From the show floor

Rock on!
Underhill's Franc Ortega doesn't miss a beat. Ortega jammed on his cajon with guitarist Jimmy Moore yesterday during Underhill's afternoon Tailgate Party reception. Ortega and Moore's Latin vibe range through the Golf Industry Show yesterday afternoon and would make one think that the two had played together for years. In fact, the two had just met that afternoon.

Celebrating turf health
Jose Milan and Jimmy Johnson of Bayer with World Golf Foundation CEO Steve Mona at Bayer's "Healthy Turf, Healthy Tomorrow" reception.

Thanks for the memories
Rick Brandt and Gary Grigg stand with GCI's Pat Jones with commemorative copy of Pat's "retirement" column about Gary.

Industry connections
Retired Carolinas GCSA Exec Chuck Borman and Joe O'Brien of First Tee do some catching up on the show floor.

Monster mash
If you’re in the mood for a good time and an exciting challenge, head over to the Direct Solutions booth (#1221). The company has targets set up and attendees get the opportunity to shoot Nerf guns to “defeat the monsters of the fairway.” The slogan at the booth is “Hit a monster, win a monster” and attendees who hit the target with their suction cup ammo win a can of Monster energy drink.

Born to be wild
Purchase a raffle ticket from the Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA) for a chance to win a 2014 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail Classic. It's all part of the association's Chuck Cloud Memorial Raffle. While the bike is the grand prize, 50 additional tickets will be drawn to receive $100 back. The drawing will be held at today's closing celebration at 5 p.m. You can purchase a ticket ($100 each) at Booth #2984. Proceeds benefit the GCBAA Foundation's Sticks for Kids and scholarship programs.

Need for speed
Brandt/Grigg Bros featured NASCAR driver No. 51 Justin Allgaier. Justin was a super nice guy and talked to us about the thrill of driving a race car for a living and  his extensive phyisical training regimine to prep himself for the coming race season, which starts in two weeks.

Flower power
No, Aquatrols' Michael Hanisco wasn't a reality dating show contestant. Instead, he had a pretty tough job at the yesterday's show. Hanisco was charged with distributing 250 red roses to show attendees. It was all part of Aquatrols' "We Fix Relationships" campaign for its surfactant ("Are water repellency issues driving a waxy wedge into your soil/water relationships?"). And Hanisco didn't play favorites with attendees; he handed out the roses to men and women equally.

Welcome to the machine
Turf Republic's Bill Brown, who also writes a regular column for GCI, has not been turned into a cyborg. Instead, he took in the show with his nifty pair of Google Glasses, which he used to share images and video of the show via social media.