{"id":26857,"date":"2022-11-18T09:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T23:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/?p=26857"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:14:38","slug":"staff-profile-mitchell-starr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/2022\/11\/staff-profile-mitchell-starr\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFF PROFILE &#8211; Mitchell Starr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26858 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mitch-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mitch-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.grangegolf.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mitch-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mitchell Starr is a familiar face to many after commencing duties at The Grange Golf Club in February 2019 as a casual in our Food &amp; Beverage Team.\u00a0 He has also been a part of our green keeping staff and most recently been a regular on our Catering Cart.\u00a0 It is a family affair at Grange with Mitch\u2019s brother Lachy Starr as our Course Foreman.\u00a0 We would like to take this opportunity to share some information on Mitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to work at The Grange Golf Club?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started at The Grange straight out of school in 2019, and I saw it as a flexible option alongside my full-time studies as a veterinary student.\u00a0 Plus, my older brother, Lachy, is a greenskeeper so I thought I would come and annoy him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the most enjoyable part of your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building great relationships with the members, and the fact that no two working days are the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And least enjoyable?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Golfers shanking their ball into my cart!\u00a0 There\u2019s plenty of times I am safer sitting in the middle of the fairway!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite item on the menu?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Southern Fried Chicken Burger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite vacation or holiday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Golf trip through the South-East playing Robe, Warrnambool and Port Fairy, and then continuing through the scenic Great Ocean Road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe yourself in three words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eccentric<br \/>\nOptimistic<br \/>\nLoyal<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your worst ever job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grange is my only job ever, but picking up pinecones in the middle of a thunderstorm during winter takes the cake!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dead or alive, who would you most like to meet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sir Elton John or Quentin Tarantino.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you weren\u2019t doing this job, what would you be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I aspire to be a mixed or pig\/swine veterinarian, but if not, any animal-related occupation.\u00a0 Maybe the next Tiger King?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Starr is a familiar face to many after commencing duties at The Grange Golf Club in February 2019 as a casual in &#8230; 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