Alabama Turf Times - Winter 2017

Winter 2017

Highlights from The

Deep South Turf Expo, October 11–13, 2016

The Making of the

BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP at Grand National

Winter 2017

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The Making of the Barbasol Championship at Grand National Recent Events —

Highlights from The Deep South Turf Expo, October 11–13, 2016

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ATA Annual Sponsors From the President’s Pen News from ATA 2017 Slate of ATA Officers/Directors Welcome Prologue Association Management Calendar of Events Advertiser Index

On the front cover: The PGA’s Barbisol Championship at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National. Photo by: Jonathan Hoomes, Raycom Media.

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2017 ATA ANNUAL SPONSORS GOLD

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Bayer Environmental Science Beard Equipment Company Greenville Turf & Tractor Harrell’s, Inc. Jacobsen Jerry Pate Turf & Irrigation

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BWI Companies Ewing Residex SiteOne Landscape Supply Syngenta

AGRI-AFC, LLC Agromax Aquatrols BASF Dow AgroSciences

• Humphries Turf Supply • PBI-Gordon • Southern States Turf • Sur-Line Turf

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New Happenings with ATA

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reetings from Huntsville, AL, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and was able to enjoy a break from hectic schedules. Downtime feels like it’s in shorter supply every year, though, with opening day for baseball and softball just around the corner. For turf managers it seems, the grass is always growing.

The Alabama Turfgrass Association has been busy this winter traveling the state at our popular Road Show Seminars. We successfully teach and educate turfgrass personnel on best management practices and allow them to earn continuing education points during the winter season. Thank you to everyone who supports this effort, including our sponsors and exhibitors that help offset the cost financially.

2017 is bringing new traditions to our organization as well. We hired Prologue Association Management to fulfill our staffing and management needs. This company is co-owned by Tricia Roberts (our executive director for the past 15 years), and she will continue to be our main contact; we just have the added benefit of her business partner, Melanie Bonds, and their staff as the firm grows.

We also have a new logo (see below) that represents our association and the professionalism of our members. We hope that you use this logo to self-promote your membership in ATA. If you would like an electronic file of the logo, please email the office at mailbox@alaturfgrass.org.

New this year will be a Lawn & Landscape Workshop that will be hosted on March 7 at the Prattville Soccer Complex. We hope this handson event will be beneficial to you and all your crew, as we will discuss safety and cultural practices. Make plans to attend this informative workshop, and bring your staff.

Thank you again for your support and membership in the Alabama Turfgrass Association. I look forward to a great year serving as your president.

Paul Patterson 2017 ATA President

Executive Director Tricia Roberts Alabama Turf Times Editor James Horton Birmingham Botanical Gardens

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Paul Patterson University of Alabama Huntsville

Vice President Tres’ Wilkinson South Dallas Turf

Treasurer Kim Byram University of Alabama

Past President Jason Cooper Sweetspire Gardens

BOARD OF DIRECTORS At–Large Randy McQuenn TruGreen

Simon Parkin, CGCS Lakewood Golf Course

Daniel Strickland SiteOne Landscape Supply

Golf Glenn Junkin True Point Yahct and Country Club

Industry Buddy Williams BWI Companies

Institution Joe Collins Samford University

Lawn Care Andrew Bice Blackjack Horticulture

Parks & Recreation Deven Peek City of Prattville

Sod Paul Salzmann Salzmann Farms

EX OFFICIO/ EDUCATION ADVISORS Dave Han, Ph.D. Auburn University

Jim Jacobi, Ph.D. Alabama Coop. Extension System 6

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Alabama Turfgrass Association will host a Lawn & Landscape Workshop on Tuesday, March 7, at the City of Prattvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upper Kingston Park. The event will be open for all turfgrass managers, and we encourage our members to bring their crews. This will be a great educational opportunity for your staff, as we will discuss calibration, overheating, chemical spills, distractive driving, municipal rules and regulations. Lunch will be included, and equipment demonstrations will be conducted immediately following lunch.

