Golf Course Superintendent

Towne Country Club offers an experienced turf professional the opportunity to lead the care and continued improvement of an established 18-hole course in Edgerton, Wisconsin. The Superintendent will have meaningful influence over agronomy, staffing, equipment planning, course presentation, and long-term improvements while working closely with club leadership and golf operations. The position is well suited to a hands-on leader who values autonomy, visible results, and connection with golfers and the local community.

Core Responsibilities - Develop and execute annual agronomic and maintenance plans.

- Maintain greens, tees, fairways, bunkers, rough, practice areas, landscaping, and course infrastructure.

- Recruit, train, schedule, supervise, and retain seasonal and year-round maintenance employees.

- Manage the turf-maintenance operating budget.

- Maintain irrigation systems and oversee responsible water use.

- Manage fertilizer, pesticide, fungicide, and herbicide programs.

- Ensure compliance with licensing, environmental, safety, and application-record requirements.

- Establish preventive-maintenance and replacement plans for equipment.

- Coordinate daily course setup with golf operations.

- Prepare the course for leagues, outings, tournaments, and special events.

- Communicate course conditions, maintenance activity, closures, and improvement priorities.

- Recommend drainage, bunker, irrigation, tree-management, and capital projects.

Required Qualifications - At least five years of relevant golf-course maintenance experience.

- Demonstrated supervisory or team-lead experience.

- Strong working knowledge of cool-season turfgrass management.

- Experience with irrigation, chemical application, pest management, equipment, and course setup.

- Ability to build and manage an operating budget.

- Wisconsin pesticide-applicator credentials, or ability to obtain them promptly.

- Ability to work early mornings, weekends, holidays, and weather-dependent schedules during the golf season.

- Clear communication and sound judgment.

Preferred Qualifications - Associate or bachelor’s degree in turfgrass management, agronomy, horticulture, plant science, or a related discipline.

- Previous superintendent or assistant-superintendent experience.

- Experience at a public, municipal, semi-private, or value-oriented daily-fee facility.

- Familiarity with Upper Midwest winters, spring recovery, snow mold, summer stress, drainage, and irrigation management.

- Experience recruiting and leading seasonal employees.

- GCSAA participation or certification.

- Experience developing multi-year equipment and capital plans.