Industry News

Vicki Martz, ASGCA Fellow, dies at 72

April 14, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Vicki Martz, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), died April 13. She was 72. Martz was president of Victoria Martz Golf Design in Jacksonville, Fla. After studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Kentucky, Martz ...

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We Are Golf, Topgolf are teaming up for National Golf Day

April 12, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

We Are Golf (WAG), a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners, will once again partner with Topgolf for National Golf Day 2017, offering free golf lessons at the company’s 28 venues nationwide. Taking place on Wednesday, April ...

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Carolinas superintendents commit more than $100K to research

April 7, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Golf course superintendents in the Carolinas have committed close to $110,000 to two new research projects which promise to further refine the game’s economic and environmental performance. The money was raised through the annual Rounds4Research online auction where golfers bid ...

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DLF Pickseed USA rebuilds, expands

April 6, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

DLF Pickseed USA is currently in the process of rebuilding and expanding. The warehouse at the Halsey, Ore., location that burnt down in August last year, was rebuilt and was in use by the end of March. Along with the ...

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Profile Products holds first multi-industry national distributor leadership conference

April 5, 2017 By Kelly Limpert

Profile Products hosted its 2017 Distributor Leadership Conference, its first-ever combined conference event for all domestic distributors of the company’s various divisions and product lines, March 13-15. The three-day conference, held at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort, focused on ...

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Protassium+ hosts ‘Masters Mania’ Facebook contest

April 4, 2017 By Grant Gannon

In honor of the 2017 Masters, Protassium+, a sulfate of potash fertilizer company, is hosting the “Masters Mania,” two Facebook contests for golf course superintendents. To enter the contests, all participants have to do is: Like the Protassium+ Facebook page ...

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