Mike Bush, Course Supervisor at St. Mellion Property in Cornwall, has been named Superintendent of the Yr on the first 59club International Service Excellence Awards.
The skilled Cornishman beat golf course superintendents from 22 international locations worldwide, short-listed to 10 nominees, in 59club’s first-ever international awards in entrance of 300 folks at a glittering ceremony within the new Masters Suite at The Belfry Resort & Resort close to Birmingham, England.
Bush’s pleasure 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 workforce went via an intense data-driven evaluation interval involving thriller purchasing and benchmarking.
Within the ultimate judging, their presentation of the Nicklaus Signature Course was measured towards the world’s greatest {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 workforce. “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 vastly grateful to 59club for this uncommon accolade, however I see this as a lot as a win for my devoted workforce and for the fantastic St. Mellion panorama which we now have 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 building, 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 at the present time is one in all lower than 100 folks on the 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 workforce, expanded his position to change into Group Course Supervisor throughout the gathering.
After St. Mellion joined 59club in 2022, Bush gained the UK & Eire Superintendent of the Yr Awards in 2023 and 2024.
59club units trade efficiency benchmarks and celebrates service excellence internationally, operating over 4,000 unbiased thriller shopper visits yearly, gathering buyer expertise knowledge from each income stream inside a membership’s setting and serving to venues to enhance their very own requirements by deep evaluation of the outcomes of a whole lot of 1000’s 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 International Superintendent of the Yr isn’t any small feat: it displays not simply the standard of St. Mellion’s enjoying surfaces and Mike’s agronomic capabilities, but additionally Mike’s means to galvanise his workforce to ship exemplary efficiency day in, time out. He’s a real chief inside the trade, and we’re proud to have fun his success on a world platform.”
30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
Jeff Chapman, Founding father of Crown Golf house owners Bangarra Group, mentioned: “The world of worldwide golf is like most international industries in that there’s intense competitors to be the most effective, nevertheless it doesn’t all the time recognise the excellent skills that are making such big contributions to the success of the game.
“So it’s nice information that Mike Bush has obtained this stage of world recognition. Because the proud proprietor of the world well-known St. Mellion Property the place Mike has been the person accountable for producing excellent enjoying 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 executed’”.
“You want a world-class course supervisor to completely 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 trade, and in The Nicklaus he has his Signature dish.
“As a colleague Mike persistently helps me to lift my very own sport and over the past 30 years his top quality requirements have been an inspiration to all workers 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 commonplace.
“This magnificent international award is a superb validation of his achievements right here. Mike units a shining instance not only for his workforce right here at this resort, but additionally for his friends within the international golf trade. His work is among the primary the explanation why St. Mellion is such a very rewarding place to go to.”
