Syngenta Business Institute Participants Selected

Congratulations to David Phipps and David Freitag, who were selected as two of 25 golf course superintendents across the country to participate in the Syngenta Business Institute, a unique, educational program.

The Syngenta Business Institute is sponsored by Syngenta in conjunction with Wake Forest University’s graduate school of business and took place Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 in Winston-Salem, N.C. The role of the golf course superintendent involves not only agronomic but also business manager responsibilities. Syngenta worked with Wake Forest to develop a program that focused on business management in the areas of financial management, leadership and effective communications, and negotiation skills.

Superintendents from across the country were nominated by either their state GCS associations or the Syngenta Golf Advisory Team. They were selected from a talented pool of superintendents based on an application process that reviewed their educational background, industry achievements and an essay.

Phipps is the golf course superintendent at Stone Creek Golf Course in Oregon City, and Freitag is superintendent at The Club at Pronghorn in Bend.