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2014 GIS Alumni Luncheon Announced
This year, the Penn State Turfgrass Alumni Association will be hosting a luncheon (instead of a breakfast) on Thursday at 12:00PM. The luncheon will be near the trade show floor at the convention centers, thus giving more people the opportunity to attend. Please note that attendees are asked to send in their RSVP in advance!
One More Championship for PSU Turf Alum
The name is a nod back to Scotland, where golf’s first rules were written. The inspiration draws upon Bobby Jones and Augusta National. P.G.A. But the stamp upon Muirfield Village Golf Club is wholly that of Jack Nicklaus. Muirfield Village, site of the 10th Presidents Cup this week, is but one of nearly 300 layouts
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Sponsor the 2013 Golf Turf Conference
Penn State and the Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council would like to invite you to attend the 2013 Penn State Golf Turf Conference located on the University Park Campus in the Nittany Lion Inn. Find out how your company or organization can sponsor the event.
Coach O’Brien Showing Support of PSU Turf
Did you catch the Live Press Conference with Bill O'Brien? We love the fashion statement he made.
Matt Shaffer Speaks!
It has been about a month since the golf/turf world focused on The US Open at Merion Golf Club. With years of preparation and a couple of weeks of superb execution the event is not history. There were challenges with weather but nothing insurmountable. The golf course was an excellent test of the best players in the world. Matt Shaffer had an outstanding
Incoming 2-Year Program Student to Play in Division 1 State Golf Tournament
In four seasons as Sauk Prairie's No. 1 golfer, R.J. Budd was bested by a teammate's score in 18-hole competition just once. Yet had it not been for a memorable run to end this past season, the senior would have never even
PSU Alums Having a ‘Major’ Impact
Penn State Alum Matt Shaffer says, "when you have a championship, you push the grass to its outside ability to survive." Shaffer certainly knows
Penn State Ranked 50th in the World
The center for World University Rankings has released its 2013 rankings of the top 100 degree-granting institutions of higher education, and Dear Old State came in at No. 50 - a jump up from
Merion Golf Club still basking in afterglow, recuperating month after hosting 2013 U.S. Open
Matt Shaffer couldn't get the U.S. Open off his mind before it happened. Nearly a month after the Open finished at Merion Golf Club's East Course in Haverford, he now knows it's an experience he will never forget. "Once they announced the Open (coming to Merion seven years ago), it pretty much occupies your thoughts for years," said Shaffer, Merion's superintendent who has worked at the club for 11 years. "My whole premise was
Carry the Torch: Penn State 2-Year Student Wins Zontek Scholarship Award
"He would have loved this more than anybody." That's what Dr. Kimberly Erusha, national director of the Green Section, told me when I asked her what Stanley Zontek would think about the way things turned out at the U.S. Open at Merion. Stan was there in spirit, all right. The week began with
