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Craig Hamilton is Superintendent of Sun City Country Club just north of Perth city in Western Australia. Craig's background is quite extensive, from first working on a golf course in his native home of Northern Ireland, to travelling and completing his greenkeeping apprenticeship in New Zealand, all the way to becoming Superintendent in Western Australia.

Yes, Craig has experienced and seen a number of different climates to maintain golf courses in, and he also shares with us a few very unique stories of things that we just don't quite get here in Australia!

Join Craig and I as we learn about his greenkeeping career of many experiences and also get a great insight into Sun City Country Club and some of its unique features and challenges that make Sun City a golf course you should visit next time you're in Perth.

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Sun City Country Club

Maungakiekie Golf Club

Akarana Golf Club

Carrickfergus Golf Club

Royal Belfast Golf Club

Waitemata Golf Club

The Australian Golf Club

Moyola Park Golf Club

Hamersley Golf Course

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I'm joined on this episode by Superintendent of East Geelong Golf Club, Stewart Drayton. Stewart gives us an insight into this 9 hole golf course along with an update of some of the course improvements that they are completing. Geelong is the gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula golf region, a number of golf course which Stewart has spent time working at during his career.

I've also take some time to give you a wrap up of the inaugural VGCSA/NSWGCSA combined country turf conference and just what I experienced at Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Resort.

The Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule has been released for the season ahead which I go through, and there's I've got info coming out of QLD and WA, including the some changes to the future of Kwinana Golf Club south of Perth.

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

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East Geelong Golf Club

Stewart Drayton - Instagram (1andahalfgreenkeepersgeelong)

Elanora Country Club

Apollo Bay Golf Club

Proserpine Golf Club

Bunbury Golf Club

Kingston beach Golf Club

Bardwell Valley Golf Club

Bega Country Club

Trentham Golf Club

Curlewis Golf Club

Portarlingston Golf Club

13th Beach Golf Links

Lonsdale Links

Queenscliff Golf Club

Clifton Springs Golf Club

Barwon Heads Golf Club

Royal Port Moresby Golf Club - Facebook

Binalong Community Club

Kalgoorlie Golf Course

Secret Harbour Golf Links

Willunga Golf Course

The Vintage Golf Club

Nudgee Golf Club

The Lakes Golf Club

Kingston Heath Golf Club

Moonah Links Resort

Royal Fremantle Golf Club

Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club (PK)

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Castle Hill Country Club

Harrison Golf

Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club

Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club

Millbrook Resort

Wainui Golf Club

The National Golf Club

Palmerston Golf and Country Club

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

Kooyonga Golf Club

Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Resort

VGCSA

NSWGCSA

Ben Gibson - LinkedIn

John Neylan - LinkedIn

Gary Beehag - ASTMA Distinguished Service Award

Henk Smith - LinkedIn

Matt Stevens - LinkedIn

Scott McElroy - LinkedIn

Micah Woods

Bob Farren - USGA Green Section Award

Caloundra Golf Club

Royal Queensland Golf Club

OCM Design

Wolston Park Golf Club

North Adleaide Golf Course

Kwinana Golf Club

Contour Golf Design

The Swing of it Podcast - What's Happening to Kwinana Golf Club?

Wembley Golf Course

Collier Park Golf Course

Hamersley Golf Course

Whaleback Golf Course

Moore Park Golf Course

Albert Park Golf Course

Minnippi Golf Course

Cammeray Golf Club

Carnarvon Golf Club

7 Mile Beach Golf

Country Club Tasmania

EP.185 Royal Melbourne - Behind the Scenes of the Men's Australian Open Part 1

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EP.192 Keeper of the Greens - Hayden Mead

EP.108 Keeper of the Greens - Terry Vogel

EP.173 Keeper of the Greens - Tom Aldridge

EP.187 The Design Brief - Scott Champion

EP.67 The Design Brief - Ben Davey

EP.85 Save Moore Park Golf Course - Jared Kendler

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Brenton Clarke is Superintendent of Settlers Run Golf & Country Club in Melbourne, Victoria. Being from Adelaide in South Australia, and playing cricket, Brenton's got his first taste of turf greenkeeping at the famous Adelaide Oval. But it was his first job as an apprentice greenkeeper at a golf course that quickly cemented that golf greenkeeping was where he wanted to be.

