2025 JEFF HAYDEN MEMORIAL ENVIROTRON GOLF CLASSIC

Golf Ventures is proud to sponsor the 2025 Jeff Hayden Memorial Envirotron Golf Classic being held at the  prestigious Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club in Ocala, FL.  Golf Ventures invites our partners, vendors and superintendents throughout the state of Florida to honor our friend and help support turfgrass research. The Tournament is scheduled for April 21, 2025.

The tournament is run by the Seven Rivers GCSA which has raised over $1.25 million since its inception in 1993 and has donated the proceeds to help fund turfgrass research for the past 35 years.  The Jeff Hayden Memorial Envirotron Golf Classic is one of the main turfgrass fundraisers held in the State of Florida, offers the opportunity to play for a greener future.

Proceeds from the tournament and silent auction assist in supporting its namesake-the Envirotron Research Laboratory, located at the University of Florida in Gainesville.  The only one-of-its kind in the U.S., the 3,100-square foot, state-of-the-art field research laboratory opened in November 1993 to study and develop new technology to enhance the relationship of Turfgrass with biological, environmental and cultural factors. The facility was dedicated to the memory of Jeff Hayden in 2005.

Golf Ventures is committed to providing turfgrass professionals with sound agronomic solutions, quality products and high levels of customer service.  Please join Golf Ventures and your peers at the Envirotron Classic as we promote future success for the industry through continued turfgrass research.

Players may register via the Envirotron event page

The event would appreciate your support this year.  As a sponsor, your company will be acknowledged on the banner at the event and in the Florida Green magazine advertising by the Envirotron Committee.

On December 6, 2002 we lost a special colleague and friend Jeffery Paul Hayden. We try to honor him every year through our support of Envirotron,  for which Jeff was a champion.  It's been almost 16 years since his passing, but his final words of advice is still appropriate today.

Tournament At A Glance:

Format: 18 holes, 4-person scramble with handicap
Courses:  Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club, Ocala FL
Shotgun Start: 10AM
Other Activities: Dinner following tournament, raffle, silent auction, and other prizes.