Dinosaur Trail Golf and Country Club is excited to announce they have appointed a new course superintendent.
The club has hired Mitch Davidson. For the last two years he has worked as assistant superintendant at Kananaskis, and brings an impressive resume.
“He has a passion about it,” said Dinosaur Trail manager Scott Westman. “He is young and enthusiastic and looking to make a difference.”
Davidson is excited to be taking on the new position.
“I am looking forward to it, it is going to be different,” said Davidson. “I am from a smaller town than Drumheller, so I am looking forward to that aspect as well.”
While he is young, Davidson has been in the industry for about 11 years and recently achieved his Accredited Superintendant Designation through the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association. Previous to Kananaskis, he worked at Wascana Country Club in Regina. He also worked at Banff Springs and Speargrass.
During his studies he was nominated and awarded the Future Superintendent of the Year Award and received an internship where he worked on some of golf’s most hallowed courses in the UK including St. Andrew’s, Kingsbarns, Gullane, Castle Stuart, and Muirfield.
“I have had the chance to work on prairie golf courses, mountain golf courses and over in Ireland and Scotland,” he said.
Westman said over the last few years Dinosaur Trail has concentrated on improving and building facilities. Now it wants to focus on making the course better.
We want to direct more funds to the golf course itself. We thought we were okay, but we want to make it great. We want to be the course on your list you have to go and play,” said Westman. It’s exciting that there is forward movement. We are changing the culture and hopefully people want to be a part of it.”
Another change at the course is that it has taken on Laurie Slezak as events coordinator to oversee bookings and functions for the facility.
