Compensation: $16.00 per hour

Bobby Jones Golf Club is excited to announce the exceptional career opportunity of Golf Course Maintenance. Qualified candidates will thrive in a hospitality environment and be highly focused on providing superior service to the clubs managed by Troon.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Performs ground maintenance tasks: mow greens, tees, fairways and roughs
Safely operate motorized vehicles with Standard transmissions
Operate Weed-eaters, and blowers
Edge and trim and rake bunkers
Has advanced experience setting cups and preparing course for play
Plant trees and shrubs, maintain flower beds, weed control, and leaf removal
Fertilizes, prunes trees and shrubs; cut, roll, lay and water sod; install, and maintain sand bunkers
Repairs potholes
Trash/litter removal
Perform Light irrigation duties (hand water, clean heads, make repairs
Snow and Ice removal
Other duties to be assigned

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, and technical procedures. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Certificates And Licenses

State Drivers License

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

No specific vision abilities required by this job. The employee is regularly required to walk, stand, reach with hands and arms, and sit. The employee will occasionally be required to lift up to 50 pounds and regularly be required to lift up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work area is a typical golf course setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This incumbent will be working outdoors.

Bobby Jones Golf Club - Sarasota

Welcome To Bobby Jones Golf Club

Dedicated to legendary golfer Bobby Jones in 1927, this newly renovated 18-hole Championship Course, New Gillespie 9-Hole Adjustable Par 3 Course, and state of the art practice facility, boasts a rich history in Sarasota, Florida.

Bobby Jones Golf Club History

In January 2022, The City of Sarasota made a landmark decision to not only restore the Bobby Jones Golf Club - a beloved local landmark with historical significance - but also to conserve the land it sits on as green space in a conservation easement, in perpetuity.

Covering nearly 300 acres, the site will boast an 18-hole course originally designed by renowned golf architect, Donald Ross, as well as miles of winding walking/bike paths through Sarasota’s beautiful natural landscape.

In its heyday, people from around the world traveled to Sarasota to play at Bobby Jones Golf Club, including notable celebrities and athletes such as Babe Ruth, and PGA Champion, Paul Azinger. In recent years, due to the recession, the facility had fallen into disrepair due to a lack of funds for maintenance, and attendance had significantly dwindled. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the club was closed, and its future was uncertain.

Renovating and Conserving a Legendary Property

In May of 2020, the City opened the site to allow community members to walk or jog along the old golf cart paths, but the golf course and clubhouse remained closed. As Commissioners and City Staff worked on a solution, the community rallied in support of protecting the local landmark, along with the hundreds of acres of lush Florida landscape it sits upon.

On Monday, January 10th, 2022, Sarasota City Commissioners made a historic vote to not only renovate the original 18-hole Donald Ross Golf Course, create an additional 9-hole short course, and build a new clubhouse and restaurant - but also to put in place a conservation easement that will permanently protect the land from future development. Over half the site will be a future home to a 100+ acre nature park, immediately adjacent to the municipal golf cours