Golfdom Gallery: 2025 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show Edition
Reunion at GCSAA Conference and Trade Show: Jerry Corbett, business manager, Albaugh Specialty Products, delivered a big hug to his friend and former coworker Erica Cardenas, marketing communications manager, Quali-Pro, at the Friends of Golfdom party.
Busy trip for you? At what is always a crazy-busy trade show, it was great to find time for this photo with (left to right) Kevin Stoltman, president and CEO, North Coast Media; Seth Jones, editor-in-chief, Golfdom; Rhett Evans, CEO, GCSAA; Jeff White, immediate past president, GCSAA, and CGCS at Indian Hills CC, Mission Hills, Kan.; and Scott Hollister, editor, Golfdom.
Rollin’ with Roddy: Reuel Heyden, U.S. Marketing communications manager, Nufarm, nabbed a selfie with Bill Roddy, group publisher, Golfdom, and Stoltman, at the Nufarm booth.
Petco Park party: Tim Roethler, superintendent, Old Warson CC, St. Louis; Stoltman; Tim Demerath, VP of sales, PBI-Gordon; and Craig MacGregor, publisher, Golfdom, checked out PBI-Gordon’s epic party at the home of the San Diego Padres.
Meet on the Midway: We spotted Dave Waldmann, vice president of business development, Pure Insight; Carmen Magro, CGCS, Ph.D., CEO, Pure Insight; and Valentine Godin, president, Maya Global, at the Opening Ceremony on the USS Midway.
Team Golfdom ... assemble! Sporting their matching quarter-zips, the Golfdom team looked ready to fight off an interplanetary threat at the GCSAA Show in San Diego. From left to right are Jones; Stoltman; Hollister; Jake Goodman, Western regional sales manager; Roddy; Brian Davis, senior marketing and digital manager; Nader Hassen, account executive; Will Coughlin, digital media specialist; and MacGregor.
When Irish eyes are smiling: At the Friends of Golfdom party at The Field Irish Pub, we nabbed this photo with MacGregor, Stoltman, Alan FitzGerald, CGCS, MG, Rehoboth Beach (Del.) CC, Jim Ebsen, salesforce administrator, Turfco, and Scott Kinkead, executive vice president, Turfco.
Are those … Eagle’s wings? Taken by the bartender just a few days before Super Bowl LIX, Craig Kight, Eagle Brook CC, Geneva, Ill., Jones, Chad Carpenter, Forest Park GC, St. Louis, and Mike Leech, Mississippi Valley GCSA, smile in front of what looks like green Philadelphia Eagle wings. Foreshadowing!
Shoulda gone to the Chiefs room: Jones, MacGregor and Hollister treated Mike Sisti (center), sales effectiveness and training, Envu, and Alan Eife, commercial intelligence specialist, Envu, for a taste of Kansas City at San Diego’s Kansas City Barbecue, also known as the “Top Gun” bar (Eife lives
in Philly and is a die-hard Eagles fan and didn’t seem at all bothered).
Good night, John Boy: It was a ’70s theme at the Nufarm party where Jones met up
with Ken Barham, general manager, North America, Nufarm.
Another bet paid in full: The Chiefs/Bills bet was once again paid off at the GCSAA show, this time with an additional Bills fan joining the fray. Thad Thompson, Terry Hills GC, Batavia, N.Y., and Patrick Joy, Boot Ranch GC, Fredericksburg, Texas, join Jones in Chiefs colors.
T.A. is no longer VP: Congratulations to T.A. Barker (right) — winner of the 2018 Herb Graffis Businessperson of the Year award — for being elected the new president of GCSAA. The prez is pictured here with his family, wife Natalie and sons Peyton, Boston and Greyson.
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