The
Future Turf Managers Initiative 2018, made possible by Jacobsen, a Textron Golf
brand, will take place at the company’s HQ in Ipswich from 6-8 March 2018.
Aimed at
up and coming greenkeepers who want to make the leap to Course Manager, FTMI
focuses on personal and professional development.
The FTMI
programme utilises the expertise of leading Course Managers, dynamic trainers
and industry experts to mentor and educate the next generation of industry
leaders.
The
successful candidates for the “FTMI Class of 2018” are:
- Michael
Budd, Westerham Golf Club
- Darren
Burton, Royal Cinque Ports
- Seb
Cavilla, Chippenham Golf Club
- Shaun
Cunningham, Mortonhall Golf Club
- Lyle
Davidson, The Carrick
- Matthew
Gallagher, Royal Mid Surrey Golf Club
- Callum
Goodhind, Prestbury Golf Club
- Graham
Hastie, Stoneham Golf Club
- Nathan
Jones, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
- Mitchell
Jordan, Lingdale Golf Club
- Andrew
McIntee, Royal Troon Golf Club
- Scott
McTaggart, Ralston Golf Club
- Jon
Methven, St Andrews Links Trust
- Chris
Mullett, The Belfry
- Scott
Parnell, Saffron Walden Golf Club
- Dean
Reed, Queenwood Golf Club
- John
Reid, The Duke's, St Andrews
- Nick
Roberts, Hendon Golf Club
- Timothy
Lewis Sethi, Golfpark Zurichsee
- Steve
Thorne, Rushmore Golf Club
Karen
Proctor, Director Global Marketing at Textron Golf, said: “This will be the
sixth year that we will be welcome 20 selected BIGGA Members to take part in
the Future Turf Managers Initiative.
“It’s a
valuable personal and career development opportunity that we offer and we very
much look forward to welcoming the Class of 2018 to our UK headquarters in
Ipswich.”
Sami
Strutt, Head of Member Development at BIGGA said: “We saw an increase of almost
40% in the number of applications received for FTMI 2018. Every year the
selection process gets more difficult due to high quality applicants.
“The 20
successful candidates can expect to be challenged and pushed out of their
comfort zone by the trainers, mentors and the Textron Golf and BIGGA teams, but
they will definitely learn a lot and make some lifelong friends along the way.”
