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Everything takes time, in another five years we’ll be in an even better position. Jeremy and Eva have done an


incredible job in building our relationship up with the costumers, gaining their respect and trust back after the course has been into administration twice


I first asked Tom how he got into the industry and how he ended up in his current position. “My family built a golf course - Lostwithiel - on old farmland on the opposite coast close to Fowey, and that’s how I got into golf. As many kids do, I wanted to be a professional golfer, but soon realised I was never going to be good enough. I always found the design, maintenance and set up of a golf course interesting and loved the outdoors so, when I left school in 1996, I got a summer job at the family club. Sadly, the club closed a few years ago, as they just couldn’t get enough people through the door, like many other courses around the country.” “I spent nine years at Lostwithiel and gained my NVQ Level two and three in sports turf, before realising if I wanted to


step up the ladder in this industry, I needed to move on. I got a position at Trevose Golf Club as the first assistant, where I spent four years, before coming over here as Head Greenkeeper when it was Roserrow Golf & Country Club. That was in 2009. At that time, I was promised the world; that the course was going to be redesigned and that another eighteen holes were going to be built. I soon had a feeling that all was not right and, after about six months, the owners were struggling to pay wages. I realised I had probably made the biggest mistake of my life, as working at Trevose is one of the best courses in the country and I had a job for life there with a family run business. I had a nightmare two years of no money, to do what was needed to the course and sporadic payment of wages until, finally, it


closed in October 2011. I was very close to giving up greenkeeping altogether until, one very wet day in November, Robert Clive (360 Golf) and Tim Lobb came to view and walk the course to evaluate its potential. The day spent with these guys, walking the course and talking golf, convinced me to keep volunteering until there was no chance of saving the golf course. Thankfully, in March 2012, we became The Point when Jeremy and Eva took over. They have invested well and have slowly turned it into a profitable business after some early losses. Seven years ago, I would have said I should have stayed at Trevose, but it’s actually turned out to be the best decision I have made, and I’m now doing the job I always wanted to do.”” Helping Tom look after the course is Sven Todd, Deputy Head - NVQ Level 2,


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