Last week, seven Penn State students participated in a new course designed to provide experience in how turfgrasses are managed in the United Kingdom. The course involved weekly lectures during the 2014 spring semester on the history, design, and management of golf courses and athletic fields in England and Scotland. It culminated in an 8-day trip to the United Kingdom to visit several high profile turf venues.
Upon arrival, Penn State faculty (Kaminski, Landschoot, McNitt, and Petrunak) and students drove to the Manchester United training facility to visit their massive complex and learn about renovation and upkeep of the perennial ryegrass soccer fields. Later the same day we drove east to Bingley, England to tour the research plots and laboratories of the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI).
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