George Waters
Special guest
George Waters is the current head of Education for the USGA Greens Section. In a former life he has held green keeping positions at St George's Golf & Country Club on Long Island, Royal Dornoch in Scotland and Merrion in Pennsylvania.
George has also worked as a design/build associate for some of the luminaries of golf architecture including Renaissance Design, Coore and Crenshaw and Kyle Phillips. He has been exposed to projects at locations such as Barnbougle Dunes, Rock Creek Cattle Company, Rosapenna Golf Resort, Pasatiempo, Pinehurst #2 and the California Club in San Francisco.
The breadth of experience that George has attained through his years in golf is truly mesmerising. We are very glad that he has agreed to join us on the show.
George Waters has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Episode 30: Dutch Golf Series #1 - An Introduction
September 18th, 2023 | 44 mins 12 secs
frank pont, george waters, golf in the netherlands, jasper miners, mike clayton
And now for something completely different! A podcast series inspired by a golf trip to the Netherlands in June 2023.
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Episode 11: George Waters - USGA Green Section Education Manager
May 10th, 2022 | 2 hrs 17 mins
golf course design, golf course maintenance, sand and golf, sustainability
George Waters has worn many caps throughout his career - green keeper, contractor, design/builder, course architect, course photographer, writer and educator. He joins us today to take a look at the intersection between golf course design and greenkeeping and what are some of the challenges that golfers would be wise to be more conscious about.