TWIN LAKES GOLF & SWIM CLUB   •   OAKLAND, MI

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT,  APRIL 2014-PRESENT

 

This Jerry Matthews designed 27-hole facility was awarded Top 10 Places to Play by Golf Digest. 18 of the holes were built in 1996 and the remaining 9 were built in 2005.

Experience

– Successfully manage 27 holes of bentgrass greens, tees, and fairways while implementing strategies

   to keep poa annua from establishing.

– Create and lead a successful staff of 18 employees to provide a superb golf course.

– Implemented agronomic practices that have greatly improved conditions and playability: aerifying,
   verticuting, topdressing, and hand watering.

– Improved the condition and cleanliness of the maintenance facility for a more productive work environment.

– Increased work production by employee training, inspections, and promoting a team-oriented atmosphere.

 

 

 

 

OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB   •   BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI

SOUTH COURSE SUPERINTENDENT, APRIL 2010-MARCH 2014

 

The championship Donald Ross golf course at Oakland Hills, ranked #20 in the U.S., and site

of 6 U.S. Opens, 3 PGA Championships, 2 U.S. Senior Opens, 1 U.S. Amateur, and 1 Ryder Cup.

 

– Responsible for the development and allocation of a $1.2M operating budget and a $120K capital budget.

 

– Successfully bid and completed various projects with outside contractors, totalling over $200K.

 

– Provided leadership and mentoring to assistants and turfgrass interns.

 

– Supervised $250K Rees Jones renovation project of bunkers, tees, and fairways; completed $2.5M

   Art Hills North Course renovation the fall of 2013.

 

 

 

 

FRANKLIN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB   •   FRANKLIN, MI

FIRST ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT MAY 2009-APRIL 2010

 

18-hole private club designed by Donald Ross, opened in 1926, and ranked #18
in the State of Michigan.

 

– Managed in-house projects entailing tree planting and removal, addition of gravel cart paths,

 and establishment of a 2-acre fescue area.

 

 

 

 

OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB   •   BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT MAY 2005-MAY 2009

 

– Assisted in managing and preparing for 2008 PGA Championship and 2007 British Open Qualifier.

 

– Involved with implementing labor tracking; analyzed and revised business plan to meet budget.

 

– Integral in many construction projects, including: $430K post PGA tournament restoration, $650K
   Arthur Hills reconstruction of short game and driving range, and $2M Rees Jones renovation of
   South Course.

 

 

 

 

THE COUNTRY CLUB OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND, VA

EDUCATIONAL INTERNSHIP SUMMER 2004

 

54-hole private club designed by Herbert Barker, Donald Ross, and Fred Findlay.

The James River Course was the site of the 1955 and 1975 U.S. Amateur Championship.