2027 Agronomy Internship

About the internship

The Agronomy Internship offers students and recent graduates the opportunity to build practical experience in a learning-focused, team environment. Interns work alongside experienced agronomy leaders and team members while gaining exposure to golf course maintenance, turfgrass management, irrigation, equipment care, and natural area stewardship.

• Assist with daily course setup, mowing, bunker maintenance, and other routine maintenance
• Collect and track TDR moisture meter readings
• Safely operate a variety of golf course and construction equipment
• Learn the Toro Lynx central control system and assist with overnight watering programs, irrigation audits, and sprinkler head maintenance
• Support aquatic maintenance of lakes and ponds
• Gain experience maintaining bentgrass, fine fescue, and ryegrass across a variety of areas
• Perform turfgrass cultural practices, including mowing, verticutting, topdressing, aerifying, and rolling
• Support fertilizer and pesticide applications, calibration, and recordkeeping
• Assist with finish and grow in grow-in projects, including seedbed preparation and seeding greens, tees, fairways, and native areas using techniques such as hydromulching
• Learn a minimalist maintenance approach that supports firm and fast playing conditions
• Absorb and assist with maintaining grass tennis courts
• Gain exposure to cutting unit setup, reel and bedknife grinding, preventive maintenance, and basic equipment repairs

Preferred Availability

April or May through October 2027

Application Deadline

December 31, 2026. Applications are reviewed as received, and positions may be filled before the deadline.

What You'll Learn And Do

Interns will assist with daily course setup, mowing, bunker maintenance, and other routine maintenance. They will also collect and track TDR moisture meter readings, safely operate a variety of golf course and construction equipment, learn the Toro Lynx central control system, and assist with overnight watering programs, irrigation audits, and sprinkler head maintenance. Interns will support aquatic maintenance of lakes and ponds, gain experience maintaining bentgrass, fine fescue, and ryegrass across a variety of areas, perform turfgrass cultural practices, including mowing, verticutting, topdressing, aerifying, and rolling, support fertilizer and pesticide applications, calibration, and recordkeeping, assist with finish and grow in grow-in projects, including seedbed preparation and seeding greens, tees, fairways, and native areas using techniques such as hydromulching, learn a minimalist maintenance approach that supports firm and fast playing conditions, and assist with maintaining grass tennis courts. Interns will also gain exposure to cutting unit setup, reel and bedknife grinding, preventive maintenance, and basic equipment repairs.

What We’re Looking For

• Currently enrolled in, planning to enroll in, or recently graduated from a two-year or four-year turfgrass management program or a closely related field
• Eager to learn, ask questions, and contribute with a positive attitude
• A strong work ethic, attention to detail, and pride in a job well done
• Ability to listen, follow direction, communicate clearly, and complete assigned work safely and efficiently
• Willingness to work independently and as part of an organized, fast-paced team environment
• Safety-minded when working around tools, chemicals, vehicles, and operating equipment
• Able to work independently and as part of an organized, fast-paced team environment
• Able to work outdoors in conditions that may include heat, cold, rain, wind, dust, noise, and proximity to operating equipment

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• Able to perform physically demanding work throughout the workday, including extended periods of standing and walking on uneven terrain, as well as regular bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, loading, and unloading
• Able to safely operate tools and equipment and move tools, equipment, and materials of varying weights and sizes
• Able to work outdoors in conditions that may include heat, cold, rain, wind, dust, noise, and proximity to operating equipment

Perks

• Complimentary housing may be available to interns who live at least 50 miles from Sand Valley and need local accommodations. Housing is limited, with preference given to interns who can commit to the full season.
• Meals during scheduled shifts
• Restaurant and retail discounts
• Provided uniforms
• Access to resort recreation
• Team appreciation events throughout the season
• Employee Assistance Program through Canopy Sand Valley LLC

We're an Equal Opportunity Employer

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