About the Conference

Beginning at the 1928 annual meeting, GCSAA, known then as the National Association of Greenkeepers of America, added to its agenda an educational program and a trade show with 27 exhibitors showing the latest innovations in maintenance equipment of the day. In 1943 the trade show was suspended because of World War II. In 1961, the annual gathering drew 1,700 participants, and was renamed the "International Turfgrass Conference and Show." In 1984, the event was renamed the "International Golf Course Conference and Show." Since the mid 1990s, the Conference and Show has attracted an average of 20,000 attendees, 700-plus exhibitors, 260,000 square feet of exhibition space and 6,000 education seminar registrants.

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