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 fourth quarter of 2024:

  • Christopher Berry
  • Christopher Bisgaard Jr.
  • Alexander Bova
  • Oliver Campbell
  • Logan Capesius
  • Michael Cook
  • Kyle Alexander Coons
  • Angelo Cordero
  • Andrew Crawford
  • Christopher Cyr
  • Maxwell Duncan
  • Adnane Eddadissi
  • Clinton Edger
  • Logan Ellison
  • Levin Floming
  • Daniel Frederiksen
  • Greyson Gallagher
  • Brian Hansen
  • Michael Havers
  • Perry Kinney
  • Dylan Knezvich
  • Kyle Kramer
  • Robert Lapensee
  • Ryan Leitenberger
  • Andrew Lewandowski
  • Alexander Long
  • Craig Loving
  • Gavin Lyons
  • Blake Mann
  • Jeffrey Martin
  • Peter McAfee
  • Cole Meidema
  • Nicco Miyuskovich
  • Benjamin Nichols
  • Brian Pero
  • Connor Prosper
  • William Rowe
  • James Schon
  • Brayden Schweizer
  • Zachary Smyer
  • Hattie Spies
  • Robert Starcher
  • Todd Story
  • Rachel Sullivan
  • Garrett Taylor
  • Riley Thomson
  • Jake Tower
  • David Viens
  • Cote Wolcik
  • Cole Yoshida

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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