Season 6– Episode 6 – Listen in as host Tim Kreger is joined by Rodney Crouse of Advanced Turf Solutions. Rodney shares his story from North Carolina through Michigan State and back to the coast of North Carolina, all through the golf industry. Join Tim and Rodney for some laughs and great stories about the amazing golf industry! The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass managemen...
Jun 01, 2025•50 min
Season 6– Episode 5 – STEC-The Revisit--David Taylor and his team from STEC sit around the break room with host Tim Kreger on a rainy Monday. Join in with the laughter the STEC team brings. Guest this episode include: David Taylor, owner; Cliff Stewart, Dealer Development; Cody Dillworth, Inside Sales Manager; Brandon Cox, Territory Sales Manger; and Collin Greene, Technical Sales Support. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enh...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Season 6 – Episode 4 – USGA Customer Service Agronomist and Carolinas GCSA Past President, Brian Powell, CGCS, hosts Tim Kreger at the home of golf in Pinehurst, North Carolinas. Listen in as the discuss Brian's roots in the golf industry and Brian's path to success as a golf course superintendent. Along the way there may be some laughs and some discussion on data and the USGA's new technology. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally an...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Season 6 – Episode 3 – Tim Kreger hosts this episode with Matt Dierdorff at Asheville Municipal Golf Course. Join them as they discuss the challenging topic of Hurricane Helene and its damage to the course and the community, as well as Matt's journey to golf after the Big Leagues. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.
Mar 02, 2025•52 min
Season 6 – Episode 2 – Tim Kreger hosts this episode with Morgan Stephenson. Morgan is now at the Methodist University Golf Course via Tobacco Road. Join them as they discuss everything from Mike Stranz and Tobacco Road and taking your kids overseas for sports. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Year 6 – Season Opener Newly elected President of the Carolinas GCSA, Alex Tolbert of Orangeburg Country Club sits down with host Tim Kreger. Join in and listen as they discuss topics ranging from pro baseball to coaching to serving the association. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Jan 02, 2025•50 min
Year 5 – Special Episode – Season Closer Join host Tim Kreger as he is able to take a deep dive into the newest golf project in the Carolinas, Kawonu Golf Club, with Scott Ferrell. Tim and Scott discuss all things from the site history, to architect Andrew Green, to Scott’s Virgina roots. Please enjoy this sneak peak behind the curtains of South Carolina’s soon to be gem. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of g...
Dec 18, 2024•55 min
Season 5 Episode 21 Mike Bankert joins host Jim Huntoon on the HGTC Campus for this episode of Pullin' Weeds. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Season 5 Episode 20 Dr. Ben McGraw joins Jim Huntoon at the HGTC campus for this episode of Pullin' Weeds. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.
Sep 25, 2024•35 min
Season 5 - Episode 19 Jordan Booth from the USGA join Jim Huntoon from Horry Georgetown Technical College for this episode of Pullin' Weeds. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Season 5 - Episode 18 – The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Season 5 - Episode 17 – Special guest and former superintendent Mark Semm with BASF stops by Liberty HQ and sits down with host Tim Kreger. Join along with Mark’s journey from the Midwest to “A club in Georgia,” through Texas to the Carolinas. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Join us for the final episode from the Dunes Golf and Beach Club and the PGA Tour's 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Jul 24, 2024•57 min
Join host Jim Huntoon in this special episode of Pullin' Weeds, recorded live at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club during the Myrtle Beach Classic. Jim sits down with Thomas Bastis, renowned agronomist from the PGA Tour, to delve into the intricacies of golf course maintenance and the latest trends in agronomy. carolinasgcsa.org
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Join host Jim Huntoon in this special episode of Pullin' Weeds, recorded live at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club during the Myrtle Beach Classic. Jim sits down with Thomas Bastis, renowned agronomist from the PGA Tour, to delve into the intricacies of golf course maintenance and the latest trends in agronomy. carolinasgcsa.org
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Host Jim Huntoon sits down with Dunes Golf and Beach Club's Steve Hamilton and Josh Schumacher during the PGA Tour's Myrtle Beach Classic
Jun 26, 2024•40 min
