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Ready to learn the newest tips to keep your golf course running in top condition? GCI Magazine brings you news and exclusive interviews with the people who know how to build great turf. Subscribe for our regular podcast - and don't forget to visit us at http://www.golfcourseindustry.com for even more great info!
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Episodes
Disease Discussion 27: Lessons from a challenging year
4/16/2026
What made 2025 so trying on the disease front? And what can be done to ensure the same issues don’t arise in 2026? BASF senior technical specialist Dr. Emma Lookabaugh looks back — and ahead. Plus, a few helpful weed control considerations.
Duration:00:29:52
Reel Turf Techs: Chris Minton
4/15/2026
24 elite soccer pitches, plus a 9-hole golf course. Trent learns how workshop manager Chris Minton guides the equipment maintenance efforts for Leicester City F.C.
Duration:00:56:12
Beyond the Page 79: The Dye is cast
4/14/2026
Casa de Campo director of agronomy Damon Di Giorgio and director of golf Robert Birtel share details about the recently wrapped renovation of Teeth of the Dog, plus a trio of friends dial in from the road to the Masters.
Duration:00:58:03
Let Me Know! 1: Paul Hurst
4/7/2026
A new podcast?! You bet! Longtime golf course superintendent (and general manager) Charlie Fultz tees off his entertaining and irreverent new series with industry friend Paul Hurst.
Duration:00:35:58
Wonderful Women of Golf 58: Joselyn Kent returns
4/2/2026
Duke University Golf Course assistant superintendent Joselyn Kent is back — and talking all about how she got through a challenging winter. (Consider this a primer for what will surely be a chilly, icy 2026-27 ahead.)
Duration:00:23:59
Tartan Talks 117: Mark Mungeam
3/31/2026
The demand to play golf is outpacing course supply in many densely populated parts of the country. ASGCA President Mark Mungeam explores the conundrum and other big-picture industry topics in an episode recorded at the 2026 New England Regional Turfgrass Conference & Show.
Duration:00:28:43
Reel Turf Techs: TJ Vollmar
3/18/2026
Perhaps no equipment manager on the planet oversees an operation at a scale like the one TJ Vollmar experiences daily. He opens up to Trent about working at Desert Mountain Club and why he moved his family from its Southwest Florida roots across the country for the opportunity.
Duration:01:05:21
Talking Turf Weeds 17: Waking up your course after winter with Yusif Jaouni and Matt Herrmann
3/17/2026
After months of temperature swings and, in some spots, record snowfall, winter finally seems to be yielding to spring. What should you be doing to prep turf for success this season?
Duration:00:31:40
Beyond the Page 78: Labor solutions, AI talk and mayhem
3/13/2026
Welcome to the Audio Magazine Era of BTP: The debut of 3 Minutes of Mayhem columnist Ryan McClannon, the USGA's Greenkeeper Apprentice Program opens its fourth year and a new AI tool enters the golf industry.
Duration:01:05:05
Wonderful Women of Golf 57: Shania Lancour
3/5/2026
Sand Valley equipment technician Shania Lancour followed her father, who worked on the agronomy team, to the Wisconsin resort when she was just 14 years old. She's a little older these days and firmly entrenched in the shop.
Duration:00:26:29
Tartan Talks 116: Doug Smith
2/24/2026
Helping improve golf courses in the morning. Coaching an NCAA Division I golf team in the afternoons and evenings. Doug Smith describes balancing varied roles in the game and offers ideas for making modern practice areas work in compact spaces.
Duration:00:40:07
Reel Turf Techs: Louis Weems
2/18/2026
The transition from tractors to reel mowers, relief grinding, bass fishing and autonomous equipment. Trent covers plenty of topics with Bellerive (Missouri) Country Club equipment Louis Weems.
Duration:00:45:24
Beyond the Page 77: Sixty-five minutes of mayhem with Ryan McClannon
2/12/2026
The Birkdale Golf Club superintendent (and Golf Course Industry audio columnist) joins the podcast to talk about his new job, first-full-season goals, his evolving approach to hiring, how he’s using some fun new tech, his favorite Bill Murray movies, and more.
Duration:01:10:27
Wonderful Women 56: Grace Allen
2/5/2026
The up-and-coming turf pro started her career whacking weeds in wet shoes. Now she's a second assistant at a California destination.
Duration:00:30:04
Tartan Talks 115: Chris Wilczynski
1/28/2026
We meander around homes and surge past misconceptions involving residential golf course design in a philosophical and practical discussion with Chris Wilczynski about executing new projects where homes border golf holes.
Duration:00:46:25
Reel Turf Techs: Bruce Alexander
1/21/2026
Industry veteran Bruce Alexander of Ransomes Jacobsen joins Trent for a comprehensive conversation spanning two continents about equipment, cutting units and other technical topics.
Duration:01:31:11
Beyond the Page 76: Life saver
1/13/2026
Judd Spicer was attending a zoysiagrass presentation when he saw a man collapse, die and be brought back to life. He recounts that near-fatal day on the property. Plus, longtime Firestone director Larry Napora looks back on nearly 60 years in the industry.
Duration:00:51:17
Wonderful Women of Golf 55: Jill Seymour returns
1/1/2026
New Jersey superintendent Jill Seymour tees off the sixth season of Wonderful Women of Golf with a recap of her week volunteering at the Ryder Cup, what it takes to host a First Tee event, and more.
Duration:00:26:45
Tartan Talks 114: Ty Butler
12/30/2025
Working along the shores of a lake providing drinking water for a major city provides tremendous opportunity — and brings tremendous responsibility. Ty Butler describes the methodology behind a Texas-sized course revival.
Duration:00:50:46
Talking Turf Weeds 16: Catching up and planning ahead with Yusif Jaouni
12/22/2025
The new year is fast approaching. What might be in store in 2026? New Corteva turf and ornamental market development specialist Yusif Jaouni turns ahead a few pages on the calendar.
Duration:00:28:31