Tag: Penn State

Macro-Sorb unveils research of products’ control on turf diseases

February 4, 2016 By
Recent academic and independent research shows that various products from Macro-Sorb Technologies help control, reduce and suppress certain turf diseases, Macro-Sorb announced in a news release. SMS 700 and dry spot Xi Xiong, Ph.D., associate professor of turfgrass science at ...

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Photos: Golfdom Staff

My Opening Closing Celebration

March 10, 2015 By
After two days at the Golf Industry Show, meeting with vendors during the day and interacting with superintendents at night, I wanted nothing more than to go to my hotel room to rest. But, my role as associate editor and also ...

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Photos: Bill Shonk, GM, Princess Anne CC

Course of the Week: The Princess Anne CC

June 24, 2014 By
The Princess Anne Country Club, in Virginia Beach, Va., was established in 1916 and features a par 70, 6,042-yard course lined with pines, inlets and lakes. The course was established in 1920 with ties to Willie Park Jr., according to Matt Boyce, Princess ...

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Trump National Golf Club naturally keeps ponds beautiful

May 11, 2014 By
The Potomac River is rich in American history — John Smith explored it in the 1600s, George Washington envisioned the capital to be located on it and the Union and Confederacy used it as a dividing line. The Potomac is ...

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In Memoriam: Three leaders of the turfgrass industry

November 14, 2013 By
In memoriam Three leaders of the turfgrass industry passed away recently. Dr.s Joseph Duich, A.J. Powell and James Watson each played a role in turf management as it is known today and will be missed. Duich obtained both his B.S. ...

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Penn State University gets endowment for turfgrass programs

April 12, 2011 By
Pennsylvania Turfgrass Research Inc. recently donated $300,000 to the university’s College of Agricultural Sciences to create an endowment benefiting the university’s turfgrass research and educational programs. Dubbed “the Pennsylvania Turf Research Innovation Fund”, the endowment will primarily support new graduate ...

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