April 3,2008

  • April Green Links features organic golf
  • Bob Labbance fundraiser set
  • Warm up for the Masters online
  • ASGCA Provides Strategies for Designing for Pace of Play
  • UK Golf Participation – a new report
  • Tips to Practice "Safe Sun"
  • Earth Day celebrated throughout April

  • Going grassroots
  • Give yourself a break
  • The Cutting Edge
  • Taking a bite out of Torrey Pines
  • Jones reports on the Kraft Nabisco Championship
  • Lorena Ochoa scrambles at Kraft Nabisco
  • Superintendents in the blogosphere

  • GCSANC to distribute free ball mark repair tools
  • Army Corps and EPA improve wetland and stream mitigation
  • Andersons attains GCSAA Silver Partner status
  • BASF Turf Talk launches
  • Phoenix pops some bubbles at GIS

  • Bernhard offers new Express Dual and Anglemaster grinders
  • Briggs & Stratton unveils fuel injection
  • Club Car is a Washington Road tradition for the Masters
  • Wiedenmann's Super 500 can mow, verticut and sweep
  • Seago International has new hover mower
  • DirtCub trailer is designed for utility vehicles

  • Roger S. Goettsch, CGCS, GCSAA Class A director of agronomy, hosting the Shell Houston Open
  • David R. Johnson, GCSAA Class A director of golf course operations, is hosting the Kraft Nabisco Championship
  • Superintendents in the news

  • GCBAA elects officers, appoints committee heads
  • Kinservik joins Jacklin's international sales team
  • Packard named chairman of TCIA
  • Ruppert honors employees

  • Upcoming events in the world of golf course management
 

Events

April 7 – Annual Spring Turfgrass Seminar, SRP Pera Club, Tempe, Ariz. Contact the University of Arizona Turfgrass Research, Education and Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu

April 8 – Spring Tree Maintenance, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 16 – Do You Want Fries With That? - Using Vegetable Oils as Diesel Fuel Replacement, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 16 – Pruning Trees and Shrubs, Holiday Inn, Brockton, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

April 16 –  Purple Pipes: Promises and Precautions for Water Reuse, Contact University of Arizona Water Sustainability Program, Maricopa Agricultural Center, Maricopa, Ariz, http://turf.arizona.edu/events.htm

 April 16  – Advanced Management of Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Golf Greens, Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, Fla., Click here

April 22 – Being Old Tom Morris: ‘Greenkeeper’ and Golf Course Architect, GCSAA Education, 800-472-7878, http://www.gcsaa.org/education/webcast/webcast.aspx

April 25 – Florida Sod Growers Cooperative Field Day, Bethel Farms, Fort Pierce, Fla. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

April 29 – Scouting for Pests and Problems of Turf and Woody Ornamentals Walkabouts, Elm Bank, Wellesley, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

May 4-10 – National Compost Awareness Week, Contact www.compostingcouncil.org

May 15 – Karsten Turfgrass Field Day, Tucson, Ariz. Contact the University of Arizona Turfgrass Research, Education and Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu

May 16 – Annual Desert Horticulture Conference, Tucson (Ariz.) Convention Center. Contact the University of Arizona Turfgrass Research, Education and Extension, http://turf.arizona.edu

May 21-22 – University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ North Florida Turfgrass Field Day, Envirotron, Gainesville, and the University of Florida’s Plant Science unit, Citra. Contact The Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

May 22 – Citra Field Day. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

May 28 – IPM Workshop, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Contact Mike Schnelle, 405-744-7361

May 28 -- Scouting for Pests and Problems of Turf and Woody Ornamentals Walkabouts, East Bridgewater, Mass. Contact UMass Extension Landscape/Nursery/Urban Forestry Program, http://www.umassgreeninfo.org

June 3 – Iowa GCSA State Meeting, Jewell (Iowa) G&CC. Contact Iowa GCSA, 800-605-0420, http://www.iowagcsa.org

June 4 – Turf IPM Twilight Walkabout, Stanley Park, Westfield, Mass. Contact the UMass Extension Turf Program, 508-892-0382, http://www.umassturf.org

June 6 – Florida Turfgrass Association Board of Directors Meetings, Orlando. Contact the Florida Turfgrass Association, 800-882-6721, http://www.ftga.org

To learn if you can receive education points for any of these programs, visit the GCSAA External Education Listings.

We want to know about your conference in advance. To submit an entry for Conferences, please send your information five to six months before you’d like to see it published. We run conference information for two months in NewsWeekly and three months in GCM. Send a contact name if all details are not final. Contact GCM, Attention: ComingUp, 1421 Research Park Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049-3859; fax 785-832-3665, mailto:ddevictor@gcsaa.org.

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