After working his way through a couple of roles and missing out on some other opportunities, it was suggested to Brenton that he consider an overseas opportunity to gain different experiences on golf courses in the UK. And to the UK he went on an adventure of discovery and taking in as many experiences as he could.

Returning to Australia, Brenton got the next job he was looking for at the highly regarded Kooyonga Golf Club in Adelaide but it wasn't long before his first Superintendent position came calling from Victoria deep Covid restrictions.

Come along for a great conversation with Brenton as he shares with us his greenkeeping career journey, some interesting insights into Settlers Run, and a few deep rabbit holes we go down at the very beginning during Steve's Super Seven questions!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club

Lake Kununurra Golf Club

East Framlingham Golf Club

Mount Compass Golf Club

Adelaide Oval

Blackwood Golf Club

Tea Tree Gully Golf Club

Box Hill Golf Club

World Cup of Golf - Wiki

Kingston Heath Golf Club

The Grange Golf Club

The Royal Automobile Club

The Renaissance Club

Walton Heath Golf Club

Albatross Golf Resort

Kooyonga Golf Club

Presidents Cup

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Warrnambool Golf Club

Greg Norman Golf Course Design

Harley Kruse - Kruse Golf

Lang Lang Golf Club

EP.185 Royal Melbourne - Behind the Scenes of the Men's Australian Open

EP.124 Keeper of the Greens - Nathan Turner

EP.192 Keeper of the Greens - Hayden Mead

EP.95 Keeper of the Greens - Richard Forsyth

EP.198 The Design Brief - Harley Kruse

Well, here we are together, at the milestone of 200 podcast episodes!

This episode itself is a time to reflect and say thank you. I decided to do a couple of live podcast recordings where listeners and followers could ring in to the podcast and help me celebrate 200 episodes and talk about what they like. I also wanted to get in touch with and include a few people that had an influence on me from the early days on the pod, who I haven't spoken to for a few years.

Come on an audio journey with me for a celebration of a different kind full of thanks and gratitude. Oh and there's also a guest you've never heard of or from before, and you most likely will never hear from them again after this!

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

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EP.100 Keeper of the Greens - When the Host Becomes the Guest

