The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast
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The podcast to listen to if you want to know everything there is about Australian golf courses, greenkeeping and architecture so you can get more out of your game!
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Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearest John Deere dealer at deere.com.auBrett Stuesser is the superintendent of Bannockburn Golf Club. Bannockburn is a regional golf club west of Geelong in Victoria, and a long way from where Brett grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. Yes, that's right, Canada!Growing up in an extremely cold environment and working on golf courses in Canada, as it turns out, is seasonal work. And it wasn't too long before a young Brett travelled to Australia's Gold Coast, far away from the cold environment he was so used to.Working back in Canada for a few more years after visiting Australia, Brett felt maybe Australia was a place to get consistent work on a golf course. And so Melbourne was soon to become his new home.Join Brett and I as we discover his career in greenkeeping that brought him to Australia where he would find his future wife, enjoy a love of travel, knuckle down to become a superintendent, and I also learn a few new words and phrases along the way! Brett is also my first Canadian born guest and this is one awesome yarn!You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!The Golfing Greenkeeper - InstagramThe Golfing Greenkeeper - FacebookThe Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTubeSend me an email to - [email protected]People and places mentioned in this podcast:Bannockburn Golf ClubBoomerang HillsFalcon Lake Golf CourseBridges Golf CourseZamboni Ice Resurfacer - YouTubeSorrento Golf ClubSydney Swans Football ClubEssendon Bombers Football ClubEynesbury Golf ClubStrathallen Golf ClubAxedale Golf ClubPacific Coast DesignLara Golf ClubInverleigh Golf ClubEP.54 Keeper of the Greens - Nico DouglasEP.100 Keeper of the Greens - When the Host Becomes the Guest
Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions and you can check out their website www.dint.com.au.On this segment I detail through the industry award winners from state events in QLD, NSW & VIC with some exciting winners being announced! October 2026 also marks 100 years since Dr. Alister MacKenzie arrived in Melbourne on his famed tour of Australia and Royal Melbourne Golf Club played host this week to a significant celebration.I also have quite a bit of news coming from New Zealand including the new Gibbston Valley Golf Course open for play, Wanaka Golf Club's new spare green, Waikanae Golf Club is powering through their new 9th hole works, and Glendhu Bay Golf Course is getting ever closer to being finished.And of course, I'm still finding some new golf holes with massive elevation drops from tee to green. So much, so that we have a contender for the title on this segment.You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!The Golfing Greenkeeper - InstagramThe Golfing Greenkeeper - FacebookThe Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTubeSend me an email to - [email protected] and places mentioned in this podcast:Dint Golf Solutions - Instagram & FacebookAPACTe Arai LinksWaikanae Golf ClubTataurangi GolfGibbston Valley Golf CourseWanaka Golf ClubGlendhu BayPambula Merimbula Golf ClubThe Lakes Golf ClubEastlake Golf ClubMona Vale Golf ClubCatalina ClubThurgoona Country Club ResortRichmond Golf ClubThe Vintage Golf ClubRich River Golf ClubCamden Golf ClubNewcastle Golf ClubHarrison GolfSanctuary Cove Golf & Country ClubCrafter + Mogford Golf StrategiesBonnie Doon Golf ClubRACV Royal Pines ResortBeenleigh RSL and Golf ClubOxley Golf ClubKeperra Country Golf ClubMaleny Golf ClubRoyal Queensland Golf ClubSorrento Golf ClubBarwon Heads Golf ClubYarrambat Park Golf CourseNeangar Park Golf ClubKingston Heath Golf ClubDan Soutar - WikiEP.166 Keeper of the Greens - Anita MitchellEP.70 Keeper of the Greens - Pat WilsonEP.171 Keeper of the Greens - Darcy JonesEP.192 Keeper of the Greens - Hayden MeadEP.185 Royal Melbourne - Behind the Scenes of the Men's Australian Open
The Design Brief segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by McMahons. Check out their website to get a better understanding of their suite of services and outstanding portfolio of golf course construction and other sports turf work at www.mcmahons.net.auJustin Trott is a name you may not be familiar with. But after this podcast episode you may well be asking, how did I not know?!Justin grew up in a small regional township just outside Melbourne and was keen golfer. It was a very good round of golf and chance meeting with Ross Perrett as a kid that set a path for Justin's future to becoming a golf course architect. That chance meeting soon gave way to Justin doing work experience with Ross which then would see Justin's career begin at the same time as the boom of golf in Australia during the late 80's and early 90's working ultimately in the design house of the well known Thomson Wolveridge Perrett of the time.Fast forward to today after being involved with numerous projects in many different capacities such as The National Golf Club, Moonah Links, Hamilton Island Golf Club, Cape Wickham, and most recently, The Cliffs Kangaroo Island, and Justin has now amassed a long, established, and fruitful career as a golf course architect, often without public recognition.Join me on this incredible journey as Justin takes us through some of his biggest career moments, including a few stories about the late Peter Thomson, and a look into the future of golf course architecture in Australia as President of the Society of Australian Golf Course Architects.You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!The Golfing Greenkeeper - InstagramThe Golfing Greenkeeper - FacebookThe Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTubeSend me an email to - [email protected] and places mentioned in this podcast:Justin