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Old 02-28-2024, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
If you think a superintendent and an assistant could handle all the golf courses in one of your designated areas, you're under-estimating a superintendent's proper role.

The Club I worked for, had 45 holes. 36 first class private golf course holes and 9 holes of public golf. We had a general super who was getting paid over $200,000/year. Each of the courses had their own superintendent who was paid north of $100,000. Each had an assistant & 2 other full-time employees, plus 15-20 seasonal employees. So we had over 40 employees during the season.

We had 2 golf courses on the same property (the public 9, across the street). Maintenance and cultivation practices between the 2 courses, was completely different. Different soils, different kinds of grass, different weather conditions, different needs.

Being a superintendent is a micro-management position. Every course is different, there's no "one size fits all" ... even for different holes on the same golf course.
I agree, I’m thinking there’s a Villages overseer of each section, each course would have someone overseeing each course, but within the outsourcing firm.

It has to be better than one person overseeing everything.