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Bobby Jones Links names Ken Mangum director of agronomy

Bobby Jones Links names Ken Mangum director of agronomy

Bobby Jones Links appointed Ken Mangum as its director of agronomy. Mangum spent 27 years as the director of golf courses and grounds at Atlanta Athletic Club and was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. He will apply his years of experience to properties in the Bobby Jones Links portfolio as needed.

“Instances such as offering my expertise on what goes into a new golf course – such as identifying what grasses will thrive best and how to set the turf up for long-term success,” Mangum said. “On projects like this, I have been involved in helping with the initial planning on the maintenance facility, the grassing concepts, the grow-in program, and involved in helping find a superintendent for the facility. I like the way BJL does business, and I think they have a number of projects I can help with. To me, that’s what working with BJL is all about – helping people.”

Mangum has made presentations all over the world on topics covering turf and golf course management and his specialties include major championship preparation, organizational management, grassing selections, course renovation and turf conversion. He has also been a seminar instructor and speaker for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, several USGA Green Section conferences, Spanish Golf Federation, Georgia Superintendents Association, and the Club Managers Association.

“Ken Mangum is one of the most respected agronomists and golf course superintendents in the business, so we are very pleased and honored he has agreed to make his services available to the three-dozen-plus BJL-managed clubs,” said Bobby Jones Links founding partner Steve Willy. “We’re excited about the things we can accomplish with Ken involved in raising the standards and taking opportunities to raise the quality of the golf courses that need his expert touch in providing a finer product for our clients.”

As a grassing consultant, Mangum has been highly involved in new golf courses and grassing recommendations. He plans to visit some of BJL’s courses that have been having issues to see how he can help them.

“I think I add a different set of eyes and kind of look at projects from a different perspective,” he said. “I’ve done a lot of work to produce operational efficiency, and work that involves grassing concepts that are environmentally sustainable with lower long-term maintenance costs.”

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