Welcome Home, Josh Rumsey

Serrano Country Club

Welcome Home, Josh Rumsey

by BILL ROMANELLI photography by CHARLENE TAYLOR / CHARM PHOTOGRAPHY

For Josh Rumsey, taking over management of Serrano Country Club is nothing short of coming home.

“Generations of my family have lived here; my dad was a prison guard at Folsom Prison, and my mom was in the fi rst graduating class at Oak Ridge High,” Rumsey says. “I grew up here; my dad even brought me to the Gold Rush Classic at Serrano when I was 12, and I got an autograph from Chi-Chi Rodriguez at the 11th hole. I am just over-the-moon happy to be here.”

Like all good homecoming stories, Rumsey’s journey to Serrano was a circuitous route, but one that inevitably led him back to El Dorado Hills. His love of golf was cemented during a birthday trip, and his fi rst job in high school was driving a cart at Lake of the Pines in Auburn. e foreshadowing is easy to see.

Even so, he was a criminology major when he started at Sierra College, but he quickly learned it didn’t fit his personality. His dad and his fellow prison guard buddies even said Rumsey was too nice for criminology. “They actually told me to run in the complete opposite direction,” he says with a laugh. “So, I did.” He soon discovered he had what he calls “the hospitality gene” after taking a job as a restaurant manager while living in San Luis Obispo. It was an opportunity to put his leadership skills and Type A personality to work, which translated well into the business world. That led to a job as the food and beverage supervisor at the Granite Bay Golf Club, until a friend and mentor left a job as the assistant manager at Thunder Valley Casino Resort and recommend him for the gig. He stayed at Thunder Valley for two years before going on a career growth tour, working in management roles for Graton Resort & Casino in in Rohnert Park and then for country clubs in Woodside, Monterey and Palo Alto.

“I thought Monterey Peninsula Country Club was the pinnacle for jobs in California, except for Serrano, which I’d always held on a pedestal,” Rumsey says. “I was newly married when the Serrano position opened, and my wife’s family is from the Sacramento area, too. It was a perfect storm of opportunity.”

Rumsey started as the Serrano Country Club’s general manager in February. His short-term focus has been on ensuring the food and beverage experience at the club remains the best in the area, as well as ensuring the sense of the tight-knit community that has always made Serrano special. He’s committed to being available to Serrano’s members 24/7 because, as he puts it, there’s truth to the adage that when you love what you do, you never work a day in your life. “I like the members knowing I’m available, and when I do have time off, I love golf and being outside,” Rumsey says. “The support and welcome we’ve received from the membership has been fantastic, and words cannot express how happy I am to be here. My wife and I look forward to growing our family and being part of this community for a long time.”

The support and welcome we’ve received from the membership has been fantastic, and words cannot “ express how happy I am to be here.“

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