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Toro names director of marketing

June 4, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Toro Company‘s vice president of irrigation and lighting businesses, Phil Burkart, has appointed Dan Winterton as director of marketing. Winterton, an 18-year veteran of Toro, replaces Pete Moeller, who was promoted to managing director of business development. Winterton started his career as a financial ...

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Toro honors past president David M. Lilly

May 28, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Toro Company has established “The Toro Company-David M. Lilly Faculty Chair” to honor the legacy of David M. Lilly, Toro’s fourth president and former dean of what now is the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Toro also ...

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Integrity Golf Company promotes Whalley to chief financial officer

May 19, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Integrity Golf Company has promoted Ed Whalley to chief financial officer (CFO). He assumes the new position effective immediately. Prior to the promotion, Whalley was the executive vice president of corporate development and compliance, and was responsible for helping oversee much of the ...

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Photos: Brandon Haddock (2); Seth Jones (3-6)

Golfdom Gallery: May 2015

May 18, 2015 By Joelle Harms

1. Cheese, please (L to R) Brandon Haddock, E-Z-Go and Jeff Plotts, TPC Scottsdale, enjoy some wine and cheese — and say cheese — at the Landscapes Unlimited party in Augusta, Ga., during Masters week. 2. Old pals Golfdom’s Seth ...

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The 19th Hole: Chuck Calhoun

May 18, 2015 By Seth Jones

Superintendent // Sandridge Golf Club, Vero Beach, Fla. After 18 holes, what’s your drink of choice? A Bud Light bottle. Tell me about your crew at Sandridge. We’ve got 36 holes and a small staff — eight guys on each ...

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Wee One Foundation supports superintendent battling ALS

May 12, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Dean Kerns, CGCS, has spent 33 years at Arrowhead Golf Club in Minster, Ohio. When he was recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease, it was inevitable that he would have to retire from two things he loves. ...

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