Trott - SAGCA ProfileIngham Golf Club - FacebookMcLeod Country Golf ClubRichard Chamberlain - SAGCA ProfileShelly Beach Golf ClubPerrett WebbIndooroopilly Golf ClubNewcastle Golf ClubHarrison GolfThe Cliffs Kangaroo IslandManly Golf ClubLinks Hope IslandSandhurst ClubRoyal Portrush Golf ClubBrora Golf ClubThe National Golf ClubKew Golf ClubRACV Cape Schanck Golf CourseRoss Perrett - SAGCA ProfileLakeside Golf Club CamdenSanctuary Lakes Golf ClubTed Parslow - SAGCA ProfileBrett Mogg - SAGCA ProfileShanghai Yintao Golf Club - The Golf AsiaMoonah Links - Open CourseCommonwealth Golf ClubHuntingdale Golf ClubRoyal Melbourne Golf ClubKingston Heath Golf ClubDan Soutar - WikiVictoria Golf ClubHamilton Island Golf ClubKeith Williams - WikiLindsay Calvert - SAGCA ProfileCape Wickham Golf LinksKingscote Golf Club - FacebookSAGCA Golf Architecture MagazineLovedale Farm Golf CourseDarius OliverPeter Thomson - WikiSt Andrews Beach Golf CourseThe Blues Brothers - WikiSociety of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA)Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA)Golf Management Association (GMA)EP.149 Keeper of the Greens - Dion CopeEP.198 The Design Brief - Harley KruseEP.210 The Design Brief - Paul MogfordEP.63 Keeper of the Greens - Brad HoleEP.170 The Board Room - Sam AtkinsEP.106 The Design Brief - Richard ChamberlainEP.187 The Design Brief - Scott Champion
Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearest John Deere dealer at deere.com.auRichard Flesser is the superintendent of the Jack Nicklaus signature designed Lakelands Golf Club on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He might be leading the team maintaining this well known course right now, but his career began far from the highs of such a facility.Growing up as a Gold Coast boy, Richard wasn't one of those kids who was always chasing golf. Whilst he began mowing lawns at an early age, his father was a butcher by trade, and Richard went about earning money trying his hand at a number of different jobs.When he did get an opportunity to work on a golf course, it wasn't the glamourous well known tracks of the Gold Coast we hear about today, but it was a start nevertheless! From here he would go on to help build a number of the most well known golf courses of the Gold Coast through the boom years of golf in the 1990's before settling into a career greenkeeping groove at Royal Pines and then Lakelands Golf Club itself.Join Richard and I as he takes us on a nostalgic trip through the years of golf on the Gold Coast and hearing about the rise in his career along with the rise of golf on the Gold Coast, learning and experiencing some of the highest level of maintenance and presentation of any golf course working under some of the country's best greenkeepers.You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!The Golfing Greenkeeper - InstagramThe Golfing Greenkeeper - FacebookThe Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTubeSend me an email to - [email protected]People and places mentioned in this podcast:Lakelands Golf ClubTeven Golf ClubSurfers Paradise Golf ClubEmerald Lakes Golf ClubSanctuary Cove Golf and Country ClubPalm Meadows Golf CourseRACV Royal Pines Golf CourseLong Reef Golf ClubMacquarie Links Golf ClubSave North Lakes Golf CourseHarbour Town Golf LinksKooralbyn Valley Golf CourseThe Glades Golf ClubEP.209 Keeper of the Greens - Glenn BeauclercEP.200 Celebrating 200 EpisodesEP.154 Keeper of the Greens - Scott ArmstrongEP.135 Steve's Random Special Guests - Mike O'Keeffe
Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by Dint Golf Solutions and you can check out their website www.dint.com.au.On Walking the Fairways, the news segment of the podcast, I continue the search for the golf hole across Australia and New Zealand with the highest elevation drop from tee to green. I have a few new contenders in this segment and we have discovered a new clubhouse leader!I also have news coming from Western Australia with the recent hosting of the WA PGA in Kalgoorlie Golf Course and the up coming WA Open at Secret Harbour Golf Links. There's updated news of a new architect involved at the soon to commence Lovedale Farm project in the NSW Hunter Valley, some info of new upgrades to The Coast Golf Club in Sydney, a rebrand of what was Ocean Dunes on King Island in Tasmania, some cryptic clues about Royal Queensland Golf Club's new short course, some public chatter about the idea of a possible new golf course near the Kurnell sand dunes. And on top of all that, I'm joined once again by Dave Meadows, Course Foreman of Royal Adelaide Golf Club, but this time for a post trip update of his Smoke & Soul Project feeding the disadvantaged and homeless across Australia's east coast.You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!The Golfing Greenkeeper - InstagramThe Golfing Greenkeeper - FacebookThe Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTubeSend me an email to - [email protected] and places mentioned in this podcast:Dint Golf Solutions - Instagram & FacebookDave Meadows Smoke and Soul Project WebsiteDave Meadows BBQ - YouTube - Unforgettable Stories in Broken HillDave Meadows Smoke and Soul Podcast - SpotifyDave Meadows BBQ - YouTubeDave Meadows Smoke and Soul Project - Go Fund MeDave Meadows BBQ - FacebookDave Meadows BBQ - InstgramEllerston GolfClub TareeMark Panopoulos - InstagramWarburton Golf ClubKalgoorlie Golf CourseSecret Harbour Golf LinksWillunga Golf CourseKooyonga Golf ClubRoyal Adelaide Golf ClubLovedale Farm Golf CourseThe Vintage Golf ClubDarius OliverJustin Trott - SAGCA ProfileThe National Golf ClubMoonah LinksSandhurst ClubHamilton Island Golf ClubCape Wickham Golf LinksThe Cliffs Kangaroo IslandThe Coast Golf ClubSt. Michael's Golf ClubNSW Golf ClubRandwick Golf ClubHolt EstateCronulla Golf ClubWoolooware Golf ClubKing LinksRoyal Queensland Golf ClubOCM DesignThe National Golf Club - Long Island Golf CourseEP.185 Royal Melbourne - Behind the Scenes of the Men's Australian Open
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