Jason lands his ‘dream job’ at Eagle Ridge 

Jason Glanz, the likeable GM at Eagle Ridge Golf Course on the Mornington Peninsula, says he didn’t depart something within the locker when it got here to having a full-time crack at taking part in golf for a residing.

“My drawback was that I by no means made the reduce in an occasion on the principle Australian Tour within the three or so years I performed it full-time.

“I may all the time qualify, which you all the time needed to do on the Monday or Tuesday again then. I used to shoot three or 4 underneath to get into the sphere.  However my drawback was placing. I used to be a horrible putter and had the yips massive time in the long run.”

A lot in order that he was utilizing the dreaded ‘broomstick’ putter by the point he stepped away and appeared for a profession away from golf.

He had made ends meet by taking part in the pro-am circuits together with the legendary ‘troppo tour’ in northern Queensland. He gained a number of occasions, too – together with successive occasions one weekend in Melbourne

“I in all probability didn’t take it too severely. I Simply thought I used to be having a superb time and was having fun with having enjoyable taking part in golf.” 

He had gained a Bachelor of Computing diploma at Monash College so he knew he had different profession choices.

Eagle Ridge Normal Supervisor Jason Glanz.

By the point he was 30, it dawned upon Jason that he had “no cash, nowhere to stay” and the one factor he owned was a reasonably unusual automotive.

His first crack on Tour lasted 12 months earlier than he was provided a traineeship underneath Metropolitan’s Ross Anderson who had succeeded the legendary Brian Twite on the elite sandbelt membership.

One other three years on tour adopted earlier than he stepped away to buy a producing enterprise along with his household. 

“Once we bought it, I took a job educating golf and dealing for Ian Denny at Amstel.

“I learnt so much from Ian, He’s an ideal man and a superb operator,” Jason says.

A stint working Satan Bend and educating amateurs preceded his time at Eagle Ridge the place he landed as operations supervisor in 2015. He changed the veteran GM, Wayne Lucas, when Lucas retired.

“Golf is flourishing on the Mornington Peninsula and all over the place else since Covid. And we have now been a part of that like virtually each different golf venue. The sport is experiencing an unprecedented growth in numbers taking part in the sport and we have now to ensure the sport harnesses the surge and hangs onto it,” Jason says.

Eagle Ridge has gone from internet hosting 21-22,000 rounds yearly to 45-55,000 within the 12 months simply gone.

It has not occurred by likelihood. With the competitors so sturdy – there are 30 or so programs on the peninsula – Eagle Ridge has intentionally got down to be a course the place younger folks can have enjoyable and nonetheless play a spherical. “We have now a a lot youthful demographic right here and we don’t implement costume requirements as rigidly as a few of our neighbours,” Jason says.

“We have now bucks’ events and plenty of younger guys taking part in in massive teams. By and enormous they’re all respectful of the sport, the course and the services.”

The eleventh gap on the Eagle Ridge Golf course.

With income up 40 per cent the Chinese language house owners of Eagle Ridge have invested closely within the course and clubhouse lately and in addition launched a state-of-the-art motorised fleet of carts which even performs your favorite music throughout a spherical on the contact of a button.

One other actual winner for the membership has been its emergence as a premier stay music venue on the Mornington Peninsula.

Dwell music had died on the Mornington Peninsula in the course of the pandemic. However it’s thriving once more due to the involvement of guru Steve Myles. “It has been an actual hit with the youthful golfers who can now meet their girlfriends and wives for a drink after they’ve performed golf relatively than being absent from residence for eight hours.

“I’ve been in golf most of my life and have my dream job. Working in golf, internet hosting stay music – which I’ve all the time liked – and working a bar.

Eagle Ridge has 40 workers – eight full-time on the course the place chief tremendous Scott Balloch has been for 40 years. 

“He does an ideal job and that was particularly the case after we had no workers throughout Covid,” Jason says.

Eagle Ridge is alive and nicely underneath the steering of one more membership GM who has come via the skilled taking part in ranks.