Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, announced the 2015 Plant Heath Academy class at the 2015 Golf Industry Show in San Antonio last month. Among the new class is Sean Hoolehan, golf superintendent at the Wildhorse Resort and Casino Golf Course.
Hoolehan has been the superintendent at Wildhorse for the past 18 years. He has served on a number of golf industry boards, including being the president of the GCSAA in 2006.
“I am excited about being part of the Bayer Plant Health Academy,” he said. “I look forward to sharing this knowledge and putting it to practice at Wildhorse Resort and Casino.”
The third annual academy is part of the Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow program, an initiative Bayer developed in collaboration with Golf Course Superintendents Association of America’s (GCSAA) Environmental Institute for Golf to advance plant health research and education for superintendents.
“We are blown away by the high caliber of candidates we received this year,” said David Wells, golf business manager for the turf and ornamentals business at Bayer. “It says a lot about our industry that we have so many bright, ambitious, leaders, and we are proud of their commitment to continuing education and their passion to advance their knowledge of plant health and turf management.”
“This is a “Top Shelf” training, where I will get a chance to learn some of the latest methods in Turfgrass /Golf Course management,” said Hoolehan. “Learning is a life time proposition with the rapidly changing technology, regulation, and growing environment I work with on the golf course. It’s a real honor to be selected to participate with a very distinguished group of golf course superintendents from across the country.”
