Donncha McNamara

I am currently on a training internship at Seminole Golf Club through the Ohio State University

The experience I have gained to date is as follows:

• Planning and supervising the maintenance of greens, tees and fairways; schedule work and supervise the employees and the use of the equipment
• To supervise and participate in pesticide applications and/or operate and calibrate pesticide application equipment
• To supervise and participate in the maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems
• Assist in personnel management and evaluation, employee safety and personnel discipline
• Hand watering, vertical mowing, aeration, fraze mowing, Dry Ject process, speed management and topdressing programs

I volunteered for the 2024 Solheim Cup in Virginia. My main jobs for the week were mowing fairways for the AM shift and hand watering and filling divots for the PM shift

• I volunteered for the 2024 Genesis Invitational on the PGA Tour
• My main job for the week was mowing fairways and dew removal in the morning and mowing fairways and filling divots in the afternoon

• Host of the 2022 and 2023 KPMG Women's Irish Open.
• I was mainly responsible for the cutting of fairways and greens, hollow coring or solid tining of greens and tees, irrigation during the summer months, and re-turfing of areas that were required

• I volunteered to be a part of the Agronomy team for the 2023 Valero Texas Open on the PGA Tour
• My main job for the week was mowing fairways

• Organised and maintained executive calendars, including scheduling meetings, travel arrangements and conference calls.
• Prepared documents such as memos, letters, reports, spreadsheets and presentations using Microsoft Office applications.
• Answered incoming phone calls, responded to inquiries and transferred calls as needed.
• Updated contact lists on a regular basis; created new contacts as needed.
• Raised funds by organizing multiple events and diligently managed details to meet deadlines.

• I was responsible for the upkeep of all aspects of the golf course
• During my 13 months at East Clare myself and my work colleague made the course far more playable with large areas of scrub cleared away throughout the course, drainage improved, rough extended and greens vastly improved

• My main line of work was breeding, rearing and training greyhounds