About the show
We're on a golfing quest of sorts, looking to increase our golfing I.Q.'s in the process. Our aim is to speak to expert guests at the intersection of golf design and construction, green keeping and history…...to name but a few topics.
This podcast is not about us, it's about the guests, what they know and how that can influence the sustainable future of the game of golf that we all cherish.
Suspend what you know about the game of golf for a moment and join us on this journey, we promise great guests, different takes and a few laughs along the way.
Many thanks for considering us for a listen!
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Episodes
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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.
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Episode 10: Michael Goldstein - PureGolf2010 in Retrospective
April 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 23 mins
cape kidnappers, golfing around the world, jamie patton, michael goldstein, puregolf2010
Throughout 2010 Michael Goldstein and Jamie Patton travelled around the world playing golf every day for 365 days. Their adventure started and finished at Cape Kidnappers in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand - along the way they circumnavigated New Zealand, travelled across Australia and the USA, around Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England - dipped into France, Belgium, the Netherlands and UAE before a triumphant return to their homeland.
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Episode 9: Sandy Jamieson - founder of 1Club - on simplifying the entry pathway for new golfers
April 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 19 mins
1club.golf, oakleigh golf, sandbelt golf, sandy jamieson
Sandy Jamieson from 1club.golf joins us to give us the lowdown on a simple and compelling approach to creating new pathways in golf. The 1Club approach is easy, fun, affordable, inclusive and after 15 minutes of an introduction....course based.
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Episode 8: Jasper Miners from Evalu18.com
March 31st, 2022 | 2 hrs 7 mins
golden age, golf architecture, golf history
Jasper Miners from Evalu18.com joins us today to conduct a whistle stop tour through the first golden age of golf course architecture - how this period and its' protagonists transformed the penal Victorian school of architecture that characterised the first inland courses. We look at the importance of Low, Patton, Colt and Simpson and how they built a profession on the shoulders of the giants - Robertson, Morris, Taylor and Braid.
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Episode 7: Roger McStravick - From Feathery to Forge - the evolution of golf in Scotland and beyond
March 25th, 2022 | 1 hr 43 mins
golf, golf history, the home of golf
In this episode we explore some of the history of the modern game of golf, how through a modicum of good fortune, leadership and a supporting cast of extraordinary golfers, St Andrews became the home of golf. Its' influence then spread far and wide in developing the game of golf around the world.
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Episode 6: Richard Pennell - Greenkeeping 101
March 18th, 2022 | 2 hrs 9 mins
educatipn, golf expert, golf irrigation, great golf, pitchmark repair
Better known for his recent alter ego @pitchmarks on twitter, Mr. Richard Pennell has many strings to his bow. A writer, golfer, green keeper, managing secretary and golf weirdo (my words to be clear)..... Richard is a font of knowledge on all things golfing.... tune in if you are a golfer that wantsto learn some more about green keeping, agronomy and more
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Episode 5: St Patrick's Links at Rosapenna Golf Resort with Frank, Clyde & Ally
March 11th, 2022 | 1 hr 32 mins
donegal golf, golf, irish golf, love donegal, world class
This is the story of St. Patrick's Links at Rosapenna Golf Resort. We take a look at its development with two of the lead protagonists and delve deeply into the design and build process that has delivered golfing heaven in spades.
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Episode 4: Bradley S Klein
March 5th, 2022 | 2 hrs 16 mins
golf, golf course architecture, golf history
In this episode we are joined by Bradley Klein - caddy, writer, rater and golf course consultant for an informative and entertaining conversation on Donald Ross, Bull Shit Detectors, Architect Selection, Master Planning, Template Holes and Old Mac, Course Rating and much more.
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Episode 3: Mat Goggin - The Story of 7 Mile Beach, Hobart, Tasmania
February 25th, 2022 | 1 hr 50 mins
australian golf, cdp golf, hobart, mat goggin, mike clayton, mike devries, visit tasmania, worldclass
Mat Goggin joins us from Charlotte, NC to discuss how he turned a childhood dream of a golf course on a spit of land 10 minutes from Hobart Airport into a reality. The CDP team are assiduously roughing in golf holes as we speak as the bones of a potential world class golf course emerges from a sandy canvas that appears to be perfect for golf.
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Episode 2: Mike Clayton
February 18th, 2022 | 2 hrs 11 mins
7 mile beach golf, alistair mackenzie, barnbougle dunes, golf course architecture, melbourne sandbelt, mike clayton golf
Mike Clayton joins us from Hobart where he is hard at work at the construction site that is the 7 Mile Beach Golf project. ln this episode we take a trip down memory lane from Eastern GC by way of the European Tour, playing with Seve and Nick and the timelessness of the Melbourne Sandbelt.
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Episode 1: Ally McIntosh - Golf Course Architecture 101
February 8th, 2022 | 1 hr 22 mins
ally mcintosh, design/build, golf course design
An introduction to golf design with our friend and recurring contributor Ally McIntosh