Season 5 - Episode 12 – CEO of Revels Turf and Tractor, Anthony Revels, joins host Tim Kreger. Tim and Anthony sit down to cover all the new technology from John Deere as well as how a local policeman becomes a CEO. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Jun 13, 2024•48 min
Season 5 - Episode 11 – Co-hosts Brian Green and Tim Kreger are joined by NCSU’s Jim Kerns. Jim shares his story on how he got to NCSU, and then returned to NCSU! Follow along as Tim and Brian have light hearted conversations with the future of NCSU. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
May 22, 2024•1 hr
Season 5 - Episode 10 – Co-hosts Brian Green and Tim Kreger sit down with Ford Baker of Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, NC. Join in as Brian and Tim discuss topics from great mentors to fly fishing and high school wrestling. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
May 08, 2024•53 min
Season 5 - Episode 9 Barry Graham, CGCS of Wildcat Cliffs Country Club stops by the Carolinas GCSA office and sits with host Tim Kreger for this episode. Barry is quizzed on all things golf to serving your industry to his path to Highlands, North Carolina. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Apr 24, 2024•54 min
Season 5 - Episode 8 Carolinas GCSA Past President, Randy Allen, joins host Tim Kreger. Tim queries Randy on all things from being a superintendent and his career path to becoming a salesman for Modern Turf. Randy offers some great perspectives on this episode. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Season 5 - Episode 7 – Host Tim Kreger sits down with Mike Rollins of SIP Grinders. The Cutline is King philosophy is somewhat discussed but Tim keeps Mike on his toes with questions other than grinding. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. www.carolinasgcsa.org
Mar 27, 2024•56 min
Season 5 - Episode 6 – Host Tim Kreger sits down in Cashiers, North Carolina to speak with Eric Shomaker of the Wade Hampton Golf Club. They discuss the importance of relationships along with how Eric’s journey has taken him back home to North Carolina. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Season 5 - Episode 5 Zac Ramey at the Country Club of Spartanburg takes the questions this episode from host Tim Kreger. Join in hearing about all things from chainsaws to association service. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management. carolinasgcsa.org
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr
Season 6 – Episode 4 -- Pullin’ Weeds got the band back together with Tim Kreger and Professor Jim Huntoon co-hosting this much anticipated episode. The guest on this episode joins them from Old Barnwell, a new course just opened in the Aiken area of South Carolina. The star of Turf Twitter Steve Whitaker tells all about his journey from rock bands and long hair to putting out fires and finally turf. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professiona...
Feb 14, 2024•47 min
Season 5 – Episode 3 – In a lead up to GCSAA’s Conference and Trade Show in Phoenix, join along as Co-hosts Tim Kreger and Professor Jim Huntoon sit down with Dave Dettmer, CGCS. Dave is the newly positioned South Eastern US Regional Field Staff Representative for GCSAA, and he shares a few thoughts on what the GCSAA is working on and his new role in chapter support. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf t...
Jan 31, 2024•40 min
Season 5 – Episode 2 Featuring Tim Kreger speaking with host of the Carolinas GCSA Winter Meeting Green Resources, Jason Blakely. Following that we have Professor Jim Huntoon with a couple assistants who attended the Winter Meeting from Pinehurst #2, Eric Mabie and David Chrobak. They discuss the US Open preparations on going at Course 2, golf in the Sandhills region of the Carolinas, career paths and the USGA GAP program. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportuni...
Jan 17, 2024•45 min
Year 5 – Episode 1 – Current Carolinas GCSA President PEte Gerdon kicks off our 2024 Pullin' Weeds Season. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.
Jan 03, 2024•52 min
GAP Series – Session 3 – Please enjoy the final episode in our GAP series featuring unique individuals from throughout the sandhills. This could arguably be one of the more entertaining episodes your host Tim Kreger recalls in quite a while. Join him in speaking with Westley Galloway and “Bob” Peckles. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass management.
Oct 31, 2023•30 min
GAP Series – Session 2 – Welcome in for the 2nd in our 3 part series with the USGA and Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst speaking with participants from GAP. Today your host, Tim Kreger, is joined by David Speiser and Andrew Gurney. Listen in on great insight on why this program is helping these two up and coming turf professionals. The Carolinas GCSA is committed to provide its members with the opportunity to excel professionally and enhance the game of golf through responsible turfgrass...
Oct 24, 2023•44 min
