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A first time appearance for Superintendent Ben Lucas from Club Tocumwal on The Golfing Greenkeeper as he provides us with a insight into the club's significant recent course improvements. There's also the minor (I mean major) fact that Club Tocumwal recently opened their brand new clubhouse to service the membership and local community. A bright future ahead for Club Tocumwal and it's great to see significant investment like this from the golf club.

There's also a whole heap of other news including the final state graduate of the year award winner announced and more course improvements at golf clubs such as Noosa Golf Club, Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Resort, Eastlake GC, Rosanna GC, The Dunes Golf Links, and a new superintendent is set to join Country Club Tasmania in Launceston.

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

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Kooyonga Golf Club

Busselton Golf Club

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Callum Hitching is the current superintendent of Karratha Golf Club located about 1500km north of Perth in WA and is a very unique and isolated regional centre of Australia. The golf course at Karratha is a local public community asset that not so long ago was upgraded from sand putting greens to grass greens which Callum was heavily involved with. The course also went through a redesign at the same time.

Prior to his current position, Callum leaned his trade at Busselton Golf Club. After completing his time at Busselton, Callum was soon taking the controls leading the team at Busselton as superintendent where he was able to improve the course over a number of years. After a short stint away from the industry and back again, plans were being setup to redesign Karratha GC and Callum's name was being put forward as the man to take Karratha to the next level.

Load up and get set for a trip to somewhere few people ever venture to in real life as Callum takes us through his career and what it's like looking after a unique Australian golf course in a magical and remote part of the country!

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Karratha Golf Club

Port Hedland Golf Club

Fortescue Golf Club - Newman

Exmouth Golf Club

Broome Golf Club

Derby Golf Club

Jack's Point

Tropical Cyclone Vance - Wiki

Busselton Golf Club

Melville Glades Golf Club

Buffel Grass - Wiki

Natadola Bay Golf Course

Richard Chamberlain Golf Design

EP.65 Keeper of the Greens - Lance Knox

EP.106 The Design Brief - Richard Chamberlain

EP.71 Keeper of the Greens - Jason Johnson

EP.90 Keeper of the Greens - Jimmy Downes

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Scott Champion might not quite be a household name just yet, but I'm certain you have heard of some of the work he has been involved with.

An early part of Scott's golf course architecture career involved a start at Greg Norman Golf Course Design working with a couple of architects such as Bob Harrison and Harley Kruse. Fast forward a few years and Bob Harrison decided to start his own design firm and he asked Scott to join him in the business. Yes, Scott has been part of Harrison Golf since it's inception!

Scott tells us about his early years getting into the industry after which we get stuck into one of Harrison Golf's more famous designs - Ardfin in Scotland. There's a great story here before we stop next to focus on a current Harrison Golf project in detail, being the redesign of the well known Newcastle Golf Club to the north of Sydney.

As always there's a few rabbit holes and Scott shares his insights and thoughts of golf course architecture, so join us for a wonderful chat on the new and improved version of The Design Brief brought to you by McMahons.

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

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Metropolitan Golf Club

Brora Golf Club

Machrihanish Golf Club

Society of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA)

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Alister MacKenzie

Alwoodly Golf Club

Moortown Golf Club

Cavendish Golf Club

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Sunningdale Golf Club

St George's Hill Golf Club

Swinley Forest Golf Club

Machrihanish Dunes

Trump International Scotland

Kingsbarns Golf Links

Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart

North Berwick Golf Club

Cruden Bay Golf Club

Ardfin

Ellerston

The Machrie

Castle Hill Country Club

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Newcastle Golf Club

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to deliver a golf course for a tournament? Ever wondered about how everything gets done to present a golf course for a national televised tournament like the men's Australian Open but you don't see anyone working on the golf course? Well, if you've ever had a fleeting thought about what goes on behind the scenes of a golf course to prepare it for a tournament at the highest level, then this two part podcast series is for you!

Part 2 brings you the final 2 days of course preparation for the men's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. Mother Nature swings a full 180 from day 1, with showers and cold weather coming in. This significantly changes the earlier reserved directives from tournament officials and the shackles come off the greenkeeping staff. All the tricks are pulled out to bring as much life to the greens of the famed Composite Course and you'll hear the lengths the team goes to in an effort to get the most out of the greens.

Part 2 also brings to life the personal element of tournament preparation with a few short interviews throughout the weekend sharing just what is involved in some of the detail of tournament prep through the eyes of the staff, and what it means to work at such an iconic golf course, during an iconic tournament, within a wonderful team!

An big thank you goes to Royal Melbourne Golf Club's Director of Courses, Richard Forsyth, for allowing me the access and opening up to the team being involved in this project, and also to Beschen Pou who was with me every step of the way assisting in all the recording and capturing of the content.

An enormous thank you to everyone working at the tournament, both Royal Melbourne course maintenance staff and course maintenance volunteers, that helped me create this podcast. A particular thank you and credit to each of these people as follows:

Adrian Alley, Michael Clavin, Oliver Davis, Adam Dinte, Richard Forsyth, Craig Geeve, James Gorniak, Ben Hasker, Lauchy Hay, Matt Isbester, Harvey Jones, John Kaminski, Ronan Keating, Karyn Kremer, Ashleigh Larkin, Emma Lewis, Brad Milne, Stuart Moodie, Gerri O’Callaghan, Beschen Pou, Henry Sexton, Nic Staff, Paul Thomas, Jacob Warpinski.

