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2019 Wisconsin Golf Turf Symposium
The Times They Are A-Changin’
The American Club
Kohler, Wisconsin
Wednesday, December 4th
12:00 – 1:00 Symposium Registration
1:00 – 1:15 Josh LePine, CGCS - 2019 WGCSA President
Welcome - Opening Remarks
1:15 – 2:00 Steve Randall-GCSAA
Keynote -Communicating for Success in Changing Times
2:00 – 2:45 Kurt Hockmeyer, UW TDDL
TBD
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Owen Butler, Scott Wedige & Tyler Knowles- Northwestern Mutual
Financial health
3:45 – 4:30 Chase Straw- University of Minnesota Horticulture
Technologies for precision irrigation on golf courses
4:30 – 5:00 Q and A Session
5:00 Refreshments and Conversation
Thursday, December 5th
MORNING
6:45 – 7:45 Breakfast Buffet
8:00 – 8:45 Jerry Kienast-Reinders
New Equipment – The New Normal!
9:00 – 9:45 Todd Quitno-Lohman Companies
Inspired Design… What’s Moving the Needle These Days in Golf Architecture?
9:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:45 Mark Baden-Chief Meteorologist, WISN 12
Is our weather changing? How climate change could impact golf courses in the future.
10:45– 11:30 Dr. Travis Shaddox, Ph.D. Assistant Professor-U of Kentucky
Simplifying Soil Test Interpretations for Turfgrass
11:30 – 12:00 Q and A Session
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
AFTERNOON
1:00 – 2:30 Panel Discussion Renovation
TBD
2:30 – 3:15 Bob Vavrek – Central Region Director, USGA Green Section
2019 Year in Review
