Industry News

PBI-Gordon names new eastern regional manager

October 10, 2016 By Grant Gannon

PBI-Gordon Corporation has named Brett Rieck the eastern regional manager of its sales team. Rieck will supervise the company’s eight territory sales representatives serving clients and vendors east of the Mississippi River. Rieck brings to PBI-Gordon many years of knowledge in ...

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Control Solutions names new director of product development

October 7, 2016 By Kelly Limpert

Control Solutions (CSI) named Marie Knox its new director of product development. “Marie is well suited to lead the Product Development group at CSI,” said Mark Boyd, president of CSI. “She brings four years of experience at CSI as Technical ...

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Syngenta launches GreenTrust 365

October 3, 2016 By Kelly Limpert

Syngenta launched its GreenTrust 365 Golf and Sports Turf program. The annual program offers rebates, GreenTrust Rewards, Multipaks, Pallet Solutions and more. The Early Order Period runs through Dec. 7. “Planning ahead with GreenTrust 365 provides golf course superintendents benefits ...

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OTF, VGM Club partner to offer assistant superintendents scholarships

September 30, 2016 By Kelly Limpert

The Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) has once again partnered with VGM Club for the 2016 OTF Conference and Show to offer assistant superintendents in Ohio a scholarship package to attend the conference and show. This year’s event will take place ...

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Earnest Byner to keynote OTF trade show

September 29, 2016 By Kelly Limpert

Former NFL running back Earnest Byner will deliver the keynote address at the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) conference and trade show Dec. 6 in Columbus, Ohio. The event runs from Dec. 5 to Dec. 8. Byner was drafted by the Cleveland Browns ...

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Memory of an icon // The King and I

September 26, 2016 By Joel Jackson

I first met Arnold Palmer during a practice round at the Masters in the early 1980s. I attended the event with Jimmy Ellison, who was the superintendent at Palmer’s Bay Hill Club. Jim and I knew each other from our ...

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