025 - Bledge talks to Lee and Sami Strutt
There are few couples out there who have contributed more to the greenkeeping industry than Lee and Sami Strutt. Lee, a previous guest on this pod, is the Director of Agronomy at Cabot Cape Breton. ...
20 Jan 202457min
024 - Bledge and Phil Helmn on Managing Teams in Greenkeeping
While Sam has been locked away in a dark room trying to finish Volume 2 of his upcoming book series, Bledge sat down with old friend Phil Helmn to discuss his enormous passion for managing teams in th...
15 Jan 202443min
023 - Badgers are Back - Part 2
The second half of our Season 2 kick off. Bledge and Sam discuss the Bernhard Academy, upcoming trips to BTME in Harrogate and GCSAA in Phoenix as well as take a few questions sent in to the studio....
21 Dec 20231h 13min
022 - Season 2 - Badgers are back!
Badgers - welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of the podcast. James Bledge (Links Manager, Royal Liverpool Golf Club) and Sam Cooper (Architect, Clayton, DeVries & Pont) are back home on the Wirr...
11 Dec 20231h 2min
021 - Open Championship Question Special
Hello Badgers, Today is 'thank a greenkeeper day'. What better way to mark the occasion than to release our Open question special. A few weeks ago, Bledge and I asked for your questions on the champ...
12 Sep 20231h 5min
020 - Open Debrief - Bledge and Sam have a quick catch up on the Monday after The Open
Welcome to this quick catch up episode, recorded on top of the tallest grandstand at Hoylake. The rain of Sunday has disappeared, replaced with a beautiful sunset. But there is a bit of wind in the ba...
26 Juli 202324min
019 - Bledge and Sam discuss Open preparation, Bunkabins, the Open Support team and what they've both been up to
The Open Championship is less than 2 weeks away now, and Bledge and Sam discuss what they've been up to and what preparations Bledge has been making.Hope you enjoy! And if you want to catch up on the ...
11 Juli 20231h 2min
018 - From Corporate World to Golf Travel - David Jones (UKGolfGuy) and his unconventional journey into golf. Plus golf course rankings, lessons for green fee setters and a changing travel landscape
Sam sits down in a busy Loch Lomond restaurant to speak to David Jones, better known as the UK Golf Guy. David's journey into golf is truly unconventional. From a highly successful corporate backgro...
12 Juni 20231h 3min
