Assistant Superintendent: Lane Creek Golf Club

Golf Worldwide; Georgia; On-site; USD 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

120 hours PTO annually

Job summary

Lane Creek Golf Club is seeking an Assistant Superintendent to lead the agronomy operation, based in Bishop, Georgia. The role involves course-condition decisions, staff supervision, chemical programs, equipment upkeep, and driving capital improvements.

Salary ranges from $42,000 to $47,000 annually. Qualifications include a degree or associate credential in turfgrass management, agronomy, or horticulture, with warm-season grass experience.

Qualifications

• Degree or associate credential in turfgrass management, agronomy, or horticulture.
• Warm-season grass experience.

Responsibilities

• Make course-condition decisions and direct grounds staff.
• Manage chemical programs, equipment upkeep, and capital improvements.
• Communicate daily with Golf Course Superintendent and General Manager about playability.
• Help prepare the agronomy budget and support financial goals.

Skills

Warm-season grass experience

Education

Degree in turfgrass management

Associate credential in turfgrass management

Degree in agronomy

Job description

• Assistant Superintendent: Lane Creek Golf Club

Assistant Superintendent: Lane Creek Golf Club

Lane Creek Golf Club is hiring an assistant superintendent for its golf-course agronomy operation. The full-time position is based in Bishop, Georgia and pays $42,000 to $47,000 annually. The work covers course-condition decisions, grounds-staff direction, chemical programs, equipment upkeep, and capital improvements.

The assistant superintendent helps manage most agronomy activity within the club's budget and contributes to annual financial goals. Daily communication with the Golf Course Superintendent and General Manager connects course conditions with playability. The qualifications include a degree or associate credential in turfgrass management, agronomy, or horticulture, plus warm-season grass experience. The position includes outdoor mechanical work, chemical exposure, lifting, bending, and frequent work around changing weather.

• Role: Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

Agronomy Budget And Course Conditions

The assistant superintendent manages most of the club's agronomy operation and works within the provided budget to protect course condition and turf health. The position helps prepare the annual agronomy budget and supports financial goals tied to the maintenance operation. Course-condition analysis leads to agronomic decisions when weather, equipment failures, or turf problems change the day's plan.

Grounds staff receive delegated work from the assistant superintendent, while agronomy associates remain accountable for playing conditions. Daily communication with the Golf Course Superintendent and General Manager covers course condition and playability. Capital improvement projects require longer-range planning alongside daily care of the property.

Turfgrass Irrigation And Equipment

Warm-season grasses require knowledge of turf species, soil management, and irrigation systems. The qualifications call for experience operating and maintaining golf-course equipment, with the ability to assess course conditions and implement agronomic solutions. In golf-course maintenance, turf-care positions use those skills to care for course surfaces.

• Keep agronomy-department permits and licenses current.
• Manage chemicals and hazardous substances safely and legally.
• Assist with fertilizer and pesticide programs.
• Operate, calibrate, and maintain maintenance equipment.

Irrigation knowledge extends from system operation to diagnosing problems in the field. Equipment work includes calibration and upkeep, while agronomic judgment connects soil conditions, turf response, and the next maintenance task.

Staff Direction And Safety Training

The assistant superintendent directs and delegates daily grounds work, helps hire maintenance personnel, and trains new team members. The position provides regular safety training and helps maintain a safe work environment while the team handles equipment and chemical materials.

Course maintenance exposes staff to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, wet and humid conditions, heat, cold, vibration, and electrical-shock risk. The physical work includes lifting, bending, climbing, stooping, and pulling, with noise that is usually moderate to loud. Golf-course maintenance teams keep chemical-use documentation as part of safe fertilizer and pesticide work.

Education And Agronomic Decisions

Degree paths in turfgrass management, agronomy, and horticulture lead into this work, but daily decisions rely on applied knowledge of soil, irrigation, pest control, and equipment use. The assistant superintendent needs to turn observations into action when heat, rain, a failed machine, or a turf issue changes course conditions. Written and verbal communication keeps those decisions clear to the maintenance team and management.

Golf professionals working in course maintenance include maintenance leaders, equipment specialists, and turf managers. The golf professionals connected to this work build agronomy expertise through formal study and industry credentials.

The Assistant Superintendent Certificate Series is a GCSAA career program for people developing golf-course maintenance skills. The GCSAA career programs include certificate and certification paths for assistant superintendents and related turf operations.

The GCSAA Career Center connects golf-course employers and professionals through a board focused on maintenance positions. The center includes assistant superintendent, superintendent, equipment, and turfgrass roles.

Seasonal Turf Care

Warm-season turf responds to heat and moisture changes, so course teams adjust irrigation timing, mowing height, and fertility plans as growing conditions change. Soil observations and irrigation checks help separate a turf-stress problem from an equipment or drainage problem before a treatment is chosen.

Soil checks, irrigation performance, and turf response provide different signals during maintenance planning. Separating moisture stress from equipment failure or drainage trouble helps the team choose a cultural practice, repair, or treatment.

The Golf Course Superintendent receives the assistant superintendent's reports, while the General Manager receives daily communication about course conditions and playability. The reporting line connects field decisions with the club's management team.

Lane Creek provides 120 hours of PTO annually, accrued bi-weekly. The hours accrue throughout the year rather than arriving as a single annual allocation.