Sports Turf Co., a sports facility construction and specialty surfacing company, is a sponsor of the Georgia High School Association 5A and 6A boys & Girls State Track Championships. Specializing in different types of sports surfaces, Sports Turf installs natural grass and artificial turf football, baseball, soccer fields and more, as well as tennis courts and track surfaces. Sports Track... read more
Football games, soccer matches, concerts and more — the turf at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta has to be ready to stand up to it all. “We have to make sure the turf is not too hard, not too soft and that the blades stand up,” says Scott Jenkins, the stadium’s general manager. Athletic Turf got a sneak peek of the stadium... read more
PBI-Gordon Corp. issued Section 2(ee) recommendations for use of Kabuto Fungicide SC in select states for the treatment of spring dead spot (SDS) in warm-season turfgrass. Labeled for use on golf courses, sports fields and residential and commercial turf, Kabuto is a proprietary formulation that inhibits all stages of development in the fungal life cycle of SDS. It can be... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) is hosting three webinars this summer that will focus on safer sports fields. July 2 at 1 p.m. EDT Dr. Gerald Henry, Athletic Association Endowed Professor from University of Georgia, will be presenting “Enhancing Athletic Field Safety.” Performance testing of sports fields is necessary to quantify surface properties such as hardness and traction. Enhancements... read more
Turface Athletics, in partnership with the Georgia Sports Turf Managers Association (GASTMA), hosted its annual Field Day at Georgia Institute of Technology to bolster awareness and education in the field maintenance industry. On April 10, 150 industry professionals joined Turface and GASTMA at Georgia Tech for a day of educational presentations, equipment exhibitions and networking. Spanning across Georgia Tech’s facilities,... read more
