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Righto, it's time for a deep dive for the turf nerds out there, or anyone who is interested in learning more about specific turf on a golf course.

If you've ever wondered just how much thinking goes into preparing a golf course and it's turf surfaces, then this is very much the episode for you!

I venture out to Duntryleague GC in Orange NSW to catch up with Superintendent Craig Geeve who generously gives us a deep insight into his maintenance practices of the unique turf surfaces of Duntryleague GC, including Poa annua putting greens and South African couch (Cyndodon tranvaalensis) fairways. There's lots of details in this one and lots of general conversation, discussion, questions, and personal insights from both of us.

If you really want to go full turf nerd, join Craig and I out on course as this episode might just hit all the right notes and maybe even have you asking more questions afterwards. And that's how we like it. 

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Dion Cope is Superintendent of Redland Bay Golf Club in south east Brisbane in Queensland. He has had a long fruitful career in greenkeeping to get to where he is today which includes a number of years working in Asia.

From first mowing a green at the age of 10, Dion was exposed to the trade of greenkeeping through his father. Growing up around greenkeeping didn't mean it would be Dion's chosen field, turns out he had a second significant vocation, rugby league! Dion received a contract through the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team in his early years, and through that, he was also able to work as a greenkeeper at the local Cronulla Golf Club. Dion eventually left the greenkeeping industry to pursue a career in rugby league for a while before a return to the industry at Ashgrove Golf Club in Brisbane. It was from here, and on the eve of being married, that Dion would get an opportunity to manage the large 54 hole golf facility of Tanjong Puteri Golf Resort in Malaysia.

A number of years, a couple of clubs, and two children later, Dion and his family were to move back to Australia. Dion went through a few different work places in Australia before arriving and leading the team as Superintendent at Redland Bay Golf Club. He and the course team have been working through a greens replacement program to TifEagle putting surfaces as the club continues to improve the quality of their golf offering.

Join Dion and myself for this sizable yarn into the depths of Redland Bay Golf Club, his greenkeeping career, the ups and downs of life, his structured and methodical approach to golf course management, and just listening to a great person from two fantastic industries greenkeeping and football!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Redland Bay Golf Club

Craigieburn - Wilmott Golf Club

Ocean Shores Country Club

Meadowbrook Golf Club

Riverlakes Golf Club

Cronulla Sharks

Andrew Ettingshausen (ET) - Wiki

Cronulla Golf Club

Royal Pines Resort

Ashgrove Golf Club

Tunjong Puteri Golf Resort

ISO 9001

Glenmarie Golf & Country Club

EP.44 Keeper of the Greens - Mick Pascoe

Mt Warren Park Golf Club

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This segment of Walking the Fairways has double the impact with two Andrew's joining me on the podcast to give you updates from deep within their respective golf courses. Andrew Anderson, Superintendent of Ranfurlie Golf Club, jumps on to give you and update about some new course work that began this week with the supervision of architects CDP. And I have a chat on site with Andrew Hamill, Superintendent of Blackheath Golf Club, when I visit the course to see just what they're up to with some new construction and to see how everything is looking leading up to their big Pro-Am tournament that will be held at the end of the week!

There's also other information from around the country including the newly redesigned Mt Lawley GC standing up to the pro's for the WA Open and some state award winners from both the Golf Course Superintendents Association of Queensland (GCSAQ) and Victorian Golf Course Superintendents Association (VGCSA).

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7 Mile Beach Golf

EP.84 The Board Room - Mat Goggin

Ranfurlie Golf Club

Clayton DeVries Pont (CDP)

VGCSA

Wangaratta Golf Club

Patterson River Golf Club

Flinders Golf Club

Holes in the Ground Golf Course Architecture

Yowani Country Club

Contour Golf Design

Blackheath Golf & Community Club

EP.88 Keeper of the Greens - Matthew Bailey

Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club

Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club

Kooyonga Golf Club

Loxton Golf Club

Mount Lawley Golf Club

EP.139 Keeper of the Greens - Rod Tatt

Harvey Golf Club

EP.147 Keeper of the Greens - Kasey Williams

GCSAQ

Redland Bay Golf Club

Maleny Golf Club

EP.137 Keeper of the Greens - Nik Smith

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Kasey Williams is about as passionate a young greenkeeper as you'll come across. A native of Busselton in WA, Kasey wasn't sure just what she wanted to do when she finished school. She came across a local ad for an apprentice greenkeeper and knew that she enjoyed being outside and was already working casually at the local hockey club. She took the plunge into a career that both she and her school friends knew nothing about. And she was hooked.

Learning her craft under Superintendent Lance Knox, Kasey's passion grew and grew. She was soon on a plane to the east coast of Australia to be part of the Women in Turf Program supported by John Deere Golf at Cobram Barooga Golf Club in NSW. Following that she took the next step in applying to be a volunteer at the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne. To her surprise she was accepted by Kingston Heath Golf Club and was again on a plane, but this time to Melbourne for the biggest tournament in Australia!

