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Follow on Google News |  Panel on Building the Olympic Golf Course & Zoysiagrass Learning TourThe Zoysia as a Game Changer Tour at the Golf Industry Show brings together the world's authorities on this low maintenance grass, highlighted by an expert panel on the building of the Olympic Golf Course.
Zoysia is extremely low maintenance, drought tolerant turfgrass and new varieties accommodate every golf course playing surface, including greens. Some of the highest profile projects in golf right now are using zoysia as the playing surface of choice including: • The Olympic Golf Course under construction right now in Brazil for the 2016 Olympics which marks golf’s return to the Olympics after a more tan 100-year absen • Bluejack National, Tiger Woods’ first US golf course design • Trinity Forest, the new Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore design soon to be home to the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship • The Golf Club of Texas, the first golf course in the US to be grassed with zoysia on every surface. The Zoysia as a Game Changer Tour will feature some one-of-a-kind adventures: • Tour of Bladerunner Farms. the world’s largest independently owned zoysiagrass research center. Hear some of the top US experts in zoysia will speak about why they feel the newest improved zoysiagrass varieties, (because of their low inputs and high playability) Dr. Milt Engelke, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M Dr. Ambika Chandra, Texas A&M Dr. Brian Schwartz, University of Georgia Arthur Milberger, Team Zoysia Don Roberts, Don Roberts International, (for international golf trends) Bill Carraway, The Turfgrass Group, (on certification) Doug Petersan, Austin Golf Club (on low maintenance zoysia on a golf course) • Texas-Style BBQ at the Golf Club of Texas, the very first golf course ever to be grassed with zoysiagrass on every playing surface, including fairways, roughs and greens • Tour of the Golf Club of Texas, grassed entirely in zoysia on every surface, get a first-hand look at how and where zoysia can be used in golf. Meet:Roy Bechtol, golf course architect; Ken Mangum, CGCS, who has grown zoysia for about a decade at the Atlanta Athletic Club and hosted PGA Tour events on the grass; course co-owner David Doguet who also is the breeder of Zeon Zoysia as well as many other zoysia varieties. • Back inside the clubhouse, a brief presentation by Ken Mangum, CGCS, on hosting the PGA Tour on Zoysia. • A panel of the major players who built the Olympic Golf Course in Rio for the 2016 Olympics. The course is grassed with Zeon Zoysia. David Doguet of Bladerunner Farms; Neil Cleverly, superintendent at the Olympic Golf Course; and Marcelo Matte, the sod producer who grew and installed the grass are expected to sit on the panel and explain the real story behind building the golf course. Registration to the event is open now at the GCSAA website: : http://www.golfindustryshow.com/ PHOTOS IN DROPBOX: All photos are of the construction of the Olympic Golf Course in Rio for the 2016 Olympics. Names of files describe photos with the exception of the big roll photo where the man giving the thumbs up is David Doguet, president of Bladerunner Farms who developed Zeon Zoysia. https://www.dropbox.com/ About Team Zoysia Team Zoysia™ was established as an affiliation of producers, scientists, golf course superintendents, equipment manufacturers and distributors who are committed to the customer who chooses to have and use superior zoysiagrass on their facility. Team Zoysia™ is about developing relationships within the turf industry to fully support the utilization and management of zoysiagrass as a sustainable turf. Zoysiagrasses are being rightfully recognized for their superior adaptability to a wide variety of uses such as golf courses, sports fields and lawns while requiring minimal cultural inputs. The newest and most advanced zoysiagrass varieties may now be used for not only beautiful managed open spaces and sports facilities, but also for challenging sites that require bioremediation or turf that can survive in marginal climates or soil types. From product quality and availability; Team Zoysia Member Companies: Bladerunner Farms http://www.bladerunnerfarms.com/ Team Zoysia International https://www.facebook.com/ The Turfgrass Group http://www.theturfgrassgroup.com/ Doguet Ventures http://www.doguetventures.com/ Jacobsen: A Textron Company http://www.jacobsen.com/ TurfMaker http://www.turfmaker.com/ Green Up Services http://www.greenupgrass.com/ Cushman: http://www.cushman.com/ Team Zoysia Expert Consultants: Dr. Milt Engelke Mr. Ken Mangum, CGC Mr. Doug Petersan , CGCS Mr. Don Roberts Dr. Jim Reinert, Entomologist science advisor Dr Marla Binzel, Physiologist Science Advisor Media Contact: Stacie Zinn Roberts, What’s Your Avocado? 360-941-4595 Stacie@whatsyouravocado.com End
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