Edwin Budding Award

The GCSAA Edwin Budding Award is given annually to an individual in the turf equipment industry whose actions have gone above and beyond the norm to help shape the turf equipment management industry into what it is today. Edwin Budding was one of those individuals who helped define golf, not as a player, but as an engineer. He designed the first reel mower, which has shaped golf as we know it today.

Criteria

Nominees must have influenced significant impact within the turf equipment industry above and beyond normal day-to-day work. The contribution must be significant in both substance and duration and result in an actual, measurable accomplishment. The nominee must not have been a recipient of this award during the preceding 10 years. An individual may be nominated by a chapter of GCSAA, any member of GCSAA or any qualified golf association. The winner will be chosen by the GCSAA Board of Directors, and the winner will receive the award at the annual GCSAA Conference and Trade Show.

Recognition

The Edwin Budding Award winner receives:

  • Complimentary full-pack registration to the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show, and select air/hotel travel expenses for the winner and spouse.
  • Recognition in GCSAA publications and websites
  • Recognition at the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show
  • National, regional and local publicity
  • Personalized plaque
  • Name on a permanent plaque at GCSAA headquarters

Nominations

Nominations for the 2024 Edwin Budding Award are now closed The 2024 award will be presented at the 2025 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in San Diego. 

For more information contact Diana Kern, senior manager, CTEM certification and certificate programs, by email at dkern@gcsaa.org, by phone at 785-832-3600, by fax at 785-832-4488, or by mail to GCSAA, 1421 Research Park Dr., Lawrence, KS 66049-3859.

2023

  • Gary Bogdanski

2022

  • Trent Manning, CTEM

2021

  • Helmut Ullrich

2020

  • Mike Kriz

2019

  • Jim Nedin

2018

  • Hector Velazquez

2017

  • Chuck Totten

2016

  • Ed Ward

2015

  • Stephen Tucker

2014

  • Roland McPhearson

2013

  • Tom Hurst

2012

  • Dana Lonn

2011

  • Wes Danielewicz

2010

  • Vollie Carr

2009

  • Eddie Konrad

2008

  • Eric Kulaas

2007

  • Ed Combest