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Hunter adds new sales manager

April 1, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Hunter Industries has hired Dennis Wagner as its new sales manager to support the Hunter Golf Irrigation business unit. Dennis Wagner brings many years of golf industry experience to Hunter. He began his golf irrigation career in the late 1980s ...

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ASGCA elects Steve Smyers president

April 1, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Steve Smyers has been elected president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) at the organization’s 69th annual meeting in La Jolla, Calif. Smyers is a graduate of the University of Florida. As a Gator, he was a member of ...

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OnGolf names VP of agronomy services

March 27, 2015 By Joelle Harms

OnGolf, a cloud-based golf course management platform, has named Frank Heery as vice president of agronomy services. He will manage the company’s customer service support and new business development programs. “OnGolf is pleased to have someone of Frank’s stature and operational expertise join our ...

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Reinders kicks off 150th anniversary at 2015 Green Industry Conference

March 24, 2015 By Golfdom Blog Staff

The Reinders 22nd Green Industry Conference, Celebrating Our Past with Our Eyes on the Future, was held March 11-12 at the Waukesha Expo Center in suburban Milwaukee. Reinders began to celebrate its 150th anniversary by hanging banners in the show hall depicting significant events in ...

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Broadmoor’s Anderson receives GCSAA, RMGCSA lifetime membership

March 19, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Tommy Anderson, retired superintendent of Broadmoor Golf Club (Colo.), has been given an honorary lifetime membership to the Rocky Mountain Golf Course Superintendents Association (RMGCSA). He was also given an honorary lifetime membership to the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Anderson ...

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I’ll remember the Alamo show

March 18, 2015 By Seth Jones

I will remember a few things about the 2015 GIS in San Antonio outside of the great food and lousy weather. ¶ I ran into “Turf’s Most Interesting Man,” Bob Farren, CGCS at Pinehurst Resort, at the John Deere party. ...

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