Accelerate your career with the Assistant Superintendent Certificate Series

Looking for a way to stand out now and achieve your future career milestones? The Assistant Superintendent Certificate Series (ASCS) is for you.

The Assistant Superintendent Certificate Series is composed of certificates covering key competency areas of:

Key ASCS facts

  • The certificates are golf-centric.
  • ASCS is open to anyone, but non-GCSAA members will pay $2,800 more than GCSAA members.
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  • Complete the certificates in any order.
  • No time requirements to finish a certificate or the series.
  • Education points earned from webinars count toward earning or renewing Class A, CGCS or CTEM
  • The Principles of Golf Course Leadership and Communications completes a component of the CGCS program.

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GCSAA has partnered with John Deere to award $50 GCSAA gift certificates to those who have completed all four ASCS certificates.

GCSAA and John Deere congratulate the following members who completed a certificate in the first quarter of 2025:

  • Joe Ballant
  • Casey Barker
  • Joshua Berg
  • Jake Bernau
  • Christopher Berry
  • Robert Burdick
  • Thomas Cagle
  • Logan Capesius
  • Oliver Clanin
  • Robert Clement
  • Kyle Alexander Coons
  • Andrew Crawford
  • Lauren Crownover
  • Harrison Culhane
  • Marcus Davies
  • Timothy DeLoach II
  • Jacob Dunbar
  • Maxwell Duncan
  • Tyler Ebersold
  • Carl Ewoldt
  • Travis Friar
  • Hayden Flick
  • Levi Floming
  • Gregory Ford
  • Grayson Gallagher
  • Jason Gerich
  • Joseph Goodwin
  • Brian Haley
  • Timothy Hamilton
  • Joshua Harris
  • Anthony Heath
  • John Hendricks
  • Conrad Hoover
  • Tristan Jehnsen
  • Evan Jochim
  • Reece Johnson
  • Michael Kennings
  • Kyle Kramer
  • Ryan Leitenberger
  • Andrew Lewandowski
  • David Lorentz
  • Justin Maas
  • Ken Maltby, CGCS
  • Blake Mann
  • Montana May
  • Jonathan Mayberry
  • Peter McAfee
  • George McBride
  • Branden McGinnis
  • Connor McLaughlin
  • Damian Medina
  • Cole Meidema
  • David Middleton
  • David Molina
  • Matthew Moody
  • Brady Munford
  • Dillon Musgrove
  • Erik Must
  • Joseph Nace
  • Benjamin Nichols
  • James Payne
  • Kathryn Phillips
  • Broden Piel
  • Stephen Pitkin
  • Raymond Poskey
  • James Provencher
  • Seth Rainier
  • Christopher Reavis
  • Matt Rivers
  • Grant Rosenfelder
  • William Rowe
  • Logan Rush
  • Brady Scales
  • James Schon
  • Nick Schroeder
  • Brayden Schweizer
  • Cody Sedlacek
  • Dylan Senn
  • Spencer Sherrick
  • Ryan Stonaker
  • Thomas Strosser
  • Justin Tafs
  • Muhammad Tajammul
  • Michael Tennessen
  • Jack Thomasma III
  • Joseph VanHoomissen
  • Joel Vint
  • Neal Weinberger
  • Jarett Weirich
  • Edward Wetherell
  • Tristan Wood
  • Thomas York
  • Adrienne Young
  • James Zeman

Those who complete the ASCS series by June 30 each year can continue to expand upon their knowledge through the Green Start Academy, an elite professional development opportunity brought to you by John Deere. GCSAA will provide a list of those qualifying members to John Deere, who will send these prospects detailed information about the program and the application each July. Completion of the ASCS gives you preferred admission, but not guaranteed admission, into the program.

To be accepted into the Green Start Academy, you must:
  • Be an assistant superintendent member of GCSAA.
  • Have completed the ASCS within the last two years.
  • Submit the Green Start Academy application to John Deere.
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