The Role
Supports golf tournament planning, registration, scheduling, logistics, on-site execution, and participant experience. Builds relationships with players, families, coaches, clubs, academies, sponsors, and strategic partners; recruits golfers and supports outreach and sponsorship development. The role requires professional communication, strong organization, problem-solving, golf-industry knowledge, flexibility around tournament schedules, and full-time availability.
Summary Generated by Built In
Intellipro is seeking two Tournament Associates to support the planning, organization, and growth of golf tournaments and related business activities.
This role is ideal for candidates who have a strong understanding of the golf industry, experience participating in or organizing golf tournaments, and excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
The successful candidate will work closely with junior and competitive golfers, coaches, tournament organizers, sponsors, and strategic partners. In addition to supporting tournament operations, the role will help grow the company's player network and develop long-term partnerships within the golf community.
Because golf is a relationship-driven industry with unique professional standards and etiquette, candidates should be comfortable communicating professionally with players, families, coaches, sponsors, and other stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Tournament & Player Operations
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of golf tournaments and related events.
- Assist with player registration, check-in, scheduling, tournament logistics, and on-site operations.
- Communicate with players, parents, coaches, tournament staff, and other stakeholders before and during events.
- Help ensure tournament activities run smoothly and provide a professional, high-quality participant experience.
- Assist with handling on-site issues and unexpected situations during tournaments.
- Coordinate tournament materials, schedules, venue requirements, and other operational details.
- Provide additional event and administrative support as required.
Player Recruitment & Golf Community Development
- Build relationships with golf coaches, academies, clubs, players, and families.
- Identify and recruit junior and competitive golfers to participate in tournaments and programs.
- Develop and maintain a network within the local and broader golf community.
- Communicate professionally with prospective players and families regarding tournament opportunities.
- Support outreach initiatives designed to grow tournament participation.
Sponsorship & Strategic Partnerships
- Identify and engage potential sponsors and business partners.
- Assist with sponsorship outreach, relationship development, and follow-up.
- Build long-term relationships with golf clubs, academies, coaches, organizations, brands, and other industry partners.
- Support the development of strategic partnerships that contribute to tournament growth.
- Represent Intellipro professionally at tournaments, meetings, and industry events.
Qualifications
- Previous experience with golf, golf tournaments, sports events, tournament operations, or large-scale event coordination is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of golf culture, tournament operations, and golf etiquette is highly preferred.
- Experience playing competitive golf, working in golf operations, coaching, or organizing golf events is an asset.
- Excellent English communication skills with the ability to communicate confidently and professionally with players, coaches, parents, sponsors, and business partners.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Professional appearance and strong customer-service mindset.
- Detail-oriented, organized, responsible, and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong problem-solving and on-site execution skills.
- Comfortable working in a relationship-driven and client-facing environment.
- Able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Must be available to work five days per week on a full-time basis.
- Flexibility to work around tournament schedules when required.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel for business purposes are preferred.
Preferred Background
Candidates may come from a variety of backgrounds, including: golf tournament operations; golf clubs or golf academies; competitive or collegiate golf; sports event management; tournament administration; hospitality or premium customer service; sponsorship / partnership development; sports business development; athlete or player relations. Candidates with strong golf-industry knowledge and relationships are encouraged to apply even if their previous job title was not directly related to tournament operations.
What We Offer
- Full-time employment
- CAD $50,000 – $80,000 per year, negotiable / commensurate with experience and performance
- Business mileage reimbursement of $0.50 CAD/km for approved travel
- Opportunity to build relationships across the golf industry
- Exposure to tournament operations, player development, sponsorship, and business partnerships
- Opportunity to grow with an expanding golf tournament business
Skills Required
- Experience with golf, golf tournaments, sports events, tournament operations, or large-scale event coordination
- Strong understanding of golf culture, tournament operations, and golf etiquette
- Experience playing competitive golf, working in golf operations, coaching, or organizing golf events
- Excellent English communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Professional appearance and strong customer-service mindset
- Detail-oriented, organized, responsible, and able to manage multiple priorities
- Strong problem-solving and on-site execution skills
- Comfort working in a relationship-driven and client-facing environment
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Availability to work five days per week on a full-time basis
- Flexibility to work around tournament schedules when required
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel for business purposes
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The Company
What We Do
IntelliPro Group Inc. is one of the fastest growing IT services and HR solutions companies in Americas & APAC. We provide comprehensive IT services to help clients with IT Strategic Planning, Implementation, Deployment, IT Support on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Mobile Application Development, Data Mining and Business Intelligence, Enterprise Data Warehouse, and more. Besides our established IT services, our new business now is quickly extending to one-stop HR Solution Services, including Oversea Branch Setup Consulting, Compensation & Benefits Policy Consulting, Payroll Management Service, Talent Recruiting, and Employer Branding to satisfy our clients’ fast business expansion requirement. We have built our business on our company-wide commitment to continually overdeliver on the high expectations of our clients, employees, and business partners. The secret to our success is that our unified team works harder, faster, smarter, and more collaboratively than anyone else in the talent acquisition business. In addition to the immense talent and proprietary technology, IntelliPro Group is proud to offer continual professional development and extraordinary benefits to both consultants and full-time employees.
