Assistant Golf Professional: White Horse GC

White Horse Golf Club; Kingston (WA); In loco; USD 48.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

401K match

PGA dues paid

Playing privileges

Discounted merchandise

Descrizione del lavoro

White Horse Golf Club in Kingston, WA seeks a First Assistant to support daily course operations, manage tournaments, teach lessons, and oversee facility assets while delivering spectacular customer service.

The role leads the assistant management team, coordinates handicapping, tee times, and speed of play, and trains pro shop staff, with opportunities to advance to higher roles such as Head Professional.

Competenze

• Class A Member in good standing preferred; Associate in good standing required as a professional certification.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• 1–2 years of golf operations experience with staff oversight.

Mansioni

• Maintain positive relationships between the golf club, golfers, guests, employees, and the community.
• Assist with event outings, scorecards, cart signs, scoreboard designs and setup; oversee tournaments and lessons programs.
• Lead administrator for all club handicapping needs and monitor GHIN handicaps for accuracy.
• Maintain a safe, hazard-free environment and comply with OSHA training.
• Manage driving range operations to maximize utilization and revenue.
• Oversee tee times, pace of play, and check-in of players; train pro shop staff.

Conoscenze

Golf operations experience

Supervisory experience

Team leadership

Formazione

Class A golf member certification

L2 or higher golf certification

Strumenti

Golf Genius

POS system

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Kingston, WA | White Horse Golf Club is nestled among the old growth fir, pine and cedar trees above the beautiful Puget Sound in the town of Kingston, WA and is considered one of the state's premier public facilities. White Horse Golf Club consistently receives both praise and awards for its wonderful course conditions and layout and well stocked golf shop. Rated as the #7 "Best New Public golf course" to open in 2007 by Golf Digest magazine. White Horse is also the home course for the LPGA Tour's Legends Cup tournament played each June. White Horse is enjoyed by golfers of all skill levels and boasts five sets of tees to make all players experiences both memorable and enjoyable.

General Position Summary

This First Assistant position provides assistance to White Horse Golf Club management team for the daily operations of golf course. Assists with teaching lessons, managing tournaments, and with controlling facility assets. Provides Spectacular Customer Service during both internal and external interactions.

You may be asking:

• Why is this position open? Answer: Our prior team member has moved up to a new HP role and we are happy for him. As such, we are seeking our next team member/leader who can dig in with our team and eventually grow into the next role they are seeking including HP, DOG or similar.
• What if I'm not ready for the 1st Asst role? Answer: We are also on the lookout for talented team members with potential to become the 1st Assistant or more at White Horse. If you're more "entry level" and looking for a good experience, please feel free to apply and add that detail in your cover letter or similar. Compensation will likely be different than shown in this posting, but we still want to learn about you if you're more in this scenario.

Experience Required

• Class A Member in good standing strongly preferred; Associate in good standing (L2 or higher) required as a professional certification
• Previous supervisory experience required or strongly preferred
• Ideally 1-2 years of experience in golf operations, with oversight of staff experience etc.
• Golf Genius and relevant POS experience strongly preferred.

Job Conditions

Working conditions include working during busy times of the day and evenings. Must be able to maintain a flexible schedule during the golf season to accommodate various activities. Conditions will also include evenings, weekends and holidays.

Essential Responsibilities

Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities:

• Maintains positive and productive relationships between the golf club facility and golfers, guests, employees, community and the industry
• Assists with preparations for event outings and their procurement including scorecards, cart signs, scoreboard designs and set up, rule sheets, summary sheets, player pairing and all food beverage needs Assistant with overseeing tournaments, marketing, merchandising, club fitting, golf lesson programs and junior golf camps/clinics
• Lead Administator for all club related handicapping needs, along with monitoring and transmissions of clubs United States Golf Association Golf Handicap Information Network (USGA GHIN) handicaps on a regular basis to ensure compliance and accuracy of individual player scores
• Maintains a safe and hazard free working environment and complies with all OSHA required training
• Lead Assistant management team in managing the driving range operations to achieve maximum utilization and revenue profitability
• Lead Assistant for Golf Course management in controlling and management of checking in of players, control of the tee times, and the speed of play that ensures an enjoyable experience for all customers
• Provides training to pro shop personnel

Secondary Functions

• Required to know how to operate all facilities vehicles to include: golf cart, range picker, beverage cart, course gators and how to troubleshoot potential problems that may arise
• Provides assistance and makes recommendations to the General Manager on proposed budget items, capital expense considerations,etc
• Lead Assistant in Golf Operations for management in all aspects of performance management (i.e., hiring, coaching and corrective action, performance evaluations, etc)
• Attends assorted continuing education training sessions as approved by the General Manager to maintain certifications
• All other duties as assigned by management

Job Scope

Performs essential and secondary functions with minimal supervision. Operates from established Port Madison Enterprises policies and procedures. Decisions are made within general company policy constraints, but requires independent decision-making.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Lead Assistant [under direction of the Head Professional] with supervision of all White Horse golf staff.

Interpersonal Contacts

Has regular contact with others both inside and outside the organization. The most common contacts are with managers/supervisors and employees. The most frequent external contacts are with guests and potential customers. Internal interactions involve information exchange and some problem solving.

Specific Job Skills

• Ability to communicate professionally with both guests and employees
• Organized and able to carry out tasks at the direction of the supervisor
• Ability to stay positive and focused while working in a fast-paced situations
• Able to work well with others in a spirit of cooperation and mutual respect
• Cash handling experience required
• Holds valid Washington state drivers license
• Ability to operate various golf industry point-of-sale systems
• Ability to solve problems effectively

Benefits

Income & Benefits:

• $48,000-$64,500 salary range per year based on candidates experience and qualifications. This first assistant role is considered management level, thus reasonable amounts of overtime, especially during peak season should be expected.
• For the First Assistant PGA professional, lesson revenues based on teaching experience with club members, guest and junior programs. Junior golf camp, White Horse junior league and league administrative revenues. Possible range, based primarily on the professional's ability to engage with members and guests, etc. is $8,000-$14,000 in instruction income.
• Health insurance and medical/dental coverage available based on WH / PME policies
• 401K match with PME
• PGA Chapter and National dues paid
• 50 cents off on gas purchases with tribal gas card
• 50% of on meals while on duty per policy
• Playing privileges per Club policy
• Discounted pricing on all clothing and merchandise sales
• Able to set up club staffing program for individual
• Note: PME is PORT MADISON ENTERPRISES