Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 1pm EST
Paul MacCormack, Superintendent and General Manager, Fox Meadow Golf Course, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Guests – Frank Rossi, Cornell University • Ian Andrew, Golf Course Architect
This final session will discuss the theme of resilience and what it means to superintendents.
Paul MacCormack is the golf course superintendent and general manager of Fox Meadow Golf Course, located in Stratford, Prince Edward Island, Canada, where he lives with his wife, Jill, and three children, Maria, Lucas and Clara. Paul is also the author of The Mindful Superintendent Blog on TurfNet and a frequent speaker on the value of mindful living.
Dr. Frank Rossi (@fsr3) is an Associate Professor in the School of Integrative
Plant Science at Cornell University where he leads the Urban Grassland
Research and Education Program and teaches courses in plant science and
food systems.
He’s published scientific books, chapters, articles, columns, videos, and
podcasts, mostly because he can’t stop talking about grass. You can hear him
on the popular “Frankly Speaking” Podcast @Turfnet.com.
Frank has had a long career advocating for excellence in environmental
stewardship and is passionate about firm, fast, safe, playing surfaces. In fact,
he was the lead agronomic consultant for the 2016 Olympic Golf Course in
Rio de Janiero, Brazil and the grassland expert for historic venues in the NY
Metropolitan area such as Green-Wood Cemetery, Central Park, Bryant Park
and Yankee Stadium.
Frank has been recognized throughout his career as among the most
influential people in the Green Industry and was awarded the 2016 NYS Turf
and Landscape Association’s Man of the Year, the 2017 Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Metropolitan Golf Course Supt. Association
and the 2018 GCSAA President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship.
In addition to his career in turfgrass industry, Frank is married and the father
of three children, Past-President of his local school board, and a Gentleman
Farmer specializing in humanely and pasture-raised Heritage Breed pigs and
poultry (@belcantofarm).
Ian Andrew has been working as a golf course architect since 1989. He began his career working on new course construction, but quickly transitioned to renovations. It was during this period where he became well known for performing a series of sensitive restorations to high profile Canadian courses. Ian’s restorations include two of the World’s Top 100 Courses in St. George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto and Highlands Links in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The success of these two projects led to him being asked to work with historical courses in the United States.
Ian lives in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The winters are spent playing hockey, skiing, woodworking and painting water colors.
