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Live from Leadership ONE: Superintendent Craig Hockenberry


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Superintendent Transitions with Kayla Solinsky


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Superintendent Transitions with Kayla Solinsky
Kayla Solinsky
Superintendent Transitions Podcast is a weekly education podcast dedicated to empowering superintendents and education leadership with up to date advice, educational technology trends, legislation. Each week, Kayla Solinsky will interview virtual education leaders, creative thinkers, and experts in a way that will get you thinking about how to improve your own district.
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Superintendent Radio Network


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Off the Course 29: Chad Allen
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Chad Allen is the *new* superintendent at The Club at Chatham Hills, but that promotion is one of just three turf fantasies come to life discussed in this episode. Chad also details a great start to the year that has included a multi-day trip to a top-100 facility and a weeklong volunteer run he calls Turfheads Fantasy Camp.…
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Disease Discussion: Where almost any disease can be a concern
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Steven Ball is the director of agronomy at Ballyhack. The course his team maintains is in Virginia, where the weather can be erratic. Steven describes how his team produces high-quality bentgrass playing surfaces at a fabulous club in his home state.โดย GCI Staff
Trent spends some time with Shelby DuBois of the Talisker Club, a unique Utah track situated at 7,000 feet elevation.โดย GCI Staff
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Beyond the Page 31: Two acres is enough
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How did Mendham Golf and Tennis Club manage to turn two acres near the maintenance facility into a truly unique short course? Superintendent Chris Boyle shares his story.โดย GCI Staff
Bradley S. Klein, Ph.D., returns to the podcast to discuss the beloved outgoing superintendent at his local municipal course, the incoming successor, and the *magic* that municipal superintendents seem to manage every season.โดย GCI Staff
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Wonderful Women of Golf 11: Nichole Parker
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Nichole Parker shifted gears early in her school from nursing to agronomy. Evidenced by her run at Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto and recent move to Cabot Cape Breton, it was a good move.โดย GCI Staff
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Greens with Envy 40: Rustic settings
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A delectable short course in rural Virginia. A soothing championship course in rural South Carolina. We visit a pair of courses that blend marvelously with their rustic surroundings.โดย GCI Staff
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Tartan Talks 70: Kevin Atkinson
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Views, sketches, short courses and mentors. We visit with a Rocky Mountain-based golf architect to get his perspective on the industry.โดย GCI Staff
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Reel Turf Techs: Chad Braun
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Now in his second year of the podcast(?!), Trent talks with Chad Braun of Town & Country Club, a Minnesota institution established in 1888 that was among the first 25 USGA member clubs.โดย GCI Staff
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Off the Course 28: Ron and Don Wenzel
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After more than six decades in carpentry, 84-year-old identical twins Ron and Don Wenzel are finally retired ... and working on the maintenance crew at Oneka Ridge Golf Course in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. What do they think of turf life? What do the two trades have in common? And how long can they keep going?…
Lee Carr steps into the studio to discuss her three-story environmental cover package (happy early Earth Day!), her first visit to Augusta National, and more. Plus, some poetry.โดย GCI Staff
Wendy O'Brien is the superintendent at Jurmala Golf Club and Hotel, one of just two 18-hole facilities in all of Latvia. How did she wind up there?โดย GCI Staff
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Greens with Envy 39: History, history, history
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From Chicago to New England, Guy visits a few courses with extensive histories, inspiring superintendents and promising futures. Matt interjects some Chicago and New England trivia along the way.โดย GCI Staff
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Tartan Talks 69: Chris Wilczynski and Todd Quitno
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Bunker renovations, restorations, enhancements, improvements. Whatever you want to call them, there’s plenty to consider. We turn to a pair of architects who work with a variety of facilities for bunker-related answers.โดย GCI Staff
For the last four years, Paul Sermersheim has been the superintendent at Danville Country Club in Illinois — the same course where he started his turf career in the 1980s. But for more than 25 years, he volunteered in Panama and Mexico, worked for Habitat for Humanity, and so much more. His is an incredible story.…
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Reel Turf Techs: Brandon Hoag
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Trent celebrates the one-year anniversary of his podcast by chatting with Glens Falls (New York) Country Club equipment manager Brandon Hoag about the transition from the fabrication business to the turf industry, the outdoors and cat psychics.โดย GCI Staff
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Beyond the Page 28: Golf is ...
