The Talking Greenkeeper

Andrew Dooley, GCS at The Union League Torresdale course joins me to discuss their newly constructed short course called The Landing.  Andrew breaks down why they used Tahoma 31, a cold tolerant Bermuda grass variety on their fairways and tees, and how they went about establishing bermuda as a playing surface. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/crumble/1481888764?i=1481888766 https://open.spotify.com/track/3Wr6nJVfrxS165lPFhw4OT?si=852e28c62c19449d

John Mcloughlin, Golf Course Manager at Wallasey Golf Club, located on the wirral of England, joins me to discuss differneces in the UK & American approach to greenkeeping, team building and managing fine turf on a classic links layout. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com https://oceanorganics.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/girl/1441164359?i=1441164634 https://open.spotify.com/track/6tQvjqDIK9GXWIC6mejms8?si=99866193438c4ea6

Sean Tonner, GCS at Neskowin Beach Golf Course, located on the central coast of Oregon joins me to discuss how he manages his course, which is located in a tidal plain and floods during the winter. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams https://music.apple.com/us/album/outfit/1436925743?i=1436925751 https://open.spotify.com/track/2nes7xBxT8C2ol7lthypyF?si=a1e7731f40f042fa

Andrew Dalton, GCS at Atlas Valley Golf Club, located in scenic Grand Blanc, Michigan joins me to discuss bringing back a fallow golf course to life, aeration and Poa Cure! Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://oceanorganics.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/state-of-grace/1675492666?i=1675492674 https://open.spotify.com/track/39Fhb8akepBuRqDuNfGAex?si=ef2f88fdec594182

Charles Granger, Professor of Golf Course Management & Jim Huntoon, Associate Professor of Golf Course Management at Horry Georgetown Technical College, located in beautiful Conway, South Carolina join me to discuss their program & teaching styles to ensure their students are successful in managing turfgrass for the game we adore!  To learn more about Horry Georgetown Technical College's Turfgrass Management Program please visit: https://www.hgtc.edu/academics/academic-departments/engineering-technologies-sports-turf-management/golf-sports-turf-management.html Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/only-shallow/288277647?i=288277654 https://open.spotify.com/track/52UcjsM15hjCQAUbTW2hy1?si=d2795c48aace4ea5

Chris Tritabaugh, GCS at Hazeltine National joins me to discuss preparing for tournamanet play, managing assistants, the new short course at Hazeltine, and recommendations on greenkeeping work wear. Thanks to our sponsors! https://oceanorganics.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/songs-that-she-sang-in-the-shower/644761037?i=644761345 https://open.spotify.com/track/5MLFtxZQxdEBxeksmbE5xz?si=86ce9505f7f44623

Paul B. Latshaw, Director of Golf Course Operations at the legendary Merion Golf Club joins me to discuss the root zone mix they used on putting surfaces during their recent renovation, and the influence his father had on him as a greenkeeper. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://oceanorganics.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/death-dont-have-no-mercy-live-at-the-fillmore-west/1228310072?i=1228311142 https://open.spotify.com/track/11rZZo6i4X0rzaypfo59jp?si=40bf5fdf77204269

Roch Gaussoin Phd, Faculty Professor at The University of Nebraska for their Agronomy & Horticulture School joins me to discuss his work on the influence of organic material on putting green performance. Roch encourages you to donate to the Victims of Hurricane Helene.  To do so, please hit this link: https://www.redcross.org/donate/dr/hurricane-helene.html/?cid=fy25hurhelene&med=cpc&source=google&scode=RSG00000E017&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD0HxsDCsON5QY1L4KapCLf84rLCi&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu-63BhC9ARIsAMMTLXQJb-mNsuEkFQWBBgI66in1v7aPdGgAQTjMsfAXDlbeUBx_ssTRtlcaAnrKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://oceanorganics.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/atlantic-city/185798980?i=185799101 https://open.spotify.com/track/1Vp8U39YNsDfd6yVuaUq12?si=e10f1b18880a422c

James Hempfling PhD, who is part of the Greens Solutions Team at Envu Turf as their Technical Services Manager, joins me to discuss his research on anthracnose and how to comabt this critical turfgrass pest. To learn more about James and the products Envu has to offer please visit: https://www.us.envu.com/turf-and-ornamentals-management Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://oceanorganics.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/shady-grove/15751074?i=15751035 https://open.spotify.com/track/4Br87hfDhwArVu2yIWx2W4?si=8ed20b22c8fe4181

