Golfdom, December 2016

Speculation of what a Trump presidency could mean for golf runs rampant How many courses will add waterfalls Rick Olson officially becomes the CEO of Toro He was promoted from president chief operating officer and succeeds Michael Hoffman who will remain as chairman of the board In honor of the University of Georgia Tifton campus celebrating its 100 year anniversary in 2018 an ongoing effort begins to find all golf courses that are using or have used Tifton released grasses Contact Duncan McClusky mcclusky@ uga edu Some of the varieties developed at Tifton include Tiflawn Tiffine Tifgreen Tifway Tifdwarf Tifton 10 and TifEagle 2016 IN REVIEW The FLSA overtime rule that would increase the exemption threshold of salaried workers to 47476 is put on a preliminary injunction by a federal judge in Texas Whats that noise Oh its the sound of money being sucked out of the payroll budget and back in the chemical budget December Josh Heptig director of golf course operations with San Luis Obispo County Parks in central California is named winner of the 2017 Presidents Award for Environmental Stewardship A proponent of zero waste management Heptigs efforts kept 65000 pounds of food waste out of local landfills over a three year period The 2016 Golfdom Summit goes off without a snag until Golfdom Associate Publisher Craig MacGregor is handed a set of virtual reality glasses then goes missing for three days before eventually being found wandering around a Florida swamp This is actually a prediction we went to press before the Summit But theres a good chance it could happen G FROM PEOPLE TO PRODUCTS WERE YOUR PREMIER PROVIDER When youre short of help our products wont let you down From fertilizers to equipment Wilbur Ellis has what you need for your business to GROW pro wilburellis com December 2016 Golfdom 23 Golfdom com PHOTO BY SETH JONES For information only Not a label Prior to use always read and follow the product label directions WILBUR ELLIS logo Ideas to Grow With LINK WIL GRO and WIL SOL are registered trademarks and NUTRIO PURIC and PURIC logo are trademarks of Wilbur Ellis Company K 0216 113