Registration will be available online.

Companies wishing to demonstrate equipment will be also able to register online.

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THE MAKING OF THE

BARBASOL CHAM

By Jeff Oelmann, CGCS, Director of Maintenance, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National

Editor’s Note: The Barbasol Championship debuted on the PGA Tour on July 13–19, 2015, at Grand National, near Opelika, AL, becoming part of the FedExCup competition. The 2016 event was held on July 13–17, and this year’s event will be held on July 17–23, 2017.

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osting a PGA Tour event at Grand National developed after many years of hard work and outstanding efforts from other Robert Trent Jones (RTJ) Trail superintendents for the Nike tour, LPGA tour and Senior PGA tour throughout the Trail. It also took many years of relationship building and encouragement with sponsors, state and city officials to bring the event to reality at the right place and time.

This opportunity progressed in 2013 when the PGA tour announced a change in its 2015 schedule, leaving a week open in the U.S. during the British Open week (in July) for the tour players not participating. We had two years to get ready.

Course evaluation and improvements

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at Grand National

For us, preparations began with evaluating the course layout and conditions, hole by hole, with our staff. Many checklists were made with items to discuss with the PGA Tour’s agronomy and rules staff. The playing conditions from tee to green were scrutinized, and with an aging course, we began to develop a long list.

From our evaluations, we identified three major needs. First on the agenda was addressing low irrigation heads and valve boxes. A contractor was brought in during winter 2013 to raise and level all the 2,000+ imperfections.

Second, many back tee surfaces needed to be enlarged and improved due to the years of shade and wear. In some situations, trees needed to be removed, and tees needed to be enlarged and length added to get the fairway bunkers in play for the big hitters of the day. When we finished, we had eliminated many shade issues, improved 10 holes of tee complexes and effectively added close to 200 yards to the course.

Third, 54 bunkers needed renovations for proper drainage and playing conditions.

Maintenance upgrades With the much-needed facelift for the event behind us, we shifted gears to the maintenance needs and preparations for taking the course to the next level.

Beginning with the end in mind, we had to re-evaluate agronomic plans, staffing, equipment needs and budgets.

Having not been through a major event like this, I had many questions on how to proceed and when to do the extra things needed to be ready for the spotlight. I am thankful for the many hours of discussion with superintendents, other PGA host-site superintendents, PGA agronomy staff and USGA staff who helped lay out a plan that resulted in the two years of successes. Fall 2014 also included a visit to Jackson Country Club during its event in November; it was a great visit because it was close and also a first-time PGA tour stop for the club.

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Seven months to go With spring 2015 on our doorstep, many things started to take shape. The reality of a PGA tour stop was starting to set in with our staff and creating the extra motivation. The short timeframe left was greeted with an outstanding teamwork environment that we always hope to have each and every day. Hosting a big event like this was motivating

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and got the team excited and proud to contribute. I am thankful for our superintendent Patrick Pierce, his two assistants (Joe Borden and Rex Goode) and their 15 full-time staff members.

They had the incredible task in front of them to showcase the facility and did an excellent job of it.

On a side note, we have a 54-hole course with 19 full-time staff and 30 seasonal staff to train and prepare for a PGA tour event week in the middle of growing season. I am very proud of the accomplishments and challenges they overcame with the resources we had.

The first year proved to be the most difficult because everything was new to us; all attention went to the tournament course. The second year, we did a better job of keeping up the whole facility and allowing us to be successful with more entertaining on the non-tournament courses.

Patrick was delegated the task of recruiting staff, organizing details and creating a plan to execute throughout the year. It took all of us meeting several times a day during the final weeks leading up to the event. To add to his challenges, Patrick had to start year 2 with new managers and a majority of the staff due to turnover throughout the year. We had some adjustments to make and less experience,

but we rose to the challenge and made the second year better than the first.

