039 - Pinehurst #2 - Working on a US Open course set up with Graeme Roberts (Part 2)
Our loyal Badgers, you might have wondered where the promised second half of Episode 36 ended up. After a few weeks on the road, travelling up to the Arctic Circle in our camper van, I must admit t...
26 Sep 202445min
038 - North & back again (or maybe not) - Bledge and Sam discuss an ambitious trip to the Arctic Circle and whether Sam might now have to live in Sweden.
I think most of you are aware that over the past 3 weeks I (Sam Cooper) have been on a trip in my campervan to the Arctic. You'll remember the previous episode with Jerry Mulvihill about Lofoten Links...
4 Sep 202453min
037 - Jerry Mulvihill of Lofoten Links - Arctic Special
Badgers, It's been a little while since our last conversation, but I've been a bit preoccupied. I think most of you will be aware that poor Producer Harriet has been persuaded to go on another adventu...
28 Aug 20241h 2min
036 - From Pinehurst to Hayling, and back again - Part 1. Graeme Roberts on managing a links in a changing climate
We are delighted to welcome Graeme back to the podcast for the third time. We discuss the challenges he faces with the weather at Hayling Golf Club and the trade-off between meeting membership expecta...
1 Jul 202451min
035 - Badger & Badger - some of our favourite things, from the trivial to the essential
Bledge and I do tend to agree on things. So much so one of you guys asked us to put it to the test. In reality, we tend to bicker and disagree on many things. But both value an other perspective an...
12 Mai 20241h 32min
034 - Greenkeeping for Dummies - the right way (and wrong way) to get quicker greens...
Bledge and I started this podcast to whitter away about not much in particular, meet some interesting folk, and share the odd bit of insight into the greenkeeping and architecture that underpins Briti...
2 Mai 20241h 12min
033 - Jim Price - Contracts Director at MJ Abbott
A few weeks ago, Bledge and I were lucky enough to sit down with Jim Price of MJ Abbott. Jim will be well known to anyone who has completed an irrigation project in recent years - and offers a great...
24 Apr 202442min
032 - How a Course Manager and Architect first approach a golf course...
Welcome back, Badgers. This week is the first of our new style of podcast. Most importantly this week, Bledge pays tribute to friend to many in the greenkeeping industry in Bobby McDougall. A poi...
10 Apr 20241h
