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 you do know playing at your local golf course. I hope you enjoy this one and it helps you...

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. He's also had that outlook and drive when it comes to his greenkeeping career! Growing up in...

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 with me for this one and I look forward to hearing from you to discuss some points or give me your...

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 a load of experience from working on numerous high profile golf courses on the east coast of...

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, not just their products. He also shares how passionate he is for furthering the knowledge within...

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 for five years and has put his stamp on something very special indeed. Kalgoorlie is an extreme...

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 thought provoking points in golf tournament news that I want you to think about. You hit 'em...

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 particular products and technology to the Australian market. Come and have a laugh with Nadeem and I...

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 Melbourne Sandbelt, Nico has some great experience prior to taking up this current position. Name...

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 Country Club. Growing up in regional NSW, Simon had a talent for rugby league and was quickly...

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 the recent floods of Eastern Australia and I really wanted to bring you the real story and...

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 land. We discuss some of the challenges architects and clubs face when going through a redesign...

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 in tournaments and teaching the game, to designing golf courses, building golf courses and owning...

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 just what type of work is involved being a golf course shaper and construction company. Nathan...

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 going on in Western Australia , Victoria and there's some news coming out of the A.C.T. There's also some...

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 much work is required. Please know that it's an extremely difficult time for so many people right...

It's time to take in some news about what's happening on golf courses around the country and I also give an update of some Aussie golf tournaments that have been televised recently. There's also some news of architecture appointments and time for a chat about my recent mini golf experience. If you want to stay up to date and excited about which golf courses are improving and who is doing what from across the country then right here is where you'll get all your information. Come along for the...

It's time I caught up with friends of the podcast Loch & Leesh from Finding Fairways for a good old fashioned yarn about their trip driving around the enormous island of Australia playing golf! You might recall I chatted to Loch & Leesh back in EP.21 as they had just embarked on their 5 month trip around Australia in a campervan playing golf just about anywhere they could find a course. Well this time post trip, they recount their adventure upon returning home to Sydney and take us...

Keeper Of The Greens is brought to you by Australian Turf Analysis - Aerial Technology for Sports Turf Management.  Mention the Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast to receive a 10% discount on your very first service. This episode is going to BLOW.......YOUR.......MIND!! I make my way virtually of course to the Sunshine Coast of the Sunshine state, being Queensland, into Noosa Golf Club where I catch up with Superintendent Mick Pascoe.  From humble beginnings growing up on the Gold Coast, this...

Time to introduce a new segment to the podcast and what better way to do it than with my podcast partner Australian Turf Analysis. The idea behind this segment is to talk about some of the new technology available to the greenkeeping industry to help maintain golf courses. You've probably already heard the ads on my podcast as part of our partnership but this time i get to dive deep with John Legge the man behind Australian Turf Analysis. We discuss just how this new drone technology works...

This segment of Walking The Fairways sees some news coming from Melbourne's famed Sandbelt along with a new mini golf course designed by an Australian golf course architecture firm. We venture to some courses mentioned for the first time in Walking The Fairways from Queensland and Western Australia and there's also some room for a new course announcement coming out of South Australia. Come for a insightful walk as I help you stay up to date and excited about what's happening to golf courses...

Keeper Of The Greens is brought to you by Australian Turf Analysis - Aerial Technology for Sports Turf Management.  Mention the Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast to receive a 10% discount on your very first service. I head down to the famous golf region of the Melbourne Sandbelt and into the newly redesigned Sandy Golf Links where I talk to Superintendent Geraldine O'Callaghan. One of very few female greenkeepers in Australia, Gerri talks about her background as an all round sports fan and her...

The very first Walking The Fairways news segment for 2022 and wow isn't there plenty to talk about this time including a number of courses I haven't mentioned before and the recently played Australian PGA & WPGA from Royal Queensland. Come along for an enjoyable walk as we traverse the country together. Please don't forget to like, share, subscribe and as always i do appreciate you listening. You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

Keeper Of The Greens is brought to you by Australian Turf Analysis - Aerial Technology for Sports Turf Management.  Mention the Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast to receive a 10% discount on your very first service. This episode sees me return into NSW, to a region i love being the Central West and a town that is home to The Dish! Yes that's right I'm catching up with Superintendent of Parkes Golf Club, Logan Booby. Logan is a young man with a background in turf but not golf. He has worked under...

Welcome to 2022 and I kick off the New Year with a brand new segment called The Board Room. The idea behind this segment is to give you an insight into the people who are the decision makers at golf clubs and golf courses. I want you to also get an understanding of who they are and how that sets down a path for the future of the courses and clubs they are behind.  In this episode I chat with Susan Pace, General Manager and Owner of Tallwoods Country Club. We discuss what a baptism of fire...