Hawaii Golf Course Superintendents Blog
HELP SPREAD AWARENESS OF THE GCEP SURVEY
GCSAA’s Golf Course Environmental Profile surveys are very important to the profession and industry. (Specify who this is from) encourages all superintendents to participate in the fourth major Golf Course Use and Conservation survey.
Your participation will continue to enable advocacy efforts, as well as provide resources to help superintendents succeed.
It is crucial that everyone participate in this survey to adequately represent all location and facilities because we need the facts.
The HGCSA asks that you complete the survey as soon as possible before the deadline of November 10, 2025.
Click here or paste this link into your browser to get started.
https://ngf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08ve4pUJC22qu c6?src=O1
Everyone who completes the survey in its entirety will automatically be entered into prize drawings. There will be four $500 prizes drawn per survey. In addition, GCSAA members will be awarded 0.50 service points for their participation.
Individual survey responses will not be disclosed or used by GCSAA and results will only be published in aggregate.
2025 Annual Golf Tournament & Seminar

I want to thank those that attended our annual golf & seminar last week, I hope you had a great time. The seminar had Rhett Evans talk about his climb to the top of Mt. Everest, he showed Joe and Nolan what it felt like breathing at the top. Also congratulations to Jason Cook from Kauai for winning Low Gross this year and to Frank Keller Twigg, Bryan Grady, Shane Nobriga and Guy Hera for winning Low Net in their flights.
Russell Dooge, CGCS
Executive Director HGCSA

Rhett Evans talks about breathing at the top of Mt. Everest
Rhett Evans talks about breathing at the top of Mt. Everest
2025 University of Hawaii Turfgrass and Landscape Pest Management Zoominar Series

2025 University of Hawaii
Turfgrass and Landscape Pest Management
Zoominar Series
Live on Zoom:
Webinar Zoom links will be emailed to registered participants.
Organized and hosted by:
Dr. Zhiqiang Cheng
Professor and Extension Specialist
Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, CTAHR, UH Manoa
Management of several important landscape pests in Hawaii: coconut rhinoceros beetle, lobate lac scale, and hala scale.
Dr. Zhiqiang Cheng, UH Manoa.
Registration link (will close May 29, 2025)
Management of several important turfgrass pests in Hawaii: frit fly, oriental flower beetle, and take-all patch.
Dr. Zhiqiang Cheng, UH Manoa.
Registration link (will close June 05, 2025)
Dr. Joseph DeFrank, UH Manoa (emeritus).
Registration link (will close June 12, 2025)
Dr. Zhiqiang Cheng, UH Manoa.
Registration link (will close June 19, 2025):
- 1.0 HDOA* RUP CEU (first 3 webinars: Commercial 3,10; last webinar: Commercial 1a,1b,1c,2,3,4,5,6,7a,7b,7c,7d,7e,8,9,10 and Private 1)
- 1.0 LICT* CEU.
- 0.10 GCSAA* points.
- 1.0 ISA* CEU (1.0 each for June 02 and June 23 webinars).
Zoominar series are free of charge, brought to you by UH Manoa Turfgrass and Landscape Pest Management Program (Dr. Zhiqiang Cheng) of CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service.
2025 Dog Days of Golf Calendar
in cooperation with GCSAA

The GCSAA show (Catch Your Wave) is coming up and if you are attending please stop by the Lebanon Turf booth and vote Ulia for Dog of the Year!
Ulia found Jason Amoy, superintendent at Mad Pacific Country Clup as an 8-week-old pup.
She loves to run the course in Lanikai, where her favorite jobb each morning is to herd the resident duck population back into the pond.
Plan now to stop by the LebanonTurf booth at the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in February to place your vote for the 2025 Dog of the Year. The winner’s owner will receive a $500 prize and $3,000 for his or her GCSAA-affiliated chapter. A $2,000 charitable donation will also be made to K9’s for Warriors by GCSAA and LebanonTurf in honor of the winner.
Occasional Invasive Pest Mini-Conference

Virtual (via Zoom)
Hunting for hornets: WSDA’s eradication story

Join the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and follow their hornet response. Communications navigated a media frenzy and unprecedented public interest in the viral murder hornet. Research and innovative operations proved crucial in locating and tracking hornets. Outreach efforts created multiple public campaigns. Learn how public-private collaboration, with a massive workload, supported a successful eradication of northern giant hornet in Washington state.
Please join the Mini-Conference by registering in the Zoom link below:
https://hawaii.zoom.us/meeting/register/y5phVNEuRgim2vPbce7ipQ
Download the Printable Flyer by CLICKING HERE.





