Industry News

ClubCorp to spend $20M on 10 club reinventions

January 15, 2014 By
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc., an owner-operator of private golf and country clubs, business, sports and alumni clubs, announced plans to spend $20 million during fiscal 2014 on major reinvention projects across 10 clubs. The extensive renovations will bring contemporary looks and expanded dining, ...

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Dernoeden to receive 2014 USGA Green Section Award

December 19, 2013 By
The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced Dr. Peter Dernoeden, a nationally recognized turfgrass researcher and educator, as the recipient of the 2014 USGA Green Section Award. Presented annually since 1961, the USGA Green Section Award recognizes distinguished service to ...

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Latshaw, Bisker earn excellence awards

December 9, 2013 By
Paul B. Latshaw, CGCS at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio was honored for Professional Excellence by the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) at its annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on December 3-5. Latshaw, who has been running a sterling operation ...

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Tell your turf to ‘chillax’ to cut anthracnose woes

December 9, 2013 By
One of the best ways to keep your turf from succumbing to anthracnose problems is to keep it stress free. You can do the worrying. As the kids might say, turf needs to chillax. Stress factors are a major contributor ...

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Ohioans present first environmental award

December 9, 2013 By
Mike Hurdzan, Ph.D., managing partner of Hurdzan Golf, earned the first Environmental Stewardship Award presented at this year’s annual meeting by the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF). The award is part of a new OTF program aimed at recognizing a member, ...

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Jacobsen donates mower to First Tee course in Louisville

November 19, 2013 By
Jacobsen recently helped open a First Tee youth golf course in Louisville, Ky., by donating maintenance equipment. Local officials, including Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer were on hand earlier this month to celebrate the opening of the nine-hole course, which is ...

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