EP.130 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Lamb (Commonwealth Golf Club)

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Adam Lamb got his taste of golf growing up and playing on the
local 9 hole sand scrape course in the small country town of
Tarrawingee in regional Victoria. Soon Adam was a member and
playing golf at Woodlands Golf Club in Melbourne playing
pennants, when at the time he was offered an opportunity to do
work experience at the club. With that, Adam could see
greenkeeping was a career he enjoyed and wanted to pursue.





Adam's first full time job as an apprentice greenkeeper came at
the one and only Metropolitan Golf Club on Melbourne's famed
Sandbelt. After completing his apprenticeship and working his way
up through the ranks over a number of years, Adam landed his
first role at Superintendent at Barwon Heads Golf Club.





Barwon Heads was a place where Adam could apply his enthusiasm
and learn the skills of being a Superintendent along with
experiencing and working through all the facets of the role.





Following a great part of his career at Barwon Heads, Adam saw an
opportunity to make the move back to Melbourne when he was
offered the position as Superintendent at Commonwealth Golf Club
who were in the early stages of beginning their course
redevelopment plan with golf course architects Renaissance Golf
and Tom Doak.





Adam shares so much of his career and also details all the work
that has been completed on course at Commonwealth Golf Club. This
is a fantastic insight into both Adam's fantastic career and
Commonwealth's sensational golf course, I'm certain you will
enjoy this one.





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


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People and places mentioned in this podcast:


Commonwealth Golf Club


Tarrawingee Golf Club


Metropolitan Golf Club


Barwon Heads Golf Club


Woodlands Golf Club


Port Fairy Golf Links


Jubillee Golf Club


Kingston Heath Golf Club


Royal Melbourne Golf Club


Colac Golf Club


Leongatha Golf Club


Moonah Links


Warrnambool Golf Club


Crafter + Mogford Golf Strategies


Renaissance Golf Design


Tom Doak


Alex Russell (article by Golf Course Architecture)


The Architect's Series: Legacy of the Morcoms (by Mike Clayton)


Richard Forsyth EP.95 Keeper of the Greens


Glenn Stuart EP.101 Keeper of the Greens


John Mann EP.78 Keeper of the Greens


Nathan Bennett EP.33 Keeper of the Greens