This is a new shortened version of Aussie Golf History in an effort to bring more interesting historical information that I come across in my regular searches through history.

This segment I quote to you an article from 22nd April 1925 written by Royal Melbourne Golf Club Professional at the time, Arthur Le Fevre. Arthur gives his insight and opinion of the new design and playability of the new course of Kingston Heath Golf Club, in particular the possibility of shortening the 15th hole from a blind short par 4 to a par 3. A point of note is that this observation and idea was some 18 months before Dr Alister MacKenzie graced the shores of Australia and completed a bunkering scheme for Kingston Heath and is credited with creating the par 3, 15th hole we see today.

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1925 newspaper article quoted in this podcast episode

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Arthur Le Fevre - Wiki

Dan Soutar - Wiki

Manly Golf Club

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Jake Gibbs is not an Australian by birth and his journey to where he is today is quite a story! Jake hails from the United Kingdom where he actually began his greenkeeping career. Following the footsteps of his father, Jake wanted to travel parts of the world as a young adult and it was on this path that he set his sights on the east coast of Australia for a backpacking holiday!

After a number of months travelling and working a few jobs in Australia, a lack of funds in his back pocket, his greenkeeping experience under his belt, and the want to stay in Australia a little longer, Jake had one last roll of the dice for work. He wrote to a number of superintendents at some of Sydney's leading golf courses. And it was from here that his time in Australia was about to change significantly with a greenkeeping job at Elanora Country Club.

Jake's passion and hard work at greenkeeping would soon set him on a great career path. Fast forward through climbing the career ladder working at a number of the best golf clubs in Sydney and Canberra, including one Australian Open, Jake would eventually come full circle in 2021 where he would take on the role as Director of Grounds back at Elanora Country Club.

Jake's story is full of passion, enjoyment, hard work, family, and always following his own north star, to continue to strive for excellence wherever he works. Through his story you will hear about what goes into delivering some of the best golf courses in Sydney and Canberra and there are also a number of people that Jake has worked with that have become superintendents in their own right.

Strap in for a career path to stardom maintaining a golf course at one of Australia's finest and historic golf facilities set in a uniquely Australian landscape. This episode is sure to inspire you as it did me!

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Elanora Country Club

KruseGolf

Clayton DeVries & Pont (CDP)

Mike Clayton

Fisher Island Golf Club (top100golfcourses.com)

Hanse Golf Design

Brampton Park Golf Club

Manly Golf Club

Killara Golf Club

Augusta National Golf Club - Wiki

Cromer Golf Club

Long Reef Golf Club

Wollongong Golf Club

Bonnie Doon Golf Club

Royal Sydney Golf Club

NSW Golf Club

Concord Golf Club

Tom Doak

Royal Canberra Golf Club

OCM Design

Federal Golf Club

Indooroopilly Golf Club

The Lakes Golf Club

The Australian Golf Club

Kyle Phillips Design

Monash Country Club

Sorrento Golf Club

Kingston Heath Golf Club

EP.159 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Marchant

EP.127 Keeper of the Greens - Mark Spraggs

EP.59 Keeper of the Greens - Shaun Bowden

EP.145 Keeper of the Greens - Craig Geeve

EP.173 Keeper of the Greens - Tom Aldridge

EP.156 Keeper of the Greens - John Spraggs

EP.92 Keeper of the Greens - Ryan Stores

EP.73 Keeper of the Greens - Pete Dunn

EP.125 The Design Brief - Harley Kruse Discussing Elanora Country Club

EP.157 The Design Brief - Mike Clayton

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A whole lot of professional golf has been, and is being played, on golf courses around Australia and New Zealand at the moment. I run through just where that has been, along with being joined on the podcast by Superintendent of Settlers Run, Brenton Clarke. We chat about all the new work the course team have been working through to improve the quality of the golf course and what their future improvements are looking like.

There's also news coming from QLD and NT where are thoughts are with everyone being affected by the heavy rainfall and severe floods across a wide part of the north of Australia. Improvements also on courses such as Lang Lang GC in regional Victoria, Avondale GC in Sydney, Mollymook's Hilltop course down the NSW South Coast, and approval of the new Palm Valley Gold Coast.

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Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club

Millbrook Resort

Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club

Kooyonga Golf Club

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Women in Turf Mentorship Program

Heritage Golf & Country Club

Festival of Golf

Australian WPGA Championship

Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club

Crafter Mogford

Bundaberg Golf Club

Proserpine Golf Club

Royal Queensland Golf Club

OCM Golf Design

Palm Valley Gold Coast

Brisbane Golf Club

Caloundra Golf Club

Humpty Doo Golf Club

Katherine Country Club

Lang Lang Golf Club

Corowa Golf Club

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Merewether Golf Club

Mollymook Golf Club - Hilltop Course

Ryan Van Der Veen

Avondale Golf Club

Royal Canberra Golf Club

TPC Sawgrass

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Tom Aldridge is superintendent of the famous New Zealand golf course at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club. My chat with Tom is soon after he and his team prepared the course for the NZ PGA and what a wonderful example of a tournament golf course it was.

