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043 - First Green with Jenny Bledge. PLUS Badger Merch is live!
Season 1 Episode 43
This episode is particularly important. We heard in the previous episode (042 with Scott Reeves) how one of the biggest issues faced in the greenkeep…
1 year, 6 months ago
042 - Making BIGGA better? - Scott Reeves
Season 1 Episode 42
Link to survey 👇👇👇
https://www.bigga.org.uk/news-listing/greenkeeper-survey-amazon-voucher.html
Welcome back Badgers,
This week we’ve been joined by Sco…
1 year, 7 months ago
041 - Part 2 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? - Sean McClean
Season 1 Episode 41
Last week we heard from Royal Birkdale's Course Manager Sean McClean. This week he's back to talk in some detail over the course changes that many of…
1 year, 7 months ago
040 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? Part 1 of 2 with Sean McClean
Season 1 Episode 40
Guest from episode 6 of this podcast (December 2022!) joins us again to discuss first his preparation for Royal Birkdale's Open Championship in 2026,…
1 year, 8 months ago
039 - Pinehurst #2 - Working on a US Open course set up with Graeme Roberts (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 39
Our loyal Badgers, you might have wondered where the promised second half of Episode 36 ended up.
After a few weeks on the road, travelling up to the…
1 year, 9 months ago
038 - North & back again (or maybe not) - Bledge and Sam discuss an ambitious trip to the Arctic Circle and whether Sam might now have to live in Sweden.
Season 1 Episode 38
I think most of you are aware that over the past 3 weeks I (Sam Cooper) have been on a trip in my campervan to the Arctic.
You'll remember the previou…
1 year, 9 months ago
037 - Jerry Mulvihill of Lofoten Links - Arctic Special
Season 1 Episode 37
Badgers,
It's been a little while since our last conversation, but I've been a bit preoccupied.
I think most of you will be aware that poor Producer Ha…
1 year, 9 months ago
036 - From Pinehurst to Hayling, and back again - Part 1. Graeme Roberts on managing a links in a changing climate
Season 1 Episode 36
We are delighted to welcome Graeme back to the podcast for the third time. We discuss the challenges he faces with the weather at Hayling Golf Club a…
1 year, 11 months ago
035 - Badger & Badger - some of our favourite things, from the trivial to the essential
Season 1 Episode 35
Bledge and I do tend to agree on things. So much so one of you guys asked us to put it to the test.
In reality, we tend to bicker and disagree on man…
2 years, 1 month ago
034 - Greenkeeping for Dummies - the right way (and wrong way) to get quicker greens...
Season 1 Episode 34
Bledge and I started this podcast to whitter away about not much in particular, meet some interesting folk, and share the odd bit of insight into the…
2 years, 1 month ago