Jeffrey Davis CGCS

• Established a custom and detailed fertilization and pesticide program for each of the two 18-hole golf courses maintaining the courses in tournament playing conditions.
• Trained the workers in the proper maintenance practices which increase efficiency and improved playing conditions.
• Directed the bunker renovation project at the Corea course which included revetted bunkers and the installation of a catch basin drainage system. This greatly improved playing conditions and provided for improved maintenance. Successfully finished the $500,000 renovation project on time and budget.
• Successfully trained temporary workers for the renovation project with little or no golf course experience. Three were later hired by the club, another hired by a surveying company and a fourth is being hired for another renovation project as a team leader.
• Experienced in preparing and setting up golf courses for tournaments including ones sponsored by the PGA.
• Conducted regular assessments of course conditions and proactively addressed issues to maintain optimal playing conditions year-round.

• Developed and implemented comprehensive written agronomic programs, enhancing turf quality and playability across many golf courses in Colombia.
• Directed the maintenance and recovery of bermuda grass golf greens that were severely affected by excess salt and sodium in the irrigation water source at an 18-hole course in Barranquilla, Colombia.
• Trained workers on improved maintenance practices at many golf courses which provided improved efficiency and playing conditions at the clubs.
• Advised clubs on purchases of maintenance equipment and when equipment was not operating properly resulting in improved equipment maintenance and efficient equipment purchases.
• My communication skills included the presentation of seminars on golf course maintenance to audiences of up to 60 participants for the Colombian Federation of Golf and the Professional Golf Association of Colombia.
• My organizational skills and leadership qualities allowed me to successfully direct the recovery of nine golf holes lost due to flooding, that included the rebuilding of nine greens with timely completion in six months.
• Collaborated with tournament organizers to prepare greens for high-profile events, Including events sponsored by the PGA.

The maintenance shop was a disaster. Equipment not properly maintained, no records, no organized inventory.

• Contracted a well recommended mechanic to help train the assistant mechanic and organize the equipment, shop and inventory greatly improving maintenance, record keeping, inventory which allowed us to properly maintain the equipment and maintain the shop organized and clean.

Upon reviewing the golf course it became pretty obvious that there were some problems with the irrigation. Even in a country that rains nine months of the year there was a water storage problem.

• I convinced the owner to enlarge the irrigation lake and use the dirt to raise an area that was below the flood plane in order to sell this area as housing lots and help recover the costs.
• The main lake had to be dredged and the intake structure rebuilt. This would help limit the invasion of the common bermuda grass.
• We tested several wells on the property and discovered several that produced enough water and tied them into the irrigation lake.
• Irrigation heads were added and moved to acquire better coverage around several greens greatly improving playing conditions in this vital area.

The greens when the course was renovated were given on a contract basis. The result was greens were planted with a mix of paspalum and common bermuda.

• The owner allowed me to use several lots as a greens nursery. I installed irrigation, prepared the base for planting the nursery toward a future green sodding project.