Securing 20 additional staff for each day of the event with volunteers from throughout our industry made the crew complete. Without the support they provided, it would have been impossible to help make everything come together.

Vendors play an equally important role. They supported the meals for 70 each and every day, along with equipment support. The equipment needs required extra fairway, trim and greens mowers in addition to utility vehicles to get the staff around in a timely manner.

We were also fortunate to borrow equipment from other RTJ Trail sites.

Many hours and dollars were spent addressing equipment condition and reel sharpening prior to the event to make sure we had our equipment in the best shape possible.

Final preparations With the growing season finally here, we began our six-week countdown on June 1, 2015. The management team was tasked with coordinating, completing and finding solutions to the many activities in front of them.

A short list of things we encountered daily during this time is listed below: â&#x20AC;˘ Crew schedule for the event week

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paths for a week; Sunday was closed for final touches; and the first day of event week was upon us.

Championship week The first two days of tournament week are like trial runs; we keep the schedules at 4:30 a.m. all week, and routines and jobs for the staff are the same all week so we can get work done effi-

ciently and properly before the official rounds. Confusion can set in quickly if we don’t keep to a routine and some consistency. By Thursday, we are dialed in with what we are doing, and we hope nothing goes astray.

Our clubhouse prepares a great breakfast each morning, compliments of multiple vendors, when the two-hour morning prep work is complete. After-

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was written out at least four weeks prior to identify training needs.

• Advance-week and tournamentweek evaluations and adjustments with tour agronomist.

• Course-marking concerns and preparations with rules officials.

• Tournament week: updates and adjustments with tour officials.

• Bunker maintenance: review methods and training needs for expectations.

• Cup repairs and two weeks of pinlocation strategies to save pin areas for the event week.

• Timing of growth regulation applications.

• Cultural practices and mowing frequency.

• Equipment needs and scheduling more frequent cuts.

• Greens speed, smoothness and firmness expectations.

• Weed control, pesticide applications and foliar fertilizer applications for color.

• Structure location and installation for Golf Channel, Proshot, food vendors, restrooms, ropes, etc.

• Irrigation management: greens, tees, fairways and rough.

• Crew needs: meeting area setup, shirts, food, housing, scheduling, training, etc.

• Final punch list items during event week, including visual items of concern on TV camera.

• Golf Channel, structure crews, catering crew, sign crews and trash-cleanup crew needs.

• Tournament management staff meetings and updates.

• Sponsor play on other championship course and par 3 course.

• Having fun during event week and then managing post-tournament blues.

Time flew by during the six weeks of conditioning for the big week. We set up the staff with positions we knew they could do well without issues and fit the extras in areas where we could lead and support them easily. Everything we do was intensified. We increased the frequency of mowing, topdressing, grooming and rolling the greens. We ramped up the frequency of cuts on tees, fairways and rough. Moisture and irrigation practices were heavily managed 24 hours a day if Mother Nature was quiet. Carts were restricted to

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five hours of sleep and back at 4 a.m.

The staff is welcomed back to some quick breakfast snacks and coffee, compliments of our energetic ATA Executive Director, Tricia Roberts. Then they are met by managers with thank you’s and reminders for the day. Everybody is out the door in the dark at 5:00 a.m., to be finished with all 18 holes by 7:00 a.m. There is nothing more exciting for those of us who take pride in our job, than to see the fleet of equipment and 70 people accomplish so much in such little time. For me, it’s the favorite time of the day, along with the sunrise.

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Event wrap-up

wards, the staff gets to watch golf, play some table tennis or take a nap until lunch is ready, and then we head back out to do it all again. Again, the clubhouse staff prepares a wonderful lunch each day for the afternoon staff, compliments of our multiple vendors that support us. The highlight of the week is the Trail Bar-b-que; our trail legends Marshall Drew and Jeff Christensen treat everybody to delicious ribs and chicken after an all-night rendezvous with the smokers.