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America's Greenkeeper Matthew Wharton dials in to discuss what golf means to him — and why the game contains multitudes and can mean so many different things to so many different people.โดย GCI Staff
Guy recaps a week in Las Vegas and Mesquite, Nevada — highlighting some great people, explaining why new courses might be a thing of the past, the perilous future of water, and more.โดย GCI Staff
During 13 years in the turf industry, Lauren Lasocha has traveled from her home in Vancouver, to Australia, back to Vancouver, to Massachusetts, and now to Bel-Air Country Club, where she is the senior agronomist.โดย GCI Staff
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Tartan Talks No. 68: Stephen Kay
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Jim Boeheim, Herbert Warren Wind, Lady Bird Johnson, tree removal and golf course restorations all get discussed in the same podcast.โดย GCI Staff
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Off the Course 26: Chris Michaelson
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Chris Michaelson of Oneka Ridge Golf Course in Minnesota is an enthusiastic enough outdoorsman to make his own arrows — and, soon, his own bows. What are the meditative overlaps between bows, arrows and agronomy?โดย GCI Staff
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Reel Turf Techs: Gary Bogdanski
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More than three decades at the same job … and still relishing every minute of it. Gary Bogdanski tells Trent why working at The Sharon Golf Club is an equipment technician’s dream. Plus, plenty of sage advice from somebody who is always willing to help others.โดย GCI Staff
Matt goes show-hopping in sunny places and Guy just sits back and listens to what Matt learned and experienced.โดย GCI Staff
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Beyond the Page 27: Nice to meet you, Gen Z
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Our February cover package includes three stories about how Gen Z workers can help the industry — and already are helping us. Matt Gourlay of Colbert Hills discusses the turf pro perspective, and Brentsville District High School seniors Barrett Butler and Franco Allegro provide a student update.โดย GCI Staff
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Wonderful Women of Golf No. 8: Madison Rudsinski
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Just 21 years old, Madison Rudsinski is the assistant superintendent at Paradise Valley Country Club outside Phoenix. Her path to that position has been less than traditional.โดย GCI Staff
Tripp and Bill join us from the road. Tom joins us from an office receiving an abundance of phone calls. Three architects describe how they are handling the frenzy of design and construction activity. They also help you prepare for when your bosses tell you it’s time to pursue big work.โดย GCI Staff
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Off the Course 25: Leah Withrow
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Reno Aces head groundskeeper Leah Withrow takes some time after the SFMA Conference and Exhibition in Savannah to talk about her cap collection, her shop cat, and how she uses TikTok to shine a light on the field and recruit for her crew.โดย GCI Staff
The debut episode of Reel Turf Techs on Superintendent Radio Network features Trent’s terrific conversation with Buckinghamshire Golf Club equipment technician James Wilkinson. The pair also offers practical guidance for enhancing the relationship between equipment technicians and equipment operators.…
Guy recaps his last trip of 2021 — a holiday trek through Arizona with stops at a couple courses along the way — and previews (at least the start of) 2022 with Matt.โดย GCI Staff
New year, same great Beyond the Page: Matt LaWell welcomes Guy Cipriano to talk about the Numbers to Know survey and Tim Moraghan drops by to discuss how golf can sustain the boom.โดย GCI Staff
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Wonderful Women of Golf No. 7: Karen Stupples
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Former LPGA player, Golf Channel analyst and superintendent admirer Karen Stupples talks about how to talk turf on a televised golf broadcast.โดย GCI Staff
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More Than Turf 4: Diving into business and leadership with Henry DeLozier
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Game Plan columnist Henry DeLozier helps us wrap up the first season of More Than Turf with a fantastic conversation about how superintendents and other turf pros can improve their leadership skills.โดย GCI Staff
