Industry News

Randquist named GCSAA chief operating officer

May 4, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

Robert M. Randquist, CGCS, has been named chief operating officer for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Randquist comes to GCSAA after 20 years serving as director of golf course and grounds at Boca Rio Golf Club in ...

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Echo unveils 2 large-capacity spreaders

May 3, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

Echo unveiled its RB-80 and RB-100S large-capacity turf application spreaders. Featuring sturdy steel frames and maintenance-free gear casing, both models are intended for turf applications such as seeds, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, but can also be used for other free-flowing ...

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ASGCA names new president

May 1, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

Jeff Blume, ASGCA, was elected president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) at the organization’s recent 72nd Annual Meeting in his hometown of Houston. Blume is a Landscape Architecture graduate of Texas A&M University. He first joined ...

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Stonebridge GC and Wingate University partner with Landscapes Golf Maintenance

April 30, 2018 By Golfdom Staff

Landscapes Golf Maintenance, a division of Landscapes Unlimited, has partnered with Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe, N.C., in support of the club’s agronomic goals for the course. Designed in 1997 by Richard B. Osborne, Stonebridge Golf Club is an 18-hole ...

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Trinity Forest GC receives Golf Digest’s 2018 Green Star Environmental Award

April 24, 2018 By Golfdom Staff

Trinity Forest Golf Club, site of the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson Classic, has been awarded Golf Digest’s Green Start Environmental Award for outstanding environmental practices. The golf course, located just 8 miles south of downtown Dallas, was built on a ...

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USGA requests proposals for the Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program