Top 5 Jobs at Golf Courses

If you love to play golf, are an avid fan, have golfing knowledge, like working on golf carts or just enjoy being outdoors, a job in the golf industry just might be for you. Explore the top 5 careers in the golf industry today to determine exactly what position fits your skills. 

#1. Golf Course Maintenance

If you have a love for the outdoors and enjoy spending most of your day in the fresh air, golf course maintenance might be the job for you. Most days start early in the morning and your day is done around 3:00pm. Responsibilities cover maintenance of the grounds, including grass cuttings, application of fertilizer, sod, repairing areas that have been damaged, and much more. Little experience is typically needed and entry-level positions are typically available. The pay can range from around $7 per hour to $10 per hour, depending on location and experience.

#2. Golf Cart Maintenance

If you have a background in automotive care, ability to work on automotive engines or existing knowledge of golf carts, a career in golf cart maintenance might be for you. The job usually requires the maintaining of all gold carts a course has, typically choosing preventative care but with the ability to fix carts as they break too. Some courses will take existing automotive experience in place of actual cart experience, but each employer will vary. Pay scales varies greatly based upon experience.

#3. Golf Pro Shop Staff

If you love working with people, taking a job as a cashier or salesperson in the pro shop may be ideal for you. Here you will interact with customers, help them pick out proper gear, or equipment, and take care of their payments for all of their golfing needs. Typically, little experience is required, and although it may vary from course to course there may be perks like free rounds of golf included, or even shop discounts.

#4. Course Ranger

The job of a ranger is to monitor play on the course, making sure everything is running smoothly and that game pace is moving along. A great deal of your time will be spent outdoors typically in a golf cart as you interact with players on the course and keep in contact with the pro shop with updates on the pace of players on the green. You must have very good interpersonal skills, as you are typically required to talk with the customers, specifically if there is a hold up. It would then be your job to notify the pro shop, or proper channel to any problems the players are having, and seek ways to remedy the situation.

#5. Marketing and Promotions

This position is excellent for those having a strong background in marketing. It is up to you to come up with new and creative ways of driving in business. It is also your job to create, run and maintain course programs, drive in customers, keep them coming back and to attract tournaments. Advertisements, social media and website design also fall under this category. You are responsible for developing every public event that takes place within the course. General requirements for this type of job are usually a Bachelor's degree in the field of marketing or an equivalent five years of experience