12.15.09
Here we go!
Sports turf is an exciting and unique industry. Unlike golf, where most courses are managed by a Golf Course Superintendent who typically have a turfgrass science degree, sports turf is managed by Sports Turf Managers, groundskeepers, coaches, AD’s, and sometimes the general building maintenance crew. Thus the Smart Turf Blog is born.
The goal of the blog will be multi-faceted from the basic maintenance, tools, and tricks of the trade, to technical information, to topical information, and guest bloggers who have a great story to tell.
So, let’s get started. I welcome all feedback and questions. Have something on your mind? Want to know how something is done? Just let me know and I will do my best to find the answer. After all, this blog is Smart Turf.
Play on!
--Jamie
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- Jamie Mehringer
- Co-founder and partner of J&D Turf. A sportsturf junkie, I cut my teeth at Victory Field with the Indianapolis Indians maintaining the playing surface at what has been dubbed "The Best Minor League Ballpark in America." From intern, to assistant to head groundskeeper over 10 seasons, I was director of operations for the team before realizing sportsturf was my passion, baseball was merely the game. My bachelor’s degree in sports management from Marian University and a degree in turfgrass science from Purdue University serve as the initial credibility with clients ranging from university to K-12 administrators, parks and rec officials, and maintenance crews to my friends with their own fields in the Major Leagues. The "Smart Turf" blog is my way of sharing my experiences as consultant, groundskeeper and business owner with the larger sportsturf community. There was a day early in my career that I'd joke that I live to make tall grass short. Given the expanding horizon of this profession over the last decade, I've come to realize and respect it as much more.
Too bad that they had to relegate that to the internet about golfers violently hitting golf balls off teas further than baseballs which must mean that golf courses are larger than baseball fields.
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