EP.180 Walking the Fairways - Nico Douglas

Sandhurst Club

EP.95 Keeper of the Greens - Richard Forsyth

EP.78 Keeper of the Greens - John Mann

EP.24 Keeper of the Greens - Phil Hill

VGCSA

NSWGCSA

EP.174 Walking the Fairways - Brenton Clarke

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club

EP.150 Full Turf Nerd with Craig Geeve

EP.145 Keeper of the Greens - Craig Geeve

EP.37 Keeper of the Greens - Mathew Soles

EP.88 Keeper of the Greens - Matthew Bailey

EP.90 Keeper of the Greens - Jimmy Downes

EP.194 Walking the Fairways - Jimmy Downes

EP.21 Loch and Leesh - Finding Fairways

Finding Fairways Aus - Instagram

Tamworth Golf Club

Uralla Golf Club

St Andrews Beach Golf Course

Rosebud Country Club

The Dunes Golf Links

Palm Beach Golf Club

EP.35 Keeper of the Greens - Pete Cawsey

Eastwood Golf Club

EP.33 Keeper of the Greens - Nathan Bennett

EP.187 The Design Brief - Scott Champion

Ross Flannigan - Instagram

My Love of Golf Podcast - Spotify

My Love of Golf Podcast - The Golfing Greenkeeper

Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club

North Berwick Golf Club

The National Golf Club

The 1457 Podcast - Spotify

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Hillside Golf Club

Thornbury Golf Club

Craigielaw Golf Club

Gullane Golf Club

Muirfield Golf Club

Nomadic Aussie Golfer

Tony Ellis: Nomadic Golfer - Instagram

Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club

EP.128 Changing the Game with John Deere Golf

EP.185 Royal Melbourne - Behind the Scenes of the Men's Australian Open

EP.160 Steve's Random Special Guest - Nadeem Zreikat

John Deere Golf - Australia

John Deere - New Zealand

Dint Golf Solutions

McMahons

Colin Campbell Chemicals

Behind the Turf Podcast - Spotify

The Toolbox Team

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This segment of Walking the Fairways features the regular news from across Australia and New Zealand but there's also the addition of an interview with Dave Meadows. Dave is the Course Foreman of Royal Adelaide Golf Club, and he is currently doing an incredible project travelling the eastern half of Australia by car with his family, feeding the homeless and disadvantaged with his low and slow BBQ. Dave is doing something amazing right now and I just had to have him on the podcast so you can hear about his incredible act of kindness!

The regular news also features the announcement of the return of the New Zealand Women's Open next year to the calendar, Waikanae Golf Club in NZ is adding a new tee to their 17th hole, Neangar Park GC in Victoria is hosting something special later this year, and Gold Creek Country Club in Canberra are continuing with more course improvements, along with plenty more as always.

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

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Dave Meadows Smoke and Soul Project Website

Dave Meadows Smoke and Soul Podcast - Spotify

Dave Meadows BBQ - YouTube

Dave Meadows Smoke and Soul Project - Go Fund Me

Dave Meadows BBQ - Facebook

Dave Meadows BBQ - Instgram

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

St Vincent de Paul Society

The Salvation Army

New Zealand Women's Open

Wainui Golf Club

Windross Farm Golf Course

Terrace Downs at Fables Resort

Waikanae Golf Club

Muriwai Golf Club

Phil Tataurangi

Neagar Park Golf Club

WPGA Tour of Australasia

Thurgoona Country Club Resort

Yamba Golf & Country Club

Gold Creek Country Club

Merredin Golf Club - Facebook

EP.197 Keeper of the Greens - Harry Middleton

EP.53 Keeper of the Greens - Simon Snedden

EP.185 Royal Melbourne - Behind the Scenes of the Men's Australian Open Part 1

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In his own words Harley Kruse wasn't drawing golf holes dreaming about designing golf courses when he was at school. He became a landscape architect and through working in his early career with Ross Perrett he was soon working on golf projects from a landscape architecture perspective. It wasn't until Ross Perrett teamed up with the late golfing great Peter Thomson and late Michael Wolveridge, which created the golf course design firm Thomson Wolveridge Perrett, that his career would soon turn much more to designing golf courses.

Harley Kruse today is an incredibly experienced golf course architect working early on with Thomson Wolveridge Perrett before moving over to Greg Norman Golf Course Design and leading their team in Asia. Following a decline in the Asian golf market, Harley went out to work on his own and started Kruse Golf, but you'll quickly hear that he remained working collaboratively with peers of the architecture industry which he continues to do today. From designing the Norman course at Mission Hills in China, and Danang Dunes in Vietnam, to Settlers Run in Melbourne and more recently remodeling Royal Perth Golf Club with peers Clayton DeVries & Pont, there's a lot packed into this episode.

Join Harley and I as we sit down to discuss his extensive golf course architecture career along with a couple of other design questions, in the wonderful Elanora Country Club clubhouse with the magnificent views to the Pacific Ocean! This is another interesting chat that I'm sure you'll take a lot away from.

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

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Kruse Golf

Elanora Country Club

Commonwealth Golf Club

Catalina Club

SAGCA

The Lakes Golf Club

Royal Sydney Golf Club

Hanse Golf Course Design

The Alister MacKenzie Society

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

North Berwick Golf Club

Neil Crafter (SAGCA Member)

Golf Monthly - What is a Revetted Bunker?

