Seasonal Greenkeeper

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Bentham Golf Centre - Lancaster - Northern

Seasonal Green keepers 25 February 2026

Wenningdale Leisure Ltd at Bentham Golf Course - Seasonal Greenkeeper

Location: Bentham Golf Course, Robin Lane, High Bentham, Lancaster LA2 7AG

Responsible to: Wenningdale Leisure Ltd Owner and Head Greenkeeper

Staff Responsible for: None but the role involves liaising closely with Golf Shop staff

Rate of Pay: rate may vary depending on experience

Hours of work: 44 hours a week, fixed term contract from the 23rd of March until the 4th of October

To assist the head greenkeeper in maintaining the 18 hole course to a high standard.

• Cut tees, greens, surrounds, fairways, rough and semi rough
• Set up the golf course, including changing holes, moving tee markers, indicating OOB, Drop zones and hazards
• Switch and brush greens
• Apply top dressing and fertilizer
• Identify and control pests and diseases
• Renovate worn and damaged turf
• Prepare and maintain machinery

• Must have a greenkeeping qualification
• Must have a driving license
• Must have at least 2 years’ experience working on golf courses
• Must be friendly and sociable to all customers who may be using the facilities
• Must be able to work unsupervised
• Must be loyal, honest and hardworking
• Work as a team to ensure the course is maintained to a high standard
• Reports to work each day and on time and is prepared to do extra hours when needed

A fully trained, qualified golf course greenkeeper must be competent in the following:

• Monitor and Maintain health, safety and security in the workplace
• Communicating effectively with other members of the golf course team e.g. golf shop staff and professional.
• Dealing with disagreements/conflict
• Keeping management informed of oncourse issues or ideas
• Understanding their roles and responsibilities
• Responding to on-course emergencies
• Maintain good standards of health and safety for self and others
• Switching and brushing
• Mowing banks, rough, semi-rough, fairways, tees, surrounds and greens
• Scarifying, verticutting, aerating and irrigating turf
• Applying nutrition
• Applying top dressing
• Repairing divots and maintaining tee beds
• Identifying and controlling weeds, pests, turf diseases and disorders
• Preparing ground to establish turf and establishing said turf
• Marking of hazards, out of bounds and ground under repair
• Maintaining bunkers
• Maintaining golf course furniture
• Changing holes and moving tee markers
• Rolling turf
• Driving a tractor with implements
• Undertaking routine machine maintenance
• Preparing machinery for use and storage
• Measuring green speed and interpreting the results
• The rules of golf relating to golf course maintenance
• Maintaining trees and shrubs on the golf course
• Identifying plants on the golf course and establishing plants on the golf course, including the preparation of ground

All of the above tasks must be carried out in a manner that minimises environmental damage. The work is physical, and most tasks are carried out on uneven terrain in varied weather conditions. PPE is provided, and it is the responsibility of the greenkeeper to maintain this PPE and care for it.

Please send a copy of your CV & a covering letter to