6/27/2011 - By Harrell's

Lakeland, Florida, June 27, 2011 - Harrell’s, manufacturer and supplier of performance-based turf products, hires territory managers in Illinois, Georgia and Florida to better serve its golf and athletic field customers.

Jack Harrell, III will service turf managers from Sea Island, GA to New Smyrna Beach, FL.  “As Harrell’s Operations Manager the past couple of years, Jack is no stranger to fulfilling customer needs, making his transition to sales easy” says Travis Shaddox, Harrell’s Southeast Sales Manager.  Jack is intimately familiar with Harrell’s products and the agronomic needs of turf managers and is excited to partner with superintendents and sports turf managers.  Contact Jack at (863)660-9495 or jharrelliii@harrells.com.

Al Pondel, superintendent for over 25 years, joins the Harrell’s family as territory manager servicing golf courses in Chicago. Al brings years of agronomic, budgeting and tournament experience working for both private and municipal golf courses. “And with a couple of years working as a General Manager, Al brings even more experience to our Chicago area golf courses,” offers Kevin Fuchs, Harrell’s Midwest Sales Manager.  Al can be reached at (815)222-9238 or apondel@harrells.com.

Adam Wright offers over 10 years of golf management and agronomic experience, plus extensive fertilizer and chemical knowledge. Working both as a superintendent and in turf product sales, Adam brings results driven solutions to St Petersburg, Tampa, and Ocala turf customers.   You can contact Adam at (941)806-7141 or awright@harrells.com.

In addition to being one of the nation’s largest distributors of branded fungicides, herbicides and insecticides, Harrell’s also produces top-quality, custom blended fertilizers, specialty liquids, and wetting agents for the golf course, sports turf, landscape management, and horticulture industries. Harrell’s guarantees stringent quality control procedures, tight manufacturing specifications and careful selection of raw materials for each product that carries the Harrell’s name.  They are also the exclusive eastern formulator and a leading world distributor of POLYON®, the industry’s superior controlled-release fertilizer technology.  www.harrells.com

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