The Everglades Golf Course Superintendents Association has donated $5,000 to The Environmental Institute for Golf, giving it Platinum Tee Club status for the eighth consecutive year.

The Platinum Tee Club is the giving club for organizations that contribute a minimum of $5,000 annually to The Institute. The Everglades GCSA also is recognized at the Executive Club level in the Cumulative Giving Program. The Executive Club recognizes organizations that have contributed between $25,000 and $49,999 to The Environmental Institute for Golf since 1987.

"The Everglades GCSA is pleased to continue its support of The Institute," said GCSAA Class A member Bill Davidson, Everglades GCSA president and golf course superintendent at Naples Grande Golf Club in Naples, Fla. "We believe that it is important to fund Institute programs such as research because of the great benefits they provide to our members."