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2nd Video Online from "Zoysia as a Game Changer" Event at National Golf Industry Show

March 26, 2015

During the 2015 Golf Industry Show in February, GCSAA TV Live interviewed three zoysiagrass experts with Team Zoysia — Dr. Milt Engelke, David Doguet and Arthur Milberger. The experts were attending the Show as hosts of the “Zoysia as a Game Changer” event, held on February 23. The “Game Changer” event was designed to promote…

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Video Now Online from "Zoysia as a Game Changer" Event at National Golf Industry Show

March 26, 2015

Two days after the 2015 Golf Industry Show’s “Zoysia as a Game Changer” event on February 23, a five-minute video segment aired on GCSAA.tv. To watch the video, click here, or read below for a transcript of the video. The event, hosted by Team Zoysia, was designed to promote the use of zoysiagrass on golf…

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"Zoysia as a Game Changer" Event Proves Worldwide Interest in Zoysiagrass as a Premium Golf Course Surface

March 25, 2015

One of the key events at the recent Golf Industry Show in San Antonio was a daylong promotion of “Zoysia as a Game Changer.” The final statistics are in, and they show just how much of a resounding success the event was — and how much interest that zoysiagrass is generating in the world of…

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

March 25, 2015

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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Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course Architect Discusses His Inspiration and Concept for the Rio 2016 Olympics Golf Course

March 16, 2015

In a longer, videotaped interview with golf architect Gil Hanse, CNN reporter Shane O’Donoghue led the designer to share his inspirations and his thought process for the creation the 2016 Olympic Games’ golf course in Rio de Janeiro. [The course will be largely grassed with Zeon Zoysia, one of The Turfgrass Group’s top sellers here…

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

March 16, 2015

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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TifGrand Surrounds Work Perfectly with New Champion Greens at Cuscowilla

January 7, 2015

Last September, the Cuscowilla golf course in Georgia reopened after a two-month renovation project that entailed replacing the putting greens with Champion ultradwarf bermudagrass, as well as regressing the green surrounds with TifGrand Bermudagrass. According to the project’s architect, TifGrand was chosen to replace the former Tifway 419 surrounds in order to accommodate a lower…

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Zoysia’s Future Arrives and Looks Brighter Than Ever

January 7, 2015

Increasingly, Americans are drawn to products that are easy on the environment, while also enhancing the quality of life. Quite likely, though, few people think of grass as a product until they decide to renovate or replace their lawn and then must choose a turfgrass “product.” At that time, homeowners are wise to select a…

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Park in Waikiki Reopens Its Parking Lot with 66,000 Square Feet of TifGrand

January 7, 2015

As a featured element of a $2.77 million project to renovate the parking lot at Kapiolani Park in Honolulu, TifGrand Bermudagrass was selected largely due to its shade tolerance, key to the project because of the large trees in the park. “I am proud to provide TifGrand as a part of this very important project…

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CBS Sports Touts Zeon Zoysia at the 2016 Olympics

January 7, 2015

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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