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Advances in mower technology are helping golf course superintendents run their maintenance operations more efficiently and cost-effectively.

By creating bigger and better all-purpose space, clubs are turning their golf instruction and practice centers into top-notch facilities that attract more members and make important community connections.

Benchmark Contract Furniture offers ideas for transforming an outdoor area into an extension of the indoor space.

Triple Clear Water Solutions suggests properties start by planning early. When reopening an under-occupied building, a systematic building flush should begin at least five days before a planned opening.

Predictive weather technology has made preparation easier by looking at science entirely in a new way.

As the official license simulator partnership with both the Golf Channel and PGA Tour, Full Swing offers two primary classes of simulators – the Sport Series and Pro Series.

While clubhouse fires are not the common occurrence they were 100 years ago, when they happen today the consequences can be far more devastating, and the recovery process far more complicated. So it’s no surprise that many other club managers have been eager to learn all they can from how Bogey Hills bounced back so…

How established golf clubs respond as new courses open in their market is crucial and can make or break annual budgets or longer-term success. Perhaps no existing courses know this more keenly than those in Branson, Mo. They have experienced Big Cedar Lodge open multiple courses in the past several years, including one this year…

Club + Resort Business discussed the process of running a successful golf tournament with Val D’Souza, Vice President of Operations at KemperSports. Here are his thoughts: Coordinating and staging a successful golf tournament can be challenging. Many tournament directors have very little experience running these tournaments and are afraid to lose thousands of dollars. To…

By Jason Becker  During the summer of 1988, major real estate developers saw conversion rates of “home buyer to golf member” as high as 80 – 85% across the Sun Belt. It was an exciting time for club board of directors as well as a lucrative time for the club’s balance sheet. The “conversion rate”…

By Alan Achatz It’s hot outside. What are you doing to protect your employees, temporary workers and/or outside contractors from the heat? The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has a heat illness safety campaign titled Water. Rest. Shade. designed to educate employers on the risks of working in the heat. Info on OSHA’s web page shares…

Swimming pools are a breeding ground for disease. Cryptosporidium is a potentially dangerous illness transmitted commonly in pools and water features and can live in properly chlorinated pools for more than 10 days. In addition to monitoring pools, it is important to check hot tubs, water fountains and other water features.

Scott Harmelink has been the Director of Golf at Green Valley Golf Club in Sioux City, Iowa since 2001 and never liked their driving range. He says it is too small for the amount of play they have and the teeing area is elevated 25 or 30 feet. A trip to Phoenix over the holidays…

Harvey Silverman, co-founder of pay-by-the-hole app Quick.golf, refers to today’s golf industry as “golf’s millennial conundrum.” He says the industry has been fretting for some time that the Millennial generation isn’t playing in numbers even close to Baby Boomers. With that, golf’s participation rate and all businesses tied to it face a daunting future. “We…

To supplement brick-and-mortar retail stores, some club and resort properties are investing in online counterparts. Not only do these e-shops allow them to ship out of state and provide special offers that may not otherwise be available in-store, they enhance the properties’ ability to establish partnerships with vendors and suppliers. Royal Fox Country Club was…