Assistant Golf Professional

Property Description:

Meadowbrook Golf Club is a municipal, daily-fee golf facility in the Delta region of Northeast Arkansas entering a phased reopening and transformation period. The property is being intentionally developed to redefine expectations of public golf, delivering an experience that consistently exceeds its category and establishes Meadowbrook as one of the region’s premier value-driven golf and hospitality destinations. Built on a blend of prairie structure and parkland character, the course reflects the natural landscape of the Delta while evolving through continued investment, expansion, and operational refinement.

This is a high-opportunity, hands-on environment where team members at every level contribute directly to shaping the future of the property. Early phases require flexibility, ownership, and collaboration across functions, with roles naturally becoming more defined as operations stabilize and departments grow. Above all, Meadowbrook is built on character integrity, humility, honesty, kindness, and a genuine commitment to service. Skills can be taught, but the foundation of this organization is the people who choose to show up with purpose and take pride in building something that matters.

Position Summary:

The Assistant Golf Pro assists the Director of Golf with all golf shop activities and outside services operations and is responsible for ensuring that pass-holders, members and guests receive outstanding customer service, which meets or exceeds their expectations.   The Assistant Golf Pro is instrumental in organizing and implementing golf events, tournaments, outings, leagues, teaching clinics and other golf programs designed to improve the Club’s products and services as well as its competitive position in the marketplace.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in implementing applicable Company operating, human resources, and safety policies and procedures pertaining to golf shop and outside service activities. Ensure procedures are followed to open, close and secure the golf shop and storage buildings.
• Handle cash flow in the golf shop, ensuring that cash and credit card charges balance with sales receipts in accordance with operating procedures.
• Monitor the performance of assigned staff including golf shop attendants, starters, rangers, and outside service staff to ensure customer service standards and productivity goals are achieved.
• Ensure that the golf shop, storage areas, cart shed, and grounds are maintained per Company cleanliness and appearance standards. Maintain clean, presentable and fully stocked merchandise displays.
• Assist in the preparation operating and capital budgets. Provide assistance with financial forecasts and analyzing budget variances as appropriate.
• Assist with physical inventory at month end in accordance with inventory procedures.
• Ensure accurate tracking of types and quantity of golf rounds played. Monitor customer preferences, usage patterns, and satisfaction with Company products and services. Assess the quality of internal and/or external customer service and speed of play.  Recommend plans for continued improvement.
• Interact with pass-holders, members and guests in a congenial and professional manner.
• Maintain pleasant and professional telephone manner at all times. Schedule tee times and handle customer inquiries and/or complaints in accordance with operating policies and procedures.
• Plan and conduct individual and group lesson programs and golf clinics.
• Assist with organizing and implementing tournaments, group outings and special events. Ensure efficient operation and coordination of golf shop, cart service and other services as applicable.
• Be fully knowledgeable of golf shop merchandise. Sell merchandise and/or provide suggestions to patrons as appropriate to meet their needs.
• Assist with organizing and maintaining ancillary services such as the handicapping system, membership programs and driving range facilities.
• Assure the efficient and timely submission of all required reports.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Qualifications:

• BA / BS degree, preferred.
• PGA apprentice or better, preferred.
• Min 1year experience in the golf or hospitality industry preferred.
• Demonstrated experience and capability in the areas of retailing, marketing, and/or sales, customer service, and guest relations preferred.
• Demonstrated quality written, verbal, interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems; efficiently handle multiple duties under pressure with minimal supervision; work flexible hours as required including nights/weekends.
• Positive attitude, professional manner and appearance in all situations.

Supervises:

Golf shop staff, outside services, starters, rangers

Classification:

Full-time, Seasonal or Non-Seasonal, Hourly, Non-Exempt

KemperSports Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer