Bob Novecosky
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Expertise
WORK EXPERIENCE
Fairway Group Calgary Inc. (Wingfield Golf Club)
Project Management / Head Superintendent | Calgary, AB | 2021 - Present
Mickelson National Golf Club of Canada
Grow-in / Head Superintendent | Calgary, AB | 2018 - 2020
Totem Golf LTD.
Head of Agronomy | Cochrane, AB | 2012 - 2017
Sundre Golf Club (a division of Totem Golf Ltd.)
Head Superintendent | Sundre, AB | 2006 - 2013
Wintergreen Golf & Country Club ( a division of RCR)
Head Superintendent | Bragg Creek, AB | 2003 - 2005
Cochrane Golf Club
Head Superintendent | Cochrane, AB | 1995 - 2003
Country Club of the Hamptons
Irrigation Foreman | Calgary, AB | 1992 -1995
Royal Mayfair Golf Club
Irrigation Foreman | Edmonton, AB | 1990 - 1991
- 25 years as Head Superintendent/Head of Agronomy
- Professional Affiliations include - CGSA, AGSA, GCSAA
- All licenses/certificates are current and up to date.
- Grow-in Superintendent/Head Superintendent Mickelson National Golf Club of Canada.
- Head of Agronomy -Totem Golf Ltd. Turf Care Manager providing fiscal, strategic and operational leadership.
- Environmental Turf Care Facility Design. Creating a work place with 100% containment from wash bay system, chemical storage, sprayer bay, equipment bay, fuel storage.
- Oversaw Insurance Audit and created liability list used for future audits (minimizing liability to staff, management and ownership).
- Crisis Management: environmental protection, weather damage, floods, soil reclamation, pest control.
Expertise
- Understand the commitment and sacrifice involved to take a project from start to finish while keeping ownership’s best interest in mind.
- Ensuring a proper foundation is built in order to maintain future budgets.
- Staying cool, calm and collected when chaos creeps up.
- Quality Control of Sub Contractors ensuring execution of tasks.
- Forward thinker, knowing what’s going to happen before it does, seeing around the corner.
- Proactive and preventative thinker.
- Understand all the different environmental conditions from wind, soils, water quality, temperatures and fertility and how they react together to maximize the growth of the golf course.
- Seed or sod, preventative planning on a new golf hole to minimize environmental damage.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Fairway Group Calgary Inc. (Wingfield Golf Club)
Project Management / Head Superintendent | Calgary, AB | 2021 - Present
- Responsible for the restoration, revitalization and the rebranding of a property (300 acres) that was unkept for 18 months.
Mickelson National Golf Club of Canada
Grow-in / Head Superintendent | Calgary, AB | 2018 - 2020
- Responsible for the germination, growth and maturity of all bent grass greens (Pure Distinction), blue grass fairways, rough and tees including fescue areas (Big Horn Sure Guard).
- Monitored Oliphant Companies & Wilco regarding their construction progress and documented deficiencies.
- Development of a fertility program for sand capped fairways (3-5mm).
- Monitored Echo Valley Irrigation regarding the installation (HDPE), completion and sign-off of irrigation including the programming of the irrigation computer.
- Oversaw the installation of Better Billy Bunker.
- Designed Environmental Turf Care Facility based on previous designs and County regulations.
- Capital purchases, budget design and cost allocation.
Totem Golf LTD.
Head of Agronomy | Cochrane, AB | 2012 - 2017
- Oversaw 2 properties; Greywolf Golf Course, Sundre Golf Club
- Greywolf Golf Course - Returned the course to the original architectural master plan to improve playability.
- Sundre Golf Club - Oversaw the complete redesign and reconstruction of property.
- Created two Environmental Turf care Facilities that benchmark all environmental requirements and Health canada (PMRA) guidelines.
- Involved with Construction/Renovations of Club Houses (Sundre Golf Club,, Greywolf Golf Course).
- Insurance Audit for Totem Golf Ltd. (Sundre Golf Club, Mountainview Inn & Suites, Greywolf Golf Course).
- Responsible for recruitment and placement of Foreign Workers for Totem Golf Ltd.
- Created OHS programs for all properties and created a Managers Handbook for both Superintendents.
- Created a Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program to fight the Mountain Pine Beetle in Panorama, BC.
- Successfully wintered Greywolf’s Poa/Bent greens (under ice shield covers), bent tees and bent fairways for 5 years.
- Financial management of the Turf Care Budget including preparation and execution.
Sundre Golf Club (a division of Totem Golf Ltd.)
Head Superintendent | Sundre, AB | 2006 - 2013
- Oversaw Puddicombe Golf on executing their Master Plan regarding the complete re-build of the property.
- Project started in July of 2006 being completed and open for play July 2009 (note: 9 holes remained open during construction).
Wintergreen Golf & Country Club ( a division of RCR)
Head Superintendent | Bragg Creek, AB | 2003 - 2005
- Recruited to improve the overall playing conditions of the golf course.
- The site was in need of an extensive clean-up. Created a facility with the basic needs of Golf Course Maintenance at hand (minimizing liabilities).
Cochrane Golf Club
Head Superintendent | Cochrane, AB | 1995 - 2003
- Learned “The Art of Growing Grass”
Country Club of the Hamptons
Irrigation Foreman | Calgary, AB | 1992 -1995
- Participated with all areas of construction from groundbreaking to complete maturity of turf grass and trees.
- Primary responsibility was the grow-in and establishment of all turf grass, including the monitoring of deficiencies regarding the irrigation contractor.
Royal Mayfair Golf Club
Irrigation Foreman | Edmonton, AB | 1990 - 1991
- Two year project which included reconstruction of greens, tees, bunkers and their surrounds along with a new irrigation system. Primary responsibility was growing in the bent-grass greens & tees.
Grassy Knoll Consulting
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