I hope you enjoyed this tournament journey and took something away from a perspective that no one has ever produced before!

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

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Come for a ride like no other. In fact, this has never been done before. You get to be a fly on the wall as it were, sitting on the shoulders of the greenkeeping staff and volunteers of The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, as they prepare the club's famed Composite Course for the 2025 men's Australian Open for the first time in 34 years! You're going to be on the inside and will hear everything that went on including preparation decision, discussions, challenges, problem solving, last minute changes, working with Mother Nature, how team members stay motivated, the banter and the fun, from four days of a tournament rolled into two podcast episodes.

Part 1 takes you through day 1 and day 2 of the tournament preparation including the challenging weather conditions that forced the tournament officials to direct the course preparation to do something that's never been done before.

An enormous thank you goes to Royal Melbourne Golf Club's Director of Courses, Richard Forsyth, for allowing me the access and opening up to the team being involved in this project, and also to Beschen Pou who was with me every step of the way assisting in all the recording and capturing of the content. There's so many more people to thank for being involved in this project and they will all be credited in the show notes of Part 2.

I hope you enjoy this tournament journey and learn something from a perspective that no one has ever produced before!

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

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Walking the Fairways will always keep you up to date with what's happening on golf courses across Australia and New Zealand.

This episode I'm joined by Pete Cawsey, Superintendent of the beautiful Eastwood Golf Club in Melbourne. Pete drops by to update us on a heap of new bunker works that have been happening on course.

There's also news of government defence land divestment that may affect five separate golf courses around Australia, North Adelaide public golf course has started its redevelopment triggering public protests, Moore Park Golf Course has been delivered its fate on reduction of land, Cape Wickham potential 18th hole works, Tasmania Golf Club continues course improvements, Redland Bay Golf Club officially open their new greens, and

If you want to stay informed of what's happening on golf courses across Australia and New Zealand, then this is the golf course podcast for you!

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Turf Management South Australia (TSMA)

Kooyonga Golf Club

North Adelaide Golf Course

Tasmania Golf Club

Cape Wickham Golf Links

Moore Park Golf Course

Kruse Golf

The Vintage Golf Club

Lismore Golf Club

Teven Golf Course

Coffs Harbour Golf Club

South West Rocks Country Club Golf Course

Catalina Club

Queanbeyan Golf Club

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Thurgoona Country Club Resort

Duntryleague Golf Club

Mollymook Golf Club - Hilltop Course

Victorian Golf Course Superintendents Association (VGCSA)

Barwon Heads Golf Club

Sorrento Golf Club

Wodonga Golf Club

Albury Commercial Golf Club

Clifton Springs Golf Club

Woodford Golf Club

Redland Bay Golf Club

The Metropolitan Golf Club

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Fremantle Public Golf Course

Royal Fremantle Golf Club

EP35 Keeper of the Greens - Peter Cawsey

EP145 Keeper of the Greens - Craig Geeve

EP121 The Design Brief - Ryan Van Der Veen

EP149 Keeper of the Greens - Dion Cope

EP119 Keeper of the Greens - Shane Baker

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Keenan Hutchings grew up in regional South Australia where his father was the golf course superintendent at Millicent Golf Club. Growing up, helping around the course with his Dad, and playing golf meant Keenan only ever really had eyes on golf in his future.

When Keenan finished school he got offered an apprenticeship but it wasn't local to home. No, it was in Adelaide city, far away from the country life he grew up in. It was time to head to the big smoke and take on all that would lay before him. He learnt from some of the best in the industry and one of the best golf clubs in Adelaide and here he would spend 9 years in total before things needed a change.

Jumping to today, Keenan is Golf Course Superintendent himself and leads a small, young, energetic team of greenkeepers that maintain the course at Flagstaff Hill Golf Club in the hills to the south east of the city. A golf course in a unique landscape that is moving forward in leaps and bounds recently with a new clubhouse, some course improvements, and the addition of a mini golf course, there's plenty to learn experience and enjoy at Flagstaff Hills GC

To fill in the gaps, hear about preparing for a few Australian Women's Opens, and learn about a golf course you may have never heard about before, grab yourself a Warragamba Slammer (or preferred drink of choice) to stay hydrated as I take you into a lesser known South Australian golf course!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Flagstaff Hill Golf Club

Tara Iti Golf Club

Millicent Golf Club

The Grange Golf Club

Kooyonga Golf Club

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

Glenelg Golf Club

Highercombe Golf Club

EP.75 Keeper of the Greens - Tim Warren

EP.82 Keeper of the Greens - Rowan Daymond

EP.33 Keeper of the Greens - Nathan Bennett

EP.152 Keeper of the Greens - Bailey Wake

EP.130 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Lamb

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Having been over a year since we had an update from the inside regarding the future of Sydney's famous public Moore Park Golf Course, I am joined once again by Jared Kendler. Jared has been leading the charge to save Moore Park Golf Course under its current arrangement of 18 holes. With the looming deadline of July 1st getting ever closer when the NSW state government announced they will begin carving up half of the golf course, I felt it appropriate and timely to get an inside update on the current state of affairs and if there's any change to the governments decision to reduce Australia's busiest 18 hole golf course down to 9.

