With multiple golf courses and myriad activities, the property on Skidaway Island, Ga. saw the need for a signature clock that could help keep everyone on pace. After members rallied to support the cause, enough donations were in hand to get not just one clock, but five.
Making Sure New Members Aren’t That Way for Long
Carmen J. Mauceri, CCM, Chief Operating Officer/General Manager at The Club at Mediterra in Naples, Fla. offers proven ideas for quickly and effectively integrating new members within the club community.
Wellesley CC’s Marty Ryan Honored As “A Man for All Regions”
Marty Ryan earned Lifetime Achievement recognition through the Excellence in Club Management Awards for handling many challenges adeptly through his distinguished career—including moving from the New York area to head a club with entrenched Bostonians who are very particular about their chowder.
Excellence in Club Management Award Winners Lead the Way
The 2020 recipients of the Excellence In Club Management Awards, established in 1997 by the McMahon Group and sponsored since 2005 by Club + Resort Business and since 2018 by the National Club Association, stood up to special tests in an especially challenging year.
Stocking the Pro Shop from Afar
With the annual PGA Merchandise Show forced to go virtual in 2021, golf professionals had to change the way they brought in new products for their pro shops.
Giving Senior Members Their Due
Yielding to the temptation of justifying or brushing off unhappiness expressed by senior members as “they are getting old” is irresponsible at best. Our responsibility to our membership is from “cradle to grave.” Eventually, every member will be in the same situation as our current senior populations.
Outfitting Your Golf Performance Center
If your club has made the decision to dedicate space to building a golf performance center, now is the time to determine the budget, members’ needs and what equipment and technology will fill those needs. Here are some key steps any plan should follow: • Begin with a budget. We all dream of what a…
How to Attract and Retain a Younger Membership
By Steve Dirks, Director of Membership Sales and Marketing, The Club at Renaissance, Fort Myers, Fla. Here at The Club at Renaissance, we recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of our club and golf course. During the six months the course was closed, we took the time to reappraise our goals and objectives for the club…
Getting the Most Out of Member Golf Trips
Mark Bixler, PGA, Head Golf Professional at Kirtland Country Club in Willoughby, Ohio, arranges, on average, between five and eight golf trips for his members. Of those, he generally attends two to four. He discussed the process in this edition of Burning Issues.
How Indigo Golf Partners Is Helping Clubs Weather the Storm
In this excerpt from C+RB’s special report on management companies, learn how Indigo Golf Partners—formerly Billy Casper Golf—helped its 170 properties through a #GolfForEveryone mentality. Acquired by Troon in January 2021, Indigo Golf Partners thrived while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. “With considerable input from our leaders in the field, we created a comprehensive, tactical ‘safety-first’…
How Arcis Golf Is Helping Clubs Weather the Storm
In this excerpt from C+RB’s special report on management companies, learn how Arcis Golf created a stringent set of extensive safety and security guidelines that were implemented company-wide across the 13 states in which it operates. “At the corporate level, we’ve actively integrated our leadership team into our clubs on a micro-market basis,” says Blake…
How McConnell Golf Is Helping Clubs Weather the Storm
In this excerpt from C+RB’s special report on management companies, learn how McConnell Golf countered the 2020 pandemic and helped the courses in its portfolio maintain the expected experience as normally as possible. “With courses in different counties and different states, we made sure we were in full compliance with the latest regulations and consistently communicated…
How KemperSports Is Helping Clubs Weather the Storm
In this excerpt from C+RB’s special report on management companies, learn how KemperSports helped its properties—and the country as a whole—with its “Rain Suits for Responders” initiative through the global pandemic. Steve Skinner, KemperSports CEO, was one of the leading and earliest voices advocating for golf courses to reopen. “Our position is that golf should…
How ClubCorp Is Helping Clubs Weather the Storm
In this excerpt from C+RB’s special report on management companies, read why David Pillsbury, CEO of ClubCorp, believes there are still signs that golf, and the club business, will be able to capitalize on the renewed interest that was seen while the sport was able to continue as other entertainment options were curtailed. Also, when…
How Troon Is Helping Clubs Weather the Storm
In this excerpt from C+RB’s special report on management companies, learn how Troon assisted club leaders and associates in dealing with an ever-changing and complex COVID landscape by creating and maintaining an online resource guide that includes up-to-the-minute health and legislative directives, best practices and messaging templates.