The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast

The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast

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  • EP.144 Walking the Fairways - feat. Aaron Cachia (Toronto Golf Club)

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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.


    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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    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)

    1 hr
  • EP.143 Keeper of the Greens - Keegan Powell (The Sands Torquay)

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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

    1 hr 50 min
  • EP.142 Walking the Fairways - feat. Jimmy Downes (Humpty Doo Golf Club)

    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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    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

    1 hr 2 min
  • EP.141 Keeper of the Greens - Damien Bell (Wellington Golf Club)

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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!


    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

    1 hr 21 min
  • EP.140 Walking the Fairways - feat. Chris Rae (Orkney Golf Club)

    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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    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)


    1 hr 10 min
  • EP.139 Keeper of the Greens - Rod Tatt (Mt Lawley Golf Club)

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    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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    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

    1 hr 56 min
  • EP.138 Walking the Fairways - feat. Harry Middleton (Muriwai Golf Links)

    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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    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

    57 min
  • EP.137 Keeper of the Greens - Nik Smith (Proserpine Golf Club)

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    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

    1 hr 55 min
  • EP.136 Walking the Fairways - feat. Pete Dunn (Federal Golf Club)

    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!

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    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

    33 min
  • EP.135 Steve's Random Special Guest - Mike O'Keeffe (Ohio State Program)

    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!

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    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

    2 hr 18 min

About The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast

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The podcast to listen to if you want to know everything there is about Australian golf courses, greenkeeping and architecture so you can get more out of your game!

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