On this episode of the GCSAA Podcast, we talk with Chava McKeel, GCSAA's director, government affairs, about the 2019 National Golf Day in Washington, D.C., and the role golf course superintendents and GCSAA will play in the big event. We also have a conversation with John Miller, LPGA Tour agronomist, about his role with the LPGA, how he interacts with host superintendents, and his path to a career in turfgrass management.

On this episode of the GCSAA Podcast, we talk with Steve Mona, the executive director of We Are Golf and the recently retired CEO of the World Golf Foundation who spent 14 years as the CEO of GCSAA (1993-2008). We cover the state of the golf industry, Mona's recent job change and the upcoming National Golf Day activities. We also have a Partner Profile conversation with Bayer's Chenxi Zhang, Ph.D., product development manager, and Paul Giordano, Ph.D., Green Solutions Team specialist.

In this episode of the GCSAA Podcast, we feature interviews with some of the newsmakers from the 2019 Golf Industry Show in San Diego. "Katrek and Maginnes on Tap" from SiriusXM's PGA Tour Radio talks with Steve Gilley, the winner of the GCSAA National Championship. Then, in two interviews taken from the GCSAA TV Live stage, we talk to Mike Huck, the winner of the USGA Green Section Award, and two superintendents who led a popular session on mindful leadership in golf course management — Chris Tritabaugh and Paul MacCormack.

In this episode of the GCSAA Podcast, we talk all things Golf Industry Show, which is set for Feb. 2-7 in San Diego, with Jana Brown, CMP, GCSAA's director, conference events and meeting planning, and Matt Brown, GCSAA's director, corporate sales. For more information on the Golf Industry Show, go to www.golfindustryshow.com.

In this episode of the GCSAA Podcast, host Scott Hollister sits down with Howard Richman, GCM associate editor, to discuss the year that was in golf course management and what lies ahead in 2019.