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The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Superintendent Series: Josh Lewis on Bandon Dunes, Pasatiempo, and Chambers Bay

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

Fried Egg Golf

Sports, Golf

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Josh Lewis, superintendent at Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club, joins Andy for the latest installment of our Superintendent Series, brought to you by the Toro Company. They talk about the impact COVID-19 has had on the turf industry before diggin...

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another edition of the fried egg podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at

0:07.2

Toro Golf. Two things tour pros hate, leaking oil down the stretch and their caddy having to quiet spectators.

0:14.0

Golf course maintenance pros are the same except they worry about literally

0:18.0

leaking hydraulic oil and waking up the neighbors with early morning mowing routines.

0:23.8

Toro's new Greensmaster E TriFlex series,

0:26.8

riding Greensmower, solve both problems.

0:29.8

The engine generator model is amazingly quiet in operation while the lithium-I-M battery model is virtually silent.

0:37.0

Both E-Tri-Flex models carry no hydraulic fluid on board using all electric components for attraction, steering, lift, and cutting.

0:46.6

This means not only are potential leaks a thing of the past but noise complaints are too.

0:51.6

Follow at Toro Golf on Twitter and reach out to your local

0:54.3

Toro distributor to schedule a demo. Today's episode is with Josh Lewis

0:59.2

superintendent at Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club in Menlo Park, California. I was out in

1:05.5

San Francisco just about a week ago. It's crazy. Lots has changed in a week.

1:10.1

Josh and I talk off the top about the coronavirus and how he's preparing.

1:16.2

Since that time, San Francisco has essentially gone into lockdown.

1:20.7

So they are just basically maintaining the golf course as needed to keep the, you know, fine turfs alive and well.

1:30.0

Obviously, tough time and everybody in the superintendent industry, you know, be

1:36.6

safe out there, use extra precaution. I don't think that has to go without saying.

1:42.3

And golfers alike, you know, social distance, be smart.

1:46.4

But Josh and I talk about a ton of different topics.

1:49.6

He has a lot of great experience.

1:51.4

He grew up in Cusbay, Oregon, which is very close to Band and Dunes, and kind of got his start up at Cusbay and with Band and Dudes. So we talk a ton about that resort and his getting into turf as well as

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