There's also other news including the commencement of the redevelopment of the public North Adelaide Golf Course by the SA state government (in high contrast to that of the NSW state government), Mandurah Country Club in WA is beginning the upgrade of their entire golf course irrigation system, Gisborne Golf Club in Victoria opens their brand new clubhouse, Bondi Diggers GC in Sydney is forced to shut down their 2nd hole, Garfield Golf Club have rebuilt their 11th and 15th tees, and Port Fairy Golf Links has a new Superintendent in town.

This episode has a flavour of public golf course information and there's plenty more!

If you want to stay up to date with what's going on across golf course in Australia and New Zealand, The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is that place to listen!

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

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Moore Park Golf Course

Collier Park Golf Course

Mandurah Country Club

North Adelaide Golf Course

Bondi Golf & Diggers Club

Charlestown Golf Club

Gisborne Golf Club

Anglesea Golf Club

Garfield Golf Club

Kilcoy Golf Club

Port Fairy Golf Links

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Rob Biddle is Superintendent of one of Sydney's premier golf clubs, Avondale Golf Club. Along with its impressive history, Avondale GC is a leader in many areas relating to golf course maintenance including environmental stewardship and adoption of technology to improve maintenance practices. Rob continues this tradition at the club, pushing the boundaries of turf maintenance in an effort to provide better turf and have less impact on the environment.

Rob's story however began in another country, that of New Zealand and its largest city, Auckland. Coming from a family of outdoor sport lovers, Rob was destined to be outside more than inside and sports turf maintenance for work was a progression of that. Completing his greenkeeping apprenticeship at Maungakiekie Golf Club, followed by a bite of the travel bug, Rob was soon globe trotting and greenkeeping in Australia, Canada and the UK. These steps would eventually bring Rob to Avondale GC in Sydney and the rest as they say is history, and through this podcast you will get to hear the detail of Rob's career and how he is leading the way at Avondale.

Strap yourself in for an adventurous journey with some hilarious moments along the way and a couple of deep rabbit holes!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Avondale Golf Club

Crafter Mogford Golf Strategies

Kruse Golf

Maungakiekie Golf Club

Titirangi Golf Club

Emerald Lakes Golf Club

Highland Pacific Golf Course

Golf at The Grove

Terrey Hills Golf and Country Club

NSW Golf Club

Audubon International

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EP164 Aussie Golf History - Avondale Golf Club Part 1

EP165 Aussie Golf History - Avondale Golf Club Part 2

EP110 Keeper of the Greens - Chris Rae

EP179 Keeper of the Greens - Andrew Anderson

EP53 Keeper of the Greens - Simon Snedden

EP95 Keeper of the Greens - Richard Forsyth

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This segment I took a trip to Melbourne to visit Nico Douglas, Superintendent at Sandhurst Club, to chat all things about his new role at Sandhurst and turning the page of Cranbourne GC. And my mind gets officially blown apart by the awesome property!

There's also a great deal of news to go through on this segment including a number of young greenkeeping award winners announced by a few state associations, Tasmania Golf Club continues to complete more course improvements, architects King Collins Dormer on site at the 7 Mile Beach North Course, Yowani Country Club in Canberra opens its brand new golf course designed by Ben Davey from Contour Golf, and Royal Melbourne Golf Club have officially announced who will take on the role as Director of Courses after Richard Forsyth finishes in July.

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Sandhurst Club

Gold Creek Country Club

Yowani Country Club

Nelson Bay Golf Club

St Michael's Golf Club

Eastlake Golf Club

Toronto Golf Club

Toowoomba Golf Club

Tathra Beach Country Club

Twin Creeks Golf & Country Club

Binalong Community Club

East Geelong Golf Club

Goonawarra Golf Club

Te Arai Links

Tasmania Golf Club

7 Mile Beach Golf Course

King Collins Dormer

Harden Country Club

Contour Golf Design Group

McLeod Country Golf Club

Richard Chamberlain Golf Design

Ashgrove Golf Club

Mossman Golf Club

Busselton Golf Club

Mt Lawley Golf Club

OCM Design

Kalgoorlie Golf Course

Marlborough Golf Club

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Metropolitan Golf Club

EP53 Keeper of the Greens - Simon Snedden

EP118 The Design Brief - Rob Collins (King Collins Dormer)

EP67 The Design Brief - Ben Davey (Contour Golf)

EP54 Keeper of the Greens - Nico Douglas

EP100 Keeper of the Greens - When the Host Becomes the Guest

EP106 The Design Brief - Richard Chamberlain

EP65 Keeper of the Greens - Lance Knox

EP.139 Keeper of the Greens - Rod Tatt

EP.95 Keeper of the Greens - Richard Forsyth

EP.78 - Keeper of the Greens - John Mann