CURRICULUM VITAE

Arne van Amerongen

PERSONAL DETAILS NAME ARNE RAYMOND VAN AMERONGEN DATE OF BIRTH 8TH DECEMBER, 1959 MAILING ADDRESS CHEMIN DE LA MAISON BLANCHE 19 CH - 2533 EVILARD SWITZERLAND MOBILES +41(0) 76 203 18 54 / +20 128 292 1854 NATIONALITY NETHERLANDS E – MAIL arne-golf@spin.ch WEBSITE www.qualitywithoutlimits.com

QUALIFICATIONS 2006 CERTIFICATE IN PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF SEASHORE PASPALUM APPROVAL CODE: 999-3775-5406 2004 HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOME UNITS; SCOTLAND ELMWOOD COLLEGE - SOIL SIENCE FOR TURF MANAGERS - GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 2003 GOLF COURSE DESIGN WORKSHOP 2 AT HARROGATE, ENGLAND 1998 GOLF COURSE DESIGN WORKSHOP 1 AT HARROGATE, ENGLAND 1992 – 1995 HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT ELMWOOD COLLEGE - CUPAR, SCOTLAND

1994 ADAS PEST CONTROL COURSE - BRISTOL, ENGLAND 1992 CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE IN USE OF PESTICIDES PA1 & PA2,

CHESHIRE COLLEGE - NANTWICH, ENGLAND 1990 - 1992 PHASE 2 & 3 " GREENKEEPING AND SPORTS TURF MANAGEMENT",

CHESHIRE COLLEGE - NANTWICH, ENGLAND 1987 - 1989 MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES - LEIDEN,

THE NETHERLANDS

EMPLOYMENT CAREER 2016 GOLF UP TOWN CAIRO

DETAILS: CONSTRUCTION 18 HOLES COUNTRY: EGYPT, CAIRO POSITION: GOLF PROJECT MANAGER

2011 – 2016 KAZAN GOLF

DETAILS: EXTENSION FROM 9 HOLES TO 18 HOLES COUNTRY: RUSSIA, TATARSTAN, KAZAN POSITION: GOLF PROJECT MANAGER

WEBSITE: www.golfkazan.su 2010 – 2011 GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB BLUMISBERG

DETAILS: 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE AND 15 BAY DRIVING RANGE COUNTRY: SWITZERLAND POSITION: SUPERVISOR GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE &

MANAGEMENT WEBSITE: www.blumisberg.ch

2007 – 2009 PRAVETS GOLF & SPA

DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE AND 45 BAY DRIVING RANGE COUNTRY: BULGARIA POSITION: GOLF PROJECT MANAGER WEBSITE: www.pravets-golf.com

2004 – 2006 KORINEUM GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE, 3 HOLES ACADEMY AND 34 BAY DRIVING RANGE COUNTRY: NORTHERN CYPRUS (TURKEY) POSITION: GOLF PROJECT MANAGER WEBSITE: www.korineum-golf.com

2002 - 2004 GOLFPARK MOOSSEE

DETAILS: 33 HOLES GOLF COURSE AND 83 BAY DRIVING RANGE COUNTRY: SWITZERLAND POSITION: SUPERINTENDENT & MANAGEMENT WEBSITE: www.golfpark-moossee.ch

2001 - 2002 GOLF CLUB MONTECHIARELLO

DETAILS: 9 HOLE GOLF COURSE COUNTRY: SOUTH OF ITALY (CALABRIA) POSITION: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR & MANAGEMENT

2000 - 2001 GOLF CLUB SION

DETAILS: EXTENSION FROM 9 HOLES TO 18 HOLES COUNTRY: SWITZERLAND POSITION: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR WEBSITE: www.golfclubsion.ch

CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT CAREER

1999 - 2000 GOLF CLUB ASCONA PATRIZIALE

DETAILS: RE-DESIGN DRIVING RANGE, THE 2ND – THE 8TH AND THE 10TH HOLE COUNTRY: SWITZERLAND POSITION: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR WEBSITE: www.golf.ascona.ch

