Mike Bush, Course Supervisor at St. Mellion Estate in Cornwall, has been named Superintendent of the Yr 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 likely one of the most breathtaking golf programs in Europe, and like all Superintendent nominees Bush and his staff went by an intense data-driven evaluation interval involving thriller buying 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 staff. “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 staff and for the wonderful 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 number {of professional} occasions on the European Tour and Senior Tour. He achieved BIGGA Grasp Greenkeeper standing in 2011, and to today 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 staff, expanded his position to turn out to be Group Course Supervisor throughout the gathering.
After St. Mellion joined 59club in 2022, Bush received the UK & Eire Superintendent of the Yr Awards in 2023 and 2024.
59club units trade efficiency benchmarks and celebrates service excellence the world over, working over 4,000 impartial thriller shopper visits yearly, gathering buyer expertise information 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 lot 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 likely one of the world’s main {golfing} locations.
“To be recognised as World 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 skill to galvanise his staff to ship exemplary efficiency day in, time out. He’s a real chief throughout the trade, 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 most effective, but it surely doesn’t all the time recognise the excellent abilities that are making such enormous contributions to the success of the game.
“So it’s nice information that Mike Bush has acquired this stage of world recognition. Because the proud proprietor of the world well-known St. Mellion Property the place Mike has been the person liable 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 completed’”.
“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 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 workers at St. Mellion. With unrelenting dedication and keenness 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 customary.
“This magnificent world award is a nice validation of his achievements right here. Mike units a shining instance not only for his staff right here at this resort, but additionally for his friends within the world golf trade. His work is likely one of the essential the explanation why St. Mellion is such an awfully rewarding place to go to.”
