By Design – Issue 61, Spring 2023

26 Scenes from the 2023 GCSAA Conference & Trade Show, where ASGCA is a Presenting Partner GCSAA SHOW Orlando blooms for GCSAA show The annual GCSAA Conference & Trade Show is the foremost event in the golf course development industry with architects, superintendents, builders and vendors from across the world meeting to learn about the latest in golf design, construction and maintenance, and network with their peers. In February 2023, the event took place in Orlando, Florida, with a sharp upturn in attendance from the 6,500 that made it to San Diego in 2022, to over 11,000, broadly in line with the pre-pandemic numbers of the Orlando 2020 show. A total of 6,300 seminar seats were filled, representing a 70 percent increase on last year, and the highest figure since 2008. Attendees of the ASGCA Winter Meeting were able to watch two presentations and a panel discussion A panel discussion on what a facility learns from hosting a USGA championship; from left, Bubba Wright of Pebble Beach, Dave Johnson of The Country Club, ASGCA Past President Bruce Charlton and Blue Mound's Alex Beson-Crone

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