Greenskeeper

Troon International; Venice (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned golf course management company seeks a Greenskeeper to join the maintenance team at Sarasota National Club in Venice, Florida. This role involves maintaining landscaping and supporting a golf course renovation project in 2026. Responsibilities include mowing, watering, soil preparation, and applying fertilizer. Ideal candidates should have excellent communication skills, be detail-oriented, and dependable. Experience with landscaping design is preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Highly organized, efficient, and detail-oriented work is required.
• Ability to design and maintain landscaping around the golf course is necessary.
• Capable of operating tools and equipment related to golf course maintenance.
• Experience in seeding, fertilizing, and ground preparation is important.
• Dependable and reliable performance is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clean and organized work areas on the golf course.
• Mow greens, fairways, tees, and other areas as needed.
• Water greens, tees, and fairways, and operate irrigation heads.
• Repair irrigation systems, pipes, and irrigation heads as necessary.
• Grade and prepare soil, lay sod, and seed areas as required.
• Trim hedges, shrubbery, and clean flower beds.
• Apply pesticides and fertilizers to maintain the golf course.

Skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented

Landscaping design and coordination

Tool operation for maintenance

Seeding and fertilizing skills

Dependability

Job description

Sarasota National Club, 25500 National Blvd, Venice, FL 34293, USA

The Greenskeeper is a key member of the course maintenance team and is responsible for the landscaping and maintenance around the golf course. Sarasota National is experiencing a full golf course renovation in 2026. During the renovation, this position will require construction‑related activities in addition to normal golf course maintenance requirements during the course grow‑in.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be highly organized, efficient and detail oriented
• Must possess the ability to design, coordinate and maintain landscaping on the golf course
• Must possess the ability to operate all tools and equipment related to golf course maintenance
• Skilled in seeding, fertilizing, mulching and general ground preparation for restoration and renovation
• Must be dependable

Responsibilities

• Maintains clean and organized work areas on the golf course and maintenance facility
• Mows greens, approaches, fairways, rough, tees and other areas
• Waters tees, greens and fairways; operates irrigation heads in dry areas needing additional water
• Repairs the irrigation system, pipes and irrigation heads as necessary
• Grades and prepares soil base, lays sod and seeds greens, tees and fairways
• Trims and prunes hedges and shrubbery; cleans flower beds
• Applies pesticides and fertilizer to the golf course
• Performs related duties as assigned by supervisor or manager

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