Reel Turf Techs: Austin Wright

Lancaster Country Club is hosting five USGA women's championships in the next 17 years. President Lauren Stadel shares how the club is preparing for the pros while looking back on the Pennsylvania course's history.

Paul Richmond has traveled from an Arkansas catfish farm to the shadow of Washington, D.C., then back to Arkansas, then back to Virginia ... and now he's a superintendent and GM at two different golf courses in Maine?! Charlie gets all the answers.

What’s the most sustainable sport on the planet? Well, that’s an easy one, according to Forrest Richardson. In fact, he just released a book on the topic called “The Sustainable Sport.” Richardson delves into golf’s outsized social, financial and economic benefits.

Austin Wright returns to chat with Trent about his role as equipment manager at Minnesota puncher Hazeltine National Golf Club and other trendy topics in the mechanical side of the industry.

Longtime golf course superintendent and SandSave director of market development Rick Pagett, Wildwood Country Club superintendent Tom Fisher, and SandSave co-inventors Bob Tunno and Rick Amendolea share insights on bunker maintenance, bunker economics and bunker drainage.

Who is the most important golf course superintendent or turf pro in history? Who is the most underrated golf course superintendent or turf pro in history? What is the most overrated turf maintenance trend ever? There are no wrong answers in the first Golf Course Industry draft, featuring Shawn Emerson, John Jeffreys and Tim Moraghan.

Golf course architect Andrew Green and Golf Course Industry senior contributor Lee Carr have a new book geared for teens and perfect for anyone who loves the game: From the First Tee to the Last Green: A Teen's Guide to Golf.

Double the guests means double the fun — and double the information, double the agronomic kvetching, and double the absurdity. Chad Allen and Thad Thompson dial in to discuss 2026 in review (review being a relative term for superintendents whose courses never close).

What is formulation? Why does it matter? How has it evolved over the last couple decades? What factors into whether scientists use liquids, powders or granules? So many questions, and answers, with Brandon Downer and Yusif Jaouni.

What makes a golf course great? David Whelchel has seen “in the neighborhood of 1,000” in his more than four decades working in the industry. He expands on one of the game’s most subjective questions.