Pullin' Weeds

Join host Jim Huntoon in this special episode of Pullin' Weeds, recorded live at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club during the Myrtle Beach Classic. Jim sits down with Thomas Bastis, renowned agronomist from the PGA Tour, to delve into the intricacies of golf course maintenance and the latest trends in agronomy. carolinasgcsa.org

Join host Jim Huntoon in this special episode of Pullin' Weeds, recorded live at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club during the Myrtle Beach Classic. Jim sits down with Thomas Bastis, renowned agronomist from the PGA Tour, to delve into the intricacies of golf course maintenance and the latest trends in agronomy. carolinasgcsa.org

Host Jim Huntoon sits down with Dunes Golf and Beach Club's Steve Hamilton and Josh Schumacher during the PGA Tour's Myrtle Beach Classic

Season 5 - Episode 12 – CEO of Revels Turf and Tractor, Anthony Revels, joins host Tim Kreger. Tim and Anthony sit down to cover all the new technology from John Deere as well as how a local policeman becomes a CEO. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa...

Season 5 - Episode 11 – Co-hosts Brian Green and Tim Kreger are joined by NCSU’s Jim Kerns. Jim shares his story on how he got to NCSU, and then returned to NCSU! Follow along as Tim and Brian have light hearted conversations with the future of NCSU. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible...

Season 5 - Episode 10 – Co-hosts Brian Green and Tim Kreger sit down with Ford Baker of Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, NC. Join in as Brian and Tim discuss topics from great mentors to fly fishing and high school wrestling. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. ca...

Season 5 - Episode 9 Barry Graham, CGCS of Wildcat Cliffs Country Club stops by the Carolinas GCSA office and sits with host Tim Kreger for this episode. Barry is quizzed on all things golf to serving your industry to his path to Highlands, North Carolina. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through respon...

Season 5 - Episode 8 Carolinas GCSA Past President, Randy Allen, joins host Tim Kreger. Tim queries Randy on all things from being a superintendent and his career path to becoming a salesman for Modern Turf. Randy offers some great perspectives on this episode. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through r...

Season 5 - Episode 7 – Host Tim Kreger sits down with Mike Rollins of SIP Grinders. The Cutline is King philosophy is somewhat discussed but Tim keeps Mike on his toes with questions other than grinding. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. www.carolinasgcsa.org

Season 5 - Episode 6 – Host Tim Kreger sits down in Cashiers, North Carolina to speak with Eric Shomaker of the Wade Hampton Golf Club. They discuss the importance of relationships along with how Eric’s journey has taken him back home to North Carolina. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsib...

Season 5 - Episode 5 Zac Ramey at the Country Club of Spartanburg takes the questions this episode from host Tim Kreger. Join in hearing about all things from chainsaws to association service. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org

Season 6 – Episode 4 -- Pullin’ Weeds got the band back together with Tim Kreger and Professor Jim Huntoon co-hosting this much anticipated episode. The guest on this episode joins them from Old Barnwell, a new course just opened in the Aiken area of South Carolina. The star of Turf Twitter Steve Whitaker tells all about his journey from rock bands and long hair to putting out fires and finally tu...

Season 5 – Episode 3 – In a lead up to GCSAA’s Conference and Trade Show in Phoenix, join along as Co-hosts Tim Kreger and Professor Jim Huntoon sit down with Dave Dettmer, CGCS. Dave is the newly positioned South Eastern US Regional Field Staff Representative for GCSAA, and he shares a few thoughts on what the GCSAA is working on and his new role in chapter support. The Carolinas GCSA is committe...

Season 5 – Episode 2 Featuring Tim Kreger speaking with host of the Carolinas GCSA Winter Meeting Green Resources, Jason Blakely. Following that we have Professor Jim Huntoon with a couple assistants who attended the Winter Meeting from Pinehurst #2, Eric Mabie and David Chrobak. They discuss the US Open preparations on going at Course 2, golf in the Sandhills region of the Carolinas, career paths...

Year 5 – Episode 1 – Current Carolinas GCSA President PEte Gerdon kicks off our 2024 Pullin' Weeds Season. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.

GAP Series – Session 3 – Please enjoy the final episode in our GAP series featuring unique individuals from throughout the sandhills. This could arguably be one of the more entertaining episodes your host Tim Kreger recalls in quite a while. Join him in speaking with Westley Galloway and “Bob” Peckles. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professiona...

GAP Series – Session 2 – Welcome in for the 2nd in our 3 part series with the USGA and Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst speaking with participants from GAP. Today your host, Tim Kreger, is joined by David Speiser and Andrew Gurney. Listen in on great insight on why this program is helping these two up and coming turf professionals. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members wit...

GAP Series – Session 1 – Host Tim Kreger is joined by Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program participant Tanner Barnes and then followed up with program director Carson Letot. Join in as we journey through the depths of this new program and what it means to all involved. This is the first in a 3 part series. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professio...

GAP Series – Session 1 – Host Tim Kreger is joined by Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program participant Tanner Barnes and then followed up with program director Carson Letot. Join in as we journey through the depths of this new program and what it means to all involved. This is the first in a 3 part series. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professio...

Year 5 – Episode 15 – Jack Moran joins host Tim Kreger to discuss his new venture, Ecological Improvements. They speak about Jack’s venture through entrepreneurial times and being able to create his own company, based now in Charleston, SC. Jack and EI are partners for the Grand Prize this year at the Carolinas GCSA Conference and Show, November 13-15, 2023. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to prov...

Year 5 – Episode 14 – Lance Allen, superintendent Woodfin Ridge GC, Inman, SC. Lance joins host Tim Kreger to discuss turf topics ranging from renovation to destruction of courses and beyond. Join them as they discuss Lance and his upbringing and storied family of Carolinas turf grass, the Allen’s! The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally...

Year 5 – Episode 13 -- Hosts Jim Huntoon and Tim Kreger are joined by Nick Balok. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org

Year 5 – Episode 12 – Tim Kreger is joined in the Carolinas HQ office by special guest Earl McMinn. Earl shares the Vereens story along with his own path to them. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org

Year 5 - Episode 11 - Several second year Golf and Sports Turf Management students at Horry-Georgetown Technical College get on the mic in this episode. The students answer audience and host questions about where they have been and where they are going in the turf industry. Thank you to John Wesley Weeks, Matt Ratcliffe, Nick Clemons, Matt McTeague, Mark Chmarney, Railey Smith and Drew Rich for pa...

Year 5 – Episode 10 – Adam Russell with MVP Genetics stops by Liberty and joins host Tim Kreger to discuss all things genetics and turf. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org