TurfNet RADIO

In this episode of Rockbottum Radio, RW reveals who is poaching our assistants, equipment techs and crew members, while explaining how to defeat the Mole People with careful use of the TurfNet Jobs board.

 In "Storytime" he tells about the time the Mole People almost got him.

Also, Boof gets into it with Aint Feemy about her yoga pants, the gang provides a few tips to help determine whether your course is operating under Skeletal parameters or has just hit Rockbottum, and the Anti-Golf protest leader returns in his new role as local college golf coach.

For your listening pleasure...

David Dore-Smith, golf course superintendent at Copperleaf Golf Club in Bonita Springs, Florida, discusses his career plan, including a transition from a desire to become a landscape architect to golf course superintendent. He also discusses why it was important for him to leave his native Australia to pursue his dream, how an internship program at Ohio State University helped him realize his dream and what he has learned along the way from the likes of fellow Aussie Greg Norman and others. He shares tips for aspiring golf course superintendents to set themselves apart from their contemporaries as they climb the career ladder.

With the 2019 NFL football season upon us, Frank Rossi chats with Dr. Andy McNitt of Penn State about recent advancements and technologies in sports field system management including measurement of field characteristics -- firmness, surface stability, traction, etc. All important, as 20% of football injuries remain field-related.

Presented by Civitas and DryJect.

In this podcast for the TurfNet multimedia Women in Turf series, Jon Kiger chats with Tracey Maddison, head of membership at BIGGA, about the challenge of getting more females involved in golf course maintenance.

Presented by Foley.

In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Frank Rossi chats with Dr. David McCall, assistant professor of turfgrass pathology at Virginia Tech. Topics of discussion include McCall's research on turfgrass pathology in the transition zone, his work with drones and remote sensing, and GPS-guided spray application.

Follow David on Twitter at @VTTurfPath.

Presented by DryJect and Intelligro/Civitas Turf Defense.

Frank Rossi chats with Dr. Clark Throssell about his circuitous career from his Montana roots through Penn State to Kansas State, GCSAA, Purdue and Lebanon Turf to hanging out his own shingle with Turfgrass R & D, Inc., in Billings, Montana.

Along the way, Throssell served as director of research for GCSAA; research committees of the USGA, O. J Noer Foundation and Crop Science Society of America, and technical resource for the Peaks and Prairies GCSA.

Along the way, Frank and Clark chat about data collection and management, water use and other challenges facing superintendents today.

Presented by DryJect and Civitas/Intelligro.

Lianne Larson has been superintendent at White Cliffs Country Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts for 23 years. In this episode of Women in Turf, sponsored by Foley, she talks about her career in the golf business, how she got started and who helped her develop her career along the way. Lianne also discusses what the business was like for women more than two decades ago and how it has changed during that time. Finally, Lianne offers advice for other women in the industry and those who might consider it as a career option.

Rockbottum Radio is back from summer hiatus with a primer on how to get the big money as a big-time superintendent (and all the stress and pressure that goes with it). Be careful what you wish for!

Randy waxes nostalgic about the days when golf course maintenance was relaxed, laid back and without the negative energy prevalent today.

And in Storytime, Dad made the big time and what they learned during the short time they were there.

In this episode of the TurfNet Renovation Report, host Anthony Pioppi chats with Jim Barrett of James Barrett Associates, noted golf course irrigation designer and consultant.

It could be argued that nobody in the golf business knows more about irrigation than Jim Barrett, who started designing irrigation systems back in 1972 for Robert Trent Jones before starting his own shop in 1984. There are also few in the industry more respected.

Irrigation designers fly well under the radar that puts golf course architects in the spotlight, but the job they do is no less critical to a well-functioning golf course operation.

Listen in as Jim tells us his story and discusses the state of golf course irrigation today and into the future.

Presented by Golf Preservations and The Andersons.

In this episode of the TurfNet Renovation Report, Anthony Pioppi chats with Tad King of King Collins Golf Course Design. King explains how he morphed from shaper and builder into a golf course designer, and relates some of the challenges and rewards of working on projects around the world.

Presented by The Andersons and Golf Preservations.