The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast
Steve Smith
EP.145 Keeper of the Greens - Craig Geeve (Duntryleague Golf Club)
Episode Notes
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Craig Geeve, by his own admission, thinks differently, and in my opinion, is why you're going to absolutely love this chat!
Craig comes from Sydney where he had a love of outdoors and would eventually get into greenkeeping. It was during his greenkeeping apprenticeship that Craig would learn from his early mentor and Superintendent at the time, Peter Watts, how to think more about keeping the greens rather than just going about it as you've been shown.
Craig enjoyed study and found, along with working under some of Sydney's most revered superintendents, that further study could really elevate his knowledge of greenkeeping even more so.
Throughout his career path Craig moved through a number of Sydney's best golf clubs such as Elanora, Pennant Hills, Royal Sydney, and Bonnie Doon which included one men's Australian Open and three TPS tournaments. This increasingly exciting and challenging workload would set Craig up to finally want his own superintendent's role where he would accept the position in the NSW country town of Orange at the unique Duntryleague Golf Club.
Join me for a very in depth Steve's Super 7, lots of deep rabbit holes, an amazing career journey, a great regional golf course, some very interesting grass varieties, and one big technical breakdown, as Craig and I chew the fat about his time in greenkeeping so far, and the way he goes about building a great working environment and delivering the best turf surfaces and golf course he can with his team at Duntryleague!
You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!
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People and places mentioned in this podcast:
Terrey Hills Golf and Country Club
Peter Watts - 2017 Claude Crockford Award recipient