Golfdom Gallery: 2024 Golfdom Summit edition

He’s the Piano Man: In all these years of the Golfdom Summit, it was finally 2024 when Carmen Magro, CGCS, Ph.D., president and CEO of PURE Insight, saddled up to the Reunion Resort lobby piano and played us a tune.

Power meeting: Solving some of the world’s problems are (left to right) George Kinkead, president, Turfco; Kevin Stoltman, CEO, North Coast Media; Thomas Bolon, superintendent, Lake Forest CC, Hudson, Ohio; and Brian Abels, superintendent, Ames (Iowa) CC.

A hole-in-one!: Editor-in-chief Seth Jones (left) looks on in shock at the scorecard with the first ever hole-in-one at the Golfdom Summit scramble, courtesy of David “DJ” Johnson, executive vice president, Kress. Great shot, DJ!

Winner’s circle: Jones and Jake Goodman (far right), western regional sales manager, Golfdom, congratulate the winning golf team of Neil Perez, director of sales, Jacobsen; Ron Pote, owner, NanoOxygen Systems; and Jacob Rockhold, CGCS, Stone Canyon GC, Lee’s Summit, Mo.

Pops with Pops: Jeff Eldridge, CGCS, (left) golf segment lead, Nufarm, joins Scott Robbins, director of agronomy, Ptarmigan CC, Fort Collins, Colo., and his son Jack Robbins, director of grounds, Pinehurst CC, Denver.

Legend has it: Once attendees arrived at the Golfdom Summit Legends presentation, it was clear who the new Legend was: Ken Mangum, CGCS (left), with the crew from Kress: Tim Barrier, CGCS, golf business development manager, DJ Johnson and James Brent, golf business development manager.

Man of the hour: Stuart Bothe (left), director of golf course maintenance, Emerald Dunes Club, West Palm Beach, Fla., and Corey Kimball (right), sales representative, Elite Turf Solutions, were thrilled to congratulate Mangum on his new honor.

It’s a dry heat: This group of desert dwellers were happy to see each other in the Sunshine State: Jeff Lezon, CGCS, Canyon Gate CC, Las Vegas, Patrick Parkins, TPC Las Vegas and Shawn Emerson, Ethos Golf and longtime superintendent at Desert Mountain.

Sun’s getting real low: Cody Sander, superintendent, Drumm Farm GC, Independence, Mo., Rich McIntosh, director of agronomy, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas, Lyndsie Balstad, product manager, PBI-Gordon and Scott Hollister, editor, Golfdom, race to beat the sundown during their round on the Palmer Course at Reunion Resort.