Corporate Partners
An effective and unparalleled relationship-marketing program, The Experience at FarmLinks comprises a unique partnership of high-profile corporations that represent virtually every major aspect of the golf course industry. Here, in the industry’s only ongoing showcase environment, corporate partners have the opportunity to participate in focus-group research, on-site testing and solutions-oriented presentations in which their products and services are available for real-world demonstrations to more than 1,000 superintendents and turf professionals a year.
Current Partners in The Experience include the following:
Agrium Advanced Technologies is part of Agrium Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (TSX and NYSE: AGU), a leading global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients and industrial products and a major retail supplier of agricultural products and services in both North and South America. Agrium produces and markets three primary groups of nutrients: nitrogen, phosphate and potash as well as controlled-release fertilizers and micronutrients. Agrium’s strategy is to grow through incremental expansion of its existing operations and acquisitions as well as the development, commercialization and marketing of new products and international opportunities. Agrium Advanced Technologies is a Premier Partner in The Experience.
BASF Turf & Ornamentals develops and markets innovative solutions for weed, disease and insect control. For the turf professional and landscaper this means a powerful portfolio of leading herbicide, fungicide, and insecticide technologies that provide the optimal level of protection for both cool-season and warm-season turf and landscape beds.
Key products in the BASF portfolio include Trinity® and Emerald® fungicides, FreeHand® 1.75G and Pendulum® AquaCap™ herbicides for pre emergent control of weeds and Drive® XLR8 and Onetime® herbicides for post emergent control of weeds.
BASF also has its Intrinsic brand fungicides including, Insignia® SC Intrinsic brand fungicide and Honor® Intrinsic brand fungicide, that improve plant health, not just through superior, broad spectrum control of fungal diseases, but also through improved tolerance to stress and increased efficiency of plant processes. This enables plants to better withstand disease and a multitude of environmental stresses resulting in improved turf quality. Information on plant health from BASF can be found at www.intrinsicplanthealth.com.
For more information about BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals, visit
www.betterturf.basf.us,
www.basfturftalk.com or
www.twitter.com/BASFTurf_us.
Club Car is supplying all the golf cars, recreational transportation units and medium-duty maintenance vehicles used at FarmLinks. Club Car's golf, utility and transportation vehicles are recognized as industry leaders in efficiency and long-lasting value. Today, over 40 base models with applications in golf course, grounds maintenance, industrial, academic and commercial markets are available. The manufacture of quality products is paramount to the employees of Club Car and has been the driving force behind the company for over 35 years. The company's relationship with its customers is equally important; its worldwide distribution network includes over 600 distributor, dealer and factory branch locations. Based in Augusta, Georgia, Club Car is part of worldwide Ingersoll-Rand.
Tru-Turf, an On The Course Partner in The Experience at FarmLinks, is known for manufacturing the highest-quality golf green rollers. With a wide range of rollers to suit any superintendents’ needs, Tru-Turf provides the ultimate products for maintaining higher quality putting surfaces and turf health. Tru-Turf’s unique, three-roller design gets the job done quickly and efficiently while reducing some of the stress from mowing and creating consistent greens speeds without jeopardizing turf quality. In addition Tru-Turf roller is the only roller endorsed and chosen by the PGA TOUR to prepare tournament courses for their high-caliber players.
Toro is the premier supplier of golf course maintenance equipment and irrigation in the industry. FarmLinks is using Toro equipment and irrigation exclusively throughout the course. The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is a leading worldwide provider of outdoor beautification products, support services and integrated solutions. Toro is committed to providing environmentally responsible products of customer-valued quality and innovation. Since 1914, the company has built a tradition of excellence around a number of strong brands that serve a customer base that includes golf course superintendents, groundskeepers, sports field managers, landscape and irrigation contractors, fruit and vegetable growers, and homeowners. The Toro Company is headquartered at 8111 Lyndale Avenue in Bloomington, MN. Toro is a Cornerstone Partner in The Experience.
Profile Golf™ is a comprehensive program designed to assist architects, builders, and superintendents with a synergistic approach in finding soil solutions for both maintenance and construction. Central to Profile Golf and root development is Profile Porous Ceramic (PPC), an inorganic soil amendment proven on thousands of greens and at major turfgrass universities across the country to increase soil oxygen, resist compaction, eliminate localized dry spot, drain better and facilitate healthy root systems that leave turf less prone to disease and other maintenance problems. Profile Golf, Profile Erosion Control Solutions (PECS) and consulting service is a complete package designed to advance long-term turf health, deliver more cost-effective turf establishment and ensure NPDES Phase II sediment control compliance. Profile Products is an On The Course Partner in The Experience.
Vortex Granular Systems™ offers a complete line of Patented granular application products. Vortex spreaders eliminate most hand application of granular product, utilizing positive airflow to propel granular material to the desired area. Applications include golf course bunker faces, ornamental plant beds, containers, in-ground nursery material, waterways and ice-melt applications. Vortex equipment is being used at the largest theme parks in the United States, by major maintenance, pest control and fertilization companies, as well as golf course, municipalities, aquatic weed control districts, park services, in-ground nurseries and individual owner operator companies. Vortex spreaders apply fertilizers, pre-emergent herbicides, ice melt products, granular growth regulators, aquatic herbicides and almost any granular or pelletized products used in an outdoor setting.
Wacker Neuson SE is a global manufacturer of light and compact equipment with an exceptionally broad portfolio of products and services. Wacker Neuson is our partner of choice among professional users in construction, gardening and landscaping as well as among municipal bodies and companies in the industrial and recycling sectors.
Freylit designs, manufactures and distributes environmental systems and solutions to treat and control polluted water throughout North America. Their Oil Water Separators and Wash Water Recycling Systems feature advanced technology, developed over 25 years of tough and rigorous field testing. The Freylit range of products conforms to international standards based on the strict European Environmental Federal laws. These tough standards allow Freylit to bring to FarmLinks a pedigree of environmental quality which is hard to be surpassed.
The Foley United products that we make for the Golf and Turf industry have been crafted from years of customer input and collaboration with the reel manufacturers. The machines are designed to provide the capability to refurbish reels to new condition or to perform any level of daily maintenance required to meet the objectives of the user. We focus on providing the maximum amount of capability while reducing the labor time to a minimum. The revolutionary development of the Accu-Touch control provides hands free operation and automated grind cycles eliminating the need for the operator to attend to the machine through the grinding process. This capability is only available through Foley United.
