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Penn State Alum Talks Behind the Scenes with the Eagles
Most NFL fans don't think about all of the long hours that go into making a professional football game happen. The truth is, there are hundreds of support staff and thousands of man hours that go into prepping and working a game each week. Out of everything that needs work, though, the field itself is by far the most important. That's why the Philadelphia Eagles need the best grounds crew possible in order to make sure the team is able to perform at one hundred percent every Sunday.
PSU Turf Thanks SGM Industries for Donation
Penn State would like to thank SGM Industries, LLC for a generous donation.
2-Year Program Alum Talks Turfgrass Consultancy & Rory McIlroy
Harrington’s practice area was finished about eight years ago, though it’s been remodeled and added to since. Harrington had a green built in imitation of the 13th at Carnoustie, with a severe slope running off the back. “The harder the shot, the happier Padraig is,” says John Clarkin, founder of Turfgrass Consultancy (“TC”) and the first Irish graduate of Penn State University’s Turfgrass Management Program.
Mike Burke on Cherry Hills
The hailstorm that hit Cherry Hills Country Club over Father’s Day weekend was challenging enough. For superintendent Mike Burke, though, it was just the trigger point for an abnormal summer in getting the famed club ready to welcome the FedExCup Playoffs.
Alum Now New Course Manager at Ballybunion
Class of 2005 two year graduate John Bambury is now the course manager of Ballybunion Golf Club in Ireland.
Help Kane Fight Cancer
We are sad to announce that Kane Wolf, son of 2002 2-year program Alum and Yahnundasis Golf Club superintendent Matt Wolf, has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer that develops from immature nerve cells.
Matt Shaffer on the Road to the Top
Director of Golf Course Operations at Merion and Penn State 2-year program Alum Matt Shaffer describes the his time at Penn State in one word: outstanding.
Michael Sauls Looks Back
Butler National Golf Club superintendent Michael Sauls didn't always know that he wanted to work in the Green Industry. Saul spent two years studying engineering at another university before he decided to change his focus, "having worked on a golf course during high school, it became apparent this was something that I loved to do...the decision to change my major to turfgrass management became obvious".
Alum Talks about U.S. Senior Open
Oak Tree National’s golf course superintendent is Josh Cook, 34, who moved here in January of 2012 after beginning his golf course tending career in Chattanooga, Tenn., at the age of 18.
Penn State Grad Prepares for U.S. Senior Open
Despite temperatures topping 100 degrees earlier this week, and similar figures expected this weekend, Josh Cook, the golf course superintendent at Oak Tree National, is pleased with the course’s condition for the championship. “If you had asked me a year ago, we would have taken this,” said Cook, who became the superintendent here in January 2012. “It’s a challenge, but it’s a manageable challenge. We could be a lot hotter and more severe in July.”
