2026 Ozark Turf Association Education Day and Annual Meeting - Presented by VanWall Equipment

Lunch provided by Professional Turf Products

January 20th, 2026, Registration begins at 7:30 AM, speakers at 8:00 AM

Cost is $40 per person; this is part of the prepaid meeting plan. Please RSVP by Wednesday January 14th.

Schedule: Education portion has received .35 education points from GCSAA

7:15 AM Vendor Set up.

 7:30 AM Registration – Meet with Vendors

 8:00 AM Welcome and speaker introductions – Jonathan Prange, CGCS – President OTA – Golf Course Superintendent, Highland Springs Country Club   

 8:00 – 9:00 AM – “Don’t Do This!! Common Preventable Turf Mistakes” – Dr. Zac Reicher – Green Solutions Team, Envu

 9:00 – 9:45 AM – “Introduction into AI for Golf Maintenance” – Jonathan Prange, CGCS  

 9:45 – 10:00 AM – “Break” – Break w/Vendors

 10:00 – 10:45 AM – “Using FFA Students to Fill Labor Demand” – Randy Robinson – Central Plains Regional Representative

 10:45 – 11:45 AM – “Results of Wetting Agent Research Trial” – Dr. Wendall Hutchens – Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas  

11:45 – 12:45 PM – Lunch and Meet with Vendors:     

1:00 – 2:00 PM – “Annual Meeting with Elections” – Jonathan Prange, CGCS – President OTA – Golf Course Superintendent, Highland Springs Country Club

2025 Ozark Turf Association Christmas Party - Presented by Professional Turf Products

Date is correct, times are tentative

Cost is $55 per person. This meeting is in most Prepaid Plans

2025 Ozark Turf Association Equipment Managers and Assistants Education Meeting - Presented by VanWall Equipment

October 23, 2025

Speakers:

Jordan Roth, CTEM Equipment Manager, Champions Run

Topics include Electrical Diagnostic Methods and Tools, Equipment Asset Management, and Round Table.

Matt Giese, Syngenta - Sprayer/Spreader Calibration

Cost $20 for OTA members and their staff

$30 for nonmembers

Cost includes education, morning coffee and Danish, lunch at noon.

Registration begins at 7:30 AM, speakers at 7:55 AM

Meeting approved for .4 education points from GCSAA

Ozark Turf Association Championship - Presented by Clear Creek Golf Cars and Utility Vehicles

Lunch Provided by GreensPro

Registration starts at 10:00 AM

Lunch at 11:00 AM

Golf at 11:30 AM

Cost is $40 for members $60 for Nonmembers. This meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan

Turfgrass Field Day

WHERE: Milo J. Schult Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Horticulture Field Lab
1005 W Meade Avenue
Fayetteville , AR 72701

WHEN: August 6, 2025
7:30 am - 1:00 pm
Registration Deadline: August 6, 2025

Registration Fees: 
Early Bird until August 1st- $100/person
After August 1st- $150/person 

There is a $20.00 per person discount for any group registering 3 or more people on the linked form.

Turfgrass Field Day - Formstack

OTA Family Fun Night sponsored by Syngenta

Gates Open at 6:10 PM our location the Homeplate Party Deck

Food and drinks provided

Friday Night Fireworks Following the Game

Cost $25 for adults, $10 for kids

Please RSVP by July 28th

7:30 Registration at Selecturf 12202 U.S Highway 63 Jefferson City Missouri

8:30 Tour Selecturf Farms

11:30 Lunch

1:00 - 4:00 PM Tour Pinnacle Ag Research Center - located at 9550 E. Bowling Lane, Columbia Missouri

Highlight will be the official release of Gateway Zoysia

To RSVP register at the following link: https://mvpgenetics.com/mvp-field-day-registration/

Ozark Turf Association June Meeting - Presented by SiteOne

Host: Springfield Golf and Country Club

Tuesday June 10th, 2025

Registration begins at 7:30 AM

8:00 AM Speaker Nicolette Zangara, Public Information Officer with the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management. Topic: Be Severe Weather Prepared

Golf to begin at 9:30 AM, boxed lunches at the turn.

Cost is $40 for Members $60 for Nonmembers. This meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan

Please RSVP by Thursday June 5th.,

Thursday, May 22, 2025

• 10:15 AM 5:00 PM

• Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club (map)

2025 Ozark Turf Association Scholarship and Research Fundraising Outing

Registration starts at 10:15 AM

Lunch at 11:00 AM - Lunch is provided by Syngenta

Shotgun Start at Noon

Cost for Golf Course Teams - $450

Cost for Vendor Teams - $550 - includes tee sign.

Tee Signs - $150

Vendor Team is included with your Gold Partner Plan

Registration - 7:45 AM

Breakfast Buffet - 8:00 AM

Speaker - 8:30 AM - “Billbug Management: History, Current Status, and Future Research. Dr. Xi Xiong, University of Missouri.

