Industry News

Textron launches new Jacobsen parts program

February 20, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

Textron Specialized Vehicles is launching a new Parts 365 Program for Jacobsen professional turf-care equipment, which will support equipment with parts on the ground at participating golf facilities. The Parts 365 program will be an option for all new orders ...

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USGA makes revisions to official Putting Green Construction Recommendations

February 16, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

Over the past year, a team of scientists, laboratory technicians, golf course builders, architects, superintendents and USGA Agronomists worked together to revise the USGA Recommendations for a Method of Putting Green Construction. The review team was tasked with identifying and ...

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Auburn University wins the 2018 GCSAA Collegiate Turf Bowl

February 16, 2018 By Golfdom Staff

Auburn University is the winner of the 2018 GCSAA Collegiate Turf Bowl. John Deere Golf awarded Auburn the traveling trophy and the $4,000 first-place prize during the closing ceremony of the Golf Industry Show in San Antonio on Feb. 8. ...

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First Green, GCSAA join forces

February 15, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

The First Green Foundation (First Green) and Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will bring First Green under the umbrella of the GCSAA’s philanthropic organization, the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG). The ...

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Toro continues support of Rounds for Research with $50,000 donation

February 14, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

The Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), the philanthropic arm of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), has again received a $50,000 grant from The Toro Co. for continued support of the Rounds 4 Research program in 2018. With ...

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World Golf Foundation’s Mona looks back, ahead

February 9, 2018 By Ed Hiscock

The hard numbers of golf’s overall 2017 performance will be out in the spring, but it was a good year from the standpoint of stability among those who participate in the game, World Golf Foundation CEO Steve Mona told Golfdom ...

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