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In this episode of Living Legends, Bob Zoller of Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California discusses his long career that started before the July 4, 1976 bicentennial in one of the country's top golf destinations. 

He also discusses golf turf management as a family legacy as well as some of the challenges facing superintendents around the Monterey Peninsula, including drought and water issues. He also talks about the importance of mentoring others and the many superintendents who came up through the ranks working for him. He concludes by discussing his passion for vintage American muscle cars, including a 1964 Chevrolet Corvette.

In this episode of The TurfNet Renovation Report, Anthony Pioppi chats with Eric Johnson, director of agronomy at Chambers Bay, about the recent regrassing of greens from fescue to Poa annua sod.

Presented by Golf Preservations -- the greens drainage specialists -- and The Andersons Plant Nutrient Group.

In this episode of the Turfgrass Hotline, Frank Rossi chats with Clint Mattox (@mattoxgolf), graduate research assistant at Oregon State Univ, about the past winter and current springtime turf conditions in the Pacific Northwest... and what to expect as Spring morphs into Summer.

Recorded May 3, 2019.

Timely Seasonal Snippets brought to you by DryJect and Civitas Turf Defense.

In this episode of the Turfgrass Hotline, Frank Rossi chats with Rich Buckley, director of the Plant Diagnostic Lab and Nematode Detection Service at Rutgers. Topics include pink snow mold, Pythium root rot, anthracnose and surprises that may happen in cool weather when unexpected.

In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Frank Rossi chats with Dr. Ben McGraw of Penn State University on the latest research, control methodology, new larvicide products, adulticide resistance information and BMPs in ABW management.

Presented by Civitas Turf Defense and DryJect.

In this tale from The Greens of Wrath on Rockbottum Radio, young Randy relates the story from Burnt Run CC, circa 1971 when he employed certain hallucinogenic tactics to get his night waterman job back.

Presented by Vinylguard Golf.

In this April 5, 2019 session of Turfgrass Hotline on TurfNet RADIO, Frank Rossi chats with Dr. Jim Kerns of NCSU about how southern turf is shaping up for the 2019 season.

Presented by DryJect and Civitas Turf Defense.

In this episode of the TurfNet Renovation Report -- presented by The Andersons and Golf Preservations -- host Anthony Pioppi chats with golf course architect Brian Silva.

Starting with Silva's "Lego-esque" career path from Stockbridge School of Agriculture at UMass (AS in turf management, BS in landscape architecture plus graduate work) to instructor at Lake City Community College, to doing site visits with the USGA Green Section and on to working with noted New England golf course architect Geoffrey Cornish, and ultimately his own firm, Brian Silva Design of Dover, NH.

According to the humorous and self-deprecating Silva, "I should be somebody by now with my background."

Spend an hour or so with Tony and Brian as they discuss some common sense but often overlooked aspects of golf course architecture and how it affects maintenance and playability.

In this episode of Living Legends, George Thompson, CGCS, talks about his lengthy career on the golf course as a superintendent. Topics of discussion include career mentors, including Joe Troll, Ph.D., at his alma mater - the University of Massachusetts, and how management standards and golfer demands have changed through the years.

He also talks about his current role mentoring the next generation of golf course superintendents as an educator at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Conrad Pannkuk, assistant superintendent at Wynstone Golf Club in North Barrington, talks about his career, the benefits of participating in Nufarm's EXCEL career-development program for assistant superintendents and what his club is doing to address the labor crisis facing the golf turf maintenance industry.