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Copenhagen, Denmark: Miki Stengaard Petersen has been named the Campey Turf Care Systems and Havdrup Student of the Year 2019. The award is presented by the Groundsman Association Denmark (GAD) and is given to the student that finishes the Danish Groundsmen’s school with the highest grade in the final exam. In the event of two […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Approaching its 15th anniversary, Sports Turf Solutions (STS) continues to enhance its reputation in providing a wide range of support to golf course turf managers around the region. Inaugurated in 2006 and with more than 150 staff based at offices in Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, STS acts as a distributor, supplier […]
Dublin, Ireland: Bayer’s latest new fungicide, to be launched in Ireland, introduces a radical preventative approach to disease management, offering a new active ingredient and new chemical group to the turf industry. Greg Collins, Bayer National Account Manager for Ireland, said Signature Xtra Stressgard is Bayer’s most advanced turf formulation to date and has been […]
Melbourne, Australia: Golf Business Forum 2020, scheduled to be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC) on June 23-24, has been cancelled. Covid-19 has led to the MCEC cancelling all its events until June 30. The Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA) will now deliver the Asia Pacific Sports Turf Management Conference 2020 […]
Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Gary Ingram, Certified Golf Course Superintendent and Director of Agronomy at Metropolitan Golf Links, has been selected to receive the 2020 President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship by the Board of Directors of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Ingram will officially receive the award during the Opening Session of […]
Cary, North Carolina, United States: John Deere is giving attendees at the 2020 Golf Industry Show (GIS) in Orlando a first-hand look at its newest equipment technology solutions that it says will change the future of golf course maintenance. From a virtual reality experience to demos of the next generation of OnLink course management platform, […]
Bangkok, Thailand: Club Management, Greenkeeping and Groundskeeping will be thrust to the fore at the Asian Golf Industry Federation’s inaugural AGIF Expo next year. To be staged at Thailand’s National Stadium in the Pathum Wan District of Bangkok on November 19-20, 2020, the AGIF Expo will bring together golf/sports turf and club managers from across […]
Oklahoma, United States: Thanks to cutting edge research and development from university programmes, new turfgrass varieties offer significant improvements over older selections. Latitude 36, a product of the Oklahoma State University (OSU) research programme, is the latest vegetative Bermudagrass available from Atlas Turf. OSU, credited with some of the world’s top turfgrass varieties, developed Latitude […]
Hue, Vietnam: One of Vietnam’s leading golf layouts, Laguna Golf Lăng Cô, now a Signature design by six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo, is staying at the top of its maintenance game by employing the talents of a very special group of greenkeepers: a family of water buffalo. The bovine threesome act as bio-mowers, while […]
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England: Campey Turf Care Systems says its latest innovation – the Campey Uni-Scratch – is the ideal solution for those seeking a professional and effective maintenance of natural and synthetic grass surface. The Campey Uni-Scratch can be used for organic matter removal on natural grass hybrid carpet pitches when carrying out annual renovations. […]
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States: Syngenta has launched Appear II fungicide to provide golf course superintendents with control of diseases like Pythium and anthracnose, while improving stress tolerance and turf quality in both warm-season and cool-season grasses. Appear II provides inside-out turf protection. On the inside, the active ingredient is immediately available and quickly absorbed […]