Golf - 10:00 AM

Cost $40 for members $60 for nonmembers. This is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan.

RSVP by Wednesday April 9th

Ozark Turf Association Annual Bowling Meeting

Cost is $20, lunch is on your own.

Not part of the prepaid meeting plan.

Registration begins at 11:30 AM bowl at Noon

Please RSVP by Monday February 17th, 2025

2025 Ozark Turf Association Education Day and Annual Meeting presented by VanWall Equipment

Lunch sponsored by Precision Turf Products

Schedule:

7:15 AM Vendor Set up.

 7:30 AM Registration – Meet with Vendors

 8:10 AM Welcome and speaker introductions – Maron Towse – President OTA – Golf Course Superintendent, Schifferdecker Golf Course 

 8:15 – 9:15 AM – “Golf Architect, Artist or Advocate” – Chuck Ermisch – Ermisch Golf Course Architecture  

 9:15 – 9:30 AM –  “Break” – Break w/Vendors

 9:30 – 11:30 AM – “Managing Winterkill and Spring Dead Spot” – Dr. Mingying Xiang – Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State and Dr. Wendall Hutchens – Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas  

 11:30 – 12:30 PM – Lunch and Meet with Vendors:  Lunch Sponsored by:   Precision Turf Products  

12:30 – 1:00 PM – “GCSAA Updates” – Randy Robinson – Central Plains Regional Representative

 1:15 – 2:15 PM – “Annual Meeting with Elections” – Maron Towse –  President OTA – Golf Course Superintendent, Schifferdecker Golf Course

Cost: $35 Includes speakers and lunch, meeting with vendors.

This Meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan

2024 Ozark Turf Association Christmas Party presented by Professional Turf Products.

More details to follow

Cost is $55 per person, $110 per couple.

This meeting is part of most Prepaid Meeting Plans (any questions please don’t hesitate to ask)

Please RSVP by November 29th

2024 Ozark Turf Association Equipment Manager Meeting Presented by VanWall Equipment, and an education grant from GCSAA from ClubProcure

Date October 23rd - Registration begins at 7:45 AM Breakfast available

Agenda: 8:15 AM - Welcome from Bubba Wright - Director of Agronomy, Big Cedar

8:20 AM = Diana Kern - Sr. Manager CTEM and Certificate Programs, GCSAA

8:50 AM - Mike Rollins - “Cutline is King” - SIP Peerless Grinders

10:20 AM - Break

10:35 AM - Mike Rollins - “Cutline is King” - Sip Peerless Grinder

Noon - Lunch

Cost for OTA Equipment Manager Members - $20

Cost for OTA members and their staff - $30

Cost for non-OTA members - $60

Location Big Cedar Lodge - Grandview Conference Center, Lakeside Rooms A and B

RSVP at ozarkturfassn@yahoo.com or call/text 417-860-9449

OTA Border War presented by SiteOne and Hunter Irrigation

8:00 check-in coffee provided by Ozark Turf Association

9:00 AM Golf - 4 - person scramble, prizes for flight winners

OTA Border War presented by SiteOne and Hunter Irrigation

Registration to begin at 9:00 AM - Golf at 10:00

Format for day, two-person best ball with prizes for flight winners

Horse Race to start a half hour after morning play ends.

Lunch provided at the turn by Professional Turf Products

Dinner at 7:00 by “Getting Basted” sponsored by Kansas Golf and Turf

Cost is $90 for both days

RSVP to ozarkturfassn@yahoo.com or call/text (417) 860-9449 Please respond by Tuesday October 1st

OTA Championship presented by Clear Creek Golf Cars and Utility Vehicles

Lunch provided by GreensPro

Registration to begin at 10:30 AM

Lunch will be provided at 11:15 AM

Golf will be a shotgun start at Noon

We will have both stroke play for those wanting to compete for the trophy which is eligible to the low score by an Ozark Turf Association member, and we will make up some scramble teams for those just wanting to network and have fun. Please note when you RSVP which format you wish to participate in. Prizes for both Championship, multiple flights and to scramble teams.

Cost is $40 for members, $60 for nonmembers.

This Meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan

Please RSVP by August 21st

Ozark Turf Association Family Fun Night at the Springfield Cardinals Presented by Syngenta.

Gates open at 6:10

Game starts at 7:10

We will be in the Deck H which is behind Home Plate (same as last year)

Food and drinks for adults and kids are included with the ticket. Fireworks after the game.

Cost will be $20 for adults $10 for kids limited to the first 30 others will be put on a waiting list. Members and families will be given priority.

Please RSVP by Wednesday July 31st

Ozark Turf Association June Meeting Presented by SiteOne

9:30 AM - Registration

10:15 AM - Dr. Mike Richardson, ‘Update on Wetting Agent Research” and Will Green, “Update on GS3 Technology” University of Arkansas

11:15 AM - Lunch

12:00 Noon - Golf

Cost: Members $40, Nonmembers - $60 Includes speaker, lunch and golf. Lunch only $20.

This Meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan

Please RSVP by Tuesday June 4th

2024 Ozark Turf Association Scholarship and Research Fundraising Outing

Registration starts at 10:15 AM

Lunch at 11:00 AM - Lunch is provided by Syngenta

Shotgun Start at Noon

Cost for Golf Course Teams - $450

Cost for Vendor Teams - $550 - includes tee sign.

Tee Signs - $150

Vendor Team is included with your Gold Partner Plan

Ozark Turf Association April Meeting Presented by Professional Turf Products

9:30 AM - Registration

10:15 AM - “Bluemuda Roundtable”

11:15 AM - Lunch

12:00 Noon - Golf

Cost: Members $25, Nonmembers - $35 Includes speaker, lunch and golf.

This Meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan

Please RSVP by Thursday April 18th

Ozark Turf Association March Meeting Presented by Harrell’s

9:30 AM - Registration - at the Betty Allison Club House

10:15 AM - Kris Inman - “Be Who They Need”

11:15 AM - Lunch

12:00 Noon - Golf on the Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course

Cost: Members $25, Nonmembers - $35 Includes speaker, lunch and golf.

This Meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting Plan

Please RSVP by Tuesday March 19th

2024 Annual OTA Bowling Meeting

Registration Starts at 11:30 AM

Bowling Begins at Noon

Cost for all is $20 includes 3 games of 9 pin no tap bowling and shoes. Prizes will be given.

Lunch is on your own.

Please RVSP by Friday February 16th

2024 OTA Education Day and Annual Meeting presented by VanWall

Lunch provided by FMC

January 18th, 2024

Highland Springs Country Club

Springfield Missouri

 Schedule:

7:15 AM Vendor Set up.

 7:30 AM Registration – Meet with Vendors

 8:05 AM Welcome and speaker introductions – Maron Towse – President OTA – Golf Course Superintendent, Schifferdecker Golf Course 

 8:15 – 9:45 AM – “Recruiting and Retaining Your Team” – Jodie Cunningham – Owner/Partner at Optimus Talent Partners and John Cunningham CGCS, GM/COO Grandfather Golf and Country Club  

 9:45 – 10:00 AM –  “Break” – Break w/Vendors

 10:00 – 11:30 AM – “Recruiting and Retaining Your Team” – Jodie Cunningham – Owner/Partner at Optimus Talent Partners and John Cunningham CGCS, GM/COO Grandfather Golf and Country Club  

 11:30 – 12:30 AM – Lunch and Meet with Vendors:  Lunch Sponsored by: 

 12:30 – 1:00 PM – “GCSAA  Updates” – Randy Robinson – Central Plains Region Representative

 1:00 – 2:00 PM – “Annual Meeting with Elections” – Maron Towse – President OTA – Golf Course Superintendent, Schifferdecker Golf Course

This meeting is part of the 2023 Prepaid meeting plan. All others $30

OTA Christmas Party presented by Professional Turf Products

December 16th from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Lodge of Four Seasons, Valencia Room, Main Lodge.

• 5:00 PM social hour with cash bar. Bar will be open through the night.

• 6:00 PM Buffet dinner consisting of Prime Rib, Chicken Picatti, Atlantic Salmon with Chive Herb Butter Sauce, with salads and sides.

• 7:00 - 10:00 games and social visits

Cost is $50 per person, this is a prepaid meeting plan event for most prepaid plan members.

Rooms are available in the Main Lodge for $129 plus taxes/fees, $119 in the next building. These rates are available until November 16th. To make reservations please call 1-888-265-5500.

To RSVP for the dinner, please call/text 417-860-9449 or email ozarkturfassn@yahoo.com by December 7th, 2023

OTA September Meeting Presented by Professional Turf Products

9:30 AM - Registration

10:15 AM - Speaker: Caleb Sanders - Conservation Coordinator - Springfield-Greene County Park Board. “Establishing a Warm Season Native Prairie”

11:15 AM - Lunch

12:15 PM - Golf

Cost is $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers. This meeting is part of the Prepaid Meeting plan.

Please RSVP by Friday September 15th

OTA Championship presented by Clear Creek Golf Cars and Utility Vehicles

Lunch provided by VanWall Equipment

Registration to begin at 10:30 AM

Box lunches will be provided at 11:30 AM

Golf will be a shotgun start at Noon

We will have both stroke play for those wanting to compete for the trophy which is eligible to the low score by an Ozark Turf Association member and will make up some scramble teams for those just wanting to network and have fun. Please note when you RSVP which format you wish to participate in.

Cost is $40 for members, $80 for nonmembers. This is a Prepaid meeting plan event, so no additional cost for you, except for the beverage cart service that Highland Springs will provide.

Please RSVP by August 22nd