Tyler Bloom, founder and owner of Tyler Bloom Consulting joins me to discuss his process of hiring superintendents.  We also discuss the "crisis" surrounding the lack of Assistant Superintendents & Equipment Manager candidates, and how his consulting firm is helping to ease this particular situation.  To learn more about Tyler & Tyler Bloom Consulting please visit: https://tylerbloomconsulting.com Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.dryject.com https://oceanorganics.com Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/truth-hits-everybody-remastered/1440797181?i=1440797987 https://open.spotify.com/track/4pLhVO0JuMiFDSJYDiGP7S?si=fc2837abb3a6489b

Mark McGreevy, returns to discuss his duo role as the General Manager & Golf Course Superintendent of Wyncote Golf Club, located in beautiful Oxford, Pennsylvania. Thannks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.abovepartech.com https://oceanorganics.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/fight-fire-with-fire/579148345?i=579149034 https://open.spotify.com/track/0WSRrGVg1gO33MKIBPgBV2?si=41537242c9ff4660

Thomas Bastis, Competition Agronomist for the PGA Tour, joins me to discuss his recent trip to Le Golf National for the 2024 Olympic golf event.  We also talk about the GS3, a golf ball engineered by the USGA to measure putting surface speed, firmenss, smoothness & trueness, and how it's changing industry thinking when it comes to putting surface performance and management. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://oceanorganics.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/meet-me-at-the-creek/1285696865?i=1285698079 https://open.spotify.com/track/3OQMICEnoXIsMD4jYtOC7F?si=3461367bdfd04728

Joe Wachter, GCS joins me to discuss his illustrious career in greenkeeping for the game we all adore, and his final season at Glen Echo Country Club, arguably the Show Me State's finest golf course. Thanks to our sponsors! https://oceanorganics.com https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.dryject.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/stop-me-if-you-think-youve-heard-this-one-before/799980711?i=799980763 https://open.spotify.com/track/2JN57QFclho4vExKPq6OYg?si=4c1ee6626473493c

Dan Francis, GCS at Losantiville Country Club, joins me to talk about his epic, "Tweet the Ugly" post, and what it's like to manage turfgrass for the game of golf, in his hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/ready-steady-go/1631046054?i=1631046059 https://open.spotify.com/track/0iWYn1WluRvVSstCWTfyUb?si=21ad6bdd48384088

Rich Buckley is the Director of the Plant Diagnostic Lab at Rutgers University.  Rich joins me to discuss, "How he became a Deadhead" in my new series, "They're a Band Beyond Description" where people explain how they became fans of The Grateful Dead.   Along with loving The Grateful Dead, Rich loves dead grass.  If you killed grass this summer, feel free to send Rich a sample.  To send Rich a sample please visit: https://njaes.rutgers.edu/personnel/individual/795 Thanks! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams!!!!! https://music.apple.com/us/album/mississippi-half-step-uptown-toodleoo-live-in-englishtown/308714960?i=308715026 https://open.spotify.com/track/55A7jJDPQQbodlqOvjAzSS?si=4b8a05fb71724277 Buckley's pick! Hartford Civic Center 10/14/1983

Rick Slattery, retired Golf Course Superintendent, joins me to discuss his life after greenkeeping and hosting 19 LPGA tour events at Locust Hill Country Club, located in Monroe County, New York. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.dryject.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-tip-from-you-to-me/1624743251?i=1624743257 https://open.spotify.com/track/26YYcaZm37TALSISgpqdO2?si=85705f17f90c422d

Ross Burgess, GCS at Waynesville Inn & Golf Club, located between the scenic Blue Ridge & Smokey Mountain in North Carolina, joins me to discuss his first season as a supeintendent after trasnitioning from being an assistasnt at Union League National. Thanks to our sponosrs! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/cumberland-blues-lyceum-london-england-5-26-1972/1001272416?i=1001272633 https://open.spotify.com/track/1u1Alw1XJfvdkNEFXoaW5e?si=91e04c9795a54738

Dan Dinelli, Golf Course Superintendent at North Shore Country Club joins me to discuss sheer strength and his unique approach to managing organic material in sand based root zones. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.dryject.com https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/impossible-germany/926190297?i=926190302 https://open.spotify.com/track/6L0BBPYeWnaQJeDa0ox0IA?si=6320c22642ae4933

My good friend, and entomologist extraordinaire, Ben McGraw PhD joins me to explain how he got into Phish & being an Generation X parent. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.dryject.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/divided-sky/999197620? i=999197643https://open.spotify.com/track/1YweITZFzb11ItDYHqIG7F?si=d706edfeb6534dfd

Doug Soldat PhD, Soil Extension Specialist at The University of Wisconsin is back to discuss biostimulants, new school root zone mixes, topdressing & global warming! Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams!!!!! https://music.apple.com/us/album/jumping-someone-elses-train/286659190?i=286659246 https://open.spotify.com/track/3Tjkh6zFgjb2StmUdfi1VI?si=7f52959048e54ca5