The Talking Greenkeeper

Walker Simas is the Co-host of The Tie Podcast, which is a golf related podcast that connects people through our common interest in the game we all adore...golf! To learn more about Walker & The Tie Podcast please visit: https://www.thetiepodcast.com To listen to The Tie Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tie-podcast/id1583596139?i=1000653504807 https://open.spotify.com/show/4i9rDCipFbPjX8j4Lw5uId?si=0194ec3cafd94ad0 Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Jams! https://music.apple.com/us/album/foam/1718231752?i=1718232029 https://open.spotify.com/track/4lfuRRTLD4UFkSVVArVVaK?si=180b658cf1c34b08

Alan FitzGerald, Master Greenkeeper & CGCS is back to tell me about his recent move to become the new superintendent at Rehoboth Country Club. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.dryject.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com https://music.apple.com/us/album/life-on-mars/1039798000?i=1039798013 https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZE3wv8V3w2T2f7nOCjV0N?si=fe51f4d06eba4bed

Chris Haspell is the owner and operator of Chris Haspell & Associates, a turfgrass consulting firm that specializes in golf course construction, design & project management. To learn more about Chris and his company please visit his website: https://www.chrishaspell.com Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com https://music.apple.com/us/album/reptilia/302987557?i=302987569 https://open.spotify.com/track/57Xjny5yNzAcsxnusKmAfA?si=93f59249525149b8

Jason Haines, Links Manager of the Links Course at Cabot Cape Breton is back to discuss, ideas, his growth ratio calculator, interns, the USGA's GS3 device and his recent trip to Scotland. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.dryject.com Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com https://music.apple.com/us/album/route-2015-remastered/1050409948?i=1050409952 https://open.spotify.com/track/0Pzer2C8rRJfOsVn4A4MK7?si=21bf1e0aa56a4efb

Chuck Barber, GCS at St. Charles Country Club, which is located just outside of Chicago, Illinois is back for his second stint as a guest and we discuss all the latest that is happening in greenkeeping for the game we all adore. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.dryject.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://music.apple.com/us/album/songs-that-she-sang-in-the-shower/644761037?i=644761345 https://open.spotify.com/track/5MLFtxZQxdEBxeksmbE5xz?si=c3a849a685004dc9

Christine Fraser, Golf Course Architect, is back for her second stint on the podcast and she helps us to better undertand Master Plans, how swing speeds relate to playing the correct tees, the three priciples of golf course design (penal, heroic & strategic) and does a fourth principle need to be added? To learn more about Christine and the architectural services she provides please visit her website: https://www.christinefraserdesign.com/about Thanks to our sponosrs! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com https://open.spotify.com/track/1xJlwqb7EwCkNTnBrjQPql?si=8a98a7bef8f548d5 https://music.apple.com/us/album/hungersite-live/1687734187?i=1687734436

Sam Schmidt, owner and operator of Above Par Tech, joins me to discuss how his company, Above Par Tech, provides turf tailored GPS sprayers for the golf course industry that help greenkeepers apply products with improved precision. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ https://www.abovepartech.com Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-wooden-song/724506140?i=724506255 https://open.spotify.com/track/3j2lwmlUNp1JuUtlxzwA89?si=57d3ce0cd3ce4153

Daniel Palin is the Golf Course Superintendent at the Cattails at MeadowView located in Kingston, Tennessee. On this episode, Daniel explains switching to MLSN as his main approach to soil nutrition, managing both cool season and warm season grasses, and how he ended up moving from Australia to work in America. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com https://music.apple.com/us/album/smoko/1488092301?i=1488092304 https://open.spotify.com/track/5nw2rQXAjfpZNaMzAJ8qTX?si=c8b822d721c14aca

On this episode, listeners submitted questions through voicemail & social media DM's which I answered to the best of my ability. Thanks to everyone who submitted a question! Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.dryject.com https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email Questions & Inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Steve McDonald, turfgrass consultant and owner and operator of Turfgrass Disease Solutions joins me in the comfortable confines of the killer brick rancher to discuss all things greenkeepeing! To learn more about Steve and the services he offers please visit: https://www.turfgrassdiseasesolutions.com Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.dryject.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Tim Zurybida is the Director of Agronomy for The National Links Trust who manage the public golf courses located in Washington DC. Tim is also heavily involved with the Super Scratch Foundation, which raises money for those interesnted in pursuing a higher education in turfgrass management. To learn more about Tim and the National Links Trust please visit: https://www.nationallinkstrust.org To learn more about The Super Scratch Foundation, please visit: https://www.superscratchfoundation.org/invitational Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.abovepartech.com https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/

Matt Shaffer, past Golf Course Superintendent of Merion Golf Club joins me to discuss his "minimalist" approach to greenkeeping for the game we all adore. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.dryject.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Clay Payne is the Golf Course Superintnendnet at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course, located in the southwest corner of Kansas in the town of Garden CIty. On this episode, Clay explains the unique renovation he and his staff, along with volunteers from the community have accomplished over the past five seasons. To learn more about Clay & Buffalo Dunes Golf Course please visit: https://buffalodunes.org Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Josh Lewis is a partner with the Gradoville & Hertzing Agronomic Consulting Group and is currently the project manager on the Jay Blasi redesign & rebuild of the Golden Gate Park Golf Course. To learn more about Josh & his consulting service please visit: https://www.ghmanagementgroup.com Thanks to our sponsor! https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Due to a miscommunication with a booked guest, who wasn't able to make it, I went solo and broke down two "chapter factor" moments in my career that changed my approach to the time honored profession of greenkeeping for the game we all adore. Plus....I am joined by a special surprise guest at the end of the episode. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions and inquiries to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com A link to my blog! http://www.thewalkinggreenkeeper.com

Micah Woods joins me for our annual holiday special where we discuss stimpmeters, bobble tests, OM246, the grammar of greenkeeping and other topics related and not related to the time honored profession of greenkeeping for the game we all adore. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/index.php/gku/ To learn more about Micah Woods, smash these links! https://www.asianturfgrass.com https://doublecut.asianturfgrass.com https://office-hours.asianturfgrass.com https://www.paceturf.org https://www.micahwoods.com To purchase, "A Short Grammar of Greenkeeping" please visit: https://leanpub.com/short_grammar_of_greenkeeping Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Carl Johnson is a shaper who has helped build golf courses all over the world since 1988. Carl also was a leading participant during the construction of the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort and worked with every architect who designed a course on that property. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ To learn more about Greenkeeper University, please visit: https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/index.php/gku/ Email questions & inquires to:thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Scott McElroy is a professor and researcher at Auburn University who specializes in weed science for turfgrass management. Scott also is the owner of Scotsman Turf Robotics which intalls custom robotic mowers at golf courses, athletic fields, residential homes, and commercial properties. To learn more about Scotsman Turf Robotics please visit their website: https://scotsmanturfrobotics.com Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

John Kaminski PhD who is the Associate Head of the Department of Plant Science and Director of the Golf Course Turfgrass Program at Penn State University joins me to discuss OM246 & how OpenAI/ChatGPT is helping the turfgrass industry. Thanks to our sponsors! https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com

Scott Bordner is the Director of Agronomy for the Union League portfolio of golf courses which include Union League National, Torresdale & Liberty Hill. To learn more about Scott and the Union League courses please visit: https://www.unionleague.org Thanks to our sponsors: https://www.rightlineusa.com https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/marketing/ Email questions & inquires to: thetalkinggreenkeeper@gmail.com