MISSISSAUGA, ON – Adam Zubek has been named the new superintendent at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club.

Originally from Montreal, Zubek spent the last six years as Superintendent at Capilano Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, British Columbia – one of the premier private golf clubs in Canada, before making the decision to come to Ontario.

“From a professional point of view, the move to Mississaugua G&CC is a fabulous opportunity at one of Canada’s premier private clubs. It’s one of the most coveted positions in Canadian golf,” says Zubek, who starts his duties at Mississauga G&CC on February 7.

“First and foremost, I would like to take the day to day operations and standards that we set for the golf course to the next level, so the membership can truly enjoy their course,” says Zubek, who plays to a single digit handicap. “I would like Mississaugua G&CC to be regarded as having one of the best conditioned courses in Canada.”

Zubek has never played the course at Mississaugua G&CC. He last toured it in 2009 to review the greens renovations carried out by Doug Carrick, who is also the consulting architect at Capilano G&CC.

Zubek is an accredited member of the Canadian Golf Course Superintendent’s Association, where he sits on the association’s Environmental Committee. He’s also a member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, on the Board of Directors for the British Columbia Golf Superintendents Association, a member of the Canadian Society of Club Managers and has also instructed at Capilano University in the Landscape Horticultural Program.

Zubek is a graduate of Penn State University in the world-renowned Turf Management Program Since graduating he also worked for Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey as assistant superintendent and Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club in Coquitlam, British Columbia also as assistant superintendent. During the early part of his career he worked at Royal Montreal Golf Club and The Country Club of Brookline, Massachusetts.

One of Zubek’s first duties will be to oversee the completion of the remodelling of Mississaugua G&CC’s practice facilities including target greens that started last fall. He and his wife Lindsay are expecting their first child in the early part of 2011.

Mississaugua Golf and Country Club has played host to six Canadian Opens (1974, 1965, 1951, 1942, 1938 and 1931), as well as the Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship (1998) and the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship (2006). The venerable club also hosted the 2001 Canada Senior Open, a PGA Champions Tour event.

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