Most of the staff gets down time, while a few are kept on call for special needs during the day. The managers regroup, review and discuss the results of the morning, and they start making plans. They begin setting up equipment for the afternoon and, tentatively, for the next morning.

Afternoon efforts are a bit more subdued because they involve cleanup time and non-routine jobs. The greens are evaluated, and decisions are then made to accomplish the desired speed, smoothness and moisture for the next day. Mowing is restricted; we cut nonessential areas to keep them looking good on TV. Rough mowing is stopped early in the week to allow more definition and difficulty.

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As with anything, weather can quickly make life difficult. The first year was hot and dry and helped us control conditions the way we wanted them with ease. The second year was not so easy because we had multiple afternoon storms with lightning delays, wind, debris, some rain and lots of extra hours getting the course back in tournament conditions. We had several days of extra help on call for tee, fairway and greens debris-cleanup crew and bunker-repair crew.

Our afternoons turn to evening quickly, and setup for the next morning actually begins. All the needed equipment is checked, set up, organized and prepared. This end-of-the-day effort makes it easy to get the next morning started in a timely manner.

While the afternoon staff is winding down, the managers are tasked with organizing and evaluating the course needs for the morning. Lists are made, and staff names and equipment needed are assigned and then reviewed to make sure we have everybody on the same page. We make minor adjustments for staffing, equipment changes and setup for the morning at the request of Tour officials. It’s usually 9:00 p.m. when all is finished — off to home for

Our course, our community and our state benefits greatly from the recognition of the event. The game grows the public interest; tourism increases to our state; and our community grows from the retirees who settle down here for the golf and hospitality of the community. When the final day arrives, the staff, vendors and volunteers are exhausted. For some, the end of the week can’t get here quickly enough, but they go home knowing it was an experience of a lifetime and can’t wait to do it again next year.

For me, my attention is focused on getting back to normal with a few more items on the list to complete before things are truly finished.

• TV and vendor deconstruction and cleanup for three weeks.

• Rough conditions re-established to higher-handicap-player conditions over three weeks.

• Applying fertilizer applications and repairing of course wear areas.

• Re-staffing due to a mostly collegestudent staff returning to school in two weeks.

• Readjusting heights on all the mowers.

• Reestablishing the cultural/agronomic programs we suspended for two weeks on greens.

We look forward to making the Barbasol a long tradition, a time of fond memories with friends and a proud time to reflect on the hard work and accomplishments we achieve together.

Again, many thanks to those who supported us, and we look forward to seeing new faces next year. See you on the Trail soon. v

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Recent Event >>>

Tuesday evening’s activities featured a softball game at MGM’s Park, home to the Biloxi Shuckers, with competing teams from AQUA-AID and Regal Chemical.

A bright, clean tradeshow full of exhibitors was a highlight of the event.

Highlights from the

DEEP SOUTH TURF EXPO, Held October 11–13, 2016

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 SPONSORS! ADVERTISERS Agri-AFC, LLC AgStone, LLC AQUA-AID, Inc. PBI-Gordon SiteOne Landscape Supply Specialty Turf Supply CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Syngenta

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DINNER Bayer Environmental Science Harrell’s ENTERTAINMENT AQUA-AID, Inc. Regal Chemical Co. GOLF TOURNAMENT BWI Companies

LUNCHEON Ladd’s PAST PRESIDENTS’ RECEPTION Beard Equipment Co./ John Deere Golf RECEPTION Jerry Pate Turf & Irrigation

TEE SIGN SPONSORS Dow AgroSciences Pennington Seed, Inc. TRADESHOW BAGS Sod Solutions TRAP & SKEET TOURNAMENT Aquatrols, Inc.

This year’s outstanding education program drew large crowds of turfgrass professionals.

A gorgeous day greeted families on the Schooner Cruise mid-day on Wednesday.

THANKS TO OUR DSTE EXHIBITORS Dow AgroSciences Ecologel Solutions, Inc. First Products FIS Outdoor FMC GCSAA GenNext Biotech, LLC Geoponics Corp.

