Superintendent Radio Network

Trent visits Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota to study maintenance facilities, tour a few special golf courses and see his friends at Foley Company. Who did he meet? What did he learn? He recaps the experience with guest co-host Austin Wright of Sand Valley.

In golf-rich Westchester County, New York, superintendent Nick Lerner has quietly found ways to adapt and elevate Bonnie Briar Country Club.

Guy and Matt return from a trio of very different trips — industry education in North Carolina, course visits in Georgia and a fantastic regional trade show in South Carolina. Love the Southeast.

Christine Kane is the CEO of Audubon International and believes “that golf can certainly play a role or provide opportunities for folks who want work with an environmental approach.”

Crabgrass is among the banes of turf pros and homeowners alike. Corteva turf & ornamental territory manager Raymond Miller shares his perspective from more than 50(!) years in the industry.

The 27-year-old turf leader joins the podcast to discuss the Brentsville District High School turfgrass program — now more than 200 students strong — how to build, how to brand, and more. (Just don't call him the Great Uniter.)

Arizona-based Gary Brawley reveals what it takes to execute projects in the heavy-play era and explains why water must be on everybody’s mind these days.

Rochester turf pro Don Bloom talks grilling, trail running, finding good fishing holes and more in a wide-ranging conversation about wide open spaces.

Trent talks about fixing equipment – and fixing dirt bikes – with Saginaw (Michigan) Country Club equipment manager Aaron Kirsch.

The Precision Laboratories technical product manager discusses his first full year in the industry, his current research, what's next, and more.

Guy recaps visits to two stunning courses — Newport Country Club in Rhode Island and Pete Dye Golf Club in West Virginia — that opened exactly 100 years apart and prove that plenty of interesting, incredible courses were designed outside the Golden Age.

Georgia Clingerman was all set for a career in physical therapy. She had even earned a degree in kinesiology. The lure of the outdoors and working on the golf course, though, proved too strong.

Corteva Agriscience Midwest turf & ornamental territory manager Dr. Jared Hoyle returns to dive into dandelions — well, not literally. You want to contain and eliminate them, after all.

Few golf course architects are as committed to or as involved with short courses as Beau Welling, whose more compact recent designs opened in 2019 and 2022, with two more slated for 2023 premieres. He discusses those courses, the modern short course boom, and more.

Don Garrett, longtime superintendent at The Walker Course at Clemson University, has experienced nearly every turfgrass variety, species and disease one can encounter in the Carolinas. Scott Waltz sees nearly everything in the golf-rich region in his role with BASF. Their combined wisdom makes for an enlightening podcast.

What do concepts such as quirk, mystery and simplicity have to do with golf? Richard Mandell returns to the podcast to explain the methodology behind his recently released “Principles of Golf Architecture.”

What does it take to keep the equipment functioning properly at a high-end, 36-hole public facility? Trent chats with Pinehills Golf Club’s Kevin Bauer about what he experiences by the Massachusetts sea.

America’s Greenkeeper Matthew Wharton recaps his recent trip to the Scottish Highlands, a hidden gem of a course, a new favorite(?) architect, reading recommendations, and more.

After visiting dozens of golf courses throughout the summer and early fall, Guy and Matt are finally in the studio again. What did they see? Who did they meet? How impressed were they with what superintendents and their teams are doing? They each reveal three intriguing stories from their journeys.

Sally Jones is both the superintendent and the GM at Benson Golf Club in Minnesota. She also worked through severe mental health issues, including anxiety and depression, that altered her approach to work and life.

For more than four years now, Mike LeCavalier has lived completely sober. The longtime Kanawaki Golf Club superintendent worked as a functioning alcoholic for years. Now, he's living his best life.

Brian Costello started his career as a landscape architect. He then started traveling the world helping design massive outdoor spaces. What has he learned in his journeys as a golf course architect?

You can never be too comfortable. Outside the Ropes columnist Tim Moraghan explains why you always update your résumé, why you should always be ready with questions — and why all interviews should be family road trips.

Three courses at three different locations. Trent learns how Mike Elliott landed at one of the country’s fastest-growing golf operations and the logistical effort it takes to keep The Union League of Philadelphia’s equipment in excellent condition.

Anthony L. Williams worked through both the Great Recession and the first two-plus years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Which was more challenging for turf pros? And what can you learn from them for future society-shaking moments?