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I'm Christopher Krawczyk

Professional greenkeeper

Profile: 

I have been a greenkeeper since 2017, who decided to take a step further and develop and improve my career. At the time of this decision, I surrendered my entire life to achieve my goal. Two year ago, I started my studies at Elmwood College - HNC - Golf Course Management and I went on a FEGGA scholarship to Kristianstad GK in Sweden for future head greenkeepers on 2021. Working on the golf course is my passion which makes the golf course better every day. Satisfaction with even the little things makes me to work harder and better the next day.

Achievments: 

  • Key role in team leading people on golf course.
  • Member of team on one of high top level golf course in Sweden.
  • Experience on golf course construction projects (irrigation, bunkrers, drainage).
  • Took the lead role in planning and maintaining on a golf course.
  • Good knowledge of operating greenkeeping machinery and different irrigation systems.

Work Experience: 

Organizing and planning regular maintenance, administration work, ordering parts for machinery, creating and programming irrigation plan, managing and supervising a team.
Organizing and planning regular maintenance, administration work, ordering parts for machinery, creating and programming irrigation plan, managing and supervising a team of six people. Hunter irrigation.
FEGGA scholarship – work and learn management on golf course, all regular maintanance including basic work in workshop as grinding, setting adjustments in machines. Taking part in the preparation and maintenance during event – Ladies European Tour Creekhouse Open 2021
Mowing greens, tees, fairways, semi-rough, rough. Fertilizing tees, greens. Raking and cleaning bunkers from weeds. Rolling greens. Changing tee marks Changing sprinklers on irrigation system on fairways. Trimming around the ponds and ordinary rough. Painting tee marks, spraying fairways. Working on driving range. Taking part in the preparation and maintenance event – Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship – Nordic Golf Tour.
Mowing greens, tees, fairways, rough. Changing holes and tee markers. Spraying greens, tees, fairways. Raking bunkers and bunkers renovations. Rolling greens. Aeration and verticutting greens. overseeding greens. Top dressing on greens and tees. Fixing the roads, blowing leaves from fairways, tees, greens. Taking off dew from fairways and greens. Winter projects: taking down trees, cutting brenches, preparing terrain for seeding, bunker renovating. Rain bird irrigation Team leading polish crew.
Working as greenkeeper on golf course construction in Europe, mostly Czech Republic and Slovakia. On small projects as changing bunker drainage or irrigation service Team leading during the construction projects.

Short term contracts: 

Team leading polish crew. Short term contract, working for contractor on golf course construction at Fontana Golf Club in Vienna. Changing irrigation power cable for Rain Bird irrigation and turfing around bunkers.
Short term contract, working for contractor on golf course construction at Twin Chapels Golf Resort in Prague. Fertilizing greens, tees. Mowing greens and tees single mower. Teaching course greenkeepers mowing single mower.

Tournament Experience: 

Creekhouse Open 2021 at Kristianstad Golfklubb, Ladies European Tour
Ahus, Sewden
2 - 5 September 2021

Greenkeeper during the tournament. Mowing greens and foregreens, divoting tee.

Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship – Nordic Golf Tour, Johannesberg Open
Stockholm, Sewden
29 July - 1 August 2021

Greenkeeper during the tournament. Mowing greens and rolling greens, raking bunkers.

Scandinavian Mixed at Vallda Golfklubb, European Tour
Gothenburg, Sewden
10 - 13 June 2021

Greenkeeper during the tournament. Raking bunkers, divoting fairways.

Swedish Golf Tour - Johannesberg Open
Stockholm, Sewden
8 - 9 September 2020

Greenkeeper during the tournament. Mowing greens and fairways. Rolling greens.

Swedish Golf Tour, Ladies Teen Tour Final, Johannesberg Open
Stockholm, Sewden
16 - 18 August 2019

Greenkeeper during the tournament. Mowing greens and fairways. Rolling greens. Preparation before tournament and cleaning after tournament.

Education: 

Scotland Rural College
Elmwood, Scotland
2020 - 2023

HNC Golf course management

Greenkeeping School of Excellence by FEGGA
Ahus, Sweden
2021

Six months scholarship preparing to work as course manager at the golf course

Courses & Skills: 

  • Spraying license
  • Practical operational knowledge of greenkeeping machinery.
  • First Aid.
  • Driving tractor with implements
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