Golf De Fontainebleau

Clayton DeVries & Pont (CDP)

Ross Perrett (SAGCA Member)

Peter Thomson - Wiki

Australian Senior Golfer - Vale Renowned Golf Course Designer Michael Wolveridge

The National Golf Club

Twin Waters Golf Club

Links Hope Island

Lakeside Golf Club Camden

Justin Trott (SAGCA Member)

Paul Mogford (SAGCA Member)

Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD)

Bob Harrison (SAGCA Member)

The National Golf Club - Moonah Course

Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club

Brookwater Golf & Country Club

The Vintage Golf Club

Ellerston Golf

Mission Hills

Sand River Golf Club

Legend Danang Golf Resort

Royal Perth Golf Club

Cottesloe Golf Club

Lukas Michel (SAGCA Member)

Woodlands Golf Club

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

EP.193 The Design Brief - Michael Henderson

EP.171 Keeper of the Greens - Darcy Jones

EP.175 Keeper of the Greens - Jake Gibbs

EP.93 Aussie Golf History - Killara Golf Club Part 1

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Harry Middleton is Superintendent of the wonderful Muriwai Golf Links just to the north west of Auckland in New Zealand.

Growing up and playing golf at Mount Maunganui, Harry was exposed to and got his early taste of greenkeeping local to home. And from here he would soon get an opportunity to start an apprenticeship at the local Omanu Golf Club. Upon becoming a qualified greenkeeper Harry began looking abroad to gain more experience in the industry which would lead him to the Home of Golf - St Andrews!

You'll have to listen in for Harry's full story which is unbelievable and includes a stint at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club and also maintaining a football stadium in England before the opportunity to lead the team at Muriwai Golf Links.

Lap this one up and with a few laughs along the way as I venture virtually across the ditch for this unreal conversation.

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Muriwai Golf Links

St Andrews Beach Golf Course

Portsea Golf Club

The National Golf Club

ASTMA

OCM Design

Huntingdale Golf Club

Lonsdale Links

Phil Tataurangi - LinkedIn

Tara Iti

Mt Maunganui Golf Club

Omanu Golf Club

St Andrews

The Road Hole - YouTube

Swilcan Bridge - Wiki

Leo Barber - LinkedIn

The Hills Golf Club

Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club

Hayling Golf Club

AirSwing Media

Ranfurlie Golf Club

Concord Golf Club

Renaissance Golf Design

Tom Doak

The National Golf Club - Long Island Courses

EP.195 Keeper of the Greens - Brenden Benad

EP.179 Keeper of the Greens - Andrew Anderson

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This segment I have 2 guests joining in on the pod. Fraser Brown, Superintendent of Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Perth, jumps on to give us an update of what they have been up to with an irrigation system being installed. I also make a phone call to Nathan Baker, winner of this year's ASTMA Graduate of the Year Award from the national turf conference in Melbourne.

Along with a chat with these guests I have a full wrap up of the award winners of the ASTMA conference, there's plenty happening in Perth with Royal Perth GC getting stuck into their final stage of their redesign of their golf course, Mandurah Country Club is also installing new irrigation. Moore Park GC in Sydney has been officially cut in half and Gailes GC in Brisbane is doing some bunker improvements on course. There's always plenty of info to stay up to date with and there's plenty of laughs in this one too!

p.s. Make sure you listen past the end for some bloopers!

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Lake Karrinyup Country Club

Byron Bay Golf Club

Kingston Beach Golf Club

Mosman Park Golf Club

Bardwell Valley Golf Club

Trentham Golf Club

Bega Country Club

Apollo Bay Golf Club

ACTSTMA - Facebook

VGCSA

NSWGCSA

VGCSA & NSWGCSA 2026 Country Conference

Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Resort

Royal Hobart Golf Club

Meadowbrook Golf Club

Royal Sydney Golf Club

ASTMA

Kingston Heath Golf Club

QSTMA

Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) - Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

