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Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:05 AM

Sports turf management is focus of new K-State option

From Kansas State University Extension

Students in Jack Fry's HORT 517: Golf Course and Sports Turf Operations class on a recent tour to K-State's Frank Myers Field, home of the KSU Baseball Team.
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University students aiming for a career in managing football, soccer and other such fields where turf is a key part of the operation, now have a new educational choice.

The Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources at Kansas State University has added a new option in the Horticulture major - Sports Turf Operations Management.  Steve Keeley and Jack Fry, professors specializing in Turfgrass Science, consulted with the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) Board of Directors and Dale Getz, the National Sports Turf Sales Manager for Toro, to build the curriculum for the program.

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