A house RESOLUTION

 

TO CONGRATULATE CHUCK GREEN, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT SUMTER'S QUIXOTE CLUB, ON RECEIVING THE CAROLINAS GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION'S HIGHEST HONOR, THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that Chuck Green, director of operations at Sumter's Quixote Club, was presented with the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association's (GCSA's) highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, during the association's annual  Conference and Trade Show, held  in Myrtle Beach in November 2024; and

 

Whereas, the Carolinas GCSA Conference and Trade Show in Myrtle Beach features the association's annual golf championship with more than 360 golfers, a two-day trade show with more than 410 booths sold, and education seminars with more than 1,200 seats sold; and

 

Whereas, as a past president of the association, Chuck Green received support for his nomination for the prestigious GCSA Distinguished Service Award through an unprecedented thirty-six letters from fellow past presidents, turfgrass researchers, industry partners, and fellow superintendents, some of whom he mentored; and

 

Whereas, Chuck Green was part of a special generation of men who wanted to professionalize the association and who worked toward that end by taking the organization from part- to full-time management, as well as by moving the Conference and Trade Show to a larger venue and so growing it; and

 

Whereas, when Chuck Green served as president in 1996, the Carolinas had fewer than 1,000 members and an after-hours executive secretary running the operation. The Conference and Trade Show attracted fewer than 1,000 attendees. Now, the association has close to 1,900 members, a full-time staff of four, and more than 2,000 conference attendees; and

 

Whereas, further, Mr. Green was pivotal in establishing Clemson University's Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence; and

 

Whereas, in a forty-year career, Chuck Green served as superintendent at Florence Country Club and Columbia Country Club and helped establish nationally ranked Sage Valley Golf Club before becoming operations manager for the transformation of the former Sunset Country Club into Quixote Club; and

 

Whereas, with much admiration, the House takes great pleasure in applauding Chuck Green on receiving such a highly coveted accolade as the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association Distinguished Service Award. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Chuck Green, director of operations at Sumter's Quixote Club, on receiving the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Chuck Green.

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