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Kudos to GCSAA Distinguished Service Award winners

January 18, 2013 By Golfdom Blog Staff

Just a shout out to the four recipients of the 2013 Col. John Morley Distinguished Service Award. Frank Lamphier, Ken Mangum, Dennis Lyon and Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D., are this year’s honorees, and they’ll be acknowledged at the 2013 GCSAA Education ...

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Sports Turf Managers Association show waves chekered flag in Daytona

January 18, 2013 By Golfdom Blog Staff

–> DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A town best known for rowdy spring breakers and race cars tempoararily became sports turf managers central, as turf pros from around the country flocked to the annual STMA show. As the Sports Turf Managers ...

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Joe Schmo is one of us

January 17, 2013 By Golfdom Blog Staff

I just got off the phone with Joe Schmo. Or, as he is known to his friends and colleagues in our industry, Chase Rogan. Chase, an agronomist from Pittsburgh, is the star of the new Spike TV series Joe Schmo: ...

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New issue out the door/STMA here we come

January 15, 2013 By Golfdom Blog Staff

WHEW! What will the new mag look like? Wait and see! Finally, I can take a deep breath. We just got done with a big issue of Golfdom… it was double the size and double the importance, because it was ...

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BASF forms Specialty Products Department

January 10, 2013 By Golfdom Blog Staff

News from BASF this morning. The company is taking their turf, pest and vegetation management segments and merging them into one group known as the Specialty Products Department. Jan Buberl will be the director of this group. Brian Lish and ...

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Zombies at GIS???

January 7, 2013 By Golfdom Blog Staff

I know after a hard night at the GIS, some people walk around the GIS tradeshow floor like they’re zombies. But at this year’s GIS, thanks to FMC, there will be “real” zombies there. BRAINS!!! Here’s the note I got ...

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