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Bill Ledford, equipment manager at River Bend YMCA Golf Club in Shelby, NC, grew up working at a filling station owned by his parents. His mother taught him at a young age the value of treating people the way you want to be treated. Bill is one of those guys you meet once and feel like you have known him your whole life. For most of his career he was in field service for the Jacobsen distributor. Now he is semi-retired and just turning wrenches at a golf course. He still helps his wife, Mrs. Peg cut some yards like they have been doing for over 40 years.

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In this episode we are taking to Scott Griffith, CGCS, Director of Agronomy at University of Georgia Golf Course. He has a new respect for Equipment Managers after he lost his to a nonwork related injury. He had to step in and run the shop for 2 months until Mickey Wilson returned.

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Aaron Kirsch, equipment manager at Saginaw Country Club in Saginaw, MI, grew up working on a farm and after a stint in retail ended up at a golf course. He learnt a lot of his mechanical skills from his dad as a kid working on dirt bikes. He still has a passion for dirt bikes. He buys used bikes and fixes them up and sells them to make some side money. Listen in to find out how he made worm busters for his fairway units. 

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Join us for a Texas Roadshow recap! Howard Horne, Equipment Manager at Bear’s Best Atlanta joined our host for a Georgia to Texas journey stopping at The Alotian Club, Trinity Forest, and PGA Frisco. We met lots of good friends along the way and attended the first EM seminar in North Texas. Hear our thoughts on the brand new PGA Frisco facility, BBQ, and the cheap hotels our host tries to book for his friends. If you ever decided to travel with Trent, you’ve been warned!

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Kevin Bauer, CTEM, equipment manager at Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, MA, started working on the golf course at the young age of 13. His first job was fetching balls out of the creek for free golf. Kevin was a longtime service tech for a Jacobsen distributor and worked at several golf courses in the Chicagoland area before heading east to Plymouth to be closer to family. In his free time Kevin enjoys playing a round or two of golf and kayak fishing with his kids. Kevin is one of the first CTEMs in the debut year of the program. Tune in and hear more about Kevin!

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Nick Surrette, Equipment Manager at Union League Golf Club at Torresdale in Philadelphia, PA was introduced to the turf industry by his golf coach that just so happened to know Mike Elliott. Nick started a Pine Valley working for Mike as an assistant technician. Then he made his way to the Union League to run his own shop as the equipment manager. He is off to a great start and has learned so much from Mike and his high school shop teacher. He likes to work on his Subaru WRX in his spare time. 

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Mike Elliott, Head Equipment Manager at The Philadelphia Union League in Philadelphia, PA started working on the golf course at the age of 14. He got some great advice from the superintendent at the time, you should be a golf course mechanic. That’s exactly what he did. He set his ambitions pretty high by aspiring to be the equipment manager at Augusta National. He may have not made it to Augusta but he did make it to Pine Valley, yeah that Pine Valley. Now he is happy to be a part of the amazing things that are happening at the Union League. They are starting an apprenticeship program for golf course mechanics and it is off to a great start. Mike shares some great tips and tricks in the episode.

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Dan Williams, equipment manager at Vestavia Country Club in Vestavia Hills, AL, started out in the foundry industry working on machines for most of his career. For the last ten years he was a mobile service guy traveling all over the world. He was ready to get off the road and be close to home when he answered a listing on a job board for a golf course equipment technician. He had no idea what he was getting into but has adapted very well with some mentors in the industry. 

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