1999 – 2000 GOLF CLUB AROSA

DETAILS: EXTENSION 9 HOLES TO 18 HOLES (ALTITUDE 1893 METERS) COUNTRY: SWITZERLAND POSITION: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR WEBSITE: www.golfarosa.ch

1999 ORIENT IRRIGATION DETAILS: IRRIGATION PROJECTS COUNTRY: DUBAI (U.A.E) POSITION: CONSTRUCTION / MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

1998 GOLF CLUB DE LAVAUX

DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE, 5 HOLES ACADEMY AND 30 BAY DRIVING

RANGE COUNTRY: SWITZERLAND POSITION: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR WEBSITE. www.golflavaux.ch

1997 GOLF CLUB DIE WUTZSCHLEIFE

DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE AND 20 BAY DRIVING RANGE, (RADISSON

HOTEL) COUNTRY: GERMANY POSITION: HEAD GREENKEEPER WEBSITE: www.golfanlage-wutzschleife.de

1996 – 1997 GOLF CLUB SIEGERLAND

DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE AND 15 BAY DRIVING RANGE COUNTRY: GERMANY POSITION: HEAD GREENKEEPER WEBSITE: www.golf-club-siegerland.de

1995– 1996 GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MOKINSKI

DETAILS: G.C. SIEGERLAND 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE AND 15 BAY DRIVING RANGE COUNTRY: GERMANY POSITION: CONSTRUCTION / MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

1994 - 1995 GOLF CLUB SCHLOSS SICKENDORF

DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE AND 25 BAY DRIVING RANGE COUNTRY: GERMANY POSITION: HEAD GREENKEEPER WEBSITE: www.gc-lauterbach.de

CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT CAREER

1993 - 1994 HAMPTWORTH GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE COUNTRY: ENGLAND

POSITION: HEAD GREENKEEPER 1992 – 1993 CARNOUSTIE CHAMPION LINKS COURSE DETAILS: 54 HOLES LINKS GOLF COURSE

COUNTRY: SCOTLAND POSITION: GREENKEEPER WEBSITE: www.carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk

1991 – 1992 GOLF CLUB SYKE DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE, 25 BAY DRIVING RANGE

COUNTRY: GERMANY POSITION: HEAD GREENKEEPER WEBSITE: www.golfclub-syke.de

1990 – 1991 SENNELAGER BRITISH ARMY GOLF CLUB DETAILS: 27 HOLES GOLF COURSE

COUNTRY: GERMANY POSITION: ASSISTANT HEAD GREENKEEPER PROMOTED TO HEAD GREENKEEPER

1986 –1990 BURG GOLF & HILVERSUMSCHE GOLF CLUB DETAILS: 18 HOLES GOLF COURSE

COUNTRY: NETHERLANDS POSITION: GREENKEEPER

1980 – 1985 DIVER FOR THE ROYAL DUTCH MARINES

SKILLS

- MARKING OUT THE GOLF COURSE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS - OVERSEEING ALL CONSTRUCTION WORKS ON THE GOLF COURSE - WORKING WITH COMPUTERISED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS:

● RAINBIRD CIRRUS & SATELLITE SYSTEM ● LYNX COMPUTER &TORO SATELLITE SYSTEM ● HUNTER

- MARKING OUT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON THE GOLF COURSE - DEVELOPMENT OF MAINTENANCE PROGRAMMES - BUDGETARY CONTROL AND PLANNING BUDGETS - MANAGEMENT OF MAINTENANCE IN ORDER TO RE-ESTABLISH A CHAMPIONSHIP

COURSE AND ALL NECESSARY STAGES OF MANAGEMENT FOR TOURNAMENT PREPARATION

- BRINGING GOLF COURSES INTO PLAY FROM SCRATCH TO FULL ESTABLISHMENT - EXPERIENCE WITH MANAGEMENT OF CREEPING BENT GRASSES SPIECES LIKE:

