The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast

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This episode chronicles my 24 hour adventure to LIV Golf Adelaide at The Grange Golf Club, including what I experienced, what I saw on the ground, and of course the reason for my journey, to hand deliver the #1 print of Your Tee Box's limited edition LIV Golf Adelaide - The Grange Golf Club routing artwork to Superintendent Rowan Daymond.

Come along for a fun adventure as I recap by epic 24 hour round trip to Adelaide including getting behind the ropes with the greenkeeping team, up close and personal with the LIV trophy and winners of the event by accident, and of course, surprising Superintendent Rowan Daymond with his special gift from Your Tee Box.

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

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Your Tee Box - The perfect golfers gift

The Grange Golf Club

LIV Golf Adelaide

Glenelg Golf Club

Devonport Country Club

Aston Hills Golf Club

Bribie Island Golf Club

North West Bay Golf Club

Ryan Van Der Veen

Greg Norman Golf Course Design

Mike Clayton Golf Design

Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearest ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J⁠ohn Deere dealer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠deere.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

By the time you have finished listening to this episode, you'll want to be mates with Craig Walker. He's someone you want as a mate, a boss, a work colleague, or just someone you want to know.

If Craig hasn't done it, then I'm sure he's at least seen it! His career in greenkeeping has been diverse and his working career even more so as you'll hear. But things didn't start off that way. No, Craig studied accounting and law. Very logical steps to greenkeeping you might say........until he realised working inside wasn't for him. And lucky for us and the greenkeeping industry he figured that out early on.

Craig has managed golf courses in the past, now he manages 3 at once! He manages bowling greens, installs irrigation systems, and has worked as a turf renovation contractor. He's even had his own tiling business! He's been in, out, and then back in the greenkeeping industry. Like I said, Craig has just about done it all.

I take a turn back to Australia after a couple of interviews overseas, and this time I venture, with the help of Craig, into the island state of Tasmania where Craig is Superintendent of Devonport Country Club. Join us as we learn about Craig's diverse career, along with Devonport Country Club and some of Tasmania's former unknown great golf courses, that we all now know about thanks to Craig's insight.

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

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Send e an email: [email protected]

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Devonport Country Club

Pittwater Golf Club

Ulverstone Golf Club

Port Sorell Golf Club

Thirlstone Golf Club

Llanherne Golf Club

7 Mile Beach Golf Course

Arm End Golf Course

Launceston Country Club Golf Course

Barnbougle

Cape Wickham Golf Links

Ratho Farm Golf Course

TSTMA

Nomadic Golfer - Instagram

Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals⁠⁠ www.campbellchemicals.com.au and Dint Golf Solutions⁠ www.dint.com.au

This episode of Walking the Fairways sees me chatting with Greens Director of Ashgrove Golf Club, Simon Putral in Brisbane, and Superintendent of Lakelands Golf Club, Richard Flesser, on the Gold Coast, to gain an insight into just what they experienced from Tropical Cyclone Alfred. We chat about damage done on their respective golf courses and I also discover how quickly they are able to recover!

Also included is my 1st time experience of a game at Moore Park Golf Course just a few days ago. I was joined by lead spokesperson of the Save Moore Park Golf Course campaign, Jared Kendler, for a short round of the back 8 holes, which is the location of the where the NSW State Government are planning to repurpose the public golf course to make way for a public park. What I experienced was nothing short of amazing!

I'm also joined on this episode by Nigel Taylor for an update of his Everesting Challenge that he is embarking on to raise awareness of mental health.

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

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 ⁠mensline.org.au

People and Places mentioned in this podcast:

Ashgrove Golf Club

Lakelands Golf Club

Hope Island Golf Club

Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club

Palm Meadows Golf Club

Moore Park Golf Course

www.savemooreparkgolfcourse.com.au

The Dirty Dozen (Nigel Taylor) Instagram

The Dirty Dozen (Nigel Taylor) Facebook

Behind the Turf Podcast

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Josh Smith is a young passionate greenkeeper currently working at Piltdown Golf Club in the South East of England. Prior to his current stint at Piltdown, Josh spent time at Glenelg Golf Club in Adelaide here in Australia working with the on course team led by Superintendent Tim Warren.

Josh's greenkeeping career story so far is one that's on a steep incline. Searching far and wide to take in as much information and knowledge as possible Josh is always looking to learn as much as he can from as many different parts of the world as possible. Oh and did I mention that Josh is currently at TPC Sawgrass working on course right now preparing for The Players Championship tournament!

