green keeper

British

noun

a person in charge of a golf course or bowling green

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Describing the parachute canopy, Andrew Mayall, a green keeper at Whittaker Golf Club, said: "I thought at first that a massive sheet had been blown up there as it's very windy up here."

From BBC

The ball maker, green keeper and course designer came second to Willie Park, whose first club was a tree branch, in the first Open at Prestwick in 1860, won the Challenge Belt the year after and added three more titles.

From Reuters

He arrives at the club house every morning to share the green keeper's breakfast.

From BBC

From St Andrews in Scotland, he was a player, club maker, green keeper and course designer who helped set up the Open.

From BBC

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