In a nod to college basketball’s “March Madness,” PGA Tour pro Zac Blair and “The Fried Egg” website had social-media followers cast votes for “Logo Madness” bracket pairings. Merion GC’s iconic flagstick logo ousted Winged Foot GC’s in the final; other clubs that made the “Final Four” included Pasatiempo GC and Sleepy Hollow GC.

Anthony L. Williams, CGCS, Director of Golf and Landscape Operations of TPC Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club in Irving, Texas, has been chosen as the Overall and National Private recipient, while Jay Neunsinger of Boundary Oak Golf Course in Walnut Creek, Calif., is the National Public course winner, and Scott Main, CGCS, Mauna Kea…

Club officials and the PGA of America are expected to make the formal announcement on November 14 that the Newtown Square, Pa., property will host the events. Next September, the property will host the BMW Championship, the third of four PGA Tour FedExCup playoff events. Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., has been awarded…

The San Francisco property has hosted 10 USGA events, including five U.S. Opens, on its Lake Course. The course, which opened in 1924, was designed by Willie Watson and built by club superintendent Sam Whiting, and later redesigned in 1927. The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif., will host the 2028 PGA Championship and the…

All past and future clubs associated with the managers who have won Excellence in Club Management Awards recognition will be honored at the annual reception and dinner during the CMAA World Conference.

Caddies from The Olympic Club, Bob-O-Link GC, Rose City GC, Beverly CC, Midlothian CC, the Lochmoor Club and Park Ridge CC (an “Evans powerhouse”) were highlighted in the feature about students who earn college scholarships through the program.

Several steps remain to complete the arrangement that would bring the Open back to L.A. for the first time in 75 years, when it was won by Ben Hogan at Riviera CC.

The Golf Industry Show will continue its three-city rotation with Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego through the end of the decade, it was announced in Orlando. Also at this year’s show, Keith Ihms, CGCS, Director of Grounds Maintenance at the Country Club of Little Rock (Ark.), was elected President of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).

The Denver-based aerial photography company that produces high-resolution stills and HD fly-throughs for golf courses, is now offering images for licensing and/or purchasing through its complete Golf Aerial Library. Clubs featured in the library include The Olympic Club, Cypress Point Club and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Nineteen professionals and managers will be honored at the group’s annual meeting in December, including Len Dumas, General Manager of Contra Costa CC, and Pat Finlen, Director of Golf Course Maintenance Operations, The Olympic Club.

Boca Rio superintendent to lead national golf association.

It still holds true that winners still find ways to continue winning.

David S. Downing II, CGCS, Vice President of Operations and Construction for Signature Golf Group in Myrtle Beach, S.C., was elected President of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) at the association’s annual meeting in Orlando on February 1. Downing will serve until the 2009 annual meeting (February 6 in New Orleans). Elected…