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Tartan Talks 66: Marion Hollins and her impact
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Jan Bel Jan and Forrest Richardson put the life, career and work of Marion Hollins into context as the golf development pioneer approaches an overdue and posthumous induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.โดย GCI Staff
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Beyond the Page 25: Tim’s candid thoughts on 2021
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Tim Moraghan recaps 2021 in a way only he can and offers his perspective on how the golf surge of the past two years is impacting those who work in the industry.โดย GCI Staff
A short course with a big history. Inspiration in Lake Charles. Fun visits in the Big Easy. Guy and Matt continue their miniseries about golf in the Deep South. Plus, a ‘guest listener’ makes Guy issue an apology to Matt.โดย GCI Staff
Matt and Guy are reunited in the studio after Guy’s journey to Mississippi and Louisiana. We “ring in” a two-part episode about the trip by discussing the courses, people and growing environments in southern Mississippi.โดย GCI Staff
For more than a decade, Jessica Lenihan was a unique figure in the turf industry: an assistant superintendent with no desire to take on a head superintendent’s role.โดย GCI Staff
We move soundwaves with somebody who has effectively moved dirt in southern New Jersey and numerous other places across the world.โดย GCI Staff
A happy birthday to Steve Whitaker, who has lived a life ... from music producer, to firefighter, to assistant superintendent at WildeWood Club in South Carolina. He also has the nicest lawn in the neighborhood.โดย GCI Staff
With the Carolinas GCSA Conference and Show quite literally in their rearview mirror, Matt and Guy discuss golf courses of varying length — championship, nine holes, par 3 ... and miniature.โดย GCI Staff
After a packed week in Myrtle Beach, Guy and Matt give America’s Greenkeeper Matthew Wharton a recap call on the daylong drive back to Ohio.โดย GCI Staff
Matt recaps another Student Turf Bowl win for Horry Georgetown and Guy just talks and talks with everybody. (Also, Andrew makes a rare appearance.)โดย GCI Staff
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Carolinas GCSA Conference and Show, Day 1
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Guy and Matt recap a full day of golf in Myrtle Beach, with some ambient booth construction noise in the background, in 10 minutes flat. Come see us at Booth 516.โดย GCI Staff
BASF senior technical specialist Kyle Miller helps us understand when snow mold should be on your mind and how to effectively control it.โดย GCI Staff
Owner Greg McKush and architect Paul Miller join the podcast to discuss their extensive renovation of Montgomery National GC in Minnesota, and America's Greenkeeper Matthew Wharton turns his eyes to the new look of a beloved old favorite.โดย GCI Staff
Trey Kemp (@TreyKempGCA) is a Texan who achieved a big career goal earlier this year by being elected to join the American Society of Golf Course Architects. He describes what happens when a bunch of golf course architects get in the same room and how somebody who learned the game on a 9-hole course has seen and improved a bunch of courses in his n…
What a year for Kel Rensel, who has gone from *not* working games for the Single-A Great Lakes Loons thanks to the pandemic shutting down Minor League Baseball, to keeping the field in shape for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons and the Major League Toronto Blue Jays this season. He talks about that, and also about his lifelong love of Marvel.…
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Greens with Envy 32: Steel City Swing
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Guy returns from a hometown trip through Pittsburgh and visits to Bob O'Connor GC at Schenley Park, Chartiers CC and Sewickley Heights GC, plus he recaps a few days at the ASGCA Annual Meeting in Cleveland and he and Matt discuss the value of promoting yourself and your work.โดย GCI Staff
An accomplished player, LeeAnn Lewis has qualified for 19 USGA championships. She is also the former greens chair and current president of Southward Ho Country Club, an A.W. Tillinghast design on Long Island.โดย GCI Staff
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Beyond the Page 23: Reverse! Reverse!
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Jack Gleckler calls up Kyle Macdonald and Rob Falconer — who handle Bobby Jones Golf Course outside Atlanta and The Loop at Forest Dunes in Northern Michigan, respectively — to learn more about how to take care of reversible golf courses.โดย GCI Staff