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Golfdom strengthens editorial team with addition of Hiscock, Gannon

December 9, 2014 By
Former GCM editor-in-chief and recent Ohio State grad added to award-winning editorial team. CLEVELAND — Two new editorial staffers have joined Golfdom magazine, dedicated to seeing the magazine continue its successful ways in 2015 and beyond. Ed Hiscock, former editor-in-chief ...

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Vittum to receive 2015 USGA Green Section Award

December 9, 2014 By
The United States Golf Association (USGA) will honor Dr. Patricia J. Vittum with the 2015 USGA Green Section Award. The award has been presented annually since 1961 and celebrates an individual’s service to the game of golf through his or her work with ...

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Jacobsen adds territory sales manager

December 9, 2014 By
Jacobsen, a Textron Company, named Chris Makowski to territory sales manager. Makowski comes to Jacobsen from Toro distributor Grassland Equipment and Irrigation in Rochester, N.Y., where he spent 13 years as a sales representative. Prior to his tenure at Grassland Equipment, Makowski ...

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Bayer awards two GCSAA members with Plant Health Scholarships

December 9, 2014 By
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, selected two Plant Health Scholarship recipients. Michael Scully, GCSAA Class A superintendent at Valley Crest Creekside Golf Course in Modesto, Calif., and Daniel L. Rootes Jr., GCSAA superintendent member at Ponderosa Butte Golf Course ...

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Georgia GCSA honors Craig Ketelsen

December 9, 2014 By
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
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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