May 31, 2016
Videos

Cart Etiquette or Lack Thereof

I was having a great morning mowing fairways this morning at Glen Echo Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., until I came upon Hole 3 and saw the remnants of a cart driver with poor cart etiquette and lack of concern regarding the rules for the day.
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May 31, 2016
New Products

Grigg Brothers Introduces GreenPIG UV

GreenPIG UV is another innovative colorant product from Grigg Brothers.
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May 31, 2016
Videos

"Monster" alligator filmed ambling around Florida golf course

Hey Tiger Woods, here's another animal on the course, and it's a freaking gigantic alligator.
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May 31, 2016
Golf News

Moore to retire from USGA

Effective June 1, Jim Moore will be officially retired from his role as the USGA’s director of Green Section Education.
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May 30, 2016
New Products

Larson Electronics Releases New LED Spotlight

Larson Electronics, a leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial grade lighting solutions, added a high intensity LED spotlight to its line of handheld spotlights.
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May 29, 2016
Golf News

Jacobsen Signs Agreement with Mexican Management Company

Jacobsen, a Textron Inc. company, signed an exclusive agreement with Wallgrow, a Mexican golf course management company, to allow the company to provide Jacobsen equipment to the golf courses it manages.
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May 28, 2016
Golf News

Registration Opens for 2016 PGA Fashion & Demo Experience at PGALasVegas.com

PGA Professionals, golf buyers and industry leaders can now register to attend the 2016 PGA Fashion & Demo Experience in Las Vegas, Aug. 15–17.
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May 27, 2016
Golf News

Snow and Ice Measurements with a PSR+ Field Spectroradiometer

Measurement and analysis of snow and ice with a PSR+ field spectroradiometer can provide important information for environmental, hydrological and climactic research.
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May 26, 2016
Golf News

Schiller Grounds Care Announces New Parts Business Manager

Schiller Grounds Care Inc., a leading manufacturer of lawn and garden power equipment, announced the hiring of Nick Little as its new parts business manager.
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May 25, 2016
New Products

New Soil Moisture Sensor Improves Irrigation

The new Sensaphone Soil Moisture Sensor helps golf course managers irrigate more efficiently.
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May 24, 2016
Golf News

Topgolf Adding Broadcast Media Technology with Protracer Acquisition

Topgolf Entertainment Group (TEG), a global leader in sports entertainment, has acquired Protracer, the company that pioneered technology to track the flight of a golf ball, display its path in video and analyze every shot hit.
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May 24, 2016
Golf News

Talking golf etiquette

Golfers in Kendalville, Ind., have no excuses for not repairing ball marks.
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May 23, 2016
Golf News

Superintendent overcomes personal tragedy to achieve Master Greenkeeper status

Three top greenkeepers are celebrating after achieving BIGGA's Master Greenkeeper status, one of the most prestigious accreditations within the golf course management industry
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May 22, 2016
Maintenance

Trends in golf course water use

In 2006 and 2014, GCSAA sent surveys to golf course superintendents to collect data about water use and conservation practices at U.S. golf courses in 2005 and 2013.
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May 21, 2016
Golf News

Geese Making A Mess Of Long Island Courses

It’s golf season, and that means you’ll have to be careful when you step across many of the courses in the New York area.
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May 20, 2016
Golf News

Sinkhole spurs search for cave by Bass Pro Shops founder

Instead of panicking, Johnny Morris saw an adventure worth digging into when a massive sinkhole swallowed tons of earth at his exquisite golf course deep in the Missouri Ozarks.
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May 19, 2016
Golf News

New rule expands overtime pay to millions of workers

Starting later this year, millions more workers will become eligible for overtime pay.
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May 19, 2016
Golf News, Videos

Golf's interests heard in Washington

GCSAA and other associations representing the golf industry took their collective voices to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to share golf’s story with members of Congress.
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May 19, 2016
New Products

Anuvia Plant Nutrients Partners with Harrell’s to Service Turf Markets

Anuvia Plant Nutrients announces the appointment of Harrell's as a national distributor for its new product GreenTRX 16-1- 2-17S-3Fe.
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May 18, 2016
Golf News

National Golf Day on Wednesday

Wednesday, May 18 marks the ninth annual National Golf Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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May 18, 2016
Golf News

Sun Lakes opens doors for community tour

On April 11, residents of the Sun Lakes Golf community in Banning, Calif., were able to get a hands-on look at the golf course operations at Sun Lakes Country Club.
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May 17, 2016
Golf News

