Poteet, Texas, USA
May 13, 2016
Golf Digest named David Doguet (picture), turfgrass breeder and president of Bladerunner Farms in Poteet, Texas, to its List of Innovators & Influencers of 2016.
Doguet is well-known in the turfgrass industry for his work in developing advanced varieties of zoysiagrass. Among Doguet’s most notable zoysias are: Zeon Zoysia, which was planted on the Olympic Golf Course in Rio for this summer’s Olympic Games; and L1F, which the Tiger Woods Design team used widely at Tiger’s first U.S. course, Bluejack National.
The Golf Digest article on Futurists explains Doguet’s contribution to the game of golf: “Doguet's various crossbred strains—finer-bladed, more disease- and insect-resistant, less thirsty … (have) made zoysia golf’s new super grass. ”
Editors of Golf Digest introduce the Innovators & Influencers section this way: “Meet the Innovators and Influencers changing the game, whether you like it or not … What golf might look like 100 years from now is uncertain, but we do know it's the people with the bravery to challenge traditions who will shape it … whose work could change the game you love beyond recognition. For the better, we think.”
The list was published in the May issue of Golf Digest. To read the full story, visit Golf Digest online at: http://www.golfdigest.com/story/innovators-and-influencers-of-2016
ABOUT BLADERUNNER FARMS
Bladerunner Farms is the world’s largest privately held zoysiagrass and buffalograss research and development facility. Current releases include: Zeon Zoysia, L1F Zoysia, Lowrider Zoysia, Y2 Zoysia, JaMur Zoysia, Density Buffalograss and Eco Buffalograss. Bladerunner works in conjunction with the University of Georgia to conduct research. Grasses are licensed west of the Mississippi by Doguet Ventures, east of the Mississippi by The Turfgrass Group. Bladerunner Farms is headquartered in Poteet, Texas, just south of San Antonio. 830-276-4455, info@bladerunnerfarms.com , www.bladerunnerfarms.com
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