Eddie B. Connaughton, B.Sc.
Eddie began his career as a trainee Greenkeeper at Royal Dublin Golf Club and at Elm Park Golf Club where he attained first City & Guilds of London Greenkeeping Certificate awarded in Ireland.

He then went on to study Agronomy, specialising in Turfgrass Management, at Purdue University, Indiana, USA where he graduated with a B.Sc. in 1985.