Golf Course Superintendent · Agronomist · Builder

The turf stops
with you.

Grow-in consulting, agronomic program design, and AI-powered operations tools for golf courses that refuse to be average.

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The résumé

Built on real courses,
not theory.

Over a decade running championship golf facilities — from desert grow-ins to 28-hole transition zone operations with budgets over $3M and crews of 80+.

28
holes currently under management at a Beau Welling design in the Texas transition zone
80+
person maintenance crew managed across golf, grounds, and horticulture
$3M+
annual maintenance budget managed across 200 acres
5
facilities ranging from desert resort to private club to grow-in superintendent

What I do

Where I can help.

Grow-in & New Build Consulting
From the first seed to the opening round. I've grown in multiple facilities from scratch and know what ownership groups don't know to ask about until it's too late. Embed me early and avoid the expensive surprises.
Agronomic Program Design
A complete fertility, PGR, and plant health program built for your specific grass, climate, and expectations. Not a vendor's program — yours. Built around your budget and your conditions.
Crew & Labor Systems
Org charts, onboarding structure, H-2B strategy, retention systems. Labor is the biggest pain point in the industry right now. I manage 80+ people and I've built the systems to do it without losing my mind.
AI Operations Deployment
I build and deploy Ruthie — a voice-first AI operations dashboard purpose-built for golf course superintendents — and Billie, her budget-tracking partner. Your whole team can log from the field in English or Spanish, and we set both up for your course and your operation.
TOOL

Meet Ruthie.

A voice-first AI assistant built specifically for golf course operations. Talk or type — in English or Spanish — and she logs spray applications, tracks GDD, monitors disease risk, manages your crew, and answers questions about your course, hands-free from the field.

$500 one-time setup · $149/month per course

Get Ruthie Request a Demo See the walkthrough
Ruthie dashboard See the full walkthrough →
BUDGET

Billie keeps the books.

Billie is Ruthie's budget partner. Mention a purchase — "I bought $250 of fertilizer from Simplot" — and Ruthie hands it to Billie, who logs it to the right account. Ask how you're tracking and get the answer by voice.

See Billie in the walkthrough
Billie budget dashboard Billie · budget dashboard →

Background

The short version.

B.S. in Turfgrass Management from Iowa State. I've spent my career on courses that demanded real agronomic thinking — desert grows, transition zone championships, resort facilities where expectations don't leave room for excuses.

I also build things. Ruthie started as a personal tool to manage my own operation more efficiently. Now she's a platform I deploy for other superintendents who want the same edge.

If you're building something or running something that isn't where it should be, I know how to close that gap.

Regions

  • Texas Transition zone · Current
  • Texas Gulf Coast Warm season
  • Nevada / Mountain West Desert / Arid
  • Midwest Cool season

Get in touch

Let's talk about your course.

Whether you're breaking ground on something new or trying to get more out of what you've got — reach out.

jakob@godofsod.com