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Keeping it Simple for Success in Derby City
By Pat Jones | Over two decades, Walter Pritchett has helped take Hurstbourne CC to new heights of championship conditioning.... read more →
January 25, 2022
Consistency is King in the Desert
By Aquatrols | In the surprisingly complex world of Arizona turf management, it's a vicious and year-round cycle of continuously... read more →
January 25, 2022
It’s In The Science, Not Sales
By Pat Jones | The Atlantic region of Canada presents unique agronomic and business challenges for golf courses. Callum Haughn... read more →
January 25, 2022
A Matter of Trial & Error
By Pat Jones | Like many superintendents, Canadian Trevor Anderson struggled with hydrophobicity on his course. He felt like he... read more →
January 25, 2022
A Family Turf Affair
By Pat Jones | The Schmidt’s have been caring for Butte des Morts Country Club for nearly a half-century and... read more →
November 29, 2021
Turf Around the World: Tinkering Leads to Success
Course manager Rob Hay has embraced a wide range of Aquatrols products to help return his classic heathland course in... read more →
November 29, 2021
An Unexpected Beginning
By Pat Jones | Ready for a change, Bill Smith decided to take his superintendent skills and launch into an... read more →
November 29, 2021
Tasty Turf Recipes: Keeping It Simple
By John ("JT") Turner |Our own John “JT” Turner has worked with hundreds of superintendents over his long career. What’s... read more →
November 29, 2021
With The Right Products, Less Is More
By Pat Jones | The first superintendent at the legendary old Essex Country Club was a guy named Donald Ross.... read more →
November 29, 2021
Behind the Drop with Tom Breiner
In our Behind The Drop Q&A series, we bring you brief interviews with some of the minds driving innovation at... read more →
November 29, 2021
EOP Made Even Simpler
By Aquatrols | Our super easy rewards program rewards program just got a little better. We asked our product manager,... read more →
September 15, 2021
Tasty Turf Recipes: Beyond Conventional
By Barry Bennett, CGCS Fall pre-emergent and potassium nutrition are a must in almost all successful turf management programs. Granular... read more →
September 15, 2021
The Dark Horse: Aqueduct Sprayable
By Pat Jones | The SiteOne team in south Florida decided to do a comparison test and Aqueduct® Sprayable delivered... read more →
September 15, 2021
A Mountainous Challenge
By Pat Jones | “We have a big thatch layer, then clay, then rock,” says Nathan Armstrong who’s using Zipline®... read more →
September 15, 2021
Tiny Bubbles Make Him Happy
By Pat Jones | Tracy Shanahan has a great eyeball test to know when his greens are responding to Zipline®.... read more →
September 15, 2021
A Man with Passion, Smarts & A Whole Lotta Love for Science
By Pat Jones | The smartest turfhead you don't know shares his insights about turf, life and why wetting agents... read more →
September 15, 2021
You Gotta Have Hart
By Pat Jones | A half-century-old relationship between Aquatrols and the famed Chas. C. Hart Seed Company only gets better.... read more →
July 27, 2021
Making the Most of a Worst-Case Scenario
By Pat Jones | Tim Gravert had plans for the University of Iowa’s neglected golf course, but COVID threw him... read more →
July 27, 2021
Growth On and Off The Turf: A Q&A with Phillip Fischer
Phillip Fischer took his turf talents -- and his experience with Redox products -- north to the famed Brickyard Crossing course... read more →
July 27, 2021
Turnaround Tale
By Pat Jones | Jake Wentz faced a huge challenge but he got the courses at Verandah club back on... read more →
July 27, 2021
Behind The Drop with Daniel McCann
In our Beyond The Drop Q&A series, we bring you brief interviews with some of the minds driving innovation at... read more →
July 26, 2021
Aquatrols Appoints New Territory Manager for Eastern Canada
(Paulsboro, NJ) – Aquatrols – the world’s largest manufacturer of cutting-edge soil surfactants and related technologies – has appointed Jonathan Albert as... read more →
May 26, 2021
Moving Seamlessly Into Sales
By Pat Jones | Five years ago Oregonian Jeff Stephenson took his agronomic knowledge – and love of golf –... read more →
May 25, 2021
Tasty Turf Recipes: Managing Root Dysfunction
By Aquatrols | What are some of our territory managers' go-to product recommendations for long-term turf health, special needs, or... read more →
May 25, 2021
Blasting Out Salt Issues In The West
