The Turf Club brings guest speakers to campus and provides opportunities to travel to turf facilities for tours and other educational activities.
Members also attend national conventions and trade shows.
The club helps students with job networking, interviewing and placement. Club members include turf management majors and other students who are interested in managing golf courses, sports complexes or other areas of the rapidly growing turfgrass industry. Turfgrass Management department of crop and soil science department of horticulture Requirements Turfgrass management is the study of the science and culture of fine grasses that are used on golf courses, athletic fields, home lawns, and other areas requiring an attractive but functional groundcover. Increasing interest in outdoor recreational activities as well as aesthetically appealing landscaped areas has created a demand for professional turfgrass managers. The turfgrass management major at the University of Georgia is unique in that it is the only 4-year turf program in the United States that is jointly administered by two departments.