Kevin Munt Golf Consultant

Golf Course Management by Degrees

I owe today post to a BIGGA member, (who I would like to credit but had better leave anonymous as I have never spoken to him), who was basically asking is there any point of becoming educated to a high level in soil science and plant biology, when greenkeepers with a just grasp of the fundamentals are promoted to course management roles by people who don’t know the industry. (I think he was aiming at the golf club management or officials).

He asks “is it all down to image or personality i.e. style over content, or is this current trend evolutionary and the weak will fall?”

Golf Course Manager to Golf Club Manager?

I was pleased to see the news that the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) has signed an agreement with the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) that offers course managers the opportunity to train to gain the Certified Club Manager (CCM) qualification that may in turn aid them in becoming club managers.

Golf Course Manager or Head Greenkeeper

What’s in a name and does it matter?

In 1981 I was having a few pints with an opponent after a game of rugby and he asked me what I did for a living.

I said that I was a Greenkeeper, “oh one of those guys who cuts grass on a golf course” he retorted. (I was in fact the Course Manager at Sudbury Golf Club).

After mumbling something about it being a bit more involved than that, I asked him what he did. ”I’m a, Transparent Partition Maintenance Engineer”. After working it out “Oh one of those guys who cleans windows” I retorted.