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    Tartan Talks 107: Jason Straka

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 43:32


    Being selected to design a new course represents a joyous occasion for a golf course architect. Once the euphoria subsides, an arduous process commences. Jason Straka offers insight into everything involved with designing a new course.

    Reel Turf Techs: Tyler Miget

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 61:57


    Thinking like a coach and adapting to a new job. Trent discusses shop tactics and life philosophies with Colorado equipment manager Tyler Miget.

    Reel Turf Techs: Tyler Miget

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 61:57


    Thinking like a coach and adapting to a new job. Trent discusses shop tactics and life philosophies with Colorado equipment manager Tyler Miget.

    Beyond the Page 67: Exploring Scotland

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 50:12


    Golf Therapy columnist Bradley S. Klein is at work on a new golf course — and he recently traveled to Scotland to visit seven courses for research. We talk about what he's looking for, how to plan a golf trip, and more.

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    There's a spray for thatch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 30:54


    Dr. Phil Dwyer joins Superintendent Radio Network to discuss a less invasive way of handling an issue that might be impacting your course's playing surfaces.

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    Leading in any field

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 38:12


    With many courses set to receive their seasonal student workers, Tallmadge (Ohio) High School principal Mark Horner shares advice on creating a positive workplace on the golf course, in the clubhouse and everywhere in between.

    Wonderful Women of Golf 47: Andi Young returns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 25:34


    More education. More responsibility. More tournament experience. A lot has changed for the TPC San Antonio assistant superintendent since she last appeared on the podcast — and more change is in her future.

    Tartan Talks: 106: Jeff Lawrence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 46:14


    Don't believe working as a golf course architect requires an abundance of left and right brain tendencies? Jeff Lawrence's perspective might change your perspective.

    Smart Greens Episode 1: Welcome to the digital agronomy era

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 56:34


    So much technology entering the golf maintenance market. So many questions. Syngenta Digital Platforms marketing manager Scott White is our first guest on a new podcast series exploring emerging tools designed to elevate operations and course conditions.

    Greens with Envy 66: A Southern spring road trip

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 51:26


    Three days, three courses, three very different experiences: We recap our recent sojourn south for a First Green educational event, a practice day at the Masters, and an all-encompassing construction project outside Charlotte.

    The Fittest Podcast in Turf: Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 36:57


    Plant Fitness vice president of technology Steve Loveday joins Guy Cipriano in studio to debut a new podcast series focusing on boosting turfgrass performance and personal wellness.

    Reel Turf Techs: David Gummo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 59:56


    Trent and Long Island equipment manager David Gummo, CTEM, engage in a conversation with a powerful message extending well beyond what happens around a golf course.

    Golf Construction Conversations: Stephen Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 39:26


    Season No. 2 of the most tactical podcast in the golf industry begins with a thorough lesson from somebody who relishes improving the game's playing fields: The Club at Wynstone superintendent of grounds & greens Stephen Hope.

    Beyond the Page 66: Keep looking up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 69:34


    No one blends golf and weather better than legendary meteorologist Herb Stevens — from his 1980s run on the then-nascent Weather Channel to his work today with Flash Weather AI. Listen in as he looks ahead to 2025 summer weather, predicting lightning strikes, and more.

    Wonderful Women of Golf 46: Heather Schapals returns

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 27:45


    New year, new course, new challenges for Heather Schapals, who recently moved from Southern California to Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a superintendent position at The Club at Las Campanas. She discusses the differences between working at sea level and 7,000 feet, acclimating to a new crew, and more.

    Talking Turf Weeds 13: Talking seasonal change with Heidi Burgess and Paul Marquardt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 41:26


    Temperatures are warming up and spring is finally starting to arrive in full force. What do you need to know to keep your turf healthy as the seasons change? A pair of agronomic experts weigh in.

    Beyond the Page 65: New faces on the back page

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 46:16


    Dave Delsandro and Jeff Corcoran are well known within the golf course maintenance world, but they are still new in the magazine — just three columns into their back-page run. How do they translate their philosophy into 700 words every month?

