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About Clark Throssell, Ph.D.
Clark Throssell, Ph.D., is the former director of the Purdue University turf program as well as the former director of research for GCSAA. Throssell is the research editor for Golfdom, focusing on managing the Super Science section of the magazine and website. He also contributes his "Clark Talks Turf" column to Golfdom every month.
Posts by Clark Throssell, Ph.D.
A beautiful summer day welcomed attendees of the University of Minnesota Turfgrass Field Day. Exhibitors, field plot tours, lots of turf plots, friendly people and lunch were all part of Read more»
Eric Watkins, Ph.D., turfgrass scientist at the University of Minnesota, shows a group of scientists his prairie junegrass evaluation plots on the campus at the University of Minnesota. Prairie junegrass Read more»
Scientists at the University of Minnesota, Rutgers University and the University of Wisconsin are working on a research project titled ‘Germplasm Improvement of Low-Input Fine Fescues in Response to Consumer Read more»
I had the good fortune to spend two days earlier this week looking at turf research plots with Zac Reicher, Ph.D., Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., Matt Sousek and Luqi Li of Read more»
By Yaling Qian To ensure sustainable and affordable water supplies, more and more golf courses are using effluent water for irrigation. It is well documented that some effluent water sources Read more»
Guess who isn’t a big fan of committees to manage a golf club? Club managers. Or at least, the 40-plus club managers I had the pleasure of spending a couple Read more»