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Golf Badgers, 90 episodes.

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090 - James Bledge: Q & A

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089 - Badger Adventures

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088 - Sam Cooper: Q & A

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087 - Sophie Olejnik

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086 - Walker Cup Volunteering with Bledge and Jason Meersman

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085 - Drought with Graeme Roberts

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084 - Firm, Fast & Dry

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083 - gWest

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082 - Amateur Championship Reflections

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081 - The Return of the Amateur Championship

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80 - Q & A

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079 - Preparing Royal Birkdale for an Open with Sean McLean

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078 - From Fairways to Football: Inside Man City’s Grounds Team with Daniel Lewis

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077 - Dan Davies

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076 - Willie Murphy on Terralift, Soil Biology and Smarter Turf Nutrition

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075 - Sunningdale Showdown: Old vs New

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074 - Matt Plested Chasing Excellence at Stoneham

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073 - A Q&A With Bledge

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072 - GCSAA and Streamsong

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071 - Design, Drainage, and Doing It Right at Formby

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070 - BTME 2026 Roundup with Gavin Speedie and Matt Plested.

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069 - Erosion, Evolution, and Excellence at Royal Aberdeen with Richard Johnstone

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068 - Mowers, Mayhem & Milestones: Part Two with Lee Strutt

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067 - Jim Croxton on BTME, BIGGA’s Big Year, and Why Greenkeeping Needs a Bigger Voice

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066 - Top Turf Tech: The Machines That Changed Greenkeeping

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065 - Surviving and Thriving: Jack Percival’s Story of Resilience

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064 - From seed to sale: How Inturf Service Sports Pitches

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063 - From Stimp to USGA Smart Ball: Measuring What Matters on Modern Greens

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062 - Royal Liverpool’s Robot Revolution with Craig Stoba (Husqvarna)

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061 - From Cattle Stations to Toro: Bradley Taylor’s Greenkeeping Rise

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060 - From Valderrama to Blackwell: Ben Lovett’s Greenkeeping Adventure

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059 - Crafting Royal Portrush: Graeme Beatt on Fescue, Robots & Links Magic

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058 - Nine, Twelve, or Nothing: Rethinking Golf’s Next Chapter

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057 - From Kent to Hoylake: Fletcher’s Golf Bug (and Those High Bunkers)

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056 - Lee Strutt - Sowing Seeds and Breaking Ground

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055 - From North Wales to Deal: Ben Williams’ Linksland Journey

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054 - Alistair Beggs - Practical Greenkeeping and the Art of Sustainable Golf

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053 - Team Culture, Turf, and Tour Standards: Inside John McLoughlin’s Career

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052 - Listener Question Time: Rain, Drought & Drainage

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051 - Beyond Turf: Golf’s Role in Biodiversity & Balance

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050 - Listener Question Time: Course Difficulty & Rainfall

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049 - Solo Greenkeeping at Durness with Ali Morrison

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048 - Architectural Match Play - Royal St. Georges vs Royal Cinque Ports - pt2

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047 - Architectural Match Play - Royal St. Georges vs Royal Cinque Ports - pt1

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046 - McDonnell & Cooper w/ Joe McDonnell

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045 - How golf courses change over time

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044 - Badgers are Back

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043 - First Green with Jenny Bledge. PLUS Badger Merch is live!

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042 - Making BIGGA better? - Scott Reeves

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041 - Part 2 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? - Sean McClean

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040 - What's Been Happening At Birkdale? Part 1 of 2 with Sean McClean

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039 - Pinehurst #2 - Working on a US Open course set up with Graeme Roberts (Part 2)

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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.

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037 - Jerry Mulvihill of Lofoten Links - Arctic Special

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036 - From Pinehurst to Hayling, and back again - Part 1. Graeme Roberts on managing a links in a changing climate

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035 - Badger & Badger - some of our favourite things, from the trivial to the essential

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034 - Greenkeeping for Dummies - the right way (and wrong way) to get quicker greens...

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033 - Jim Price - Contracts Director at MJ Abbott

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032 - How a Course Manager and Architect first approach a golf course...

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031 - Scott Aitchison - (Many) Seasons in Dornoch

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030 - Sam & Bledge discuss Spring on the Links, Southerness proposals and some ideas for future episodes...!

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029 - The Roberts' Brothers - Scott and Graeme Roberts

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028 - The UK's leading Irrigation Specialist: Adrian Mortram - Irrigation and Adventure

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027 - Andy Ewence - CM at Woking on (re)building the Buckinghamshire, persuading Japanese owners and restoring the heathland at Woking.

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026 - Harrogate and Phoenix debrief. Tractors, Autonomous mowers, Riviera and the importance of a community.

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025 - Bledge talks to Lee and Sami Strutt

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024 - Bledge and Phil Helmn on Managing Teams in Greenkeeping

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023 - Badgers are Back - Part 2

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022 - Season 2 - Badgers are back!

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021 - Open Championship Question Special

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020 - Open Debrief - Bledge and Sam have a quick catch up on the Monday after The Open

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019 - Bledge and Sam discuss Open preparation, Bunkabins, the Open Support team and what they've both been up to

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018 - From Corporate World to Golf Travel - David Jones (UKGolfGuy) and his unconventional journey into golf. Plus golf course rankings, lessons for green fee setters and a changing travel landscape

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017 - Question Badgers 2 (Part 2) - Bledge and Sam answer your greenkeeping and golf course architecture questions on career advice, grass coverage and course design versus surface condition

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016 - Question Badgers 2 (Part 1) - Bledge and Sam answer your greenkeeping and golf course architecture questions on Championship preparation, favourite Open Rota courses & small vs large budgets

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015 - Jim Croxton CEO of BIGGA

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014 - Hayling Special - Greig Easton & Graeme Roberts

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013 - Question Badgers

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012 - Dan Lightfoot of Syngenta

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011 - Harrogate, Orlando, bunkers and Clegg Hammers

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010 - Matt Plested - Stoneham GC

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009 - Jim Croxton (CEO of BIGGA) on BTME 2023

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008 - Lee Strutt - Cabot Cape Breton (& a lot of other stuff)

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007 - Zac Blair & Kye Goalby - (Christmas) Tree Farm

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006 - Sean McClean - Course Manager, Royal Birkdale

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005 - Ryan Noades - GM/Owner, The Addington

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004 - Sam Cooper - Architect w/ Clayton, DeVries & Pont

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003 - Simon Olver - Course Manager, Ganton GC

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002 - Rob McGuirk - Owner, Princes & Chart Hills

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001 - Pilot - James Bledge