by Steve Smith
The podcast to listen to if you want to know everything there is about Australian golf courses, greenkeeping and architecture so you can get more out of your game!
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April 20, 2025
<p>Rob Collins and King Collins Dormer are fast becoming well known throughout the United States of America, thanks in part to their design of cult hero golf course at Sweetens Cove Golf Club in Tennessee, and their big, bold, home run hitting design of the golf course at Landmand Golf Club in Nebraska, both under the former guise as King Collins. Apart from these special two designs, a number of other new golf course designs coming soon in the USA, and the addition of Trevor Dormer, thus becoming King Collins Dormer, they have something very new on their horizon. Their first new 18 hole course design outside the USA. And it will be at one of Australia's most talked about golf course destinations, 7 Mile Beach! Yes, with the 1st 18 hole course designed by Clayton DeVries Pont (CDP) soon to be open for play, King Collins Dormer are champing at the bit and ready to begin the design and construction of their addition, to not only this incredible golf site, but the Australian golf landscape!</p><p><br></p><p>Recorded during US Masters week, Rob Collins and I discuss his background to give the wider Australian audience a better understanding of just who both he and King Collins Dormer are. Oh yeah, and as it turns out, there's the uncanny prophetic skills of Rob picking the Masters winner after just 1 round! Rob takes us through his career in golf course design and we ride the wave of emotions that he has experienced to get to where he is today beginning with his first golf course baby - Sweetens Cove. From Sweetens to Landmand, and the small public 9 hole golf course redesign of Overton Park in the middle, would prove significant to the public's understanding of what the formerly known King Collins design team was capable of. Their fun, engaging, interesting and considerably entertaining designs had them standing out of the crowd. Enter the not yet open, 7 Mile Beach golf complex, the vision of Australian professional golfer and now golf course developer Mat Goggin, and the world has the ingredients for something truly sensational.</p><p><br></p><p>For all the fans out there of Australian golf courses and Rob Collins, this is one conversation you don't want to miss out on. Join me for some fun and insight with Rob as I get my fan-girling on and he butters us up to get even more excited about 7 Mile Beach in Hobart, Tasmania!</p><p><br></p><p>You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegolfinggreenkeeper/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper - Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegolfgreenkeeper/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheGolfingGreenkeeperTV" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p>People and places mentioned in this podcast:</p><p><a href="https://www.kcdgolf.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">King Collins Dormer</a></p><p><a href="https://7milegolf.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">7 Mile Beach</a></p><p><a href="https://sweetenscovegolfclub.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Sweetens Cove Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://www.landmandgc.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Landmand Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://www.overtonpark9.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Overton Park Golf Course</a></p><p><a href="https://8amgolf.com/pages/bounty-club" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bounty Club</a></p><p><a href="https://21golfclub.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">21 Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Hills_Golf_Club" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Sand Hills Golf Club - Wiki</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pinehurst.com/golf/courses/no-2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Pinehurst No.2</a></p><p><a href="https://standrews.com/golf/courses/old-course" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">St Andrews Links - The Old Course</a></p><p><a href="https://royaldornoch.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Royal Dornoch Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://www.royalcountydown.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Royal Country Down Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-84-the-board-room-mat-goggin-7-mile-beach-golf-course/id1511508487?i=1000627616528" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">EP.84 - The Board Room: Mat Goggin (7 Mile Beach) - Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fS6HDSG2rvuPJdti3Q6hH?si=XFjTNd-GRlqk30HNXVUm5Q" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">EP.84 - The Board Room: Mat Goggin (7 Mile Beach) - Spotify</a></p>
April 14, 2025
