golf course management

Today was the seventh day of senior project at Country Club of New Hampshire. I started off the day by cleaning up divots on the range with a leaf blower, rake, and shovel with Spanky and Joe. After the range looked good as new, Spanky and I moved some carts around and organized the line of carts. After that was done with Spanky and I went off to the bank in Andover to deposit some cash from the weekend. When we got back, there were some carts that had been returned that needed washing. I finished up cleaning carts and went inside to talk to Derek and Mark about the week ahead of us. The last hour today I spent on the range, hitting some balls and working on my game. I am focusing on my driver and bringing my hands straight back, and when I get to the top of my backswing "loading and cocking" my wrist. This is said to add 20-30 yards to your drive. 4 hours today, 31 total hours. 

Over the first week of senior project at the Country Club of New Hampshire, I gained valuable experience and knowledge about various aspects of working at a golf course. Throughout the week, I was mentored by Joe and Karl, who taught me the ropes and showed me different responsibilities. During the first two days, I focused on learning about the driving range and cart maintenance. I practiced hitting balls at the driving range and then picked and washed the range balls. I also learned how to clean golf carts, put up umbrellas, and ensure the smooth flow of play on the course. On the second day, I delved deeper into cart maintenance, cleaning all the carts, and checking for battery corrosion. I also assisted golfers by cleaning their carts and plugging them in.  On the third day, the workload shifted as it was a slow day at the course. I worked with Joe to organize and clean rental clubs, ensuring each bag had the correct number of clubs. I also tackled the task of organizing numero...

 Today was the sixth day of senior project at Country Club of New Hampshire. Since it is a Saturday morning and it is sunny and warm out, the course is busy, and there are golfers everywhere. This morning's main focus was organizing carts and ensuring everyone got through the first tee box smoothly. Once the first flood of golfers had gotten off, I started picking the range. After some improvements the maintenance men added to the cart it is much quieter than before. Many balls were on the range since the cart was not running yesterday. I wanted to go out and play CCNH but since it's the first nice Saturday of the year the tee sheet was booked solid, I settled for another bucket of balls on the range. 4 hours today, 27 hours 

Today was the fifth day of senior project at Country Club of New Hampshire. It was another slow day at the course. There were a few folks who headed out early for a full 18 holes. Some carts were missing from the line so I pulled some out of the cart barn and replenished the line of carts. As some of the regulars showed up I checked in with them to see how everything was and help them load up their cart. I was planning on picking the range but the range cart was missing, after some investigation, I found out it was in maintenance getting worked on. I strolled my way on over to the maintenance to see some of the guys there welding the cage back onto the cart where the welds had previously snapped. I asked if they needed any help, but my collared shirt and khakis must have convinced them I would be no help.  I finished up my day at CCNH by hitting some balls at the range. 4.5 hours today, 23 total hours. 

 Today was the fourth day of senior project at Country Club of New Hampshire. Another slow day at the course. Not too many folks had tee times this morning, so Karl, Joe, and I started on some cart maintenance. We went through the remaining 15 carts we didn't get to the other day and checked the battery terminals. We only found two terminals with corrosion today, so we fixed those up nicely. There was a cart that came back last night with a broken windshield, so Karl and I took a windshield off an old cart and swapped it with the broken one on a newer cart. As a few of the early morning golfers came in, I helped them bring their clubs to their car, washed the carts, and plugged them in. I finished off the day at CCNH by hitting some balls at the range. 5 hours today, 18.5 total hours. 

Today was the third day of senior project at Country Club of New Hampshire. It was a pretty slow day at the course, so there was not too much work revolving around the driving range or golf carts. Instead, Joe and I sorted through all of the rental clubs and organized all of them. We made sure every bag had the proper amount of clubs. We also cleaned all of the clubs and organized the bags accordingly. When we finished with that, we turned to the old pro shop where there are hundreds of miscellaneous clubs lying around. All of these clubs have accumulated from people leaving them out on the course. I was tasked with organizing all of the clubs into specific boxes according to the loft of the golf club. 4 hours today 13.5 hours total. 

Today was the second day of senior project at Country Club of New Hampshire. Started off the day by learning about cart maintenance. We cleaned all of the carts and checked the battery terminals for corrosion. If a connection point was corroded, we would clean off the corrosion and spray some preventative spray on there. I then went out on the range with the ball picker and picked the range of all of the range balls. When all of the baskets were full on the picker I returned to base and washed all of the balls. Then some golfers came in from their round so I cleaned their carts and plugged them in. 5 hours today 9.5 hours total.