Life On and Off the Golf Course with Jason Meersman

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Andy Johnson is joined by The Patterson Club's Jason Meersman for a conversation touching on life, golf courses, golf course maintenance, and even the Chicago Bears. To start, the two discuss Jason's upbringing in a family of golf superintendents and how this shaped his own career path and desire to work in the sport. Jason speaks to what he learned from his father and grandfather, as well as the importance of building relationships with club members as a way to improve the golf courses he's worked at. After that, the conversation shifts to some Robert Trent Jones history, as The Patterson Club is an early RTJ design located in Fairfield, Connecticut. Andy and Jason discuss the importance of work-life balance as a golf superintendent and what Jason does away from the course to keep him grounded. To wrap things up, Andy discloses some gripes he has with golf in the northeast, specifically surrounding green speeds.

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0:00.0	I'm already upset when I find my ball in the bunker I'm really upset and when I find my ball in a fried egg
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0:11.6	fried egg lie I'm about ready to run off the golf course So, Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Golf Podcast. I am your host Andy Johnson, and today I am joined by the Patterson
0:46.4	Clubs, Jason Meersman.
0:50.2	I've known Jason for a number of years now and I've always wanted to have him on the
0:56.3	podcast. I don't know why he's taken so long. He is quite the personality and I
1:01.0	think this was a super fun conversation.
1:03.0	It's very much about life, golf courses, golf course maintenance,
1:08.0	and a little bit about the Patterson Club,
1:10.0	which is about to undergo a renovation in in due time. We'll see how quickly it goes.
1:18.0	But thank you to Jason for coming on.
1:21.0	Before we get to Jason, just one thing that we're doing for the company.
1:27.0	We launched a t-shirt to support Hurricane Helene relief efforts in Western North Carolina.
1:37.0	Obviously, crazy thing that happened there and a disaster, it's unbelievable to look at and we want to do our part.
1:45.2	So this t-shirt is our Donald Ross in North Carolina t-shirt.
1:49.4	I think it's an awesome t-shirt.
1:50.8	I'm wearing it actually right now. It's a sweatshirt so if you're watching this on
1:55.1	YouTube you can't see it but the the t-shirt is a really neat t-shirt and all the
2:02.1	proceeds will go to the relief fund.
2:05.2	Big thanks for everybody who's bought this already. It has been up less than 24 hours.
2:12.0	We've it's exceeded our expectations.
2:14.2	At this point, we just want to deliver as big of a check
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