Golf Digest Names Bladerunner Farms’ Doguet to List of Innovators & Influencers of 2016

Golf Digest named David Doguet, turfgrass breeder and president of Bladerunner Farms in Poteet, Texas, to its List of Innovators & Influencers of 2016.
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May 17, 2016
Golf News

California and Virginia Elementary Students Win TurfMutt’s “Be A Backyard Superhero” Contest

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute’s Research and Education Foundation and Scholastic announced the winners of TurfMutt’s national “Be a Backyard Superhero” contest.
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May 17, 2016
Maintenance

Long-term bunker replacement worth time

Limits had been reached with the bunkers at Phillips Park Golf Course in Aurora, Ill.
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May 16, 2016
Golf News

Quail Hollow begins renovation before 2017 PGA Championship

The Quail Hollow Club that will host next summer’s PGA Championship will be quite different than the one that hosted the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship on May 8, as major changes are coming to the Charlotte course.
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May 15, 2016
Golf News

Colo. courses still eyeing snow

Local golf courses may be closed for play, but employees are keeping an eye on the trees.
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May 14, 2016
Golf News

Gaughan has long history with NCAA championships

Casey Martin was uncertain the Eugene Country Club would be willing to host the NCAA Golf Championships when the topic came up in 2014.
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May 13, 2016
Golf News

National Golf Day set for May 18

Both Michael Upchurch and Brian Stiehler were influenced by golf at an early age. Upchurch was always fascinated by the golf course his grandfather built with four friends in West Texas, and Stiehler’s first job at 14 was working on a course in his native
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May 13, 2016
Golf News

Aquatrols joins Asian Golf Industry Federation

Aquatrols, the leading provider of surfactant and other technologies used to optimize soil-water-plant interactions, has joined the Asian Golf Industry Federation.
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May 12, 2016
Golf News

PGA, LPGA form alliance with Topgolf to grow game

The PGA TOUR, LPGA and Topgolf Entertainment Group (TEG), a global leader in golf entertainment, announced a strategic alliance designed to create new fans, participants and enthusiasts and to enhance the playing and fan experiences through event and medi
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May 12, 2016
Chemicals

West Fertilizer blast blamed on arson

The fire that led to the deadly explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. plant in April 2013 has been determined to be arson, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
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May 12, 2016
Golf News

Florida course recognized for environmental excellence

The Club Pelican Bay in Naples, Fla., is now designated a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses.
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May 11, 2016
Golf News

California Gov. Brown issues permanent water conservation orders

Moving to bolster California’s climate and drought resilience, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an executive order that builds on temporary statewide emergency water restrictions to establish longer-term water conservation measures, including permanent mon
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May 11, 2016
Golf News

Martin elected ASGCA president

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May 10, 2016
Chemicals

Willowood USA hires product development manager

Willowood USA announced the hiring of a product development manager to further expand its product portfolio and market expansion.
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May 06, 2016
Equipment

Jacobsen's HR800 is most power efficient mower in its class

Jacobsen announced the launch of the all-new HR800 16-foot-wide rotary mower.
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May 05, 2016
Golf News

Bayer Launches “Talking Turf” Blog for Superintendents

Bayer Crop Science has introduced a new tool for golf course superintendents—the “Talking Turf” blog.
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May 04, 2016
Golf News

Zurich Classic features famous golfers and infamous 3-legged gator

Countless species of indigenous wildlife inhabit the wetlands along the 18-hole tract at the TPC Louisiana.
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May 03, 2016
Golf News

Mont. superintendent grows from bag boy to cover boy with national group

He is still fondly referred to as “Pete Weed” or “Petey Weedy” around his home course at Hilands Golf Club in Billings, but Pete Grass also answers to another name these days.
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May 02, 2016
Golf News

USGA, ASGCA Select Six Sites for Pro-Bono Evaluations

The United States Golf Association and the American Society of Golf Course Architects Foundation have jointly selected six publicly accessible golf facilities to receive pro-bono consulting visits this year from USGA agronomists and ASGCA-member architect
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May 01, 2016
Golf News

Rounds 4 Research April auction raises $164,000 for turfgrass studies

The 2016 Rounds 4 Research fundraising program to support turfgrass studies, managed by the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), sold more than 800 rounds and yielded more than $164,000 in its April online auction.
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