Starter

Position: Starter

Reports To: 1st Assistant Golf Professional

Essential Functions:

• Ensure that all members and guests are provided with excellent customer service every day.
• Control the pace of play by directing players to the first tee at appropriate times.
• Provide information regarding course conditions, pace of play and other golf-related issues.

Interaction:

Frequent interaction: with members and guests

Additional Responsibilities:

• Verifies that all revenues and cart numbers have been properly recorded on the tee sheet.
• Keeps assistant Golf Professional informed about pace of play on course.
• Always maintains a clean and orderly appearance of the starter building and Staging area
• Arranges players in proper starting order and assigns appropriate tees (if needed)
• Assigns carts.
• Supplies players with score cards, pencils, sand, towels, water, ice, and conditions of play
• Perform all work-related duties as assigned by supervisor, Head Professional, or General Manager.
• Starters may also perform the following duties:  Ensure members’ and guests’ bags are appropriately placed on carts.

Working Conditions:

Exposed to environmental changes in weather when working outside.

Special Requirements:

• Must possess an outgoing personality.
• Must value honesty and integrity and practice it daily.
• Must be always courteous and tactful.
• Must treat others with kindness and respect.
• Must follow instructions from Assistant Professionals, Head Professional, and General Manager
• Ability to effectively communicate in a professional manner to members, guests and staff.
• Ability to arrive at work on time.
• Ability to interact well with co-workers.
• Ability to follow posted rules and procedures.

Physical Functions:

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

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, climb stairs, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl and/or sit up to eight hours per day.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and/or controls.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Hearing and talking sufficiently to communicate with members, guests and co-workers.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, vision ability to read, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to push, pull or lift to 50 lbs.
• Independent mobility through clubhouse
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle and must possess a driver’s license.