Having completed her apprenticeship at Busselton Golf Club, Kasey is now a fully qualified greenkeeper and has recently accepted a role and made the move to Harvey Golf Club, also in Western Australia.

Join Kasey and I as we chat about her career, her passion for turf and golf, where she wants to go in her career, and a whole lot more (including tea) from the south western corner of WA.

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Harvey Golf Club

Busselton Golf Club

Dilmah Tea - Wiki

EP.65 Keeper of the Greens - Lance Knox

Boolbardie Country Club Golf Course

Secret Harbour Golf Links

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Women in Turf Program

Wembley Golf Course

Kingston Heath Golf Club

ASTMA

GCSAWA

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This segment of Walking the Fairways has information coming from Australia and New Zealand including Kooringal Golf Club in Victoria, Cumberland GC and Newcastle GC in NSW, and Royal Queensland in QLD to name a few. I'm also joined on this segment by Superintendent Nathan Bennett of Royal Adelaide GC in South Australia and I've discovered some info about another new course that is soon to be built in New Zealand.

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Royal Adelaide Golf Club

Kooringal Golf Club

Crafter + Mogford Golf Strategies

Kew Golf Club

East Geelong Golf Club

Carnarvon Golf Club

Camden Golf Club

Eastlake Golf Club

Cumberland Golf Club

Harrison Golf

Port Kembla Golf Club

Newcastle Golf Club

Glenelg Golf Club

Aston Hills Golf Club

Indooroopilly Golf Club

Southport Golf Club

Royal Queensland Golf Club

OCM Design

Windross Farm Golf Course

Douglas Links

Hamish Edwards on Douglas Links

RBT Designs

Bendigo Golf Club

RACV Healesville Country Club & Resort

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Craig Geeve, by his own admission, thinks differently, and in my opinion, is why you're going to absolutely love this chat!

Craig comes from Sydney where he had a love of outdoors and would eventually get into greenkeeping. It was during his greenkeeping apprenticeship that Craig would learn from his early mentor and Superintendent at the time, Peter Watts, how to think more about keeping the greens rather than just going about it as you've been shown.

Craig enjoyed study and found, along with working under some of Sydney's most revered superintendents, that further study could really elevate his knowledge of greenkeeping even more so.

Throughout his career path Craig moved through a number of Sydney's best golf clubs such as Elanora, Pennant Hills, Royal Sydney, and Bonnie Doon which included one men's Australian Open and three TPS tournaments. This increasingly exciting and challenging workload would set Craig up to finally want his own superintendent's role where he would accept the position in the NSW country town of Orange at the unique Duntryleague Golf Club.

Join me for a very in depth Steve's Super 7, lots of deep rabbit holes, an amazing career journey, a great regional golf course, some very interesting grass varieties, and one big technical breakdown, as Craig and I chew the fat about his time in greenkeeping so far, and the way he goes about building a great working environment and delivering the best turf surfaces and golf course he can with his team at Duntryleague!

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

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Duntryleague Golf Club

Muirfield Golf Club (Sydney)

Terrey Hills Golf and Country Club

Peter Watts - 2017 Claude Crockford Award recipient

Elanora Country Club

Pennant Hills Golf Club

Royal Sydney Golf Club

Bonnie Doon Golf Club

Eric Apperley - Top 100 Golf Courses

EP.50 The Design Brief - Ted Stirling

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This segment of Walking the Fairways has information coming from Brisbane Golf Club and their greens resurfacing program, the Jack Nicklaus designed Lakelands on the Gold Coast is soon to embark on the rebuilding of their 18th green, lots of course machinery investment around Australia including at a number of regional golf clubs, Wagga Wagga Country Club is about to begin work on their golf course under the design hand of OCM, Royal Adelaide begins redesigning their 17th hole, and Links Kennedy Bay in Perth is soon to open after a 5 year redesign.

I also chat with Toronto Golf Club Superintendent Aaron Cachia about what it's like to have a brand new maintenance facility and we discuss what work they've recently completed on course working into their masterplan from golf course architect Harley Kruse from Kruse Golf.

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Brisbane Golf Club

Lakelands Golf Club

Gold Creek Country Club

Yowani Country Club

Contour Golf Golf Design

Merewether Golf Club

Finley Golf Club

Calderwood Golf Club

Wagga Wagga Country Club

EP.11 Aussie Golf History - Dan Soutar

OCM

Oatlands Golf Club

Mount Derrimut Golf & Community Club

Yarra Yarra Golf Club

Box Hill Golf Club

Mount Gambier Golf Club

Visit Mount Gambier - The Limestone Coast

New Terry Wirrina Cove Golf Resort

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

Royal Perth Golf Club

CDP

Kruse Golf

Country Club Launceston

Tasmania Golf Club

Sandhurst Club

EP.100 - When the Host Becomes the Guest

Busselton Golf Club

Harvey Golf Club

The Australian Golf Club

Grange Golf Club

Golf Course Superintendents Association Queensland (GCSAQ)

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Keegan Powell is Superintendent of The Sands Torquay, a unique golf course set alongside some of Victoria's most beautiful coastline.

