Industry News

EPA honors Toro as a 2015 WaterSense Partner of the Year

October 14, 2015 By Grant Gannon

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored The Toro Company with a 2015 WaterSense Partner of the Year award at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference Oct. 8 in Las Vegas. Toro, the first-ever large irrigation product manufacturer to receive the award, was ...

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E-Z-GO names sales and service award winners

October 14, 2015 By Joelle Harms

E-Z-GO recently awarded its golf sales and service team for outstanding performance during the company’s annual National Sales Meeting. Salesman of the Year was awarded to Frank Savakis, a senior fleet sales representative in the Connecticut and western Massachusetts territory. Savakis was a top performer across ...

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Golfdom EIC Seth Jones to deliver keynote at VGCSA Fall Conference

October 13, 2015 By Seth Jones

The 2015 Virginia GCSA Fall Conference and Joe Saylor Golf Tournament takes place next week, Oct. 19-20, at Hermitage CC in Manakin-Sabot, Va. Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones will be delivering the keynote address, and other speakers include Virginia Tech’s David ...

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Federal appeals court blocks WOTUS nationwide

October 12, 2015 By Grant Gannon

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit on Friday, Oct. 9, temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps’ of Engineers Clean Water Rule, or “WOTUS.” The decision has put a nationwide hold on the rule while ...

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Wycliffe G&CC gets Audubon certification

October 8, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Wycliffe Golf & Country Club in Wellington, Fla., has received certification in Environmental Planning from the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. The program, created by Audubon International, is designed to help courses protect the environment and preserve natural beauty. By being a ...

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Longtime Ohio superintendent killed in car collision

October 7, 2015 By Seth Jones

Sad news out of Cincinnati today: Terry Frey, 68, longtime superintendent of Beckett Ridge Golf Club in West Chester, Ohio, was killed when his maintenance vehicle was struck by a minivan on Tuesday morning. Frey had worked at the club ...

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