turfgrass maintenance

Tom Coyne, New York Times best selling author and Senior Editor of The Golfer's Journal joins me to discuss his endeavors as the Owner/Operator of Sullivan County Golf Club, a golden age 9 holer located in the Catskills region of New York State.

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Lee Stutt, Director of Agronomy at Cabot Cape Breton & Jason Haines, Links Superintendent at Cabot Cape Breton join me to discuss greenkeeping for the game we all adore on the majestic coast of Inverness, Nova Scotia.

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Brian Fritz, Golf Course Superintendent at Totteridge Golf Club located in Greensburg, PA & Volunteer Fire Fighter joins me to discuss his career in turfgrass management.

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Giulia Ferroni is a Golf Course Architect Associate who works for Leeds Golf Course Design where Giulia's approach to golf course architecture is influenced heavily by sustainability.  To learn more about Giuilia and her approach to golf course design, please visit the Leeds Golf Course Design website:

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This is an audio diary of my three day excursion to the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort where we played Bandon Trails, Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes, The Preserve & Old Macdonald.  Thanks to everyone at Bandon Dunes Golf resort who made our experience so memorable, and as always, thanks to our sponsors!

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John Reilly, Director of Agronomy at The Longboat Key Club, located on the Gulf Coast of Florida is back to discuss how certian data he collects has changed the way he manages putting surfaces.

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Michael Knoll is the Assistant Superintendent at Pebble Beach Golf Links, and on this episode, Michael talks about his unique path into the profession of greenkeeping, along with discussing how he was able to overcome his struggles with addiction.  

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Joel Weiman is a golf course architect who is the owner and operator of Weiman Golf Design.    On this episode, we break down Odessa National Golf Club, which is a course that Joel deisgned and built, and a course where I was the Superintendnent.  We recorded this episode after playing a round there, and it was the first time I had been on property since being terminated in 2011.  And it was Joel's first round there ever!

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Bledge, the Links Manager at Royal Liverpool is back for the third time (hat trick!) to discuss his recent experience as being the host Links Manager at the 151st Open Championship. 

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Check out the Cookie Jar Golf documentary, "Preparing for an Open Championship-The Story of the 151st at Royal Liverpool: https://youtu.be/IfrfULA6XEw?si=jh7dg4H1XrPofa7z

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Michael Bekken just received his PhD from Wisconsin University.  On this episode, we discuss his published paper, "The Estimated Energy & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Golf Course Turfgrass Maintenance in the Northern USA". 

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Chuck Connolly is the Director of Golf at the Savannah Lakes Village, which is located in South Carolina.  Chuck is also the current president of the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association.

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Mike Fagan is the Golf Course Superintendent at Rock Manor Golf Course, which is located in my hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.  A green on Mike's course was recently vandalized where a person on a four wheeler and three of his jerk friends riding dirt bikes did spinouts and doughnuts, thus wrecking the back half of the green.  This crime was caught on video by local golfers and has since gone viral.  Mike and I break down what happened along with discussing his career as a greenkeeper.

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Zach Bauer joins me nearly four years after his first appearance on the podcast to discuss why he left Denver to become the Director of Agronomy at Coeur d'Alene National Reserve Golf Club, located in beautiful, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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Bill Kreuser, Turf Management researcher, educator, consultant, inventor of the Greenkeeper App & Superintendent at Ager Junior Golf Club, located in Lincoln, Nebraska is back to discuss all the latest happenings in greenkeepeing for the game we all adore.

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My good friend Jim Huntoon joins me again to discuss his new job as the Associate Professor of Golf & Sports Turf Management at Horry Georgetown Technical College.

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Steve Rabideau is the Director of Golf at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club located in Mamaroneck, New York.

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Carl Schimenti is an Urban Environmental Scientist at Cornell Univeristy for the school of Integrated Plant Science.  On this episode, we discsuss Open AI's ChatGPT and how this technology will influence turfgrass maintenance for the game of golf.

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Dan Dinelli who is the Golf Course Superintendent at The North Shore Country Club, located in Glenview, Illinois, is also one of the forward thinkers in the business of greenkeeping when it comes to putting green root zone management.

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Zach Nicoludis is a USGA Green Section Agronomist based out of Columbus, Ohio who consults on golf courses in the central region of the United States.  To learn more about Zach and the services he provides please visit: https://www.usga.org/course-care/zach-nicoludis.html

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Greg Bennett was a Golf Course Superintendent in Massachusetts, and is now the District Manager for Precision Laboratories. 

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