Sunday, May 01, 2005
AthleticFieldTech.com News: Just Mowing gras does not "Cut-it"
They just think it's mowing," Livingston said, peering at grass research fields he cares for at Penn State University.Penn State's turf studies program is one of the oldest in the country, with about 240 students pursuing an undergraduate degree in turf sciences and a full-time faculty of six.Jobs in turfgrass management can be the envy of sports enthusiasts, taking them from the gorgeous greens of the PGA Tour to the hallowed fields of Major League Baseball.The golf course construction boom of the 1990s and, more recently, the explosive popularity of youth soccer have placed a premium on workers with expertise on how to build and maintain high-quality, high-traffic fields, said Kevin Morris, the turfgrass federation's executive director.For others, like graduate student Jim Brosnan, research interests bring them to the field even though they are not directly tied to the turfgrass program."We put all this effort and all this maintenance into the field, and we really don't know a lot about how guys get hurt and how not to get hurt," Brosnan said.Until this past December, Magro was the superintendent at a golf course in Wilmington, Del.Magro, 38, said he didn't get interested in the sport until after his first golf job a decade ago helping care for the grounds at a course outside Philadelphia.
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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14447039&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6
www.athleticfieldtech.com
www.linearaeration.com
www.topdressing.biz
www.i-cut-large-lawns.com
www.do-it-now-landscaping.com
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