Event will be held at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Columbus.

Ohio State Golf Turf Spring Tee-Off Conference Feb 24-25

 Thursday, February 24 – tentative schedule

  8:00 am

Registration Opens

  8:50 am

Welcome – Todd Voss, Double Eagle Club

  9:00 am

Plant Physiology Pre-Stress the Turf Q & A, Dr. Karl Danneberger, OSU Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science         

10:00 am

What’s Your Label IQ?, Joanne Kick-Raack, OSU Dept. of Entomology

11:00 am

Aquatics, Algae Problems and Management, Bill Lynch, OSU

12:00 pm

Lunch (Pre-registration Required)

  1:00 pm

Ash Borer and Landscape Insects, Dr. David Shetlar, OSU Dept. of Entomology

  2:00 pm   

Season in Preview, Bob Brame, USGA

  3:00 pm

Superintendent Panel – So the Grass is Dead! Now What?

  5:00 pm   

Evening Reception – Sponsored by Sipcam Advan, Syngenta and Ag Design

Friday, February 25 – tentative schedule

  7:30 am

Registration Opens

  8:00 am

Herbicides New and Old, How can I Help? Q & A, Dr. Dave Gardner, OSU Dept. of Horticulture & Crop Science

  9:00 am

Grubs and Annual Bluegrass Weevil, Dr. David Shetlar, OSU Dept. of Entomology

10:00 am

There Ain’t NO Free Lunch, Dr. John Street, OSU Dept. of Horticulture & Crop Science

11:00 am

Diseases, Joe Rimelspach, OSU Dept. of Plant Pathology

12:00 pm

Lunch (Pre-registration Required)

  1:00 pm

Golf, Trees and Disease, Scott Zanon, Desirable Trees and Turf

  1:30 pm

Skin Safety, Dr. Ryan Carlson, Eastside Dermatology

  2:00 pm

Building of Liberty National, Joe Voss, Joe Voss Consulting & Design

  3:00 pm

The Destruction of Golf Course Construction, Pat Jone, Golf Course Industry Magazine

  2-4 pm

ODA Testing for Pesticide Applicators Licensing (Seating limited to the first 30)


 


 (schedule subject to change)

Earn GCSAA and Ohio Pesticide Applicator Re-certification credit
ODA Testing for Pesticide Applicators Licensing
Learn about changes occurring in Ohio’s golf turf industry
Attend the Welcome Reception to catch up with colleagues and meet new friends
Prepare yourself for the upcoming season  

RETURNING IN 2011 – The OSU Sports Turf Short Course will be held in conjunction with the Spring Tee-Off.