Keegan's career thus far has been a list of different experiences and study. From growing up in Melbourne and beginning his working career as an armature apprentice, which didn't take his fancy, to starting his greenkeeping career proper at Melbourne's Northern Golf Club in..........well, Melbourne's north!

It wasn't long before Keegan had his sights set overseas which brought his attention to the Ohio State Program which many young Australians and New Zealanders have taken part in. Working at a couple of the USA's most exclusive private clubs saw Keegan gain much experience, along with a close encounter with Michael Jordan! From here Keegan travelled further to the UK working at the one and only Sunningdale Golf Club then a stint in Dubai, before heading back to Australia to see where he would work next.

It wasn't too long before Keegan landed the job as Assistant Superintendent at The Sand Torquay where in time he would eventually take on the role as Superintendent.

Join me for a new 12 month term of Keeper of the Greens in partnership with John Deere Golf, including a revamped Steve's Super Seven questions, as we head to the beginning of Victoria's Great Ocean Road for some fun stories and an interesting insight into another great golf course!

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

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

The Sands Torquay

The Great Ocean Road - Wiki

Goonawarra Golf Club

Northern Golf Club

Ohio State Program

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

Plainfield Country Club

Isleworth Golf Club

Sunningdale Golf Club

Al Badia Golf Club

Riversdale Golf Club

Victorian Golf Course Superintendents Association (VGCSA)

Breamlea Flora and Fauna Reserve

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This segment of Walking the Fairways has plenty of information coming from a number of courses around Australia and New Zealand that we haven't heard from at all on the podcast before. Lots of places dealing with too much rain but things are turning now that we have officially hit Spring!

I'm also joined on this episode by Head Greenkeeper of Humpty Doo Golf Club in the Northern Territory, Jimmy Downes. Jimmy gives us an update of the work that he has been up to on course including some green extensions and tee work. Jimmy also launches into a first for The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast, where he becomes our very first state correspondent delivering news for golf courses across the NT.

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Humpty Doo & Rural Area Golf Club

EP.90 Keeper of the Greens - Jimmy Downes

Tallebudgera Golf Course

Palm Meadows Golf Course

Noosa Springs Golf Resort

Redcliffe Golf Club

Crafter Mogford Golf Strategies

Palmerston Golf & Country Club

Gardens Park Golf Links

Jabiru Golf Club

Katherine Country Club

Darwin Golf Club

Gove Country Golf Club

Northbridge Golf Club

Lynwood Golf & Country Club

Cowra Golf Club

Duntryleague Golf Club

Club Tocumwal

Robertson Lodges - Kauri Cliffs

Cheltenham Golf Club

Bayside City Council Meeting 19th August 2025

Victoria Golf Club

Barwon Heads Golf Club

Tasmania Golf Club

7 Mile Beach Golf Course

EP.118 The Design Brief - Rob Collins

King Collins Dormer

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Damien Bell has a greenkeeping career that doesn't follow the traditional path. Growing up at Wellington, in country NSW, greenkeeping wasn't exactly on his mind when looking for work after leaving school. After falling into a greenkeeping apprenticeship, as he puts it, he was literally thrown the keys to the golf course after his boss had an accident at home and was unable to return to work. A steep learning curve by anyone's standards. Damien stood tall and took on all the challenges that confronted a young man looking to learn the trade of greenkeeping, and after completing his apprenticeship, went on to win the national apprentice of the year award which laid down a path to a different world.

Damien was soon on a plane to the USA before taking on a new role in Sydney and living in the big smoke! As life changes, so do your priorities, which would then see Damien and his young family looking to return to country life and taking on the role as Superintendent at the club where his career began. But this was only another small step in his career to date.

Join Damien and I as we record this one in person at the Wellington Golf Clubhouse, catch up on old times, discuss what it's like living and working in a regional town, the highs and lows of maintaining a regional golf course within the swings of Mother Nature, the incredibly unique setting and location of Wellington Golf Club, and the club's bright future under the new management of Wellington Soldiers Club! Oh, and there's plenty of laughs along the way of course!

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Wellington Golf Club

Manly Golf Club

Pennant Hills Golf Club

ASTMA Golf Course Graduate of the Year Award (past winners)

Wellington Caves

Jenolan Caves

Big Cedar Lodge

Big Cedar Lodge - Cliffhangers Course video