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Brookside maintenance building burns Posted on 03 Jan 2014 in the Online Exclusive categories.

The holidays were marred for those at  Barberton Brookside Country Club in Norton, Ohio this year when a fire raged the day after Christmas. The fire burned the maintenance building Read more»

Latshaw, Bisker earn excellence awards Posted on 09 Dec 2013 in the Industry News categories.

Paul B. Latshaw, CGCS at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio was honored for Professional Excellence by the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) at its annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on Read more»

Tell your turf to ‘chillax’ to cut anthracnose woes Posted on 09 Dec 2013 in the Industry News categories.

One of the best ways to keep your turf from succumbing to anthracnose problems is to keep it stress free. You can do the worrying. As the kids might say, Read more»

Ohioans present first environmental award Posted on 09 Dec 2013 in the Industry News categories.

Mike Hurdzan, Ph.D., managing partner of Hurdzan Golf, earned the first Environmental Stewardship Award presented at this year’s annual meeting by the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF). The award is part Read more»

Here come the stinkbugs Posted on 21 Nov 2013 in the Research categories.

The stinkbugs are coming! In many cases, they are here. The outbreak, trumpeted by even a casual reading of the general press, is predicted to be unbelievably large. This time, Read more»

Superintendents score hat trick in major tournaments Posted on 21 Nov 2013 in the Research categories.

For the first time ever, the superintendents in charge of the courses where all three majors were played learned their trade from the same university turf program. Are they all Read more»