Bradley Anderson

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Professional Experience

Bittersweet Golf Club
Gurnee, IL
2011 - present
Golf Course Superintendent

Birmingham Country Club
Birmingham, MI
2008 - 2010
Golf Course Superintendent

Midlane Country Club & Resort
Wadsworth, IL
1991 - 2008
Golf Course Superintendent

The Links At Midlane
Wadsworth, IL
1994 - 1995
General Contractor of construction and grow-in

College of Lake County
Greyslake, IL
2004
Adjunct Turfgrass Science Instructor

Canton Country Club
Canton, IL
1984 - 1991
Golf Course Superintendent

Old Elm Club,
Highland Park, IL
1982 - 1984
Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

Golf Course Management Statements

  • Winter Kill Prevention
  • Maintenance Standards
  • Turf Nursery
  • Projects Experience of Bradley Anderson
  • Budget Management
  • Fleet Management
  • Equipment Refurbishment
  • Training Sheets
  • Management Priorities
  • Presidents Award
  • Asset Reserves Schedule
  • Invitational Preparations
  • Evaluation Sheet
  • Weekly Tee Sheet & Maintenance Planner
  • Team Building
  • Native Trees
  • Irrigation Systems

Articles by Bradley Anderson

  • Reshaping Classic Greens
  • Regrassing Classic Greens
  • Backdrops to Greens
  • Classic Bunker Restoration
  • The Camargo Club
  • Holston Hills CC
  • Retaining Walls For Ponds
  • Balance
  • Naperville Remodel
  • Butler National Remodel
  • Greens Expansion
  • Fescue Bunker Faces
  • History of Wilfrid Reid and William Connellan
  • Cost Effect Bunker Drainage
  • Its A Wonderful Life
  • The Midwest Family Tree
  • Big Foot CC
  • 2006 Medinah CC Clinic

Professional Assets

Qualifications

  • Excellent communication abilities
  • Exceptional budgeting and organizational skills
  • Proficient in Word, Excel, Weblog and Power Point
  • 28 years experience as a golf course superintendent
  • Provide championship caliber playing conditions in a budget conscious manner
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Avid golfer

Professional Accomplishments

  • Performed grow-in of a new Bob Lohmann golf course
  • Supervised installation of three automated irrigation systems
  • Designed and contracted construction of an 18,000 sq.ft. maintenance shop and licensed pesticide containment facility
  • Obtained permits for a 2 mile aqueduct to convey water to a course with insufficient well capacity
  • Cultivation of a Poa annua sod nursery for immediate healing of winter-kill issues
  • Formulation of simple and cost effective agronomic programs
  • Implementation of water conservation technology for healthy, firm and fast playing conditions
  • Expansion of short game areas around greens
  • Designed and installed effective drainage systems
  • Installation of cart paths and effective traffic control systems
  • Expansion and leveling of tees, using sod from home-grown turf nursery
  • Drawing and installation of clubhouse landscapes and flower beds
  • Supervision of lake and pond construction
  • Creation of effective yardage marking systems for speed of play
  • Cultivation of natural prairie areas to enhance beauty of golf course and reduce rough mowing


Tournaments

  • Illinois Senior Open
  • Illinois PGA Match Play Championship
  • Chicago District Golf Association Senior Championship
  • Olds Scramble Sectional
  • Illinois State Women’s Scramble
  • Birmingham Silver Cup Invitational


Education

  • A.S.S. Degree in Horticulture, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
  • Continuing education through the GCSAA seminar program


Memberships

  • Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
  • Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents
  • Chicagoland Association of Golf Course Superintendents


Professional Achievements

  • Board of Directors, Illinois Turfgrass Foundation
  • Board of Directors, Michigan Turfgrass Foundation
  • Past President of Chicagoland Association of Golf Course Superintendents
  • Past Secretary/Treasurer of Central Illinois Association of Golf Course Superintendents
  • Wrote SOP for the Chicagoland Association of Golf Course Superintendents
  • Associate Editor of On Course
  • Author of the Midwest Family Tree
  • Adjunct Turf Science Instructor for College of Lake County
  • MAGCS Presidents Award for meritorious service
  • Administrator of ad-hoc Detroit Area Private Club Superintendents Roundtable Group

Community Service Work

Rockford Rescue Mission
1980 - 1981
Led a group of young people to volunteer Saturday afternoons at the mission

St. James Society of Lake Forest
1983 - 1984
Assimilated a Cambodian refugee in English speaking and drivers license

Fulton County Red Cross
1988-1990
Treasurer

Lakeland Church
1991 - present
Small group leader
Sunday School teacher
Worship band percussionist

Christian Youth Theater
2001 - 2007
Taught the musical class Stomp and Comedy Improv
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