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The Women in Turf Program is supported by John Deere in collaboration with Envu and the Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA). A key part of the program sees a group of selected volunteer female greenkeepers from right across Australia assist the course maintenance team of Cobram Barooga Golf Club preparing their golf course for the Webex Players Series Murray River tournament.

Working with John Deere, I was given the opportunity to chat with each of the volunteers to get an insight into their greenkeeping careers understanding just what they enjoy about their chosen career, what it's like working and preparing a golf course for a tournament for the first time and what they are getting out of being part of this fantastic industry supported program. I also speak with Cobram Barooga Golf Club Superintendent Terry Vogel and CEO Bobby Brooks about what it means to have this program involved at their club.

Join me as we hear the enthusiasm from an energetic group of young female greenkeepers as they experience something new in a part of the country that they've not experienced before.

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Women in turf Program

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Webex Players Series Murray River

Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA)

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club

Kooringal Golf Club

Charlestown Golf Club

Green by Nature

Next Gen Jobs

Maroondah City Council

City of Stirling

Thanks to The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects, The Design Brief is back!

Richard Chamberlain may not be a household name in Australian golf course architecture. As you'll soon hear, Richard is however extremely well experienced and has worked with some of those household golf course architecture names.

From an early career in cartography Richard was soon to make a change into golf course architecture, probably in a way you won't see coming. Once in the game, with a couple of Australia's well known names such as Graham Marsh and Ross Watson, Richard was soon finding his was in the earliest days of CAD for golf course design and construction.

Fast forward through some rewarding, and at times, tumultuous years, Richard is now well into his very own career as a golf course architect. As you'll hear, he is working on a number of golf course projects around Australia. One corner of his business that he has carved out in the industry himself, is that of mini golf course design. Different to the image that you conjure in your mind at the moment you first hear about mini golf, golf clubs and other golf facilities are seeing enormous benefits to adding mini golf to their established golf offerings.

Join Richard and I as we theoretically travel the country discussing old golf course design and construction, new golf course design and construction, mini golf, short par 4's, and the odd beer story all in the name of learning more and gaining an insight into the mind of a golf course architect.

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Richard Chamberlain Golf Design - website

Richard Chamberlain Email - richard@rgcd.com.au

Richard Chamberlain Phone - 0409 899 007

Graham Marsh - Planet Golf website

Ross Watson - Planet Golf website

Magenta Shores Golf Club

Kooindah Waters Golf Club

Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club

Karratha Country Club

Royal Hobart Golf Club

Ocean Shores Country Club

Wembley Golf Course

Royal Fremantle Golf Club

Palm Meadows Golf Course

Meadowbrook Golf Club

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Bankstown Golf Club

Toowoomba Golf Club

The Society of Australian Golf Course Architects (SAGCA)

In news on Walking the Fairways I let you know about a $300M golf and surf resort coming to the Gold Coast, Rowan Daymond - Superintendent of The Grange GC in Adelaide drops in for a chat about preparing the course for LIV Golf Adelaide, Yowani Golf Club in Canberra gets a mention as their new layout design by Ben Davey from Contour Golf is growing in nicely, Mt Lawley Golf Club in Perth is soon to open their full course greens replacement program designed by OCM, and Nigel Taylor swings by to give us the details of his extreme challenge to raise awareness for mental health in the greenkeeping industry.

You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!

If any of the discussions in this podcast raised concerns with your mental health you can contact:

Lifeline (Australia): 13 11 14 or visit www.lifeline.org.au

Beyond Blue (Australia): 1300 224 636 or visit www.beyondblue.org.au

MensLine Australia: 1300 789 978 or visit mensline.org.au

People and places mentioned in this podcast:

Palm Valley Gold Coast

Yowani Golf Club

Contour Golf

Federal Golf Club

Shoalhaven Heads Golf Club

Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Latrobe Golf Club

OCM Design

Huntingdale Golf Club

Riversdale Golf Club

Glenelg Golf Club

The Grange Golf Club

LIV Golf Adelaide

Nedlands Golf Club

Seaview Golf Club

Mt Lawley Golf Club

Nigel Taylor (Instagram)