By Aquatrols | Like many superintendents in the west, Rick Friedemann has struggled with salt issues on his course for... read more →
May 25, 2021
Renovating Fairways with PoaConstrictor®
By Pat Jones | A leading Chicago superintendent proactively takes on Poa. Mark Kosbab is a familiar name in the... read more →
May 24, 2021
Getting Ahead of Wear & Tear This Season
By Pat Jones | With rounds and cart traffic looking to be well above average again this year, what can... read more →
March 24, 2021
Back To The Roots
By Pat Jones| Patrick Van Vleck used old-school cultivation practices and a Redox-driven fertility program to turn the turf around... read more →
March 19, 2021
Revolution for the Win
By Pat Jones | Brady Finton relied on a smaller crew, lots of creativity and years of experience with Revolution... read more →
March 19, 2021
Year-round Turf Glow
By: Pat Jones | How Dean Piller uses the TurfRx approach to achieve better turf, labor savings, and lower inputs.... read more →
January 19, 2021
2020 in the Rearview: An Open Letter from Our CEO
Our President and CEO, Matt Foster, shares some observations about last year and some good news for this one. I... read more →
January 19, 2021
Embracing Challenges
By: Pat Jones | How agronomic reps like Keith Bennett embraced the crazy challenges of 2020 with a new focus... read more →
January 19, 2021
Behind The Drop with Duncan Stewart-Orris
In our Behind The Drop Q&A series, we bring you brief interviews with some of the minds driving innovation at... read more →
January 12, 2021
More Time & Less Headaches
By: Pat Jones | Paul Golliff was able to conquer wilt and shed some turf anxiety thanks to Zipline and... read more →
January 12, 2021
Chicago Superintendent Feature: “I Hate Ball Marks”
By Pat Jones | How Chicago super Tim Christians uses Zipline in his never-ending fight against mushy greens. Tim Christians... read more →
November 18, 2020
Wearing our Gratitude on Our Sleeve
By: Pat Jones | Let’s remember what keeps us together in our community: #Grateful4Turf The golf community has much for... read more →
November 11, 2020
Maximize Your Efforts In 2021
By: Aquatrols | A simple addition of a quality soil surfactant can substantially boost the impact of your early season... read more →
November 10, 2020
Super Simple Rewards
By Aquatrols Staff Our “super simple” Approach Rewards Program gets even better with the addition of Redox products and new... read more →
September 17, 2020
Fend Off The Unwanted With Our New Insecticide & Herbicide
Our company has always had deep roots in golf course management and now we’re using 70 years of agronomic expertise... read more →
September 17, 2020
Tank-Mixing Tips to Increase Your ROI
By Tom Valentine & Duncan Stewart-Orris Tom Valentine is an Aquatrols Territory Manager who serves the Northeast area of the... read more →
September 17, 2020
An Oklahoma Classic Gets a New Zip
By Pat Jones The renovation boom of the last decade drove a lot of aspects of our business: construction, irrigation,... read more →
September 16, 2020
Fairway Fix
By Pat Jones Hillendale Country Club Superintendent, Travis Alwine, had “typical Maryland” fairways that were overrun with annual bluegrass. He... read more →
August 31, 2020
Aqueduct Flex In Action
One of our distributor representatives shared a few videos that perfectly illustrated how easy it is to use Aqueduct Flex... read more →
July 24, 2020
Redox Rejuvenates at Cordova Bay
By Dean Piller Dean Piller is the current and only superintendent Cordova Bay has ever had. He struggled with thatch,... read more →
July 22, 2020
Q&A with Matt Foster
Aquatrols CEO talks with Pat Jones about working through the challenges of today and investing in some interesting things for... read more →
July 22, 2020
Shanghai Aquatrols Asia Is Officially Established and Recognized by Chinese Officials
(Paulsboro, NJ) – Aquatrols – As of June 10th, 2020, Shanghai Aquatrols Asia Technology Co. LTD is officially established and... read more →
July 1, 2020
Beyond The Drop with Barry Bennett
In our Beyond The Drop Q&A series, we bring you brief interviews with some of the minds driving innovation at... read more →
May 8, 2020
Abiotic vs Biotic Stress Problems: How to Differentiate & Diagnose
Turfgrass injury and damage is caused by either abiotic or biotic factors. Some examples of abiotic factors or stressors include... read more →
April 30, 2020
Preparing Your Turf for Success
Many turfgrass managers cease their soil surfactant (wetting agent) program in the fall when the summer stress period is over.... read more →
October 30, 2019
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