NEWS Tributes paid to Cecil Former BIGGA Chairman passes away at the age of 91


Many in the industry have been saddened by the death of Cecil George, the respected long-time greenkeeper at Lenzie Golf Club.


The life member and former chairman of the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association died on January 18 at the age of 91.


Cecil was introduced to greenkeeping as a 15-year- old, joining the staff at Whitecraigs in 1943.


At the outbreak of the Second World War, he spent four months with the


Cameron Highlanders before moving to the Parachute Regiment, seeing action in the Middle East and undertaking 109 jumps.


He returned to work at Whitecraigs, passing up the chance to become an engineer, and continued greenkeeping as a profession at Fereneze and Cathcart Castle. Cecil settled at Lenzie in 1954 and, over 37 years, he renovated the course, planting 10,000 trees and scarifiying the greens, which had been 80 percent moss.


In the 1960s, he set up the first training course


for apprentice greenkeepers at Woodburn House in Glasgow, working with Bob Moffat, going on to establish greenkeeping accreditation for City & Guilds, HNC and HND courses.


Credited with doing more than any other to progress the education of greenkeepers, his contribution to the profession has been described as "gigantic".


Cecil is survived by his wife, Margaret, and children Lorna, Lynn and Ken.


OBITUARY - ALICE DYE


Alice Dye, the first female President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), a Fellow and 2017 Donald Ross Award recipient, died on the 1st February 2019, at the age 91.


The matriarch of the most famous family in golf course design - and architect of the famed 17th hole “island green” at TPC Sawgrass - ASGCA members will remember Alice Dye for her service to ASGCA and the game of golf.


A winner of more than fifty amateur golf tournaments, Dye earned the Indiana State Championship nine times, and won three Florida State Championships and eleven Indianapolis City Championships. She also won the Doherty Cup, and secured a place on the US team for the 1970 Curtis Cup.


ASGCA President Jeff Blume commented; “Alice was certainly a pioneer and inspiration to us all, regardless of gender, but she blazed a trail as only she could for great architects like Jan Bel Jan, Vicki Martz and Cynthia Dye McGarey to follow. She will definitely be missed.


A leader in golf administration, Dye served on the USGA Women’s Committee and USGA Handicap Committee, the LPGA Advisory Council and on the Board of the Women’s Western Golf Association.


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