Turf Talk

Mike Rollins (x/mikerollinsSIP) joins us to talk some cutting units, Cutline is King remember, but mostly talk about the industry.

So something that routinely happens on Turf Talk, someone joins the space and we start great conversations. Adam Garr (@coursecares) opened his mic and he started talking with us about labor issues, recruiting and unique ways of promoting your club.

Nathan Whitaker (x/@NathanWhitaker) #1 New York Times bestselling author, International speaker, Previously NFL Exec (Bucs & Jags), Super Bowl Champ (Bucs) joins us and talks with us about leadership.

Marc LeBlanc (x/@markcleblanc) the senior engineer and project manager at FireFly Automatix (x/@FireFlyAuto) joins us and discusses their autonomous fairway mower and the technology they are developing to enhance their products.

Pat Jones (@patjonestweets/x, patjonesflagstick.com) joins us on a Old School talk. Touch on some US Womens Open stuff and whatever else crosses our minds.

If you've never joined into a live Turf Talk this is what your missing. This is a recorded session where we had peers who participated in National Golf Day up in Washington DC join us, Recapped the PGA Championship with a few guys that had boots on the ground there, and just talked shop like we do almost every week on our X Space. Thanks to all of those joined us that night gave some input.

Our talk with Ryan Bjorn (@RyanJBjorn/X) he is the Field Superintendent at Gillette Stadium and training facilities for NE Patriots/Revolution in Foxboro, Massachusetts. He talks about managing sports turf both real and artificial and also the invasion of the Swifties for a multi day event.

We're joined by Scott McElroy (@malherbologist/X) who is a professor at Auburn University but also getting in to the autonomous mower world. He has some interesting research ongoing with them and also so insights into the future of them.

We talked with Trent about the mechanic side of the industry and how he got to where he is today.

John Ballard of Valhalla Golf Club joins us and talks about his career and preparing for the 2024 PGA Championship. Also covers his team at Valhalla and how the new ownership is pushing the club to another level.

Andres Castellanos- GM/Owner- The Shores of North River Golf Club in Stuart Florida joins us to talk about golf course ownership and everything involved in the process of buying and running a golf course.

Paul Hurst (@greenspro/X) joined us to talk about the sales side of the business, his background in the turf industry and also about his online videos that are always great to watch and participate in.

Avid golfer Bryan Tweed (@bryantweed16 on X) talks with us about the courses he's played and courses he'd like to play. And of course as always with us recording this live, we have a something out of our control happen.

Heres our talk with @turfmonkeyboy John Reilly of Longboat Key Club in Florida. We talk about data collection, how they use it, and how we can use data better.

Bjarni Hannesson is a golf course superintendent in Iceland. We talk about working there and things nature throws at him in that country that most people in the world don't have to deal with.

Once we got past the technical difficulties, Ty and Rob talk with Carlos about his journey, the GM/superintendent/team relationships, and he drops some "Truth Serum" on us in the process.

E1- Thomas Bastis- Ty Robb and Rob Uzar along with Todd Lowe, interview Thomas Bastis about his professional past and how he became an Agronomist on the PGA Tour. This interview was recorded live on X and others not credited took place in conversations.