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How hard work, determination and three weeks at Rutgers helped one student turn a “fun” summer job into a successful and satisfying lifelong career
Paul Sutter’s experience in the Rutgers Three-Week Turf Course set him on a path to becoming a golf course superintendent.
Kenneth Krausz was awarded the 2011 Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School Award for Professional Excellence.
In addition to a long and successful tenure at Paramus Golf Course, Krausz’s career has been marked by service to the turf industry and his community.
To find environment-friendly or aesthetically pleasing grasses, researchers with the Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science travel the world to find strains worthy of cultivation at home.
Professor William Meyer works with a team of scientists to develop “the perfect bluegrass.”
Running an “emergency room for dying plants,” preparing students to work with golf turf, and inspiring them to become lifelong students of science is all in a day’s work for Rich Buckley.
In 1988, when Dr. Phil Halisky told Rich Buckley, “You’re going to work in turfgrass,” he set him on the path for a long, fulfilling career.
Golf Course Superintendent John Zimmers Talks About Preparing for the Solheim Cup with GCSAA-TV
The Solheim Cup, held at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, combines the tradition and prestige of the game of golf with passion for one’s country.
