Last Week #3 At Country Club Of Saint Albans!

This week was my last week; I was there for three weeks. I enjoyed it a lot, and I learned more than I thought. As a member of this country club since 1999, I was not born yet, but it was cool to see everything that happens as a worker at this club. It was funny because head director Joe Schwent had been working there for nineteen years, and I am now eighteen, so he watched me grow up. That was cool, and I was fortunate to grow up there and belong there. So what I did this last week was Tuesday through Friday. Well, on Tuesday morning, I got to the golf shop. It was bright and sunny that morning, so a decent number of members were heading out onto the golf course to play. Still, as I said in my last post, we do Wednesday memos every week, so I went out with Jessica Fox and Joe Schwent onto hole number 9 on Lewis and Clark to shoot a video. I learned a lot about how to shoot a professional video and get the right angles, along with Joe teaching me how to fix ball divots, essentially removing a piece of turf from the ground with the head of the golf club when hitting a golf ball. Anyway, I learned about that. Then we had lunch, and that afternoon was just the usual paperwork: unloading shipments and assisting members. As usual, it was a slow day.

Then, I am trying to remember if it rained on Wednesday, but a lot got done around the golf shop. Golf Pro-Brooks actually shipped some clubs that were going to Arizona for a member through a shipping company called Chopsticks, which is a company that explicitly ships golf clubs. Then we packed some orders and went to lunch. Then, in the afternoon, I vacuumed with the best vacuum I have ever used in my entire life. Like guys, I was so amazed by this vacuum. It sucked everything right up, and it’s cordless, which is a game changer. So yeah, I learned how to do invoices for golf clubs and unpacked shipments of orders to sell in the golf shop of a brand called Peter Millar, which is a best-selling golf attire. Then, on Thursday, it was a fun day because when Curt, head pro, was gone, we didn’t get as much done, but of course, we still got a lot done. In the morning, I ran some remembers on golf carts over to the hitting range back and forth and cleaned the shop. Let’s say it was a fun day. Then Friday was my last day today, so everyone was working. It was the busiest day because it was Friday’s fun day, and many members and their guests wanted to play golf, including my father.

Anyways, in the morning, I helped answer the phone, assisted members with things, and helped with paperwork and shipping boxes, same as usual, but it was a fun day. I also just remembered that on Wednesday, Brooks, Ryan, and Jim ran a 9-hole ladies’ putting clinic, and I also helped, which was pretty cool. Anyway, I learned a lot these last three weeks:

• How to do practical work like invoices.
• What goes on behind merchandising?
• What makes a good merchandiser?

It was proven because Head Pro-Curt won an award for its merchandiser of the year, which was pretty cool. I also had a lot of fun. Some phrases that were used that were so funny to me is the golf pros would say “Me not Know,” “A whole lot of Boo hooin,” and Lots of singing Christmas songs by Curt. He loves Christmas, guys like way too much. There were lots of jokes, and we had the best dress contest each day. I judged each day; let’s say Paul won twice. I had an excellent experience at the CCSA!