Golf Course Maintenance Intern

Description

Position: Golf Course Maintenance Intern

Department: Golf Course Maintenance (Agronomy)

Reports To: Golf Course Superintendent and Assistant Superintendents

Location: Bluffton, South Carolina (North and South Courses)

Status: Temporary, full-time, hourly (Non-Exempt)

Club Description:

Berkeley Hall Club, a distinctive private golf community edged on the banks of the pristine Okatie River in Bluffton, South Carolina – the heart of the coastal Lowcountry – a world with a casually inviting and active lifestyle that sets the standard for all private communities. Just minutes from Hilton Head Island, our 980-acre property is unique among top private golf communities. With two world-class Tom Fazio courses and a stunning Jeffersonian-style clubhouse that form the “Core of the Community,” our two walkable classic courses feel more like a golf retreat, with beautiful lagoons and majestic live oaks.

Honors

Platinum Clubs of America

Platinum Clubs of the World

Distinguished Club Award

Best Residential Courses-North & South Course - Golfweek

Top 100 Golf Communities - Travel + Leisure

Top 100 Premiere Properties – Links Magazine

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Course Maintenance & Setup

Perform daily course setup, including hole locations, tee setup, bunker preparation, and detail work, to club standards

Operate mowing equipment on greens, tees, fairways, approaches, roughs, and other maintained turf

Assist with cultural practices, including aeration, verticutting, topdressing, grooming, rolling, and cultivation

Support tournament and special event preparation

Turfgrass Management

Assist in managing three ultradwarf bermudagrass greens varieties (Champion, TifEagle, and Tif3D), Tahoma 31 bermudagrass fairways on the North Course, and overseeded Celebration bermudagrass on the South Course

Participate in overseeding operations when the internship term coincides with the fall season

Scout for and help identify turfgrass diseases, weeds, and insects

Applications & Technology

Assist with pesticide, fertilizer, wetting-agent, and foliar applications, following label directions and safety procedures

Operate and calibrate GPS-equipped sprayers, boom and walking sprayers, and spreaders

Use John Deere Operations Center to plan, track, and record applications

Set up, schedule, monitor, and troubleshoot Kress autonomous mowers

Water Management & Data Collection

Collect soil moisture readings with the USGA moisture meter and perform hand watering to daily targets

Measure green performance with the USGA GS3

Troubleshoot, adjust, and repair irrigation components

Record moisture, weather, clipping yield, and application data

Projects, Equipment & Leadership

Assist with renovation and course improvement projects, such as bunker, drainage, irrigation, and turf renovation

Work with the equipment team on reel setup, height-of-cut checks, and preventative maintenance

Assist with morning job assignments, crew communication, and quality-control checks as experience allows

Follow all safety policies and use required personal protective equipment

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Current or recent student in, or strong interest in pursuing, turfgrass or golf course management

Previous golf course experience preferred but not required

Dependable, motivated, and detail-oriented, with pride in the finished product

Able to work well with others and communicate effectively in a fast-paced environment

Willing to work early mornings, weekends, and holidays as needed

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

Work is performed outdoors in heat, humidity, and changing weather conditions

Able to stand, walk, bend, kneel, and operate equipment for extended periods

Able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds

Regular exposure to machinery, noise, fertilizers, and pesticides with appropriate protective equipment

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job when circumstances change; e.g., emergencies, rush jobs, changes in personnel, workload, technological developments, etc.