Building a budget

Lee Strutt is the Director of Golf Courses and Estates at Loch Lomond. Lee was previously Director of Agronomy at Cabot Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lee has been in the greenkeeping industry for more than forty years and has combined his time working on different style golf courses and cool season turf types. He has worked on links to Parkland to Members clubs to worldwide ranked courses. He has managed both operational golf courses as well as undertaken construction and grow in’s with world renowned golf architects.  Lee has a passion to help, contribute and develop the next generation of turf managers and this has manifested through teaching and speaking at events around the globe as well as being involved with BIGGA’s FTMI (Future Turf Managers Initiative) and an experienced inspector and examiner for the Master Greenkeeper Certificate.  He is a regular presenter on the Continue to Learn programme, at Regional and Section event and has presented in Australia, Asia and at the GCSAA Conference in the USA. He enjoys tournament support and has volunteered at three Ryder Cup’s, the Scottish Open and the US Open. He is the only greenkeeper in the world to hold designations from BIGGA, GCSAA, CGSA and ASTMA. Lee has also holds a deep interest in team development and culture change within the workplace. Identifying barriers and developing solutions that benefit both the team and individuals but also to benefit the business.