Municipal Golf Association San Antonio

Jake is a native South African who has over 20 years experience working in the Golf Course Maintenance Industry.  He started by attaining his 4-year BSc in Agriculture degree in South Africa, whereupon he moved to the UK shortly after.  There he began his career as a greens-keeper at The Oxfordshire Golf Club and then Frilford Heath Golf Club. He finished off his European career working at the Prestigious, Radley College, a Private Boys High School, as the Deputy Head Groundsman prior to immigrating to the US in 2009.  He settled in Austin, TX with his family and spent the last 10 years working at two prestigious Private country clubs, The University of Texas Golf Club and Barton Creek Resort and Country Club.  He was heavily involved with the Fazio Foothills Golf Course renovation (Now Rated #26 in Texas) and during his tenure worked on 3 of the 4 championship golf courses at Barton Creek.  He began his journey with the ACGT Team in March 2018, and is a passionate and dedicated individual who is a Class A member of the GCSAA.  He strongly believes in, "enhancing the enjoyment, growth and the vitality of the game of golf", through his own work, dedication and passion for the game and the industry.