    Tartan Talks 105: Nathan Crace and Todd Quitno

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 49:41


    One lives in Mississippi. The other lives in the Chicago suburbs. Nathan Crace and Todd Quitno reveal how they became fast friends who are now collaborating on multiple projects.

    Disease Discussion 24: Let the turf talk to you

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 19:07


    A LOT happens on golf courses once spring commences. BASF senior technical specialist Kyle Miller offers essential guidance to point your disease control program in a solid direction.

    Reel Turf Techs: Carl Michael

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 41:39


    Carl Michael's family owns a Pennsylvania golf course. So, how did Michael land in Florida as the equipment manager at The Concession Golf Club? He opens up to Trent about his lifetime around the industry.

    Wonderful Women of Golf 45: Alexa Moncada

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 27:05


    Alexa Moncada dreams about — and is working toward — a career in golf course architecture. After internships at Pinehursts in both Colorado and North Carolina and at Spanish Bay, and with encouragement from Tom Doak and Angela Moser, she's well on her way.

    Tartan Talks 104: Alex Hay

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 47:53


    Golf is still primarily an outdoor game. Alex Hay loves the outdoors. We learn about his transition from the United Kingdom to North America — and how he's making golf a better game amid beautiful surroundings.

    Reel Turf Techs: Anthony D'Onofrio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 57:20


    Anthony D'Onofrio initially pursued a legal career. He's now the equipment manager at a venerable British Columbia club. He describes how he found a golf career fit. He also chats with Trent about the difference between an equipment manager and equipment technician.

    Beyond the Page 64: To infinity and beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 34:51


    More than 19 million people played golf last year ... but never stepped foot on a golf course. How can on- and off-course golf work together? And how many of those 19 million might ever move over to play on green grass? Outside the Ropes columnist Tim Moraghan checks in with his unique perspective.

    Wonderful Women of Golf 44: Hannah Orr

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 22:41


    Hannah Orr has worked on both ballfields and golf courses, in a variety of professional positions. Now in her second year as superintendent at Shadow Ridge CC in Omaha, she's all in golf — and leading her team.

    Tartan Talks 103: Logan Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 40:59


    How does an architect fix problem holes? Plus, a nine-phase project. A job as the lead designer for McDonald Design Group satisfies Logan Thompson's vast golf course architecture curiosity.

    Reel Turf Techs: Ron McCall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 60:46


    Ron McCall is an Air Force veteran, golf enthusiast, once owned a landscaping company, entered the golf industry later than almost every one of his peers, maintains equipment at an 81-hole facility, and melds throwback business practices with a penchant to innovate. Trent leans back and intently listens as the Michigan equipment manager reveals lessons from a fascinating life and career.

    Beyond the Page 63: A different approach to labor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 48:34


    Laurelwood Golf Course superintendent Will Benson has taken a different approach to hiring and onboarding new maintenance team members over the last five years — first out of necessity, and now because it works. Plus, Guy Cipriano discusses some key figures from our annual Numbers to Know survey.

    Wonderful Women of Golf 43: Melissa Gugliotti

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 27:30


    Melissa Gugliotti didn't study turf in college and never worked in golf before starting with Syngenta nearly 20 years ago. Her scientific knowledge and decades of early mornings, though, have endeared her to New England turf pros.

    Tartan Talks 102: Chad Goetz

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 40:39


    What's happening at a famous desert venue? How does somebody from the middle of Missouri become a well-traveled golf course architect? How do you design a futuristic course? Nicklaus Design senior design associate Chad Goetz shares experiences from his two-in-a-half decade career.

    Golf Construction Conversations: Reed Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 37:21


    A cool-weather golf facility doesn't get much busier than Cog Hill Golf & Country Club. Director of grounds operations Reed Anderson describes how the suburban Chicago facility renovated bunkers on famed Dubsdread amid sunrise-to-sunset play, outings using four courses and other unique public golf demands.

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas (the turf version audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 3:59


    Lee Carr reads her new Christmas turfgrass poem ... with classical music accompaniment.

    Twas the Night Before Christmas (the turf version audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 3:59


    Lee Carr reads her new Christmas turfgrass poem ... with classical music accompaniment.

