Golfdom, January 2017
GREEN DAY Rough mower recognized Good news for the guys in green The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ASABE has honored the John Deere 9009A TerrainCut Rotary Rough Mower with an AE50 Award AE50 celebrates the years most innovative designs in engineering products as chosen by a panel of international engineering experts This is the second consecutive AE50 win for the John Deere A Model family of fairway rough trim and surrounds mowers Launched early last year Deere says the 9009A maximizes productivity and cut quality while giving turf managers more control of performance on the course Its five gang 27 inch independent rotary deck mower has a 9 foot cutting width The 9009A was designed with our customers needs for productivity and cut quality in mind said Tracy Lanier manager product marketing John Deere Golf Its this customer driven approach to product design that inspired many of the advancements featured in this machine and the entire A Model line and were honored to be recognized SURVEY SAYS Golfdom would like to thank the more than 500 participants in our annual Golfdom Report survey and congratulate our three randomly selected 100 gift card winners Brian Roth Oquirrh Hills Golf Course Tooele City Utah John Cooler Old South Golf Links Bluffton S C and John Shampeny Headwaters Golf Course Three Forks Mont Starter EMPLOYEE OWNED HARRELLS EMPLOYEES NOW ALSO OWNERS Harrells one of the nations largest distributors of branded fungicides herbicides and insecticides and producer of custom blended fertilizers specialty liquids and wetting agents celebrated its 75th anniversary by announcing the formation of the Harrells Employee Stock Ownership Plan Harrells ESOP Harrells ESOP has been vested as the sole owner of Harrells LLC The Harrell and Schermerhorn families previous Harrells owners are confident that the Harrells ESOP will be the catalyst for sustained growth and heightened employee morale while providing the foundation for the future of the company The decision to form the Harrells ESOP was made in large part because of Harrells belief that its employees are the companys greatest asset January 2017 Golfdom 9 Golfdom com PHOTO COURTESY JOHN DEERE The John Deere 9009A launched early last year and was recently awarded an AE50 Award SELFISH FOR SELFIES ATTENTION ASSISTANTS WE WANT YOUR PHOTOS Were working on a major assistant superintendent project here at Golfdom that well unveil in the next couple of months If you would like to potentially have your photo featured in Golfdom email a selfie of yourself at work to sjones@ northcoastmedia net or ggannon@ northcoastmedia net Title the email Golfdom Assistants and tell us your full name course and years working there
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