Mid Ocean Club's Kenton Brunson on Managing Bermudagrass in Bermuda, Planning Renovations, and More! | EP. 68

About this episode

Kenton Brunson discusses managing Bermudagrass and golf course challenges at Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda.

In our latest podcast, Kenton Brunson, director of agronomy at the legendary Mid Ocean Club, joins us to talk about managing bermudagrass in Bermuda and the challenges that come with maintaining a golf course on a small island in the Atlantic. We also cover his experiments with creeping bentgrass greens, upcoming renovations at the course, the strong business mindset he brings to the maintenance department, thoughts on leadership, and much more.

People in this episode

Guest: Kenton Brunson

Topics covered

• Bermudagrass management
• golf course maintenance
• renovations
• leadership
• agronomy

Keywords

• Bermudagrass
• golf course
• Mid Ocean Club
• renovations
• agronomy
• leadership
• creeping bentgrass

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mid Ocean Club

Places: Bermuda, Atlantic

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