GNC Industries, Inc. Graham Spray Equipment Grasshopper Company Greenleaf Technologies GreensGroomer WorldWide Greenville Tractor & Turf Growth Products, Ltd. Gulf Coast GCSA Gulf Coast Organic, Inc. Harrell’s, LLC Hotsy of MS Howard Fertilizer & Chemical Humphries Turf Supply Huntsville Tractor & Equipment Intelligro

Jacobsen Jerry Pate Turf & Irrigation Keeling Company Knox Fertilizer Co. Ladd’s Louisiana Mississippi GCSA Mississippi Turfgrass Assn.

Net Connection, LLC New Life Turf Nufarm Americas Par Aide Products PBI-Gordon Pennington Seed Quality Corp./Hol-Mac Redexim Turf Products Redox Chemicals, LLC Regal Chemical Co. Residex Seago, Inc. SePRO Corp.

SiteOne Landscape Supply Skytek Aerials Smithco Sod Solutions

SOLitude Lake Management Southeast Turf Maintenance Southern Athletic Fields, Inc. Southern Golf Central Magazine Southern States Coop Turf Division Specialty Turf Supply, Inc. Standard Golf Company STEC Equipment Suma Green Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. Sur-Line Turf Syngenta The Andersons The Turfgrass Group TransAmerica Printing Triest Ag Group Trimax Mowing Service Turfco UPI Ventrac VGM Club Woerner Turf

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Agri-AFC, LLC Agromax, LLC AgStone, LLC Air2g2/GT Airinject Alabama GCSA Alabama Turfgrass Assn.

American Underwater Services AQUA-AID, Inc. Aquatrols, Inc. Barenbrug Grass Seeds BASF Bayer Environmental Science Beard Equipment Co./ John Deere Golf Ben Nelson Golf & Utility Vehicles Better Billy Bunker Bucyrus Equipment BWI Companies, Inc. Capillary Concrete Chattahoochee Turf Products Color-Flex Distance Markers Corbin Turf Supply, Inc. Crosshairs Golf Davison Fuels & Oils

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Alabama Turfgrass Association 2017 Slate of Officers and Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Paul Patterson (1 year) University of Alabama Huntsville

Vice President Tresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wilkinson (1 year) South Dallas Turf

Treasurer

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October 11 at the 2016 Deep South Turf Expo, a new executive committee and several new board members (Glen Junkin, Joe Collins, Randy McQueen, Simon Parkin and Daniel Strickland) were elected to lead the Alabama Turfgrass Association for 2017. Jason Cooper (former president), Jeremy Sutton, Joshua Slaven, Kim Byram, David Isbell and Mickey Pitts were recognized and thanked for their service on the board. Deven Peek was also thanked and reelected for another two-year term. At right are your new leaders.

Kim Byram (1 year) University of Alabama

Past President Jason Cooper (1 year) Sweetspire Gardens

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Golf Glen Junkin (2 years) True Point Yacht and Country Club

Industry Buddy Williams (1 year) BWI Companies

Institution Joe Collins (2 years) Samford University

Lawn Care Andrew Bice (1 year) Blackjack Horticulture

Park & Recreation Deven Peek (2 years) City of Prattville

Sod Paul Salzmann (1 year) Salzmann Farms

At Large Randy McQueen (2 years) TruGreen Simon Parkin, CGCS (2 years) Lakewood Golf Course Daniel Strickland (2 years) SiteOne Landscape Supply

EX OFFICIO/ EDUCATION ADVISORS

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Dave Han, Ph.D. Auburn University (334) 844-3980 handavi@auburn.edu Jim Jacobi, Ph.D. AL Coop. Extension System (205) 879-6964, ext. 19 jacobjc@auburn.edu

ATA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tricia Roberts (334) 821-3000 mailbox@alaturfgrass.org v

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Welcome, Prologue Association Management

The

Alabama Turfgrass Association is proud to welcome Prologue Association Management to the organization. Prologue will be taking over the administrative duties for the association.

