Industry News

USGA names Bruce Clarke, Ph.D., 2016 Green Section Award winner

December 1, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced Bruce Clarke, Ph.D., Rutgers University, as the recipient of the 2016 USGA Green Section Award. Presented annually since 1961, the USGA Green Section Award recognizes an individual’s distinguished service to the game of ...

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GCBAA announces board of director election results

November 30, 2015 By Grant Gannon

The Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA) has announced three new board of director members after its recent election. Newly elected to the board are Joy Ramos, D.H.R. Construction, and Mike Crone, Landirr Inc. Also appointed to replace outgoing ...

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2 The Andersons products receive California organic certification

November 23, 2015 By Grant Gannon

The Andersons Inc.’s Humic DG and Black Gypsum DG products have received Organic Input Material (OIM) certification in California, according to a news release from The Andersons Inc. The OIM program registers fertilizing materials to be used in organic crop production, which ...

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Seago brings 2-stroke engine back to hover mowers

November 20, 2015 By Seth Jones

It took three years in the making, but Seago International Inc. has brought the two-stroke engine back to the hover mower market with its Air Force hover mower line. “You put it on the drawing board, but until you get ...

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Ohio Turfgrass Foundation honors Zach Wike for environmental initiatives

November 19, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Ohio Turfgrass Foundation has selected Zachary Wike, assistant superintendent at Beavercreek Golf Club in Beavercreek, Ohio, to receive its Environmental Stewardship Award. Wike led the effort for Beavercreek Golf Club to achieve the designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative ...

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Aqua-Aid names Mark Langner director of business development

November 16, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Aqua-Aid, Inc. has appointed Mark Langner, CGCS, as its new director of business development. Langner has been the director of agronomy at FarmLinks Golf Club in Sylacauga, Ala., for the past 12 years. During his tenure at Farm Links, Mark ...

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