Thailand March 2010

Gathering for the first stop of three during field day for Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia 2010 conference in Pattaya, Thailand.

Think they have enough trolleys? And look at the rainbow of colors.

I think I had a company vehicle that looked like this during one of my jobs.

Lake aerifiers used in Asia.

Dr. Matt Roche from the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation discussing test plots.

Darren Moore, Golf Course Superintendent at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Beijing, China discussing turf test plots.

Caddie at Siam Country Club.

Dr. Micah Woods, Research Director at Asian Turfgrass Center discussing turf test plots on driving range at Siam Country Club.

Nice landscaping at pitch and putt nine hole course in Pattaya.

Part of the entertainment during dinner.

Part of the caddie crew that took care of the golf tournament players.

Toi Tankuranun, Product Manager for John Deere Asia during our outing to a floating market in Bangkok, Thailand.

Buddhist monk giving blessings at the floating market.

Beautifully hand carved spirit house in Bangkok.

Vietnam March 2010

Military jeep on property at Mekong Golf & Villas.

Le Manh Cuong, Sales Manager of Mekong Golf & Villas, me and Bao Vinh.

One of the grassed fairways at Mekong Golf & Villas in Bach Dang Hamlet, Vietnam.

Ferry we had to take to get to Mekong Golf & Villas until the bridge is completed.

Me, Blair Cornthwaite/General Manager of Vietnam Golf & Country Club and Bao Vinh.

Great lake and bridge complex at Vietnam Golf & Country Club.

Golf bag conveyor system at Vietnam Golf & Country Club. Loads bags at the front of the club and sends them to the golf cart area and visa versa.

Beautiful Par 3 at Song Be Golf Club in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

Wall at Song Be Golf Club that was modified to allow three vendors to sell golf balls to golfers playing the course.

Hand weeding the fairways at Song Be Golf Club.

Hand weeding the greens.

Hand sweeping the aerification cores from a tee box at Song Be Golf Club.

Hoang Diep Bao Vinh of Southern JSC/ Le Truong Quang Truong, Manager of Golf Maintenance and Bobby Chua, Director of Palm-Song Be Golf Company LTD.

Driving range with Platinum Paspalum grass at Twin Doves Golf Club. Roger Jones is the Director of Grounds here and Mai Van Nghia is Vice President.

The American Embassy in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam.

What kind of critter do you want to mount on your wall back home?

Cobra and Scorpion liquor from Vietnam. Punches quite a kick!

CGCS Show in Toronto March 2010

True-Surface booth at the Canadian International Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show in Toronto, Canada.

The NEW True-Surface TREKKER units attached to Toro Flex 21s.

Outgoing GCSAA President Mark Kuhns, CGCS, visiting our booth in Ontario.

Nice fruit stand in Toronto's Chinatown and note the decorated moose on the awning.

The CN tower in Toronto.

Ontario College of Art & Design building in Toronto.

New Zealand Feb. 2010

Superintendent Brendan Allen of the Auckland Golf Club using the True-Surface Vibe V rollers to smooth and speed up his practice green. Auckland Golf Club was founded in 1894.

Mike Anderson and Darren Hannay of Parkland and Helensville Golf Club Superintendent Paul Butler.

Helensville Golf Club using the True-Surface Greens Care Collection Vacu-cutter to remove thatch from one of the greens.

Results of using True-Surface Greens Care Collection vacu-cutter to remove thatch from green.

Parkland building in Auckland, NZ.

Hell's Gate geothermal site in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Rainbow Trout migrating upsteam to spawn.

"Tie me Kangaroo down sport", "Tie me Kangaroo down", Hey wait a minute those are wallabies.

Yes folks this is a KIWI bird not the shoe polish.

Nice Rainbow Trout I caught in Lake Rotorua, New Zealand. Look how clear the stream is behind me.

BIGGA Show - Harrogate, UK January 2010

Customers crowding into the True-Surface booth during trade show hours.

Outgoing GCSAA President and Superintendent at Baltusrol Golf Club Mark Kuhns, CGCS visiting our booth in Harrogate, UK

Salesman Mike Stott of GreenTek showing customer our new Trekker unit that mounts to walk-behind greensmowers.

Our booth at the BIGGA show

Flying over Ireland covered with snow on the way to the BIGGA show in Harrogate, UK