Industry News

Fallen Oak GC reopens after enhancements

September 5, 2014 By
The newly-renovated Fallen Oak GC in Saucier, Miss., reopened for play Sept. 5. MGM Resorts International‘s Fallen Oak temporarily closed this summer for course enhancements. Tom Fazio, the original course architect, oversaw the project which involved regular infrastructure maintenance and strategic improvements. “This is ...

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Turfgrass producers raise $25,000 for research, education at Jubilee event

Turfgrass Producers International (TPI) preceded its 2014 Field Day with a Preview Jubilee on July 30 in Philadelphia that helped raise money for The Lawn Institute to support turfgrass research and education. Jubilee attendees toured Johnson Farms in nearby Deerfield, ...

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Aquatrols hires Jutta Pils, Ph.D., as director of research and development

September 2, 2014 By
Aquatrols Corporation of America hired Jutta Pils, Ph.D., as its new director of research and development. Pils earned her Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 2005 with a focus on soil chemistry and water resources. She has spent the past ...

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Bayer CropScience now accepting Plant Health Scholarship applications

September 2, 2014 By
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, is now accepting applications for its second annual Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow Plant Health Scholarship to further advance plant health research and education in the turf care industry. Two superintendent applicants will ...

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Jacobsen dubs EverBank Commercial Finance preferred financing source

August 20, 2014 By
EverBank Commercial Finance, Inc. has been named a preferred financing source for Charlotte, N.C.-based Jacobsen, a Textron company. Under the arrangement, the EverBank Commercial Finance golf platform will be providing sales aid financing for Jacobsen’s distributors and direct sales force in the ...

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FMC Corp., Arysta LifeScience enter agreement with Xonerate, Disarm

August 14, 2014 By
FMC Corporation and Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC announced the signing of an exclusive licensing agreement in which FMC will develop and market two key turf and ornamental products, Disarm Fungicide (fluoxastrobin) and Xonerate Herbicide (amicarbazone), in the U.S. and ...

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