[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 121 (Monday, September 17, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1665]
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       IN RECOGNITION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOLF COURSE 
                 SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 17, 2001

  Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Golf 
Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) on the occasion 
of its 75th anniversary.
  The GCSAA is the professional association for the men and women who 
manage and maintain golf facilities in the United States and worldwide. 
From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kansas, the association carries out 
its mission to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance 
the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf.
  The GCSAA was founded on September 13, 1926, when a group of 60 
visionary greenkeepers met at the Sylvania Country Club in Toledo, 
Ohio, with the purpose of forming an organization that would inform and 
educate its membership and strive for a better future for those who 
manage the playing fields of golf, Originally called the National 
Association of Greenkeepers, the association has grown to more than 
21,000 individual members in the United States and 65 other countries. 
GCSAA and its members are leaders in the golf community.
  As in 1926, the advancement of the superintendent profession, and the 
game and business of golf, are at the heart of everything the GCSAA 
does today. GCSAA offers numerous educational and informational 
programs to serve an ever-growing membership--education that spans the 
scientific, technical, environmental, professional development and 
resource management aspects of the profession.
  In recent years GCSAA has expanded its role so that it not only 
serves its members, but also the people, organizations and institutions 
allied to the game of golf. From funding university turfgrass research, 
to promoting the participation of youth, minorities and persons with 
disabilities in the game, to being a major participant in the arena of 
environmental stewardship, GCSAA continues to take an active approach 
in making golf better. Today the superintendent is recognized as a key 
to golfer enjoyment and to the economic vitality of the golf course.
  GCSAA has spent the last 75 years advancing the golf course 
superintendent profession and enhancing the game of golf and will only 
continue these great achievements in the years to come.
  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to congratulate the Golf Course 
Superintendents Association of America as they celebrate 75 wonderful 
years of association history and heritage.

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