041 - Part 2 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? - Sean McClean
Last week we heard from Royal Birkdale's Course Manager Sean McClean. This week he's back to talk in some detail over the course changes that many of us watched develop over social media. It was an ...
29 Okt 202455min
040 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? Part 1 of 2 with Sean McClean
Guest from episode 6 of this podcast (December 2022!) joins us again to discuss first his preparation for Royal Birkdale's Open Championship in 2026, but also the extraordinary suite of changes to the...
16 Okt 20241h 10min
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 Juli 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 Maj 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 Maj 20241h 12min
