EP.139 Keeper of the Greens - Rod Tatt (Mt Lawley Golf Club)

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Rod Tatt is Course Manager of Mt Lawley Golf Club in Perth,
Western Australia. His most recent years have been working
through a remodelling of the entire golf course under the
architecture hand of OCM. Being his first post as a
superintendent in Western Australia, Rod has had to workout
pretty quickly how to get the most out of the golf course in
Perth's unique environment that is so different to the east
coast.





That being said, it's all the more interesting when we learn that
Rod is originally from regional Victoria, not far out of
Melbourne, where he got his first taste of greenkeeping.
Greenkeeping and golf came as a pair for Rod in his younger days
where it wasn't long before he got really involved working on
golf courses on Melbourne's famed Sandbelt region along with
playing competitive golf.





Rod's story is one of learning through experience and learning
from great mentors. He has worked at some of Australia's best
courses, including as Superintendent, with some of the best golf
course architects, and now brings his particular set of skills to
Perth where he has been involved in delivering an incredible new
version of Mt Lawley for it's members and guests.





This is an interesting conversation with a few deep dives and
visited rabbit holes, that neither of us saw coming, including
player expectations and just what does the term "consistency"
mean in golf maintenance.





You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!


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People and places mentioned in this podcast:


Mount Lawley Golf Club


Walton Heath Golf Club


Bacchus Marsh West Golf Club


Bacchus Marsh - Wiki


Ballarat Golf Club


Victoria Golf Club


John Sloan - LinkedIn


Mike Clayton


Cranbourne Golf Club


Woodlands Golf Club


Yarra Yarra Golf Club


Tom Doak


Renaissance Golf Design


Brian Slawnik


San Francisco Golf Club - Links Magazine


Cal Club


OCM Golf Design


Rod Tatt - Claude Crockford Award 2023


Fairway to biodiversity - Western Independent


WA Open


Lake Karrinyup Country Club


Joondalup Golf Resort


Secret Harbour Golf Links


The Cut Golf Course