The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click on their name and it will take you straight to their website for more information. Don;t forget to click here https://poaforum.floktu.com/ to buy your ticket to join the Poa Forum at Woodlands Golf Club in Melbourne on 25th October 2022. Broome Golf Club is unique and it is remote. It has plenty wonderful wildlife i...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click on their name and it will take you straight to their website for more information. Click here to find out more about the products mentioned in the podcast Ad - Lonhro Herbicide and Stature herbicide Pat Wilson is Pambula born and bred! It's in his veins and he's proud to say it. So when you hear him talk about Georg...

This could quite possibly be the most important podcast interview I've done! Monina Gilbey is the Biodiversity Manager at Glenelg Golf Club in Adelaide, South Australia. Her role in part entails maintaining and managing the out of play areas of the golf course which includes both the flora and fauna of the overall golf course land. Glenelg Golf Club as a whole, have committed to a sustainable futu...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click on their name and it will take you straight to their website for more information. It's time to go to the Melbourne Sandbelt, to a place you may or may not have heard of before for this segment of Keeper Of The Greens. Keysborough Golf Club is my next stop and Superintendent Nick Launer is my guest on the podcast fo...

Thanks to The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects, The Design Brief has expanded! The new Design Brief kicks off with me interviewing Australian Golf Course Architect Ben Davey from Contour Golf. Ben has a wealth of knowledge and experience that began with working on some of the best new golf courses in Victoria during his early career, and then on some amazing new golf course projects ov...

Now here is a story that is worth listening to! The Aussie Golf History segment is about the golf courses and personalities that have played are do play an important part in the golf history of Australia. I always try my best to give you stories that you may not have heard of before. I am joined by Paul Carter for this podcast segment. Paul is the Chairman of The Society of Kameruka Golfers and I...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click on their name and it will take you straight to their website for more information. Lance Knox got into greenkeeping a little bit later than most. That doesn't mean to say that he has less professional drive than others, quite the contrary. After listening to Lance and hearing his story I think you'll struggle to fin...

It's that time again for Walking the Fairways where I endeavour to keep you up to date and excited about what is going on at golf courses around Australia. Plenty happening as always so come along with me for the walk and this time I start off with a golf course I'm almost certain you've never heard of! You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click on their name and it will take you straight to their website for more information. This conversation is as spectacular as Hamilton Island Golf Course itself! Superintendent Brad Hole just may have one of the most incredible greenkeeping jobs in all of Australia! Join us on this wonderful greenkeeping adventure as Br...

With the Open Championship being played out this weekend, have you ever wondered why the golf course at St Andrews looks quite different to anything you've played before. On this segment of The Greenkeeper's Shed I explain some of the unique and often quirky elements of St Andrews golf course that you may not have ever seen before or don't quite understand, whilst comparing them to elements that y...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click on their name and it will take you straight to their website for more information. Beautiful one day, perfect the next! At least that's what they say about Queensland, which is where I'm headed to in this interview. Glenn Gibson-Smith is one of those guys with a contagious personality and has a great outlook on life...

This one has a lot in it so you might want some extra time to listen! Plenty of news coming from golf courses around Australia including the recent greenkeeping industry awards evening at the ASTMA Conference last week! I recently also went and saw a new golf network event that I want to talk about and then there's my opinion piece which you may or may not want to listen to :)  Come along wit...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click on their name and it will take you straight to their website for more information. It's time to visit the Apple Isle for only the second time since starting Keeper Of The Greens and I'm very excited to be visiting another "Royal" golf club. Shaun Bowden is the Superintendent of Royal Hobart Golf Club and comes with...

Campbell's Corner is a podcast segment with my sponsor of the podcast Colin Campbell Chemicals. This time I catch up with Nadeem at Gordon Golf Club for an in person interview and we chat about education. Nadeem tells me how he likes to make the effort to assist turf managers through talks at industry events and gatherings on how to best protect their turf surfaces using all types of practices, no...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click their name and it will take you straight to their website. I hope you're ready for this dry conversation. Only joking!  I head west across the country into Western Australia to a unique golf course at Kalgoorlie. Superintendent Pat Casey has been leading the team maintaining this extremely unique golf course fo...

It's time to take in some news about what's happening on golf courses around Australia! It has been a while since I brought you up to date with course happenings from around the country and there's plenty going on. I also wanted to share some very sad news coming out of Sydney in recent months which I think is important to talk about. Come with me as we venture far and wide and finish of with some...

Campbell's Corner is a podcast segment with my sponsor of the podcast Colin Campbell Chemicals.  Come along as I chat with Nadeem and introduce just who Colin Campbell Chemicals are. We chat about their history as an Australian company working in agriculture, horticulture and turf. We also talk about the family connection Nadeem has with the company and also how they are leaders in bringing p...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click their name and it will take you straight to their website. Join me for a fun conversation with Superintendent of Cranbourne Golf Club, Nico Douglas. Earlier this year Nico was appointed as Superintendent at Cranbourne which is his first post in such a role! Working throughout his career on courses of the famed Melbo...

Keeper Of The Greens is proudly brought to you by Colin Campbell Chemicals . Click their name and it will take you straight to their website. I'm so excited to fire Keeper Of The Greens back up with a new interview and some new questions for Steve's Super Seven! This time I head to the Australian capital city of Canberra in the A.C.T. and catch up with Superintendent Simon Snedden of Gold Creek Co...

The Board Room is brought to you by The Social Media Birdie . If you want the best team who understands the golf landscape like no other to work with your business, then you need The Social Media Birdie. The second segment of The Board Room sees me joined by Simon Putral, Greens Director of Ashgrove Golf Club in Brisbane's western suburbs. Ashgrove Golf Club is one of many golf clubs devastated by...

Back to back segments of The Design Brief sees me this time catch up with The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast resident Golf Course Architect Harley Kruse from Kruse Golf. I wanted to get an update of the work Harley has been up to and also some new projects he's soon to be working on. The main point of this conversation however was to discuss working with golf courses on relatively small parcels of la...

This segment of the Design Brief sees me catch up with Ted Stirling, a former golf professional and golf course architect. Growing up on Melbourne's famed Sandbelt and playing regularly on the best courses is Australia, Ted has had a long career in golf. A founding member of The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects, Ted has been involved in almost every aspect of the game. From competing i...

This episode I take some time to catch up with Nathan Bradbery of Golf Spectrum. Nathan has been in the golf greenkeeping/construction industry for most of his life and worked on some pretty amazing projects in Australia with some great architects. I wanted to talk to Nathan about his background before Golf Spectrum including some great travel experiences working on courses in the USA, and also ju...

With so much news happening on golf courses around Australia, Walking The Fairways is back again.  The rain has cleared (for now) and it's time to let you know just how big this recent rain event was when it comes to golf courses. I have done a lot of research and hope to give you a detailed account of the extent of what has happened.  But it's not all about the rain. There's been work g...

In the wake of the devastating floods that have ravaged large parts of Australia's East Coast, I wanted to give you an idea of just what might be involved to get the course repaired and back open by your local golf club that has been damaged. In this episode of The Greenkeepers Shed I wanted to take some time to let you know just how golf courses will try and rebuild after such an event and how mu...