The 2020 PMP Growth Summit golf outing on March 5 was aces for networking and recreation at the Arnold Palmer Course at the Reunion Resort, Kissimmee, Fla.
With a score of 63, the golf scramble first-place foursome consisted of, from left, Tom Algeo, CSI; Bill Cowley, Cowley’s Pest Services; Jerry Smith, Dial Pest Control; and Ty Ferraro, CSI. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
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A golf scramble tournament was a welcome respite of “fun in the sun” to break up the schedule of networking and one-on-one meetings during the fourth annual Pest Management Professional (PMP) Growth Summit. The event took place March 5 on the Arnold Palmer Course at the Reunion Resort, Kissimmee, Fla. The signature, par 72 course features elevation changes of up to 50 feet in some places, to give seasoned golfers a challenge and new golfers a fun experience. With record-breaking high temperatures just the day before, golfers were slightly nervous — but the weather was near-perfect for an afternoon on the links.
Non-golfing attendees, partners and staffers gathered for lunch at the Reunion’s Clubhouse restaurant, and then took advantage of their free time. But after the outing, everyone reunited for a delicious barbecue poolside, catered — as is now a PMP Growth Summit tradition — by local favorite 4 Rivers Smokehouse. Scramble winners were recognized with gift cards to the Reunion’s golf shop.
With a score of 63, the golf scramble first-place foursome consisted of, from left, Tom Algeo, CSI; Bill Cowley, Cowley’s Pest Services; Jerry Smith, Dial Pest Control; and Ty Ferraro, CSI. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
Closest to the pin — within 4 feet, 9 inches — was Jason Billman, Lytx. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
Two beverage carts were sponsored by Control Solutions Inc. (CSI), Pasadena, Texas. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
The golf scramble second-place foursome consisted of, from left, the father-and-son duo of Howard and Conner Bright, Anti-Pesto Bug Killers; Ray Olschewski, ACE, Bird Barrier; and PMP parent company North Coast Media President Kevin Stoltman. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
Golfers get in a few practice swings before the event. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
As they await the shotgun start, golfers grab lunch. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
As PMP Publisher and Editorial Director Marty Whitford quipped when presenting the award at the barbecue, “Our longest drive award goes to the gentleman with the longest flight: 17 hours from Nairobi, Kenya”: Jacob Chacha, Termipest Ltd. PHOTO: LOU FERRARO, PARK SOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY
