Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

ĂƌĞĞƌ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƌĞ LJŽƵ Žƌ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ LJŽƵ know enamored by the ƉƌŝƐƟŶĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ Žƌ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ĮĞůĚ͍ ƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƐƉ ŵŽǁ ůŝŶĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͍ /ƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĞ ͞ƚƵƌĨ ďƵŐ͟ ŚĂƐ struck you - and you are not ĂůŽŶĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ʹ check out a career in turfgrass management. The turfgrass management ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ Ăƚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ^ƚĂƚĞ University has a strong and ƉƌŽƵĚ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ out the very best golf course ƐƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ĮĞůĚ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϱϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŝŶ ƚƵƌĨ management is demanding but ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ƌĞǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞLJ ůŽǀĞ͘ ,ŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƐƚ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ D^h ŐŽůĨ turf graduates have come from golf and working on a golf course. tĞ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǁĂLJ to learn about this career ŝƐ ƚŽ ƐŝŵƉůLJ ŐĞƚ Ă ũŽď ŽŶ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ;Žƌ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ĮĞůĚͿ grounds crew, so we would like ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŽƵƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŽƵĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽĐĂů ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ũŽď͕ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĮƌƐƚŚĂŶĚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ about the career. This is how everyone in the golf turf business gets started, and the ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚƐ love to mentor. &ŽƵƌͲLJĞĂƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͗ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬ www. ƉƐŵ .msu.edu/ degree_ ĐĞƌĮĐĂƚĞ _ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ / undergraduate_ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ / turfgrass_management Two-year ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͗ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬ www. canr.msu.edu/iat/turfgrass_ management_golf_course ŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ Dr. John N. (Trey Ϳ Rogers, /// Professor, Turfgrass Management ƌŽŐĞƌƐũ @msu.edu WŚŽŶĞ͗ ϱϭϳͲϯϱϯͲϬϭϯϲ dƵƌĨŐƌĂƐƐ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ Ăƚ D^h