There are some pretty good job titles going around these days.

Work for a bespoke travel company and underneath your name on the business card could read ‘beach consultant’. Or work for a fashion company and you could be ‘head of style’.

Sean Bailey has a decent job title too and he must be rated pretty highly by his bosses because he is a ‘Quality Manager’ for a firm in Gloucester!

“It’s alright unless anything goes wrong,” laughed Bailey, who also happens to be captain of Rodway Hill Golf Club.

He’s done the job since March of last year which means he will be relinquishing the position in a few weeks when he hands over to Leo Lucas, who, at the age of 25, will be the club’s youngest captain.

But players and staff at the golf club needn’t worry about Bailey becoming any less involved because he will continue as the club’s membership secretary – a position he has held for the past three years.

Like a good many golfers, Bailey came into the sport at a relatively advanced age.

The 55-year-old first started swinging a club in 1992 – the year of Rodway Hill’s first ever Open – but has only been playing seriously for the past 10 years or so.

He’s obviously a quick learner though, because he plays off 14 and his handicap has been as low as 12.

Rather like Bailey himself, Rodway Hill is relatively new to the golf circuit having only been founded in 1991.

Originally a nine-hole course, the club have come a fair way since then. They now boast 18 holes with a par of 70 and, as you’d expect, Bailey is a big fan of the course.

“There are some very challenging holes,” he said. “What makes it difficult is that the greens are so small. You’ve got to be pretty accurate with your approach shots.

“As the course has matured, it has got better and better.

“We don’t have many doglegs, the holes are mainly straight, but the trees that have been planted are now starting to enclose the fairways.”

Fortunately, the course is ideally suited to Bailey’s game.

“I’d say my driving is my strength,” he said. “I like to hit it straight and as far as I can. I’d say on average I drive the ball 250 yards.”

And while driving is clearly Bailey’s forte, he’s not the only one helping to drive the club forward.

“We’ve got a new head groundkeeper,” said Bailey. “His name is Richard Price and he’s improving the course all the time. He’s doing an excellent job.”

And Bailey, who lives in Linden in Gloucester, is determined to be a big part of the club’s future.

“I can’t see myself stopping any time soon,” he laughed.