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Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions Make sure to check out their website www.dint.com.au
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.
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Dint Golf Solutions - Instagram & Facebook
Toronto Golf Club
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)
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
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
Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions Make sure to check out their website www.dint.com.au
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.
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook
The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube
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People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Dint Golf Solutions - Instagram & Facebook
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
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
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!
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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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
Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions Make sure to check out their website www.dint.com.au
This segment of Walking the Fairways has plenty of information coming out of NSW including the well known Mollymook Golf Club's Hilltop Golf Course. We stop in quickly to the ACT with some information from Canberra Public Golf Course, before a jump to NZ with some information about the new Glendhu Golf Course being built on the banks of Lake Wanaka. Arm End in Tasmania also has a little bit of news.
The big part of this episode however is the conversation I have with Superintendent Chris Rae of Orkney Golf Club in the UK having now completed hosting the 2025 Island Games. Chris jumps on the pod to give us an insight as to what it was like hosting the games and preparing the golf course with a challenging lead up to the event in such a remote part of the world.
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook
The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube
Send me an email to - [email protected]
People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Dint Golf Solutions - Instagram & Facebook
Mollymook Golf Club - Hilltop Golf Course
Ryan Van Der Veen - Van Der Veen Designs
Shoalhaven Heads Golf Club
Gerringong Golf Club
Strathfield Golf Club
Newgreens Chatswood Golf Club
Crafter + Modford Golf Strategies
Bexley Golf Club
Canberra Public Golf Course
Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club
Takapuna Golf Course
2023 Auckland Floods - Floodlists.com
Glendhu Golf Course
Spring Valley Golf Club
OCM Golf Design
Huntingdale Golf Club
Cranbourne Golf Club
Arm End Golf Course
Thaxted Park Golf Club
Glenelg Golf Club
Whaleback Golf Course
Wembley Golf Course
Orkney Golf Club
2025 International Island Games - Orkney
Orkney - Wiki
EP.110 Keeper of the Greens - Chris Rae (Orkney Golf Club)
EP.127 Keeper of the Greens - Mark Spraggs (Tuncurry Golf Course)
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
Rod Tatt is Course Manager of Mt Lawley Golf Club in Perth, Western Australia. His most recent years have been working through a remodelling of the entire golf course under the architecture hand of OCM. Being his first post as a superintendent in Western Australia, Rod has had to workout pretty quickly how to get the most out of the golf course in Perth's unique environment that is so different to the east coast.
That being said, it's all the more interesting when we learn that Rod is originally from regional Victoria, not far out of Melbourne, where he got his first taste of greenkeeping. Greenkeeping and golf came as a pair for Rod in his younger days where it wasn't long before he got really involved working on golf courses on Melbourne's famed Sandbelt region along with playing competitive golf.
Rod's story is one of learning through experience and learning from great mentors. He has worked at some of Australia's best courses, including as Superintendent, with some of the best golf course architects, and now brings his particular set of skills to Perth where he has been involved in delivering an incredible new version of Mt Lawley for it's members and guests.
This is an interesting conversation with a few deep dives and visited rabbit holes, that neither of us saw coming, including player expectations and just what does the term "consistency" mean in golf maintenance.
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube
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People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Mount Lawley Golf Club
Walton Heath Golf Club
Bacchus Marsh West Golf Club
Bacchus Marsh - Wiki
Ballarat Golf Club
Victoria Golf Club
John Sloan - LinkedIn
Mike Clayton
Cranbourne Golf Club
Woodlands Golf Club
Yarra Yarra Golf Club
Tom Doak
Renaissance Golf Design
Brian Slawnik
San Francisco Golf Club - Links Magazine
Cal Club
OCM Golf Design
Rod Tatt - Claude Crockford Award 2023
Fairway to biodiversity - Western Independent
WA Open
Lake Karrinyup Country Club
Joondalup Golf Resort
Secret Harbour Golf Links
The Cut Golf Course
Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions Make sure to check out their website www.dint.com.au
This episode of Walking the Fairways sees a lot of information coming out of some clubs in Queensland including the Sunshine Coast, there's been some extreme weather through the northern parts of NSW including a widespread rare snow event, and the big ticket item, the very first catch up with New Zealand Superintendent - Harry Middleton of Muriwai Golf Links. Harry gives us an insight into the unique Muriwai Golf Links along with some course upgrade works they're currently working on and what they're looking forward to in the future.
A wide ranging insight on this episode so come along for the journey!
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook
The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube
Send me an email to - [email protected]
People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Dint Golf Solutions - Instagram & Facebook
Muriwai Golf Links
Toowoomba City Golf Club
Redcliffe Golf Club
Indooroopilly Golf Club
Perrett Webb Golf Course Architects
Cairns Golf Club
Mount Coolum Golf Club
Noosa Springs Golf Resort
Golf Course Superintendents Association of Western Australia (GCSAWA)
Margaret River Golf Club
Busselton Golf Club
Dunsborough Lakes Golf Club
Armidale Golf Club
Snow in Armidale - news.com.au
Woolooware Golf Club
Bingara Gorge Golf Course
Marrickville Golf, Sporting & Community Club
Yarra Yarra Golf Club
Ocean Dunes King Island
Tasmania Golf Club
Clayton Devries & Pont (CDP)
Kruse Golf - Facebook
Portsea Golf Club
Richmond Golf Club
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
Nik Smith is Superintendent of Proserpine Golf Club in regional North Queensland, but don't let that detail have you thinking he hasn't seen much. Oh no!
