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The first 2010 edition of the AGCSA member newsletter AGCSA Action has now been distributed. The February 2010 edition marks the start of a switch to electronic distribution of the newsletter and the phasing out of printing and posting a hardcopy newsletter bimonthly.

 

Following the literature review undertaken by Dr Ross Higginson and Peter McMaugh (The Environmental, Social, Economic and Health Benefits of Turfgrass: A Literature Review) in 2008, the AGCSA requested an expansion of the review focussed principally on the environmental aspects (benefits or otherwise) of golf courses, and to identify any knowledge gaps f

Twin Creeks Golf & Country Club superintendent and AGCSA member Phil Beal (pictured centre) has been named Superintendent of the Year at the annual Troon Golf conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Online registration for the 26th Australian Turfgrass Conference and Trade Exhibition is NOW OPEN.

 

One of the Australian turf industry’s most revered and influential practitioners, Peter McMaugh, has joined the elite of the Australian horticultural community after being named the 2009 recipient of the Graham Gregory Award. 

 

AGCSA general manager John Neylan has been honoured for his services to the golf industry at the Australian Golf Digest Player of the Year Awards held in Sydney in early December.

It was the turn of Brisbane and Adelaide to host The R&A’s director of golf course management Steve Isaac last week as the AGCSA’s

 

Nearly 300 golf course superintendents, course staff, golf club management personnel and trade representatives attended the opening two Sustainable Golf Course Management seminars held in Melbourne and Sydney this week. Conducted by The R&A’s director for golf course management Steve Isaac, the workshops provided an ins

Brett Merrell from Desert Group in the UAE has won the 2009 AGCSA AFL Tipping Competition, proudly presented by Floratine. Merrell, who had a one point lead heading into the final round of the AFL home and away season, managed to hold off Ben Norton-Smith from Longyard GC to win by just the one point.