"Zoysia as a Game Changer" Featured at Recent Golf Industry Show

During the 2015 national Golf Industry Show for golf course superintendents, held last month in San Antonio, Texas, a panel of experts hosted an educational event on February 23 — “Zoysia as a Game Changer” — to promote the use of zoysiagrass. Bill Carraway, vice president of marketing for The Turfgrass Group, was one of…

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2016 Rio Olympic Golf Course on Track, But It’s Going to be Tight

Early last year, as posted on the website of the Back 9 Network (the Golf Lifestyle Network), CNN correspondent Shane O’Donoghue reported on the progress being made in the construction of the golf course being built for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, to be grassed largely with Zeon Zoysia. O’Donoghue interviewed Gil…

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CBS Sports Touts Zeon Zoysia at the 2016 Olympics

Zeon Zoysia isn’t making big news only in the turfgrass world: it’s also catching the attention of sports fans on CBSSports.com. When the announcement was made that the 2016 Olympics golf course would feature the same turfgrass — Zeon Zoysia — that covers most of the playing surfaces of Cordillera Ranch, CBS Sports deemed it…

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NGCOA Names Course with Zeon Zoysia the 2014 Golf Course of the Year

The National Golf Course Owners Association has named the Clubs at Cordillera Ranch its 2014 Golf Course of the Year. Zeon Zoysia grasses every surface of the course except for the putting greens. “The course developers selected Zeon Zoysiagrass for its playing surfaces to create not only a beautiful, highly playable golf course but also…

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Poteet Man Wins Olympic Gold in Growing Grass

When the game of golf returns to the Summer Olympics in Brazil in 2016, David Doguet will be the one rolling out the green carpet. The owner of Bladerunner Farms in Poteet won the contract to use Texas grass to cover the golf course for the 2016 Olympic Games. Fox 29 News in San Antonio…

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GCM Spotlights Two Course Conversions to Zeon Zoysia

When H.T. Page, CGCS at The Westlake golf course in Virginia, lost his fungicide budget, he decided to convert his bluegrass fairways to a warm-season grass. Working with Dr. Mike Goatley (at Virginia Tech) and Brian Walker (at Riverside Turf), Page intersprigged 15 holes on the course with Zeon Zoysia and took out the bluegrass…

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First Tiger Woods Course Built in the U.S. Grassed with Zeon Zoysiagrass

The first Tiger Woods-designed golf course scheduled to open in the United States is under construction. Grassing began in December 2014, using environmentally friendly grasses — Zeon Zoysia and L1F Zoysia — both of which are licensed by The Turfgrass Group. See the press release below. Houston, Texas, December 1, 2014: Grassing gets underway this…

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