Tom comes from humble beginnings growing up in the Lower Hutt region of Wellington. It was here that he decided greenkeeping was what he wanted to do and left school early, to the surprise of his school mates, to begin his career. Learning his early craft at a parkland course, it was upon completion of his apprenticeship that soon would see him take the opportunity to begin his employment as a qualified greenkeeper at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club to the north of Wellington working under and being mentored by one of the best superintendents in this part of the world!

I'm not gong to give anymore away of this awesome chat with Tom other than to say his meteoric rise to becoming superintendent of a highly regarded golf club in New Zealand is far from by chance or accident, so dive in with us as we go through Tom's career and learn some insight about Paraparaumu Beach GC along the way.

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Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club

Waitara Golf Club

Shandon Golf Club

Leo Barber - Instagram

NZ PGA Championship

NZ Open

Alex Russell - Wiki

Discovering Alex Russell - Book

EP156 Keeper of the Greens - John Spraggs

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With a couple of big tournaments happening on Adelaide a coupe of months in a row I felt it appropriate to get another interviewee from the driest capital city of Australia and this time I'm joined on the podcast by first time guest Richard James, Superintendent of Kooyonga Golf Club, in the lead up to hosting the Women's Australian Open in a couple of weeks time. Richard gives us a brief outline of what makes up Kooyonga GC and just how the course is shaping up for the national tournament and it's great to get an insight into yet another one of Australia's premier tournament golf courses.

Of course I do the usual run around Australia and New Zealand with a run through of a month on epic women's tournaments in Australia, some pretty interesting news coning out of public golf still under intense pressure in Sydney, the closing down of the 118yr old Corowa Golf Club on the Murray River, the opening of Huntingdale's new full course design, the opening of phase 2 of the KruseGolf and CDP design works at Royal Perth GC, along with a whole lot more.

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Wollongong Golf Club

Magenta Shores Golf & Country Club

Bonville Golf Resort

Coffs Harbour Golf Club

Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club

Festival of Golf - WPGA Championship

Cammeray Golf Club

North Sydney Living article of NSW Government supporting Cammeray Golf Club

Moore Park Golf Course

Carnarvon Golf Club

ABC News - Plan to convert Carnarvon GC into cemetery

Corowa Golf Club

Bega Country Club

Strathallen Golf Club

Albert Park Golf Course

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club

Huntingdale Golf Club

OCM Design

Cranbourne Golf Club

Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club

Keperra Golf Club

Crafter Mogford Golf Strategies

Busselton Golf Club

EP65 Keeper of the Greens - Lance Knox

The Vines Resort

Royal Perth Golf Club

KruseGolf

Clayton DeVries Pont (CDP)

Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club

Royal Wellington Golf Club

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Darcy Jones is the Superintendent at Catalina Club in Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast. This is a big golf facility of 27 holes that is soon to begin some changes to the site by golf course architects KruseGolf and Clayton DeVries Pont (CDP) working together as part of the clubs forward vision.

Darcy was introduced to golf where he grew up as a young kid in south western NSW and upon his family moving to the NSW South Coast, he soon became more interested in the game and where he became an apprentice greenkeeper working with his twin brother.

Upon completing his apprenticeship Darcy was soon looking for something more and he would find his way to Wimbledon in London, England! After working for a time in the UK, Darcy headed back to Australia and landed a role at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

I won't share anymore other than to say that Darcy has experienced a great deal in his career all the way to becoming Superintendent at Catalina Club, and I'm sure you'll enjoy his story along with learning a few things about Catalina Club and it's very bright future ahead. It's time to kick back and enjoy this chat and maybe even plan your next golf trip to the south coast of NSW.

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Catalina Club

KruseGolf

Clayton DeVries Pont (CDP)

CluBarham Golf

Narooma Golf Club

Bermagui Country Club

All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

Royal Wimbledon Golf Club

Tura Beach Country Club

Royal Canberra Golf Club

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Sandy Golf Links

Victoria Golf Club

OCM Golf Design

The Dunes Golf Links

St. Andrews Beach Golf Course

13th Beach Golf Links

Lonsdale Links

NSW Golf Club

Royal Sydney Golf Club

Killara Golf Club

EP.95 Keeper of the Greens - Richard Forsyth

EP.70 Keeper of the Greens - Pat Wilson

EP.111 Keeper of the Greens - Josh Smith

EP.159 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Marchant

EP.135 Steve's Random Special Guest - Mike O'Keeffe

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If you haven't heard of The Cliffs Kangaroo Island yet, trust me, you soon will!

Sam Atkins is a passionate man, a passionate owner of this new golf course, and a passionate and proud South Australian. Sam joins me to discuss in detail the full story of The Cliffs Kangaroo Island, how the idea was spawned, what has gone into building this somewhat mysterious new golf course on an island off South Australia, what challenges they have had to overcome, and just what it means to be able to offer a new golf course such as this to the Australian golf landscape.

