Changing the Business of Golf
Episodes
Episode 23 | What Skills Will Future Turf Managers Need? | Mike O'Keeffe
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Changing the Business of Golf podcast from Syngenta Golf. Each episode, we speak to industry leaders, sustainability experts and superi...
Episode 22 | Why Prioritizing Mental Health Matters with Dr. Stacy Stellflug & Kee Dunning
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Changing the Business of Golf podcast. In this episode, host Gary Firkins is joined by Dr. Stacy Stellflug, Associate Professor ...
Episode 21 | The Future of Golf Course Management with Ed Pettit
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Changing the Business of Golf podcast. In this episode, host Gary Firkins is joined by Ed Pettit, Managing Director at Carr Golf Servic...
Episode 20 | How to Achieve Golf’s Business Potential with Jay Karen
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Changing the Business of Golf podcast. In this episode, Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA), joins ho...
Episode 19 | Building a Sustainable Future for Golf with Sandy Reid
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Gary Firkins and Sandy Reid, Director of Greenkeeping at St Andrews Links Trust, in this episode of the Changing the Business of Golf Podcas...
Episode 18 | How Golf Can Demonstrate Value, Growth & Environmental Leadership with Elizabeth Guertal
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Changing the Business of Golf Podcast, host Gary Firkins is joined by Beth Guertal, Ph.D, Project Director of the Sustainable I...
Episode 17 | How to Build Inclusion & Retain Top Talent with Keith Wood
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Changing the Business of Golf podcast from Syngenta Golf. Each episode, we speak to industry leaders, sustainability experts and superi...
Episode 16 | NGF CEO: Radical Hospitality is the Key to Player Retention
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Syngenta’s Changing the Business of Golf podcast, now with a new name and refreshed format. Each episode, we speak to industry leade...
Episode 15 | How to succeed in sustainability with Jonathan Smith
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Growing Golf podcast, we welcome Jonathan Smith, Founder and Executive Director of the GEO Foundation for Sustainable Gol...
Episode 14 | Transforming golf course sustainability with John Clarkin
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Growing Golf podcast, host Gary Firkins sits down with John Clarkin, founder of international agronomy consultancy, Turfgrass. ...
Episode 13 | The misconceptions of sustainability in the golf industry
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we welcome Bri Kenny, Manager of Environmental Science at Troon Golf, to the show. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Bri is a Biologist a...
Episode 12 | The challenges faced by greenkeepers with Jim Croxton
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chief Executive of the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) Jim Croxton, joins host to Gary Firkins to dis...
Episode 11 | How golf can respond to environmental critics with Gina Rizzi
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we are joined by Gina Rizzi, President of Radius Sports Group, a sustainability consulting firm based in Reno, Nevada. Gina advise...
Episode 10 | Karen Proctor’s Journey to Becoming a Global Golf Leader
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Growing Golf, we sit down with Karen Proctor, Sales Director - Head of APAC for Textron Specialized Vehicles in Asia. Karen share...
Episode 9 | What is life like for a female golf coach in a profession full of men?
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it really like to be a female golf coach in a world where 93% of coaches are men? We asked Amy Millward, Molly Moore and Jamie Taylor, three...
Episode 8 | Miranda Robinson: The Smiling Superintendent
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Miranda Robinson used to be regularly mistaken for a drinks cart girl when she was a golf course superintendent. But, as her name nickname ‘The Smi...
Episode 7 | African Americans and Golf with Jim Beatty
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Beatty had little interest in golf growing up in his native Chicago. That was until a visit to Nebraska and a meeting with the state's first Afric...
Episode 6 | Mahaley Nemtuda: From Troubled Teen to Turf Trailblazer
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mahaley Nemtuda has turned her life around. From a troubled upbringing in which she left home early, faced expulsion from school and became a mother ...
Episode 5 | US Women's Open: Women in Turf Team Takeover at Pebble Beach
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the Syngenta Growing Golf podcast on the week of the US Women's Open, we are joined by Pebble Beach Superintendent, Bubba W...
Episode 4 | Golf, Muslim Women and Breaking Down Barriers
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Amir Malik and Alastair Spink joined forces to create opportunities for Muslim women to experience golf, they weren’t quite sure what to expect...
Episode 3 | How to Create a Great Team Culture
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Haldane, Director of The Bernhard Academy, says course managers should “leave your ego at the door” in order to create great team culture. ...
Episode 2 | Designing for Drama
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Designer of 2023 Ryder Cup golf course at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, Dave Sampson, joins host Gary Firkins to discuss how to create a stadium c...
Episode 1 | Golf & Social Media: The Great Divide
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Gary Firkins is joined by social intelligence experts Jacques de Guigné and Claire Martin from Ipsos and Mark Birchmore from Syngenta to discuss...