The need for seed: evolving requirements of the golf market

Golf turf management is changing. Climate change, pesticide legislation and trends in golf course utilisation are forcing turf managers to adapt. Grass seed is playing an increasingly important role in many management programmes to produce year‑round sustainable turf surfaces for golf in the UK and Ireland.

This seminar focuses on how advances in grass breeding and research and development will shape this evolution moving forward, providing solutions for many problems facing turf managers today.

Learning outcomes:

• Discover grass seed solutions for turfgrass disease issues
• Discover grass seed solutions for drought and climate change turf damage
• Learn how grass seed products can be used to produce more sustainable turf surfaces for year‑round golf traffic
• Find out how grass breeding is addressing future turfgrass management issues
• Learn about new turfgrass species and cultivars and how they can be used