The GCM staff is covering all the action at the 2025 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show as it unfolds. Check back often for the latest industry news, company announcements, highlights from the Education Conference, and more.
• Mike Gianopoulos, CGCS, has won the GCSAA National Championship presented by Toro. The first-time winner from Kent Country Club in Grand Rapids, Mich., edged out defending champion Seth Strickland by one with a 2-day 6-over 150 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. See more details and full results at GolfGenius.
Trent Manning (center), CTEM, equipment manager for Ansley Golf Club in Atlanta and Ansley Golf Club at Settindown Creek in Roswell, Ga., facilitated the Equipment Manager Round Table Power Hour at the GCM Conference and Trade Show in San Diego. Photo by Andrew Hartsock
• Here are a few words of wisdom from Trent Manning, CTEM, the equipment manager for two affiliated golf courses, Ansley Golf Club in Atlanta and Ansley Golf Club at Settindown Creek in Roswell, Ga.
“Just because you know know to put your hand in a running reel doesn’t mean everybody else does,” Manning, the 2022 winner of the Edwin Budding Award, said during the Equipment Manager Roundtable Power Hour on Monday at the San Diego Convention Center. “Hard to believe, but that’s the world we live in.”
Manning, an 11-year member of GCSAA, oversaw the well-attended session and encouraged attendees to get out of their comfort zones, breaking the session into a series of small-group discussion on topics such as equipment operator training, favorite tools and workplace culture.
One of the tastiest suggestions for creating positive workplace culture?
“Barbecue to improve your culture? I love it,” Manning said.