The Excellence in Club Management Awards Dinner held at the Music City’s Nashville City Club was filled with tributes to the exemplary leadership and achievements of the 2018 honorees.
Auction Set for Sleepy Hollow GC
The turnkey sale on April 7 at the Alliance, Ohio club will include the 117-acre property and business, along with a liquor license, equipment and buildings. Owner Mike Monastra sees potential for the 92-year-old club “everywhere he looks,” but is ready to move on at the age of 77.
Behind the Big Digs (meriware)
Reflecting their elevated professional status, superintendents are now getting in on the ground floor to provide brains, and leadership, for golf course construction and renovation projects. By Betsy Gilliland, Contributing Editor SUMMING IT UP Superintendents now routinely take the lead in course renovation projects—but their higher profiles bring a need for expanded expertise. No two construction projects…
Thrill of the Chase By Joe Barks, Editor
Hard work is said to be its own reward—and earlier this year for Michael A. Chase, Jr., CCM, that’s exactly what it had to be. As the 2012 Rising Star recipient for the Excellence in Club Management (ECM) Awards co-sponsored by the McMahon Group and Club & Resort Business, Chase, Clubhouse Manager of The Loxahatchee…
Night of Honors
On a sparkling Saturday night, thirty-four stories above downtown San Diego, 130 of the country’s most accomplished club managers and their guests enjoyed panoramic views of the city from the picture windows of the University Club Atop Symphony Towers. The stars were also out inside the impressive ClubCorp setting on February 9th, as the 2012…
Behind the Big Digs
Reflecting their elevated professional status, superintendents are now getting in on the ground floor to provide brains, and leadership, for golf course construction and renovation projects. SUMMING IT UP Superintendents now routinely take the lead in course renovation projects—but their higher profiles bring a need for expanded expertise. No two construction projects are alike; each…
Q&A with Pine Valley GC’s Executive Chef
Executive Chef Paul Bundick has put his own distinctive culinary imprint on Pine Valley GC.
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Names New President
Ted J. Kleisner, Chief Executive Officer of Hershey (Pa.) Entertainment & Resorts Company has announced that William F. Simpson, Jr., currently the company’s Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, has been elected by the Board of Directors as the company’s new President. In his new capacity, Simpson will continue to report to Kleisner.…
Blueprints for Pool Design
Club and resort properties are designing pools to be exciting multi-purpose spaces that can help them achieve their future goals.
Zen Master
Lessons learned at an early age in a bygone era still serve Zen Mikulski well, as he leads a thriving old-line club into a second century filled with new excitement and promise.