L 93 - PENN A4 - PENN G2 - TRAINING GREENKEEPERS AND HEAD GREENKEEPERS ON THE MAINTENANCE OF

THE GOLF COURSE - MACHINERY SELECTION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GOLF COURSE - CALCULATING QUANTITIES OF STAFF TO BE USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE ON THE

GOLF COURSE - WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES - BUILDING LAKES AND CASCADES WITH RECYCLING SYSTEMS AND DIFFERENT

LINING MATERIALS - ADVICE ON THE LAYOUT OF THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND CLUB HOUSE - WORKING WITH GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS:

● PETER HARRADINE

● KURT ROSSKNECHT ● DEUTSCHE GOLF CONSULT

● JONATHAN GAUNT ● STEVE MARNOCH

- PLANTING AND SELECTING TREES ON NEW AND ESTABLISHED GOLF COURSES - WORKING WITH TROPICAL PLANTS AND BERMUDA GRASSES IN DUBAI

(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) - SEEDING AND GROWING IN SEASHORE PASPALUM IN NORTHERN CYPRUS - OVER SEEDING SEASHORE PASPALUM WITH 100 % RYE GRASSES - EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH DESALINATION PLANS - A GOOD TEAM WORKER - ABILITY TO DO MULTI-TASKING - CAN ADHERE TO DEADLINES - GOOD ORGANIZATIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

FURTHER INFORMATION

- NOMINATED FOR THE 1991 TORO/PGA EUROPEAN STUDENT GREENKEEPER OF THE YEAR AWARD BY CHESHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE - ONE OF THE FIVE FINALISTS FOR THE 1991 ICI GREENKEEPER OF THE YEAR

AWARD, U.K. - SUPPLIED THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE CHAPTER GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION

IN PRACTICAL GREENKEEPING BY JIM ARTHUR (1997) (ISBN 0-907583-04-0)

- CONSULTANCY MAINTENANCE, GOLF COURSE BLACK SEA RAMA. (BULGARIA) DESIGNER GARY PLAYER.

- CHAIRMAN BULGARIAN GOLF GREENKEEPERS ASSOCIATION FROM 2007 TILL 2014 - CHAIRMAN TATARSTAN GOLF GREENKEEPERS ASSOCIATION FROM 2015 TILL

TODAY

PERSONAL INTEREST

- PLAYING GOLF, HISTORY OF GOLF, PHOTOGRAPHY OF GOLF COURSES - JUDO, DUTCH MARINES CHAMPION FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (1980-1985) - WRITING ARTICLES ABOUT GOLF COURSES - COOKING

LANGUAGES

- FLUENT DUTCH, ENGLISH AND GERMAN - GOOD FRENCH & ITALIAN - BASIC TURKISH AND RUSSIAN

MEMBERSHIPS

- USGA GREEN SECTION RECORD BY THE UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION - GCSAA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA - BULGARIAN GOLF GREENKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

SPEAKING AT CONFERENCES

- SPEAKING AT THE DUTCH GREENKEEPERS ASSOCIATION. (NETHERLANDS) 2003.11.28

- SPEAKING AT THE AMERICAN CITY UNIVERSITY IN PRAVETZ. (BULGARIA) 2009.11.04

- SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE PROFIGRASS, SUPPLYER OF TORO AT THE GOLF RESORT KASKADA, BRNO (CZECH REPUBLIC) 2010.11.18

- SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE AGROLANCE KFT, SUPPLYER OF TORO IN

HUNGARY. BUDAPEST 2015.02.25

ARTICLES BY ARNE VAN AMERONGEN OR PUBLICATIONS

YEAR MAGAZINE TITLE PAGE

● 03 – 1993 Greenkeeper – International on Your Deutsch Marks 15

● 05 – 1993 Greenkeeper – International The Big Question 30

● 10 – 1993 Greenkeeper – International Talking Heads 25

● 03 – 1995 Greenkeeper – International Flying the Flag for Carnoustie 42 ● 12 – 1995 Greenkeeper – International Nitrogen Facts 8 ● 04 – 1996 Greenkeeper – International Slow Down To Move Ahead 25

