Digital photos are now available of the Mike Ditka visit in the BASF booth at the Golf Industry Show

Thank you for visiting the BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals booth and our guest Coach Mike Ditka.

Follow the instructions below to obtain your free, digital photo today – images will be only available until March 31, 2010.

1.) Click here to view the digital photo album of Mike Ditka at the BASF booth Golf Industry Show.

2.) Scroll through the album to select your photo with Mike Ditka.

3.) Once selected, e-mail the photographer, Melissa, at mj@sandiegophoto.com to request your free, digital copy.

If you have questions, feel free to contact us by commenting below.

Richard Jensen wins the Watchdog® Plant Disease Weather Station from the BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals booth at the Golf Industry Show!

Richard Jensen, golf course superintendent of Crooked River Ranch Golf Course in Crooked River Ranch, Oregon, is the lucky winner of the BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals 2010 Golf Industry Show Watchdog® Plant Disease Weather Station giveaway.

Thank you to all the golf course superintendents who visited our BASF booth. It was great seeing you at GIS in San Diego and we look forward to seeing you at next year’s show in Orlando. In the meantime, let us know how we can help you improve your turfgrass conditions.

Contact your BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals sales rep for turf disease control information, tips and product information.

Golf Industry Show in San Diego
This year’s new two-day Golf Industry Show schedule was an enjoyable whirlwind of great San Diego weather, exceptional turf education and meaningful relationship building with golf course superintendents, distributors and industry partners.

The BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals team greatly appreciated seeing so many new and old faces at this year’s activities. A big “thank you” to our BASF booth visitors for taking time to learn about our products and people, as well as taking part in booth events.

GIS BASF Booth Highlights:

• 100 attendees started their morning off with BASF and a Starbucks coffee card.
• John Swoyer, golf course superintendent of New York state’s Shorewood Country Club, won iPod Touch from BASF GIS Survey Kiosk.
• 60 golf course superintendents met Thomas Nikolai, Ph.D., and received a signed copy of his “The Superintendent’s Guide to Green Speed Management” book.
• 18 golf course superintendents won more than $10,000 in combined cash prizes playing BASF Superintendent Thousandaire rounds.
• More than 350 attendees visited the BASF booth for photos, autographs and an audience Q&A with special guest Coach Mike Ditka.
• More than $5,200 in total funds were raised by BASF Media Thousandaire for Charity contestants Larry Aylward, Golfdom; Seth Jones, Golf Course Management; and Pat Jones, Golf Course Industry.

Leave a blog comment below, tweet @BASFTurf_us or send us an e-mail and tell us what you thought of the show and our BASF booth events.

If you’d like to learn more about BASF products, contact your BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals sales specialist here.

Turf media won $5,200 total for their charities playing BASF Media Thousandaire

This afternoon, turf media Pat Jones, Larry Aylward and Seth Jones answered trivia questions in the BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals 2010 Golf Industry Show booth for the opportunity raise up to $2,000 for a charity of their choice!

Each editor was guaranteed a $1,000 donation from BASF, with the opportunity to earn additional funds for each correctly answered trivia question.

Turf Media Thousandiare for Charity contestants’ results:

• Pat Jones, Golf Course Industry, raised $1,900 for the Love-A-Stray no-kill animal shelter.
• Seth Jones, Golf Course Management, raised $1,800 for the LiveStrong Foundation.
• Larry Aylward, Golfdom, raised $1,500 for The Cleveland Foodbank.

Click here to read more about why our media contestants selected their charities.

It was a great game guys!
Thank you so much for being good sports and offering BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals the opportunity to help meaningful causes.

Get in line now booth 3039 – Starting at 10 a.m. – Q&A, photos and autograph with Mike Ditka!

Superintendents are already lining up in the BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals Golf Industry Show booth 3039 for Mike Ditka’s appearance. So hurry over for the opportunity to meet the legendary NFL player and coach!

Event will end at 12 p.m.