Industry News

Georgia GCSA honors Craig Ketelsen

December 9, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Craig Ketelsen, CGCS, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association (GCSA), marking a 25-year relationship with the organization. Ketelsen, 52, was honored during the association’s annual awards banquet on Dec. 8 in St. Simons Island, ...

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Masterblend International puts $500,000 into fertilizer blending process

November 24, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Masterblend International has completed a $500,000 renovation to its water-soluble fertilizer blending room, equipment and processes. The new system has proven to increase efficiency, purity and accuracy of the blending process while decreasing start to finish blending time by as much as ...

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Underhill releases Novo 2Wire Converter for irrigation

November 18, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Underhill introduced its Novo 2Wire Converter for irrigation, which has the ability to test and program field decoders and 8-station senders. The converter, available with built-in testing and programming features, is compatible with all major controllers, the company says. The converter ...

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Carolinas GCSA debuts app for its Conference and Trade Show

November 17, 2014 By Joelle Harms

A new mobile app will give fingertip guidance to more than 2,000 attendees at this year’s Carolinas GCSA Conference and Trade Show, held Nov. 17-19 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The free app answers the “who, what, when and where” questions about the conference. ...

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Georgia CGCS, state Rep. named environmental leaders

November 17, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Mark Hoban, CGCS at Rivermont Golf and Country Club in Johns Creek, Ga., and Rep. Tom McCall (R) from Elberton, Ga., have earned a Environmental Leader in Golf awards from the Georgia Golf Environmental Foundation (GGEF). Hoban is being honored for his innovative and passionate pursuit ...

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LPGA implements USGA pace of play model, improves round times

November 13, 2014 By Joelle Harms

The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) have announced initial results from a joint partnership to improve competitive pace of play. Based on the USGA’s analysis of data, and with the support of officials and ...

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