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About Big Cedar Golf: Big Cedar Lodge is the premier golf destination in the Midwest, boasting five different golf courses, with a 6th golf course, Cliffhanger's, an 18 hole par 3 course currently under construction. Big Cedar prides itself as America's Next Great Golf Destination by allowing golfers to play courses designed by some of the top names in golf such as Tiger Woods, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Bill Coore/ Ben Crenshaw. Big Cedar Lodge Golf is on the lookout for motivated Turf Management Interns for the 2025 season to join our awesome team here in Ridgedale, MO!
Our internship program will allow the right candidate to experience world-class turf management under the direction of Big Cedar Lodge Director of Agronomy, Golf Course Superintendents and the Assistant Superintendents. Interns should expect to gain experience in the following.
Chemical applications - Boom spraying Greens, tees and fairways and fescue roughs.
Spray hawking on Paynes Valley 19th Green.
Rainbird/Toro sprinkler head maintenance and troubleshooting.
Sand Topdressing of Greens.
Hand watering of Bent grass greens in the transition zone using a TDR sensor.
Small project crew leadership opportunities.
Push spreader fertilization and calibration.
Exposure to final grow in prep work for Cliffhangers golf course.
Exposure to greens construction/grow in at Buffalo Ridge golf course.
Networking opportunities with the other on course assistants, course superintendents as well as the Director of Agronomy.
At the end of the internship this past summer we held a Fishing/Golf tournament with groups mixed up between superintendents and interns. It was a great team building experience and we plan to hold a similar event again this upcoming summer!
Currently enrolled in a turfgrass management program.
Founded by Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops, Big Cedar prides itself as America's Next Great Golf Destination by allowing golfers to play courses designed by some of the top names in golf such as Paynes Valley by Tiger Woods, Buffalo Ridge by Tom Fazio, Ozarks National by Bill Coore/ Ben Crenshaw, Top of the Rock by Jack Nicklaus and Mountain Top by Gary Player. Big Cedar is also currently building a 6th golf course, Cliffhangers, which will be an 18-hole Par 3 course built within Paynes Valley Golf Course. The opportunities to network and exposure to assistant superintendents and superintendents and the Director of Agronomy will be endless here. 2025 is truly an exciting time to join the team here at Big Cedar Golf!