Mike Cole, General Manager of Golf at Stone Mountain (Ga.) Golf Club, was named Marriott’s Golf Professional of the Year and Mark Salisbury, Superintendent of Starr Pass Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz., was recognized as Golf Grounds Manager of the Year. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Grand Cayman was named Golf Property of the Year.

As part of the year-round program, student golfers with a valid college ID can take advantage of discounted twilight green fees and carts at 17 golf courses in the Marriott Golf portfolio. The program is available after 3 p.m. any day of the week at participating courses, and tee times can be made up to three days in advance.

Eight golf courses will receive four pieces of propane-powered equipment to use over 12 months while participating in the research program by the Propane Education and Research Council.

The one-day family golf-themed events will take place at 28 Marriott Golf-managed destinations throughout the world, and teed off domestically at Falcon’s Fire Golf Club in Kissimmee, Fla., on March 15. Families are invited to an afternoon of free golf instruction, clinics, activities, interactive golf games, family golf programs, and chances to win a variety of prizes.

The Marriott property’s Director of Grounds will be honored at the Opening Session of the Golf Industry Show in Orlando on February 5, to recognize his leadership role in helping to forge strong working relationships between the golf industry and government officials in Georgia during a prolonged period of severe drought.

Marriott Golf announced that Anthony L. Williams, Director of Golf Course and Resort Grounds at Stone Mountain Golf Club in Stone Mountain, Ga., will be honored with the prestigious 2010 President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Williams, who has received several industry awards for his commitment to…

Water issues facing the golf course management industry have made it to the cover of the New York Times. The front page of the August 6th edition of the Times featured the article, “On the Fairway, New Lessons in Saving Water,” which focused on the water conservation efforts of golf course superintendents in recently drought-stricken…

Anthony L. Williams, Certified Golf Course Superintendent at Stone Mountain (Ga.) Golf Club by Marriott, has been selected by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Board of Directors to receive the 2010 GCSAA President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship. The award will be presented during the 2010 GCSAA Education Conference on Tuesday, February 9,…