Prologue is owned by Tricia Roberts, ATA’s executive director for the last 15 years, and Melanie Bonds. These two professionals bring over 42 combined years of experience in working with non-profit organizations, most of those in the turf industry.

Tricia Roberts will continue to be the face of the Alabama Turfgrass Association, but expect to see Melanie Bonds and the Prologue interns at ATA events from time to time. In case you are not familiar with this duo, here are quick bios on both Melanie and Tricia.

Prologue Association Management Co. was started in 2013 when Melanie

and Tricia were asked to help the Louisiana-Mississippi GCSA Chapter when their executive director retired.

This partnership worked out perfectly, and they successfully pulled off the inaugural 2015 Deep South Turf Expo.

Melanie has 18 years of experience in the non-profit sector, primarily working with the AGCSA. She serves as managing editor of, and contributing writer to, the Alabama Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents’ publication, The Alabama Green Journal, and the Louisiana/Mississippi chapter’s Tee to Green Journal. A writer and founder of Compositions Press, Melanie holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, where she is a long-time resident.

She and her husband, Gary, have two children: daughter Jessica and son Colin.

She enjoys spending time with her

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family and her dog, Kody, as well as bridge, yoga, reading and writing.

Tricia Roberts has more than 22 years’ experience in association and event management in the non-profit and corporate sectors. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business AdministrationMarketing from Auburn University at Montgomery. Tricia has been a resident of Auburn, Alabama, since 2002 when she moved with her family from her hometown of Montgomery. She has two children, Sara and John Michael.

She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading and attending her children’s sporting events.

Be sure to welcome these two and their staff as you meet them at our events this year. We are excited to have the extra hands on board to help with our growing association and its events. v

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Calendar of Events >>>

March 7 ATA Lawn & Landscape Field Day City of Prattville Soccer Complex Prattville, AL

BWI Companies......................................................... 7 www.bwicompanies.com Color-Flex Distance Markers ................................ 16 www.color-flex.com Coosa Valley Turf Farm ..........................................17 www.coosavalleyturffarms.com

Auburn University Turfgrass Research Demo Day and Poa Annua Classic Auburn, AL

Greenville Turf & Tractor, Inc. ................................. Inside Back Cover www.greenvilleturf.com

TPI Summer Program (In conjunction with the 2017 International Turfgrass Research Conference) The Heldrich New Brunswick, NJ

Gulf Coast Organic Inc. ........................................... 5 www.geogrows.com Humphries Turf Supply ......................................... 18 www.humphriesturf.com Jerry Pate Turf & Irrigation ................................ Inside Front Cover www.jerrypate.com RD Murphy, LLC ...................................................... 16 www.rdmurphy.com

May–July

Riebeling Farms, Inc................................................. 7

Mole Cricket Classic Deep Sea Fishing Tournament Open Season

Smith Seed Services ................................................17 www.smithseed.com

July 29

Southeast Turf Maintenance .................................. 7 www.southeastturf.com Southern Specialty Equipment ............................. 16 www.ssequip.net

ATA Mole Cricket Classic Deep Sea Fishing Tournament Awards Banquet Southern Tradition Fishing Lodge Elberta, AL

Southern State Turf ................................................17 www.ssturf.net

November 7–9

TriEst Ag Group Inc.................................................13 www.hendrixanddail.com

Deep South Turf Expo Mississippi Coast Convention Center Biloxi, MS

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Agri-AFC,LLC .............................................................. 3 www.agri-afc.com

March 30

July 19–22

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Index of Advertisers >>>

Sur-Line Turf, Inc. .................................................... 11 www.surlineturf.com The Andersons Technologies, Inc. ........................13 www.andersonsgolfproducts.com The Turfgrass Group, Inc ...................... Back Cover www.theturfgrassgroup.com

Weed Man ................................................................17 www.weedmanfranchise.com