<p>Walking the Fairways segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is proudly brought to you by <a href="campbellchemicals.com.au" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Colin Campbell Chemicals</a> www.campbellchemicals.com.au and <a href="dint.com.au" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Dint Golf Solutions</a> www.dint.com.au</p><p><br></p><p>Royal Sydney Golf Club has been through a great deal of hard in the background prior to the commencement of breaking ground by Golf Course Architect Gil Hanse and his team back in 2023. Gil was selected by the club back in 2016 to reimagine the golf course, a club that is one of the oldest in Australia's. </p><p><br></p><p>Soon after the project's announcement, backlash from some members of the local community would ultimately force the project to the Land & Environment Court, which after a number of years, would rule in favour of the golf club.</p><p><br></p><p>Golf Course Superintendent, Adam Marchant, has an insight to the entire project that few others have. He and his team were at the centre of this entire project given that they are the ones who will care for and nurture the new golf course into the future, along with retaining the architectural and environmental integrity of what has been created.</p><p><br></p><p>If you want to know more about the detail of the new course at Royal Sydney Golf Club, then this is the podcast episode for you. Join with me as Adam gives a deep and extensive insight into the entirety of this enormous project from top to bottom and everything in-between, including how greenkeeping and architecture are intertwined to deliver a specific type of golf course. You are in the box seat as Adam describes everything in great detail that not only went into creating this new golf course, but what it will take to maintain it into the future.</p><p><br></p><p>Royal Sydney Golf Club could just be the new definition for golf in Sydney!</p><p><br></p><p>You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegolfinggreenkeeper/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper - Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegolfgreenkeeper/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheGolfingGreenkeeperTV" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper TV - YouTube</a></p><p>Send an email: [email protected]</p><p>People and places mentioned in this podcast:</p><p><a href="https://www.rsgc.com.au/cms/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Royal Sydney Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://www.hansegolfdesign.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Gil Hanse Golf Design</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/krusegolf/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Kruse Golf - Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://eulonga.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Eulonga Quarries</a></p><p><a href="https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/environment-and-sustainability/bushland/biodiversity-in-randwick/eastern-suburbs-banksia-scrub" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub as described by Randwick Council</a></p><p><a href="https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/343091/Eastern-Suburbs-Banksia-Scrub-Rescuing-an-endangered-ecological-community.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub: Rescuing an endangered ecological community - PDF</a></p><p><a href="https://www.hansegolfdesign.com/projects/original-design-projects/ohoopee-match-club/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Ohoopee Match Club</a></p><p><a href="https://www.victoriagolf.com.au/cms/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Victoria Golf Club</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
April 6, 2025
<p>Keeper Of The Greens segment of The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast is brought to you by John Deere Golf. When you work where others play, you need a partner you can trust to keep your course in perfect condition. Find your nearest <a href="https://www.deere.com.au/en/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">John Deere dealer</a> at <a href="http://deere.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">deere.com.au</a></p><p><br></p><p>Jeff Powell is Superintendent of Ballarat Golf Club in regional Victoria. Known as a fantastic regional golf course, it went through a complete redevelopment by Thomson Perrett in the early 2000's. Jeff has been employed at Ballarat for so long that he remembers quite vividly just what is was like maintaining the old golf course prior to the redevelopment. </p><p><br></p><p>The redevelopment of the golf course brought with it numerous challenges that Jeff walks us through and we hear the story in a very frank, honest, and sometimes laughable way.</p><p><br></p><p>Included in Jeff's long career at Ballarat GC, we hear about the climatic challenges of trying to maintain both cool and warm season turf grasses at this unique site. And sometimes that includes snow!</p><p><br></p><p>Join me on yet another sensational ride, this time with Jeff, as we traverse through time at Ballarat GC learning about some long lost maintenance practices and hear about what is involved with delivering a new golf course in regional Victoria, along with a few laughs along the way.</p><p><br></p><p>You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegolfinggreenkeeper/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper - Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegolfgreenkeeper/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Golfing Greenkeeper - Facebook</a></p><p>Send e an email: [email protected]</p><p><br></p><p>People and places mentioned in this podcast:</p><p><a href="https://www.ballaratgolfclub.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Ballarat Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://perrettwebb.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Perrett Webb Golf Course Architects</a></p><p><a href="https://mtxaviergolfandbowls.org.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Mount Xavier Golf and Bowls Club</a></p><p><a href="https://www.midlandsgolfclub.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Midlands Golf Club</a></p><p><a href="https://www.racv.com.au/travel-experiences/resorts/goldfields/golf.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">RACV Goldfields Resort</a></p><p><br></p>
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