For our first ever scholarship we had 40 applications which was amazing and all of them were definitely worthy of winning a great opportunity like this.
It took a while but we got there after many hours reading through applications,watching videos and and zoom meetings. Meeting some very talented Greenkeepers, we have found the winner of the very first International Greenkeepers John Deere Scholarship
Congratulations Lachlan Sutton from The Cairns Golf Club our first ever winner, you are a great asset to our industry and we are all very excited to see where you end up in 10 years.
Huge thanks to Kodi Becket, Cameron Smith and Michael Wood who gave up their time to go through all the applications then interview the finalists in their own time.
Also a huge thanks to all our members that applied for this great opportunity, we strongly recommend you all apply for this great opportunity next year and to tell your friends to apply as this is a great opportunity for our industry to help the next generation take that next step in their career in Sports Turf Management as well as make many new friends along the way.
This opportunity would not be possible without John deere australia, Australian Turf Club , Bonnie Doon Golf Club , Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and the thousands of our members that has supported International Greenkeepers For Hire and our goals of creating opportunities for people in our industry.
IGFH Team.