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The December 2014 e-newsletter of Turfgrass Producers International revealed an interesting statistic regarding Bluejack National, the first Tiger Woods-designed golf course in the U.S. Scheduled to open this fall, the course is being grassed with 520 truckloads — or 4.2 million square feet — of sod. With the exception of the TifEagle bermudagrass greens, the…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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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