Join me as Josh and I chew the fat about greenkeeping all over the place and preparing for different tournaments of all tours.

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

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Piltdown Golf Club

Glenelg Golf Club

East Sussex National Golf Club

Tandridge Golf Club

Wentworth Club

JCB Golf & Country Club

TPC Sawgrass

The Players Championship

BMW PGA Championship

Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J⁠ohn Deere dealer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠deere.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Chris Rae is an expat Aussie and Superintendent of Orkney Golf Club. Orkney Golf Club is located on the outskirts of the township of Kirkwall on the largest of the Orkney Islands to the north of Scotland.

Beginning his greenkeeping career at Pennant Hills Golf Club, one of Sydney's premier golf clubs, Chris was exposed to high end greenkeeping practices from the get go. It wasn't long before he moved to Concord Golf Club, also in Sydney, where he was mentored by one of the most respected greenkeepers of the industry, Superintendent Mark Parker who is now at NSW Golf Club.

After completing his greenkeeping trade at a couple of the best courses in Sydney and being trained by some of the best, Chris was given an opportunity to get hands on in golf course construction for a couple of years.

As life changes, Chris soon found himself with an opportunity to travel to Scotland after meeting his now wife and before he knew it he was trying to understand the Scottish accent in everyday life. A number of years working outside greenkeeping at a few of different jobs would soon make way for a chance at getting back on the greenkeeping tools and taking on the role of Superintendent at Orkney Golf Club. As it turns out, maintaining a golf course in the far north of Scotland is very different to that of maintaining a golf course in Sydney!

Chris's story has everything in it from maintaining golf courses at the top end of town in Sydney to the remoteness of island life a mere seven degrees latitude outside the Artic Circle! Come with me for my first journey to the other side of the planet and a conversation that includes golf that might start at 9am, sometimes finishes after midnight, 24 hours of daylight, castles, pheasants, Viking heritage and a church built in an era when the year sounds more like it's time for smoko!

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

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Orkney Golf Club

The National Golf Club - The Old Course

Pennant Hills Golf Club

Concord Golf Club

NSW Golf Club

Royal Dornoch Golf Club

The Australian Golf Club

The Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Stuart Rennie

Tom Doak

Orkney Islands

International Island Games 2025

Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions www.dint.com.au and Colin Campbell Chemicals www.campbellchemicals.com.au

On this episode of Walking the Fairways there's extensive news from right around Australia! You'll get an insight directly from Jared Kendler, board member and lead spokesperson of Moore Park Golf Collective. Jared provides us with an update of where everything is at regarding the NSW State Governments plan to cut Moore Park GC down to 9 holes and the Moore Park Golf Collective groups alternative proposal that has been put forward to not only retain 18 holes of golf but also increase other public recreational offerings on the site.

There's lots of information regarding the opening of a number of completely renovated golf courses that are now open for play including Mount Lawley GC and Nedlands GC in Perth, along with the exciting redesigned NSW GC by UK based architects MacKenzie & Ebert.

We hear from Royal Perth Golf Club Superintendent Pat Casey about the opening of the recently completed stage 1 works of their golf course masterplan designed by co architects Clayton Devries Pont (CDP) and Kruse Golf. And there's an update about the mouthwatering prospect of preview play at 7 Mile Beach Golf Course in Hobart, Tasmania.

Join me on this lap around the country brought to you by new podcast partners Dint Golf Solutions and Colin Campbell Chemicals.

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

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 ⁠mensline.org.au⁠

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Lakelands Golf Club

Gold Coast Festival of Golf

Moore Park Golf Collective

Moore Park Golf Course

Ballina Golf & Sports Club

Blackheath Golf and Community Club

Kew Golf Club

Riversdale Golf Club

Clayton Devries Pont (CDP)

Kruse Golf - Facebook

Arm End Golf Course

7 Mile Beach Golf Course

Glenelg Golf Club

Ryan Van Der Veen

Royal Perth Golf Club

Mount Lawley Golf Club

Wanneroo Golf Club

Nedlands Golf Club

Busselton Golf Club

Hartfield Country Club

Nigel Taylor - The Dirty Dozen Everest Challenge

Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J⁠ohn Deere dealer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠deere.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Terry Vogel is a man from the country through and through. What you're going to get from his story is a deep insight into the life of a regional Superintendent who details the highs and lows of his greenkeeping career and he includes all the thoughts that come with. Being a Superintendent isn't always easy and Terry shares his story that I'm sure is like so many others of the industry be it still in or now out.

