Hills, and Bob Brinton from Knox Fertilizer, shooting a 65 and winning the scorecard playoff.
The proximity closest to the pin winners were as follows.
Hole # 2 sponsored by FMC was Conner Antonetti, assistant at Hickory Hills Country Club
Hole # 7 sponsored by GreensPro was Kolby Armbruster, superintendent at Ledgestone Country Club
Hole # 12 sponsored by Redexium was Chris Berry, 2nd assistant at Highland Springs Country Club.
Hole # 16 sponsored by SiteOne was Brett Randall, assistant at Osage National Golf Resort.
Thanks again go to host superintendent Lukas Phillips and General Manager Dan Davis who did all the scoring for us. SiteOne for sponsoring our meeting, Dr. Mike Richardson and his grad students Will Green and Sam Kreinberg for speaking to our group, and to everyone who was able to attend the meeting.
Our next event will be Friday August 9th, when we have our family fun night at the Springfield Cardinals game sponsored by Syngenta.
