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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!

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

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Kooyonga Golf Club

North Adelaide Golf Course

Tasmania Golf Club

Cape Wickham Golf Links

Moore Park Golf Course

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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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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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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

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Andrew Anderson is Course Superintendent of Ranfurlie Golf Club in Melbourne but he's not a Victorian by birth. In fact, Andrew hails from Brisbane in the sunshine state, Queensland. Growing up in Brisbane, Andrew began his greenkeeping career at a humble local 9 hole golf course before moving to complete his apprenticeship and Virginia Golf Club "The course of champions".

As Andrew's thirst for more grew with his career, he took the step of moving interstate to Sydney where he would work at a couple of high profile courses learning from some of NSW's most well respected superintendents. From here it was a matter of progression before Andrew made the move to Melbourne where he took a role at one of Melbourne sandbelt's famed clubs - Metropolitan GC.

As Andrew has grown in his career, learning from some of the best minds of our industry, he has developed his own style of greenkeeping which he is developing further as Course Superintendent at Ranfurlie GC. A great part of our conversation not only involves discovering much about Ranfurlie, but also Andrew's thoughts about our industry more broadly including the world of technology, including where we may be headed and how we can use this technology to our advantage.

Join me on this exciting ride with a glimpse into the possibilities of the future of our industry from one of our deep thinkers.

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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Ranfurlie Golf Club

RACV Healesville Country Club & Resort

Sandgate Golf Club

Virginia Golf Club

Bonnie Doon Golf Club

NSW Golf Club

Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club

Metropolitan Golf Club

World Cup of Golf - Wiki

Clayton DeVries & Pont (CDP)

Andrew Anderson's article on the future as mentioned in the podcast

EP.68 Keeper of the Greens - Nick Launer

EP.78 Keeper of the Greens - John Mann

EP.157 The Design Brief - Mike Clayton

EP.173 Keeper of the Greens - Tom Aldridge

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This particular segment is a teaser audio clip of the upcoming special 2 part podcast series that goes behind the scenes where we are given full access into the Royal Melbourne Golf Club course maintenance team and how they prepared the golf course for the 2025 Men's Australian Open. This is a taste of what's to come where you're going to hear the discussion, decisions, challenges, detailed work, and curve balls, that occurred behind the scenes as the team worked tirelessly preparing Royal Melbourne's famed Composite Course during the 4 days of the tournament.

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This segment of Walking the Fairways see a stop at a unique golf course that is located on it's own island, removed from the local township, and that is Queenscliff Golf Club where I'm joined by Superintendent Jake Sizer. Jake gives us a real insight into some of this golf courses unique features and many of them make this golf course feel more like a flora and fauna sanctuary. Queenscliff Golf Club are moving forward in leaps and bounds as they continue to improve the golf course and it is very much a place that should be on your play list.

There's also news coming from other parts of Australia including some big work being done at Country Club Tasmania in Launceston, Royal Perth has opened stage 2 of their course works, the new Douglas Links begins construction in New Zealand, along with a whole lot 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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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

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Queenscliff Golf Club

Rich River Golf Club

Gold Creek Country Club

Moss Vale Golf Club

Newcastle Golf Club

Harrison Golf Design

Box Hill Golf Club

Crafter & Mogford Golf Strategies

Redcliffe Golf Club

Country Club Tasmania

Royal Perth Golf Club

Kruse Golf

Clayton DeVries & Pont (CDP)

Coffin Bay Golf Club

Douglas Links

Darius Oliver

The Cliffs Kangaroo Island

Takapuna Golf Course

EP.170 The Board Room - Sam Atkins

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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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Kingston Heath Golf Club

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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People and places mentioned in this podcast:

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