Golf Course Management Training

Education Funded

2010 Education

Thatch Management - Dr. Bob Carrow, University of Georgia
Thatch Management Research - Dr. Jack Huang, University of Georgia
Paspalum Breeding and Management - Dr. Paul Raymer, University of Georgia
Bentgrass Disease Management - Dr. Lee Burpee, University of Georgia
Field Tour - NTEP Studies, Penncross Green, Warm-season Research Green, Seashore Paspalum Breeding Plots, Greenhouse, and Maintenance Building -Drs. Waltz, Huang, Raymer, Burpee, and McCullough, University of Georgia

2012 Education

Reducing Chemical Use on Golf Course Turf – Redefining IPM - Dr. Frank Rossi, Cornell University
Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues – UGA Turf Team

2013 Education

Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues – UGA Turf Team
Turfgrass: Management, Politics, Society and the Environment – Dr. John Steir, University of Tennessee

2014 Education

Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues – UGA Turf Team
“What’s Good About Golf and What’s Wrong With People?” - Bob Cupp - Bob Cupp, Inc.

2015 Education

Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues – UGA Turf Team
Going Native...Native Grasses & Organizing Methods
– Mark Hoban—Rivermont Golf & Country Club
Uncovering the Spirit of Pinehurst No. 2 for historical Back to Back U.S. Opens
– Bob Farren, CGCS—Director of Golf Course Maintenance & Grounds Pinehurst Resort

2016 Education

Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues
– UGA Turf Team
Understanding Factors that Affect Pesticide Fate and Behavior
– Dr. Travis Gannon - North Carolina State University
Going Undefeated in the War Against Warm Season Turf Insect Pests
– Dr. Rick Brandenburg - North Carolina State University

2017 Education

Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues
– UGA Turf Team
Maintaining the Fields of Play in Harmony with Nature
– Nelson Caron, The Ford Plantation

2018 Education

Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues
– UGA Turf Team
Practical Organic and Sustainable Golf Turf Management Strategies
– Jeff Carlson, CGCS, The Vineyard Golf Club

2019 Education

Updates on Ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues
– UGA Turf Team
Georgia Best Management Practices - Creating Your Facility BMPs
– Dr. Gary Hawkins, UGA & Mark Johnson, GCSAA

2020 Education

Updates on ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues
– UGA Turf Team
Good Business Practices Promotes Sustainability
– Tim Hiers, CGS, White Oak Conservation Golf Course, Yulee, Fla.

2021 Education

Updates on ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues
– UGA Turf Team
How to Set Yourself Apart in the Golf Industry: The Art of Self Promotion
– Darren J. Davis, CGCS, Olde Florida Golf Club
Darren J. Davis, CGCS, uses personal stories and real-life examples to demonstrate the importance of communication, professionalism and self-promotion as a way to set yourself apart and advance. Davis covers a variety of topics designed to help you present yourself at the highest level and become the “author of your own destiny.”
The presentation is for anyone looking for tips and techniques to enhance their marketability in the golf course management industry.

The Georgia Golf Environmental Foundation Presents Ongoing and Future Research Updates
– Dr. Patrick McCullough, University of Georgia
– Dr. Brian Schwartz, University of Georgia

Professional Presence
– Amy Wallis, PhD, SPHR, Chief Human Resources Officer, Sunbelt Solomon
Full Professor of Practice in Organizational Behavior, Wake Forest University
This half day interactive workshop will focus on professional presence, particularly in relation to influence without authority, advocating to stakeholders, and representing the industry. We will discuss strategies for influencing others, projecting authority, and establishing credibility, and role-play opportunities such as media interviews, boards of directors, and committees. Tools for designing your message, reading your audience, and guiding decision making will be provided.

What You Really Need to Know About Turf Pathology: An Insiders Guide to Disease
– Dr. Jim Kerns, NC State University
Diseases can be mysterious as three factors must converge with a certain amount of time to develop: a susceptible host, virulent pathogen, and a conducive environment. Many times, in the Southeast the environment is conducive for disease and a susceptible host is always present.
This seminar will focus on the specific information needed about pathogens to assist superintendents in building successful fungicide programs. Specifically, the difference between foliar and root pathogens will be covered and how the management for them is different. Topics such as epidemiology will be addressed to provide confidence that fungicide applications when applied representatively will perform for a certain number of days. Finally, the seminar will cover how fungicides affect the microbiome of the turf.

2022 Education

Updates on ongoing Turfgrass Research and Programs Including Management, Breeding and Pest Related Issues
– UGA Turf Team
Current turfgrass research activities at the University of Arkansas
– Dr. Mike Richardson, University of Arkansas
In this seminar, we will summarize some of the latest work we have been doing in our research program, including a look at the latest information on shade tolerance, applications of wetting agents and nanobubble-oxygenated water to sand-based greens and using fraise mowing to assist with pest control in turfgrasses. Finally, we will talk about zoysiagrass as a new putting green option for southern and transition-zone golf courses