meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Superintendent Series: Jordan Caplan on Belvedere and Michigan Golf

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Fried Egg Golf

Sports, Golf

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Belvedere Golf Club superintendent Jordan Caplan joins the podcast to talk about the Willie Watson course and his role as the club's fourth superintendent in its almost 100-year history. Jordan and Andy Johnson discuss the challenges of course mainte...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Welcome back to another edition of the Fried Egg Podcasts and our super antenna series,

0:06.2

which is brought to you by our friends over at Toro.

0:10.0

Among the countless reasons why we go to the course,

0:12.8

communing with mother nature sits near the top of mostless,

0:16.7

and the company most trusted to responsibly maintain our golf environments,

0:20.7

Toro continues to lead the way.

0:22.5

Its line of all electric and hybrid mowers and vehicles do their jobs as well as ever,

0:28.3

better actually, because their precision, power, reliability, and comfort remain the same.

0:34.3

This new breed reduces engine exhaust emissions and noise pollution,

0:38.9

and increases efficiency in ease of maintenance.

0:42.5

If only our golf swings were that productive and sustainable.

0:47.2

Follow at Toro Golf on Twitter and reach out to your local Toro distributor to schedule a demo.

0:53.6

Today, I interview Jordan Kaplan, who is the head superintendent at Belvedere Golf Club,

1:00.7

which is up in the northern part of lower peninsula of Michigan.

1:06.0

That's an important distinction that I learned this week.

1:08.4

You know, Northern Michigan, I think the upper peninsula people consider lower Michigan.

1:15.2

You know, that's not northern to them.

1:17.1

So anyways, he's up in Charlevoi, Michigan at Belvedere.

1:20.1

It is a William Watson design.

1:22.3

It's a semi-private golf club that offers public play tee times every day.

1:27.6

It is a phenomenal place to play golf.

1:30.0

And Jordan has done a wonderful job in the recent years.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fried Egg Golf, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Fried Egg Golf and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.