Mike Bush, Course Supervisor at St. Mellion Property in Cornwall, has been named Superintendent of the 12 months on the first 59club World Service Excellence Awards.
The skilled Cornishman beat golf course superintendents from 22 nations worldwide, short-listed to 10 nominees, in 59club’s first-ever world awards in entrance of 300 folks at a glittering ceremony within the new Masters Suite at The Belfry Lodge & Resort close to Birmingham, England.
Bush’s delight and pleasure, the world-famous Nicklaus Signature Course at St. Mellion, is among the most breathtaking golf programs in Europe, and like all Superintendent nominees Bush and his group went via an intense data-driven evaluation interval involving thriller procuring and benchmarking.
Within the remaining judging, their presentation of the Nicklaus Signature Course was measured in opposition to the world’s finest {golfing} experiences in Denmark, Eire, Australia, Canada, England, the USA, the UAE and Thailand.
HOMETOWN BOY
St. Mellion achieved an astonishing near-perfect rating and Bush accepted the award on behalf of his group. “St. Mellion is in my blood” he mentioned. “I’m a proud Cornishman and grew up in St. Mellion village, so I really feel a deep private reference to the property right here.
“I’m so proud to obtain such a prestigious award, and I’m massively grateful to 59club for this uncommon accolade, however I see this as a lot as a win for my devoted group and for the fantastic St. Mellion panorama which we’ve cultivated on this nook of Cornwall, as it’s a private accomplishment.”
Bush got here to St. Mellion in October 1995 after an early profession in golf course development, and subsequently supervised course preparation for a bunch {of professional} occasions on the European Tour and Senior Tour. He achieved BIGGA Grasp Greenkeeper standing in 2011, and to this present day is considered one of lower than 100 folks on this planet to earn this standing.
St. Mellion is the flagship venue for the Crown Golf group, and in 2014 Bush, whose spouse Regan additionally works within the St. Mellion administration group, expanded his position to grow to be Group Course Supervisor throughout the gathering.
After St. Mellion joined 59club in 2022, Bush received the UK & Eire Superintendent of the 12 months Awards in 2023 and 2024.
59club units business efficiency benchmarks and celebrates service excellence internationally, operating over 4,000 impartial thriller shopper visits yearly, gathering buyer expertise knowledge from each income stream inside a membership’s atmosphere and serving to venues to enhance their very own requirements by deep evaluation of the outcomes of a whole bunch of hundreds of buyer satisfaction surveys.
On Bush’s award, 59club Founder & CEO Simon Wordsworth mentioned: “Mike’s achievement is testomony to his distinctive requirements, professionalism, and dedication at St. Mellion, which is among the world’s main {golfing} locations.
“To be recognised as World Superintendent of the 12 months isn’t any small feat: it displays not simply the standard of St. Mellion’s taking part in surfaces and Mike’s agronomic capabilities, but additionally Mike’s means to galvanise his group to ship exemplary efficiency day in, day trip. He’s a real chief inside the business, and we’re proud to rejoice his success on a world platform.”
30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
Jeff Chapman, Founding father of Crown Golf homeowners Bangarra Group, mentioned: “The world of worldwide golf is like most world industries in that there’s intense competitors to be the perfect, however it doesn’t at all times recognise the excellent abilities that are making such big contributions to the success of the game.
“So it’s nice information that Mike Bush has acquired this degree of world recognition. Because the proud proprietor of the world well-known St. Mellion Property the place Mike has been the person chargeable for producing excellent taking part in circumstances for practically 30 years, I take this chance on behalf of all these related to the resort to congratulate him & say ‘thanks for a job effectively finished’”.
“You want a world-class course supervisor to totally realise the potential of a world-class golf course, and Mike Bush is that man at St. Mellion” mentioned David Moon, Director of Golf at St. Mellion Property. “He’s our personal multi-star Michelin chef of the golf business, and in The Nicklaus he has his Signature dish.
“As a colleague Mike constantly helps me to lift my very own sport and over the past 30 years his top quality requirements have been an inspiration to all employees at St. Mellion. With unrelenting dedication and fervour he has nurtured not solely the world-famous golf course which Jack Nicklaus created for us, however he has additionally supervised the elevation of our second course, The Kernow – itself a former European Tour venue – to a world normal.
“This magnificent world award is a high-quality validation of his achievements right here. Mike units a shining instance not only for his group right here at this resort, but additionally for his friends within the world golf business. His work is among the fundamental the explanation why St. Mellion is such a very rewarding place to go to.”
