Synthetic Turf International dealer Peter Albanes of Synthetic Grass & Greens recently installed STI’s SoftLawn® Pro Cut at the Takoma-Piney Branch Park dog park. TakomaDogs have been pushing for a dog park for over 3 years, and now they finally have one with the added benefit of synthetic turf. The SoftLawn® Pro Cut was designed specifically for…
Dollywood gets a Facelift with STI and Playrite
Recently STI dealer Playrite installed some new synthetic turf at the infamous Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. Playrite initiated contact with Dollywood, because while Jesse Smithey was there with his family he noticed four tree planter areas that had 8 x 8 squares of rundown turf at the trees’ bases. Smithey stated, “I knew STI…
STI Launches Architect Page and Hanley Wood Course
This year Synthetic Turf International (STI) has expanded and updated its website with Architect information that includes 3 part specs, sales sheets and CAD downloads.In partnering with Hanley Wood, STI has introduced an educational course targeting the architectural community that qualifies for your Continuing Education Units, CEU’s. As many of you know these CEU’s are required…
Featured Application: Congressional CC Tee Line
This week’s featured application comes from Synthetic Turf Greater Maryland. Pete Albanes and his crew installed EZTee hybrid a few years ago at Congressional Country Club. Congressional Country Club is located in Bethesda, Maryland. Congressional opened in 1924 and its Blue Course has hosted five major championships, including three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship….
Featured Application: by Bill Teamerson of R.Turficial
This week’s STI Featured Application comes to us from Bill Teamerson of R.Turficial. located in Macedon, NY recently completed a great project that utilized Synthetic Turf International’s Bent Grass. The green was approximately 3100 square with the tee box 80 yards to the back pin. The customer Bill worked on the project for absolutely loves…
Cast Your Vote for STI’s Better Play & Recreation Contest Finalists
Producing tears, cheers and a whole lot of encouragement about how others are making the world a better place, we received a tremendous amount of excellent entries from charitable organizations for our Better Play & Recreation Contest. After a lot of deliberation, we were finally able to whittle it down to ten national finalists whose…
Turf Specialties Installs Amazing Backyard Putting Green
Our friends at Turf Specialties, LLC install so many projects it’s difficult to narrow down the ones we want to feature. This backyard putting green install featured Synthetic Turf International’s Kentucky Blue Plus, NP50 putting material and an EZTee hitting mat. The products were chosen so that after installation the customer could hit balls into…
STI Launches Architect Page and Hanley Wood Course
This year Synthetic Turf International (STI) has expanded and updated its website with Architect information that includes 3 part specs, sales sheets and CAD downloads.In partnering with Hanley Wood, STI has introduced an educational course targeting the architectural community that qualifies for your Continuing Education Units, CEU’s. As many of you know these CEU’s are required…
Lamb Crafted Putters Chooses STI for Their Putting Lab Green
Tyson Lamb, one of the golf industry’s most promising club makers, recently installed a putter-testing station in his newly renovated Texas-based office using Synthetic Turf International’s NP-50 turf. Known for its true roll quality and consistent Stimpmeter speed, the cross-stitched NP-50 turf was installed over a Tour Links base — giving Lamb the ability…
Replicate the Augusta National Green Speeds in Your Backyard
Getting an accurate speed for the greens at Augusta National is next to impossible, but how hard is it to replicate? It’s been rated as the number one course in the country, and its fairways, greens, bunkers and water hazards have been seen by more eyes than any other course in the world. Yet, the…