Turf Talk

So something that routinely happens on Turf Talk, someone joins the space and we start great conversations. Adam Garr (@coursecares) opened his mic and he started talking with us about labor issues, recruiting and unique ways of promoting your club.

Nathan Whitaker (x/@NathanWhitaker) #1 New York Times bestselling author, International speaker, Previously NFL Exec (Bucs & Jags), Super Bowl Champ (Bucs) joins us and talks with us about leadership.

Marc LeBlanc (x/@markcleblanc) the senior engineer and project manager at FireFly Automatix (x/@FireFlyAuto) joins us and discusses their autonomous fairway mower and the technology they are developing to enhance their products.

Pat Jones (@patjonestweets/x, patjonesflagstick.com) joins us on a Old School talk. Touch on some US Womens Open stuff and whatever else crosses our minds.

If you've never joined into a live Turf Talk this is what your missing. This is a recorded session where we had peers who participated in National Golf Day up in Washington DC join us, Recapped the PGA Championship with a few guys that had boots on the ground there, and just talked shop like we do almost every week on our X Space. Thanks to all of those joined us that night gave some input.

Our talk with Ryan Bjorn (@RyanJBjorn/X) he is the Field Superintendent at Gillette Stadium and training facilities for NE Patriots/Revolution in Foxboro, Massachusetts. He talks about managing sports turf both real and artificial and also the invasion of the Swifties for a multi day event.

We're joined by Scott McElroy (@malherbologist/X) who is a professor at Auburn University but also getting in to the autonomous mower world. He has some interesting research ongoing with them and also so insights into the future of them.

We talked with Trent about the mechanic side of the industry and how he got to where he is today.

John Ballard of Valhalla Golf Club joins us and talks about his career and preparing for the 2024 PGA Championship. Also covers his team at Valhalla and how the new ownership is pushing the club to another level.

Andres Castellanos- GM/Owner- The Shores of North River Golf Club in Stuart Florida joins us to talk about golf course ownership and everything involved in the process of buying and running a golf course.