We sum up the next-to-leading logarithmic corrections to the heavy-quarkonium
 hyperfine splitting using the nonrelativistic renormalization group. 
 On the basis of this result, we predict the mass of the $\eta_b$ meson to be 
 $M(\eta_b)=9421 \pm 10\,{(\rm th)} \,{}^{+9}_{-8}\,(\delta\alpha_s)~{\rm MeV}$.
 The experimental measurement of  $M(\eta_b)$ with a few MeV error would be 
 sufficient to determine $\alpha_s(M_Z)$ with an accuracy of $\pm 0.003$.  
 The use of the nonrelativistic renormalization group is mandatory to reproduce
 the experimental value of the hyperfine splitting in charmonium.