Assistant Course Superintendent – DLF Golf and Country Club

Category: Executive Management

DLF Golf & Country Club is seeking an ambitious and technically capable Assistant Course Superintendent to join its course leadership team in Gurugram, India.

Set across approximately 200 acres, the Club is home to the 18-hole Gary Player Signature Course and a floodlit nine-hole Arnold Palmer Course. Its championship venue has hosted the Hero Indian Open, Hero Women’s Indian Open, Johnnie Walker Classic and International Series India, placing the successful candidate within one of the highest-profile golf environments in the region.

The Club forms part of DLF, India’s largest publicly listed real estate company, and sits at the centre of the prestigious DLF5 Golf Links residential and lifestyle precinct. This wider organisational setting brings substantial scale, investment and high expectations around presentation, service and operational accountability.

Reporting to Course Superintendent Steven Johnson, the Assistant Course Superintendent will help translate agreed agronomic and operational plans into disciplined daily execution. The role will supervise defined areas of the course workforce, contribute to major improvement projects and play an important in the overall leadership responsibility for course maintenance operations.
The role will include:

• Coordinating daily maintenance, course setup and presentation across the Club’s courses and practice facilities.
• Leading staff briefings, work allocation, supervision, training and safe work practices.
• Implementing agreed programs covering turf nutrition, plant protection, cultivation, moisture management, irrigation and seasonal transition.
• Monitoring course conditions and using data, technology and sound practical judgement to identify and respond to emerging issues.
• Supporting greens and bunker renovation, drainage, water-management, irrigation and other course-improvement projects.
• Contributing to the preparation of the Club’s major international tournaments.
• Acting for the Course Superintendent when delegated and developing the capability to assume greater responsibility over time.

About you
You are likely to be an Assistant Course Superintendent or senior assistant at a strong golf facility, or a Superintendent within a smaller or less complex operation who is ready to step into a larger and more technically demanding environment.

• A recognised qualification in Sports Turf Management, Agronomy, Horticulture or a related discipline.
• Typically five to eight years of progressive golf-course maintenance experience, including supervisory responsibility.
• Strong practical agronomic knowledge and a record of delivering high-quality playing surfaces.
• Experience with warm-season turf, seasonal transition, high-temperature or monsoon-affected conditions, or the demonstrated capacity to adapt to them.
• Practical exposure to renovation, drainage, irrigation, construction or course-upgrade projects.
• A hands-on and engaging leadership style, developing staff and maintaining standards within a diverse workforce.
• Cultural awareness, adaptability and a genuine motivation to live and work in India.
• Clear communication skills, professional integrity and ambition to progress into senior course leadership.

Why consider DLF?
This is a genuine career development focused appointment. The successful candidate will work closely with an experienced Course Superintendent, gain exposure to a substantial course team and modern operating systems, contribute to significant renovation and infrastructure projects, and help prepare an internationally recognised venue for major tournament golf.

DLF is open to suitably qualified candidates from India and international markets, subject to visa feasibility and mutual alignment. An attractive remuneration and relocation package will be developed with the preferred candidate and confirmed by DLF.

How to apply
Please submit a cover letter outlining your interest in the opportunity and a current résumé detailing your relevant agronomic, project and leadership experience.

Confidential enquiries: Mark Matehaere, Founder – EnvoyGolf   mark@envoygolf.com  |  +61 416 205 541
Closing date: 23rd of September