● 07 – 1996 Greenkeeper – International Safety is Priority Number One 15 ● 10 – 1996 Greenkeeper – International Amphibious Mowers 18 ● 04 – 1997 Greenkeeper – International Only Top Quality Will Survive 70 ● 03 – 1998 Greenkeeper – International Testing Times 26 ● 10 – 1998 Greenkeeper – International You’ve Had Your Chips 12 ● 03 – 1999 Turf Management Water in Switzerland 10

● 05 – 1999 Greenkeeper – International Nature Trek 42 ● 04 – 2000 Greenkeeper – International Once In A Life Time 50 ● 09 – 2000 Golf Course News International Alpine High 1 Published in U.S.A

● 06 – 2001 Greenkeeper – International Design Considerations 24

● 06 – 2002 Greenkeeper – International Calabria - A New Golfing Frontier 9

● 05 – 2003 Golf Course News International Public Golf in Switzerland 14 ● 06 – 2004 Dutch Greenkeeper Magazine Calabrie een nieuw Golf front 34 - 35

● 12 – 2004 Golf Course News International Shaping My Way Through Nature 23 ● 02 – 2006 Dutch Greenkeeper Magazine Je moet Knalhard zijn als Greenkeeper 19 - 21

● 03 – 2006 Golf Course News International Good Morning Surprise 19 ● 07 – 2006 Greenkeeping Independent Craning For A Solution 34 ● 08 – 2006 Dutch Greenkeeper Magazine Niets Gevangen alleen een Betonwagen 10 - 11 ● 03 – 2007 Greenkeeping Independent Seeding Preparations Seashore Paspalum 30 ● 04 – 2007 Dutch Greenkeeper Magazine Extreem Resistent tegen Hitte en Zout 54 - 57 ● 09 – 2007 Golf & Spa Once in a Life time 106 Published in Bulgaria

YEAR MAGAZINE TITLE PAGE

● 10 – 2007 Golf & Spa Growing in Your Golf Course 46 Published in Bulgaria

● 04 – 2008 Greenkeeper Europe Extremely Resistant against Heat and Salt 44

● 07 – 2008 Greenkeeper International Grass Seed Selection and Seeding 14 ● 08 – 2008 Greenkeeper International D-DAY Seeding ‘Sea Spray Seashore Paspalum 14 ● 01 – 2009 Dutch Greenkeeping Magazine Tussen Houten Kruiwagens en splinter nieuwe komatsu’s 33 - 35 ● 03 – 2011 Golf Management Europe Flying Dutchman Delivers Par Excellence 16 -17 ● 11 – 2011 Dutch Greenkeeper Magazine Top Presentation 14 - 15 - 16 -17 ● 03 – 2015 Dutch Greenkeeper Magazine Golf in Tatarstan 16 - 17 - 19 ● 11 – 2016 ICL Website ICL fertilizers key to successful Project at

Kazan Golf

10TH GREEN

15TH HOLE

KAZAN GOLF CLUB EXTENSION FROM 9 HOLES TO 18 HOLES 2011 – 2016

GOLF PROJECT MANAGER IN ACTION

GENERAL IMPRESSIONS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS

Golfpark Moossee Switzerland Golfpark Moossee Switzerland

Golf Club Sion

Korineum Golf & Country Club North Cyprus Korineum Golf & Country Club North Cyprus

Pravets Golf Club Bulgaria Pravets Golf Club Bulgaria

GENERAL IMPRESSIONS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS

Golf Club Montechiarello

Golf Club Montechiarello South Italy

Golf Club Arosa Switzerland Golf Club Ascona Switzerland

Golf Club Ascona Switzerland Golf Club Ascona Switzerland

Golf Club Montechiarello South Italy

REFERENCES

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