    Greens with Envy 65: Carolina on our mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 48:28


    Guy recaps visits to Tobacco Road and Pinehurst Resort, wondering all the while why he doesn't just move to American golf's cradle.

    Reel Turf Techs: Alex Tessman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 47:14


    Trent chats with an equipment manager at a gorgeous golf setting along the Oregon coast. Alex Tessman describes how he landed at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort's highly regarded Sheep Ranch — and why headphones are his favorite job tool.

    Beyond the Page 62: A fond farewell

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 45:28


    After more than six years and 75 columns, America's Greenkeeper Matthew Wharton bids adieu to his monthly column. Plus, Oquirrh Hills superintendent Brian J. Roth recalls his scariest day on a golf course.

    Talking Turf Weeds 12: Talking fungicides with Paul Marquardt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 44:23


    Just about everybody in the industry uses fungicides, and there's always more to learn. Corteva Agriscience turf and ornamental field scientist Paul Marquardt dives into use, rotation, education, and more.

    Disease Discussion 23: Inside the mind of a major manufacturer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 30:31


    BASF senior product manager Jeff Vannoy and turf marketing manager Jan Coetzer review 2024, preview 2025, and dive into turf technology, a new fungicide for fairways and a solution capable of helping superintendents handle an active ingredient restriction.

    Wonderful Women of Golf 42: Renee Schmaltz

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 27:10


    Renee Schmaltz used to play between the pipes during her years as a college hockey goalie. After shifting her athletic focus, she's now the second assistant superintendent at Highlands Golf Club in Alberta, where her young career is at full strength.

    Greens with Envy 64: A week on the Grand Strand

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 53:28


    Ever visit Myrtle Beach for the Carolinas GCSA Conference and Show? If you haven't, you should. If you have, Matt and Guy probably saw you there not too long ago. They recap another great week of golf, mini golf, conversations, catching up and more.

    Tartan Talks 101: Garrett Wasson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 42:04


    Play ball!!! And then design golf courses! Garrett Wasson reveals how he went from being a Division I baseball player to launching a career as a golf course architect. Hint: a very famous and very busy New York layout inspired him.

    Reel Turf Techs: Ben Herberger

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 58:01


    What is the price of being happy? Trent and Shooting Star (Wyoming) Golf Club equipment manager Ben Herberger engage in a deep people-focused conversation about working in the golf industry.

    Beyond the Page 61: An apprenticeship roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 57:41


    What's the deal with apprenticeship programs in the golf course maintenance industry? Dig into some questions and get some answers from workforce leader Tyler Bloom, Paul Koch of UW-Madison and the school's TAP, and Carson Letot of the USGA's GAP.

    Wonderful Women of Golf 41: Lara Arias

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 26:06


    Lara Arias hosted three Italian Opens and a Ryder Cup as the superintendent at Marco Simone — the last while she was 32 weeks pregnant. Her days now are a little different as a traveling agronomist and consultant.

    Disease Discussion 22: Building programs for a bouncy golf experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 42:19


    Firm, fun and fast golf in a fabulous setting. Gamble Sands director of agronomy Josh Truan offers insight into giving traveling golfers a memorable experience and describes the philosophies his team adopts to control multiple diseases, including fairy ring.

    Golf Construction Conversations: Pat Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 31:19


    How much planning goes into a major project? How are decisions made regarding materials and supplies? What type of team do you need to get the job done? Kansas City Country Club superintendent Pat Rose provides guidance on handling the big-picture aspects of a renovation.

    Tartan Talks 100: Cynthia Dye McGarey

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 35:00


    The daughter and niece of golf course architects, Cynthia Dye McGarey eventually found her way into the design business. She shares personal and family golf stories.

    Tartan Talks 100: Cynthia Dye McGarey

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024


    Greens with Envy 63: Five states, three editors, one episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024


    Reel Turf Techs: Ryan Deering

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024


    Beyond the Page 60: The state of construction and renovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 40:18


    The last few years have been a boomtime for golf course projects. Landscapes Unlimited chief development officer Jake Riekstins shares his perspective on a golden era for the game and its growth.

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