A family man, Terry shares a great deal into what it has taken him to get to this point in his long and experienced greenkeeping career which includes his wife and children always close by on this bumpy ride. Unlike many greenkeepers Terry has played golf at a very high level having played and captained the Victorian State amateur team so he understands what is involved to be very good at the sport. Now, his daughter has gone one step further than he did and is a professional golfer that plays on the national women's tour!

Get comfy and join us as we embark on a unique journey like no one before on this podcast.

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

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Cobram Barooga Golf Club⁠

⁠Women in turf Program⁠

⁠Webex Players Series Murray River⁠

⁠Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA)⁠

Club Tocumwal

Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort

Bright Country Golf Club

WPGA

Vern Morcom

Kevin Hartley

Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J⁠ohn Deere dealer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠deere.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

The Women in Turf Program is supported by John Deere in collaboration with Envu and the Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA). A key part of the program sees a group of selected volunteer female greenkeepers from right across Australia assist the course maintenance team of Cobram Barooga Golf Club preparing their golf course for the Webex Players Series Murray River tournament.

Working with John Deere, I was given the opportunity to chat with each of the volunteers to get an insight into their greenkeeping careers understanding just what they enjoy about their chosen career, what it's like working and preparing a golf course for a tournament for the first time and what they are getting out of being part of this fantastic industry supported program. I also speak with Cobram Barooga Golf Club Superintendent Terry Vogel and CEO Bobby Brooks about what it means to have this program involved at their club.

Join me as we hear the enthusiasm from an energetic group of young female greenkeepers as they experience something new in a part of the country that they've not experienced before.

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

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Women in turf Program

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Webex Players Series Murray River

Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA)

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club

Kooringal Golf Club

Charlestown Golf Club

Green by Nature

Next Gen Jobs

Maroondah City Council

City of Stirling

Thanks to The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects, The Design Brief is back!

Richard Chamberlain may not be a household name in Australian golf course architecture. As you'll soon hear, Richard is however extremely well experienced and has worked with some of those household golf course architecture names.

From an early career in cartography Richard was soon to make a change into golf course architecture, probably in a way you won't see coming. Once in the game, with a couple of Australia's well known names such as Graham Marsh and Ross Watson, Richard was soon finding his was in the earliest days of CAD for golf course design and construction.

Fast forward through some rewarding, and at times, tumultuous years, Richard is now well into his very own career as a golf course architect. As you'll hear, he is working on a number of golf course projects around Australia. One corner of his business that he has carved out in the industry himself, is that of mini golf course design. Different to the image that you conjure in your mind at the moment you first hear about mini golf, golf clubs and other golf facilities are seeing enormous benefits to adding mini golf to their established golf offerings.

Join Richard and I as we theoretically travel the country discussing old golf course design and construction, new golf course design and construction, mini golf, short par 4's, and the odd beer story all in the name of learning more and gaining an insight into the mind of a golf course architect.

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Richard Chamberlain Golf Design - website

Richard Chamberlain Email - [email protected]

Richard Chamberlain Phone - 0409 899 007

Graham Marsh - Planet Golf website

Ross Watson - Planet Golf website

Magenta Shores Golf Club

Kooindah Waters Golf Club

Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club

Karratha Country Club

Royal Hobart Golf Club

Ocean Shores Country Club

Wembley Golf Course

Royal Fremantle Golf Club

Palm Meadows Golf Course

Meadowbrook Golf Club

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Bankstown Golf Club

Toowoomba Golf Club

The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA)

In news on Walking the Fairways I let you know about a $300M golf and surf resort coming to the Gold Coast,

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

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 mensline.org.au

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Palm Valley Gold Coast

Yowani Golf Club

Contour Golf

Federal Golf Club

Shoalhaven Heads Golf Club

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Latrobe Golf Club

OCM Design

Huntingdale Golf Club

Riversdale Golf Club

Glenelg Golf Club

The Grange Golf Club

LIV Golf Adelaide

Nedlands Golf Club

Seaview Golf Club

Mt Lawley Golf Club

Nigel Taylor (Instagram)