Penn State Turf Club

By Dr. Andrew McNitt

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Drew Barnett, senior in turfgrass science at Penn State was a successful candidate to the Jacobsen's Future Turf Manager's Seminar to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina May 18-21, 2009.

"We started this program in the 1970s to give promising young minds in the industry a glimpse of life as a turf professional," said Ralph Nicotera, who has been involved in the Future Turf Managers program for nearly 30 years and currently serves as Jacobsen vice president of sales. "Jacobsen has always invested in education and this program has helped hundreds of turf students get a jump start on their careers."

Drew did his internship last summer at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, NY during the summer of 2008. He will be starting as an assistant at Corral de Tierra Country Club in Corral de Tierra, CA in June 2009.