Join with me as Sam lets us in on the passion behind this project, what we can expect from the golf course and the hospitality when we finally get there, and just what makes Kangaroo Island so special in general! This is one conversation you won't want to miss out on so grab you favourite beverage of choice, kick your feet up and prepare to grab your diary to book in your trip to Kangaroo Island to experience The Cliffs when it's open for play!

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The Cliffs Kangaroo Island website

The Cliffs KI Instagram

The Cliffs KI Facebook

Darius Oliver

⁠Justin Trott⁠

Kooyonga Golf Club

Cape Wickham Golf Links

Ocean Dunes Golf Course

Southern Ocean Lodge

Penneshaw Pub

Parndana Golf Club

Ellerston Golf

Barnbougle

7 Mile Beach Golf Course

Emu Bay Lavender Farm

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This time around it's LIV Adelaide week and we all want to know how the course is getting ready for the tournament so I am joined by Superintendent Rowan Daymond for an update. There's some fresh news coming in from Redcliffe Golf Club in QLD with their new construction works designed by Crafter Mogford , there's a whole lot of info coming out of the Newcastle GC in NSW with their significant rebuild currently happening as part of their new design by Harrison Golf, I visit Australia's 1st specifically designed 12 hole golf course that is soon to open as the reimagined Newgreens Chatswood in Sydney, along with a whole lot more!

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Redcliffe Golf Club

Crafter Mogford Golf Strategies

Indooroopilly Golf Club

Maleny Golf Club

Araluen Estate

Grange Golf Club

Kooyonga Golf Club

Club Tocumwal

Murray Downs Resort

Northbridge Golf Club

Newcastle Golf Club

Harrison Golf

Newgreens Chatswood

Royal Wellington Golf Club

Women's Amatuer Asia Pacific - Royal Wellington Golf Club

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EP.156 Keeper of the Greens - John Spraggs

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Tom North is the current Superintendent of Royal Hobart Golf Club in Tasmania. Tom is a young Super in most people's eyes, but it's his strive for excellence where he stands out from the rest.

Growing up in a the regional township of Broadmarsh, just to the north of Hobart, Tom was a keen young golfer playing on the family farms or the local 9 hole golf course at Elderslie Golf Club.

Whilst greenkeeping wasn't exactly what was always looking to do as a career, he left school when he successfully applied for a greenkeeping apprenticeship at Royal Hobart. Working through his apprenticeship to become qualified, Tom quickly made the next step in his career at the neighbouring Llanherne Golf Club as Superintendent. Here Tom would carve out his own brand of greenkeeping where he worked hard for a number of years lifting the profile of Llanherne and also his own career.

When the Superintendents role at Royal Hobart was vacated, Tom was quick to throw his hat on the ring at the age of 25, and the rest as they say is history!

Join me as Tom walks us through his fast tracked greenkeeping career that goes full circle very quickly from the bottom to the top at Royal Hobart Golf Club as we also hear about how Royal Hobart are improving their course and facilities in a modern world where many more golfing eyes are looking at Hobart as a golf destination!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Royal Hobart Golf Club

Elderslie Golf Club

Llanherne Golf Club

7 Mile Beach Golf Course

Arm End Golf Course

Tasmania Golf Club

North West Bay Golf Club

Kingston Beach Golf Club

Ratho Farm

EP.134 Keeper of the Greens - Brad Palmer

EP.59 Keeper of the Greens - Shaun Bowden

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This segment of Walking the Fairways has plenty of news including an onsite catch up with Superintendent Luke Diserens of Northbridge Golf Club where I'm shown around an incredibly unique golf course along with a great deal of work that Luke and his course team have been working through to improve the quality of the golf course for members and visitors.

I'm also joined on this episode by Terry Vogel, past guest of the pod and Superintendent of Cobram Barooga Golf Club, as they get ready for the latest Webex Players Series tournament right in the middle of some ridiculously extreme summer conditions!

There also plenty of rain that was received along the east coast of NSW and New Zealand's North Island, and lots of other new info from Queensland, South Australia and a touch from the public Albert Park Golf Course in melbourne.

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Tauranga Golf Club

Otumoetai Golf Club

Lakes Resort Golf and Country Club

Lakelands Golf Club

RACV Royal Pines

Brisbane Golf Club

Rich River Golf Club

Benalla Golf Club

Thurgoona Country Club Resort

Wellington Golf Club (NSW)

Merewether Golf Club

Newcastle Golf Club

Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club

Albert Park Golf Course

Aston Hills Golf Club

Glenelg Golf Club

The Cliffs Kangaroo Island

Ocean Dunes King Island

Cairns Golf Club

EP.108 Keeper of the Greens - Terry Vogel

EP.141 Keeper of the Greens - Damien Bell

EP.75 Keeper of the Greens - Tim Warren

EP.69 Sustainable Golf - Monina Gilbey

EP.121 The Design Brief - Ryan Van Der Veen

EP.97 Keeper of the Greens - Sophie Warren