Archive for January 2011

Randquist talks GIS numbers

January 31, 2011 By
I had a nice phone conversation with the soon-to-be president of the GCSAA this morning, Robert Randquist, CGCS at Boca Rio Golf Club in Boca Raton, Fla. I’ve been hearing murmurs that GCSAA has been busy lately, as GIS numbers ...

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Places to be: Turfco booth

January 27, 2011 By
Just caught word of what Turfco has going on at their booth (# 2740) this year. The company is celebrating 50 years of business this year. Turfco invented the spreader back in 1961, so they want to do it up ...

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Oregon State study finds optimal treatment for fast, healthy greens

January 26, 2011 By
Researchers at Oregon State University believe they’ve come up with a winning formula for making putting greens fast and healthy – and they have the numbers to prove it. They examined different rolling and mowing techniques on annual bluegrass putting ...

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Sad news in the industry

January 25, 2011 By
I received some very sad news that my friend Matt Hurley of Standard Golf passed away today. He suffered a brain aneurysm one week ago, had emergency surgery and never came out of a coma. Matt touched many lives and ...

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GCSAA made a strong choice in choosing Evans

January 25, 2011 By
Though it might not satisfy some, removing the “interim” title and choosing Rhett Evans as the next GCSAA CEO was a strong choice made by the GCSAA Board of Directors. In the short term, Evans already knows the score at ...

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Rain Bird’s 2011 Intelligent Use of Water film competition now accepting entries

January 25, 2011 By
This just in from Rain Bird… and check out the judges, which includes our own Pat Roberts! (Not sure about Pat judging films though… I recently discovered that he didn’t agree with me that “Throw Momma From the Train” was ...

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