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.