T.A. Barker, CGCS, the superintendent at Fore Lakes Golf Course in Taylorsville, Utah, has been elected to a one-year term as president of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Barker is the 88th president in the association’s history and served as vice president of the association in 2024. He has been a member of the association’s board of directors since 2018. A 21-year member of GCSAA, Barker is also a past president of the Utah GCSA.
Barker joined the grounds crew at Fore Lakes in 1995 and has been superintendent since 2006. A third-generation superintendent, he became exposed to GCSAA at a young age when his father, GCSAA member Todd Barker, would take the family to the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show each year.
Barker has an advanced turfgrass certificate from Penn State University World Campus.
“This is one of the greatest honors of my life,” Barker said. “This organization is my professional home. The collective strength and passion of our members is what makes GCSAA exceptional.”
Jeff L. White, CGCS, director of agronomy at Indian Hills Country Club in Mission Hills, KS., will serve one year as immediate past president, while Kevin P. Breen, CGCS, superintendent at La Rinconada Country Club in Los Gatos, CA., retires from the board.
Photo: T.A. Barker (GCSAA)