Chase Rogan, Tim Valicka and Nick Klinkhammer are winners of the 2010 Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Student Essay Contest.
"Congratulations to Chase, Tim and Nick for their outstanding writing contributions," GCSAA President James R. Fitzroy, CGCS, said. "With support from the EIFG, GCSAA is able to reward our members working toward degrees with scholarship stipends as an investment in research beneficial to our industry."
Open to GCSAA members who are undergraduate or graduate students pursuing degrees in turfgrass science, agronomy or any field related to golf course management, the GCSAA Essay Contest accepts entries with a focus on golf course management. The scholarship funding is provided by The Environmental Institute for Golf through the Robert Trent Jones Endowment.
Judges from the GCSAA scholarship committee select winners to receive scholarships and the first place entry may be published or excerpted in the association's official publication, GCM.
Rogan, a GCSAA student member from Saegertown, Pa., is a graduate student at Penn State University. He won the first place scholarship of $2,000 for his essay: "Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program – Making Golf Courses Greener."
Valicka, a GCSAA student member from Tower Lakes, Ill., is a junior at Iowa State University. He earned the second place prize of $1,500 for his paper: "The Superintendent's Dilemma."
Klinkhammer, a GCSAA student member from Sartell, Minn., is a junior at the University of Minnesota. He claimed the third place award of $1,000 for his writing: "Cultural Control Strategies for Colletotrichum Cereale."