Nik's career began on the Melbourne Sandbelt at Commonwealth Golf Club. Through some old school perseverance, Nik was given an opportunity to carve out the beginnings of his greenkeeping career at Commonwealth GC where he really got a taste for the trade. His next step would be to the one and only Kingston Heath Golf Club where he would spend a few years working, including preparing for the 1995 Men's Australian Open that was won by Greg Norman.
From here you'll just have to listen and see how wild Nik's ride becomes, which if you're reading this, includes thousands of kilometres travelled, remote country towns, one of Perth's best golf courses, wild buffalo and a crocodile!
Sit back, take a big deep breathe, tighten up your seatbelt because this one is wild!
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Proserpine Golf Club
Commonwealth Golf Club
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Lake Karrinyup Country Club
Pelican Waters Golf Club
Maleny Golf Club
Gove Country Golf Club
EP.130 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Lamb
EP.90 Keeper of the Greens - Jimmy Downes
Mick McCombe - Claude Crockford Award Winner 2025
Nhulunbuy wiki
Groote Eylandt wiki
Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions Make sure to check out their website www.dint.com.au
This episode of Walking the Fairways takes you through a special honour bestowed to one of New Zealand's long time Superintendents, a stack of work being completed at a regional golf club in South Australia, we hear direct from Federal Golf Club's Superintendent Pete Dunn about the work they're moving through in the nation's capital, there's some significant news from the NSW South Coast, and I see first hand some upgrade work being completed at a couple of courses in Melbourne.
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
The Golfing Greenkeeper - Instagram
The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook
The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube
Send me an email to - [email protected]
People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Dint Golf Solutions - Instagram & Facebook
John Spraggs - LinkedIn
New Zealand Golf Course Superintendents Association (NZGCSA)
Royal Wellington Golf Club
EP.127 Keeper of the Greens - Mark Spraggs
South Lakes Golf Club
Federal Golf Club
Federal Golf Club Maintenance Department - Instagram
WPGA Championship & Festival of Golf
Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club
Crafter + Mogford Golf Strategies
Club Catalina
Kruse Golf - Facebook
Clayton Devries & Pont (CDP)
Strathallan Golf Club
Ranfurlie Golf Club
Andrew Anderson - Instagram
Sun City Country Club
Maroochy River Golf Club
Paul McLean - LinkedIn
This is a belter of a podcast yarn! If ever there was one you want to listen to, this is it. It's worldly, it's diverse, it's interesting, it's education, and most of all it's fun along the way.
Mike O'Keeffe heads up the sports turf arm of the Ohio State Program in the USA. The program itself is tailored for young people who are looking to gain significant experience in golf greenkeeping at some of the most iconic golf courses of the USA preparing for some of the biggest golf tournaments in the world.
I wanted to chat with Mike to understand more about the Ohio State Program in detail, how big the program is, why it works so well for us Aussie's and New Zealanders, and why Mike is so passionate about the program and pours so much of his heart and soul into the people that participate!
Join us for a hell of a ride and some amazing insight into a program and someone (Mike) that probably single handedly has changed the lives of so many people in the greenkeeping industry and made them into some of the best greenkeepers and professionals of the industry!
You can contact Mike on these details below:
Whatsapp +1-614-620-7720
E-mail [email protected]
Skype: turfokeeffe
Facebook: Mike O'Keeffe
LinkedIn - Mike O'Keeffe
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
The Golfing Greenkeeper - Instagram
The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook
The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube
Send me an email to - [email protected]
People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Ohio State Program
Oakmont Country Club
Quail Hollow Club
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Chevy Chase Club
Sherwood Country Club
DLF Golf Resort
Sunningdale Golf Club
NSW Golf Club
Royal Perth Golf Club
Kalgoorlie Golf Course
Sorrento Golf Club
Glenelg Golf Club
Keperra Golf Club
EP.95 Keeper of the Green - Richard Forsyth
EP.78 Keeper of the Greens - John Mann
EP.75 Keeper of the Greens - Tim Warren
EP.130 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Lamb
EP.119 Keeper of the Greens - Shane Baker
EP.127 Keeper of the Greens - Mark Spraggs
EP.61 Keeper of the Greens - Glenn Gibson-Smith
EP.57 Keeper of the Greens - Pat Casey
EP.70 Keeper of the Greens - Pat Wilson
EP.97 Keeper of the Greens - Sophie Warren
EP.104 Keeper of the Greens - Kate Rainsbury
EP.107 Keeper of the Greens - Women in Turf Program
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