The Talking Greenkeeper

Roch Gaussoin Phd, Faculty Professor at The University of Nebraska for their Agronomy & Horticulture School joins me to discuss his work on the influence of organic material on putting green performance.

Roch encourages you to donate to the Victims of Hurricane Helene.  To do so, please hit this link:

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James Hempfling PhD, who is part of the Greens Solutions Team at Envu Turf as their Technical Services Manager, joins me to discuss his research on anthracnose and how to comabt this critical turfgrass pest.

To learn more about James and the products Envu has to offer please visit:

https://www.us.envu.com/turf-and-ornamentals-management

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Tyler Bloom, founder and owner of Tyler Bloom Consulting joins me to discuss his process of hiring superintendents.  We also discuss the "crisis" surrounding the lack of Assistant Superintendents & Equipment Manager candidates, and how his consulting firm is helping to ease this particular situation. 

To learn more about Tyler & Tyler Bloom Consulting please visit:

https://tylerbloomconsulting.com

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Mark McGreevy, returns to discuss his duo role as the General Manager & Golf Course Superintendent of Wyncote Golf Club, located in beautiful Oxford, Pennsylvania.

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Thomas Bastis, Competition Agronomist for the PGA Tour, joins me to discuss his recent trip to Le Golf National for the 2024 Olympic golf event.  We also talk about the GS3, a golf ball engineered by the USGA to measure putting surface speed, firmenss, smoothness & trueness, and how it's changing industry thinking when it comes to putting surface performance and management.

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Joe Wachter, GCS joins me to discuss his illustrious career in greenkeeping for the game we all adore, and his final season at Glen Echo Country Club, arguably the Show Me State's finest golf course.

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Dan Francis, GCS at Losantiville Country Club, joins me to talk about his epic, "Tweet the Ugly" post, and what it's like to manage turfgrass for the game of golf, in his hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Rich Buckley is the Director of the Plant Diagnostic Lab at Rutgers University.  Rich joins me to discuss, "How he became a Deadhead" in my new series, "They're a Band Beyond Description" where people explain how they became fans of The Grateful Dead.  

Along with loving The Grateful Dead, Rich loves dead grass.  If you killed grass this summer, feel free to send Rich a sample.  To send Rich a sample please visit:

https://njaes.rutgers.edu/personnel/individual/795

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Buckley's pick!

Hartford Civic Center 10/14/1983

Rick Slattery, retired Golf Course Superintendent, joins me to discuss his life after greenkeeping and hosting 19 LPGA tour events at Locust Hill Country Club, located in Monroe County, New York.

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Ross Burgess, GCS at Waynesville Inn & Golf Club, located between the scenic Blue Ridge & Smokey Mountain in North Carolina, joins me to discuss his first season as a supeintendent after trasnitioning from being an assistasnt at Union League National.

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