Industry News

In a time of pandemic, golf is a healthy activity

May 5, 2020 By Christina Herrick

When Golfdom spoke to Mark Newton, CGCS, at Canyon Farms Golf Club in Lenexa, Kan., certain counties in Kansas had shut golf down completely, but it was regional. Newton is also the president of The Heart of America Chapter GCSAA, ...

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NC State leads research to develop turfgrasses that use minimal water

May 4, 2020 By Christina Herrick

A team of turfgrass researchers from six universities across the country has been working for the past nine years to develop drought-tolerant grasses. Experts from Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System, University of Florida, University of Georgia, North Carolina State ...

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Syngenta donates to GCSAA’s COVID-19 relief fund

May 4, 2020 By Christina Herrick

Syngenta will donate $15,000 to GCSAA’s Disaster Relief Fund to help Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) members who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are fortunate we can partner with the GCSAA to help superintendents who ...

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Target Specialty Products to host webinar on coronavirus

May 4, 2020 By Sarah Webb

Target Specialty Products will release the sixth part of the Turf Fuel Master Class, “Golfing through Change with COVID-19 — Part II” on May 7. The free webinar, which is part of the Business Growth Webinar Series, features a golf ...

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Course management doesn’t stop in COVID-19

May 1, 2020 By Christina Herrick

COVID-19 has changed some aspects of the game of golf. But, the consensus among superintendents during Golfdom’s webinar “Tech Talks, Episode 1: Dealing with weeds/diseases in a pandemic,” sponsored by FMC Professional Solutions, is the course does not take a ...

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Syngenta continues WeevilTrak scouting to assist with annual bluegrass weevil control

April 21, 2020 By Sarah Webb

For the 2020 annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season, Syngenta is continuing its work with independent researchers to provide golf course superintendents with tools for monitoring and control through its annual WeevilTrak program. “This is a challenging time golf courses across ...

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