Golf Course Superintendent adept at overseeing all property areas. Offering 20+ years of progressive experience. Strong attention to detail and good planning skills. Hardworking team leader knowledgeable about golf course operations, best practices, budgets and projects. Well-organized and analytical problem-solver with top strengths in communication and multitasking. Looking for a growth-oriented position.
Skills
Troubleshooting equipment
Controlling costs
Training team members
Project scheduling
Managing projects
Experience
Golf Course Superintendent, 05/2006 - 12/2021 American Golf Corporation – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA,
Oversaw recruitment, hiring and training of fifteen course maintenance team members. Along with safety education.
Purchased and tracked supplies: irrigation supplies, chemicals and fertilizers, equipment parts, course supplies.
Maintained a 73 acre golf course. Consisting of dominant extreme bentgrass greens, kentucky bluegrass/ryegrass tees, fairways and rough. Performed Fertilizer and chemical applications, sprayer and spreader calibrating, herbicide spraying of broadleaf and noxious weeds, mowing operations and daily crew management.
Operated a rainbird irrigation system and watertronic pump stations. Daily application of irrigating, along with adjustments, troubleshooting and repairs.
Performed a variety of cultivating practices consisting of, core aerfication, solid tine spiking, verticutting, seeding, sand topdressing and drainage work.
Managed and maintained all equipment, utility vehicles, and a fleet of 66 golf carts.
Performed preventative maintenance on all equipment in the winter season along with snow removal duties.
Managed an annual operating budget consisting of revenues and expenses.
Golf Course Superintendent, 02/2002 - 04/2006 American Golf Corporation – Rosemead, CA,
Oversaw recruitment, hiring and training of 15-20 course maintenance team members.
Maintained a 80 acre oceanfront golf course. Consisting of old tifdwarf bermuda grass greens, 419 bermuda grass fairways/tees and common bermuda grass rough. Performed fertilizer and chemical applications, along with spreader and sprayer calibrating. Applied pre emergent herbicide for weed control and overseeded greens for the winter season with poa trivialis, along with perennial ryegrass on the tees and fairways.
Performed planting, mulching, edging and pruning of multiple landscaped areas on the perimeters of the golf course.
Operated a toro irrigation system and flowtronex pump stations. Daily application of irrigating, along with adjustments, troubleshooting and repairs. Performed a variety of cultivating practices consisting of, core aerification, solid tine spiking, verticutting, seeding, sand topdressing and drainage work.
Managed equipment fleet, utility vehicles and a fleet of 80 golf carts.
Managed a annual operating budget consisting of revenue and expenses.
Directed crew members completing landscaping tasks.
Trained and instructed new crew members to teach proper use of landscape equipment, maintenance practices and safety procedures.
Installed water features, graded newly established right of ways and front entry ways in resort communities. Installed irrigation, trees, plant material and sod.
Reviewed design plans and instructions and completed work according to specifications.
Assistant Superintendent/Project Manager, 02/1998 - 09/2001 Bear Creek Golf Club – City, STATE,
Maintained a 85 acre golf course. Helped with scheduling of 20 employees daily maintenance duties. Helped with safety and other training of employees.
Fertilizer and chemical applications. Calibrating spreaders and sprayers.
Irrigation troubleshooting, repairs, adjustments with a toro/rainbird irrigation system. Along with flowtronex pump stations.
Special project work under the owners direction. Renovating specific areas on the golf course.
Built a par 3 practice area adjacent to the driving range. Installed new irrigation, built 3 new green complexes. From rough grade, drainage, final grade and turf establishment.
Trail Maintenance/Snowmaker, 09/1997 - 04/2001 Loveland Ski Area – City, STATE,
Performed snowmaking operations in the early fall. Monitored Flowtronex pump station along with snow guns on the ski hill.
Operated snow cats throughout ski area on a nightly basis once snowmaking was completed. Generally operated the winch cat on steeper terrain
Performed preventative maintenance on snow cat fleet.
Helped with avalanche mitigation operations.
Operated heavy equipment for parking lot snow removal.
Seasonal work generally September-April.
Education and Training
Associate of Applied Science: Horticulture, Expected in - Trident Technical College - Charleston, SC GPA:
: Criminal Justice, Expected in - Virginia Wesleyan College - Norfolk, VA GPA:
: Agronomy And Crop Science, Expected in - Herkimer County Community College - Herkimer, NY GPA:
High School Diploma: , Expected in - Geneva High School - Geneva, NY GPA:
Certifications
GCSAA Class A Superintendent
RMGCSA Class A Superintendent
QS Colorado Department of Agriculture License
Private Applicator Colorado Department of Agriculture license
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