Golf
Courses Manager, focusing on the responsibilities of Capital Investment, National Account Management and collating statistical data for the group. The mainstay of my career education was the City & Guilds qualification, passing Phases 2, 3 and 4. I then completed my Licentiateship in Amenity Horticulture with the City & Guilds Institute. Beyond that, I have qualifications in Spray Application, Tree Surveying and D32/33 & L12 coaching and assessor awards, which I completed with the GTC.
I am completely responsible for the
presentation and control of the budgets for the golf courses and grounds. However, there is always a level of flexibility with operational costs, which is determined by current and forecast levels of trading - this in agreement with the General Manager.
The Carrick is five years old and of a heathland design style, overlooking and bordering Loch Lomond. Including golf courses, grounds and estates, we have a full time staff of fifteen, with additional seasonal help during the ‘summer’ months. Included within that number is one full time mechanic, and we also have a Countryside Ranger who helps us look after and preserve our nature reserves and areas of natural habitat.
The vast majority of our maintenance work, both on the golf courses and internally, is undertaken in house with our own specialised equipment and specifically trained and qualified staff. We have used contractors in the past for some project works, however, we are now investing in our own equipment and training to enable us to undertake these projects in house - this offers us better opportunities to undertake this work
when conditions are more suitable to ensure success.
As the course is a relatively new construction, greens, tees, subsurface contouring and drainage are all very high specification - this also includes a significant irrigation system covering greens, tees, fairways and many areas of rough - it would be nice if it stopped raining long enough to able to try it out! With the amount of annual rainfall we
receive in this part of the country, our maintenance regimes are very much geared towards aeration, thatch control and drainage - in and amongst this, we also try to deliver the best possible surfaces and turf quality we possibly can. To help us deliver these maintenance
regimes, we have at our disposal; drainage trenching equipment, greens and fairway topdressers, Graden sand injection and a Blec Sandmaster - this
“I don't have a particular wish list. However, if I could have anything, I would have a little more sunshine and a little less rain”
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