BoM - June 2026 Likely Impacts of El Niño

BoM - Sea Surface Temperature Maps

BoM - Maps of Recent and Past Conditions

BoM - Australian Rainfall Since 1900

The Western Australian Golf Club

Royal Perth Golf Club

Clayton DeVries & Pont (CDP)

Kruse Golf

Mandurah Country Club

East Geelong Golf Club

Gailes Golf Club

Wynnum Golf Club

Moore Park Golf Course

Camden Golf Club

Bondi Golf & Diggers Club

Dave Meadows Smoke & Soul Project

Dave Meadows Smoke & Soul Project Podcast

EP.87 Keeper of the Greens - Fraser Brown

EP.192 Keeper of the Greens - Hayden Mead

EP.168 Keeper of the Greens - Tom North

EP.159 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Marchant

EP.119 Keeper of the Greens - Shane Baker

EP.102 Keeper of the Greens - Idris Evans

EP.185 Royal Melbourne - Behind the Scenes of the Men's Australian Open Part 1

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Brenden Benad hasn't followed the usual path to becoming a Golf Course Superintendent. Not at all! In fact, he is probably one of very few that have gone from maintaining horse racecourses over to maintaining golf courses.

Yes, from the outset, and unbeknownst to me, Brenden's greenkeeping career is rather different to most I've had the pleasure of chatting with on the podcast in the past. And from that difference comes many different rabbit holes. We also get to learn about the Manly golf course and what makes it such a unique and interesting site to maintain on top of being a highly regarded and historic golf course.

Our conversation also takes in topics such as leadership, people management, team culture, professional development, personal growth, and the often less discussed topic of mental health. We go into all sorts of areas in this one and enjoy ourselves along the way with a few laughs, and many sayings and analogies!

If any of the discussions in this podcast raised concerns with your mental health you can contact:

Lifeline (Australia): 13 11 14 or visit ⁠⁠⁠www.lifeline.org.au⁠⁠⁠

Beyond Blue (Australia): 1300 224 636 or visit www.beyondblue.org.au⁠⁠⁠

MensLine Australia: 1300 789 978 or visit www.mensline.org.au⁠

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Manly Golf Club

The Australian Golf Club

Mornington Racecourse

Caulfield Racecourse - Wiki

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Elanora Country Club

Magenta Shores Golf & Country Club

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Thomson Perrett (Now Perrett Webb)

Redland Bay Golf Club

The Lakes Golf Club

EP.95 Keeper of the Greens - Richard Forsyth

EP.122 Keeper of the Greens - James Newell

EP.149 Keeper of the Greens - Dion Cope

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Walking the Fairways takes a trip to the tropical north of Australia as we visit the Top End of Northern Territory with our, now officially titled Northern Territory correspondent, Jimmy Downes, Superintendent of Humpty Doo Golf Club.

Jimmy gives us a full update of works that he and his team have been completing recently on course since we last spoke with him, as the course prepares for their first Golf Australia event in 15 years! Jimmy also gives us a full wrap up of what's going on around other NT courses including Darwin GC, The Gardens, Katherine, and Jabiru. It's been a rather tough wet season to say the least!

The biggest news coming out these past couple of weeks has been Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club being announced as host of the 2027 men's Australian Open. I give you a full run down of what we know and what we're still yet to learn about this magnificent golf facility. There's also more news coming from Tasmania GC and Fairbairn GC in ACT is looking for help to keep their golf course land being taken away. I also took some time to visit the very impressive Lang Lang GC located outside Melbourne city, which really surprised me!

Hope you enjoy this one in an effort to keep you up to date and also let you know about the ASTMA national turf conference in Melbourne and also the upcoming joint VGCSA & NSWGCSA Country Conference in August.

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Darwin Golf Club

Gardens Park Golf Links

Katherine Country Club

Jabiru Golf Club

Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club (PK)

OCM Design

Australian Open

Presidents Cup

Lang Lang Golf Club

Tasmania Golf Club

VGCSA NSWGCSA Country Conference

Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Resort

Help save Fairbairn Golf Club

Muriwai Golf Links