Topdresser manufacturing company joins Platinum Tee Club.
Toro donates $5,000 to the EIFG
The Toro Co., Bloomington, Minn., continues its long-time support of The Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), with a $5,000 donation toward research and education to enhance golf’s relationship with the environment. Toro attains Platinum Tee Club status with the donation. The Platinum…
Q&A With Certified Golf Course Superintendent Anthony Williams About the EIFG’s Efforts
As part of its new program, Golf’s Drive Toward Sustainability, the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG) has established a coalition to identify, review and establish best management practices (BMPs) that will apply to golf course properties nationwide. The EIFG has formed five working groups-Oversight, Energy Conservation, Pollution Prevention, Water Conservation and Water Quality Protection-to implement…
Environmental Institute for Golf Adds Three to Board of Trustees
The Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), has added three golf industry leaders to its board of trustees. Jane Geddes, LPGA senior vice president of tournament operations, and Morgan Gregory, president of GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford, N.Y., will serve on the board…
Golf’s Drive Toward Sustainability
The Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), the philanthropic arm of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), has established a program, “Golf’s Drive Toward Sustainability,” to provide the industry with a collaborative, sustainable approach to golf facility management. As part of that initiative, the GCSAA has developed a Golf Course Environmental Profile, through a…
Club Car President Named To Environmental Institute Advisory Council
Augusta, Ga.-based Club Car President and CEO Gary Michel has been named to the Advisory Council of The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) dedicated to strengthening the compatibility of golf with the natural environment. Michel will represent Club Car and parent company Ingersoll Rand,…
Syngenta Donates to The Environmental Institute for Golf
The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), announced that Syngenta has reached the $1 million Victory Club level of The Institute’s cumulative donor program. “Syngenta has been a longtime supporter of The Institute,” GCSAA CEO Mark Woodward, CGCS, said. “Syngenta has been in lock step…
Everglades GCSA Donates to Environmental Institute
The Everglades Golf Course Superintendents Association (GCSA) is continuing its longtime support of The Environmental Institute for Golf by donating $5,000 towards research, education, environmental programs and outreach to enhance golf’s relationship with the environment. With this donation, the Everglades GCSA has attained Platinum Tee Club status for the 10th consecutive year. The Platinum Tee…
Conference to Benefit Environmental Institute for Golf
The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), will be featured at “Green Night at Camelback,” a networking function to be held at the Golf Inc. Fall Conference, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, at Camelback Inn, a JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz. Green Night will…
GCSAA Announces Student Essay Contest Winners
The Environmental Institute for Golf recently announced that Mark Brotherton, Jon Trappe and Patrick McCullough are winners of the 2008 Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Student Essay Contest. Open to GCSAA members who are undergraduate or graduate students pursuing degrees in turfgrass science, agronomy or any field related to golf course management, the…