As seen in Golf Business March/April 2024 By Harvey Silverman, Contributor, Golf Business It pops up every couple of years on Accelerate – a discussion about senior discounts. The questions include: Should I or shouldn’t I? What age is appropriate? Should senior...
By Harvey Silverman, Contributor, Golf Business | Silverback Golf Marketing We often think of government institutions as slow-moving and inefficient. Still, the City of Los Angeles responded quickly and efficiently to golfers' concerns about reserving tee times at its...
As seen in Golf Business March/April 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business Fast cars and fast fairways are a combination most golfers aspire to have. And not necessarily gassed-up golf cars. We’re talking about tight fairways and fast and luxurious...
As seen in Golf Business March/April 2024 By Steve Eubanks, Contributor, Golf Business After 3:00, you know where to find her. Cathy Harbin, the new president of the NGCOA and owner of Pine Ridge Golf Course in Paris, Texas, has spent decades in the industry at...
By Michael Williams, Contributor, Golf Business I got started in golf operating the National Park Service courses in Washington, DC. Our mission there was to provide affordable, accessible golf to the public. When I began my first season in 2002, you could get 18 holes and a...
As seen in Golf Business January/February 2024 By Doug McPherson, Contributor, Golf Business We know golf is attracting younger players. The National Golf Foundation reports that the category of young adults (18 to 34-year-olds) is golf's biggest customer segment – and...
As seen in Golf Business January/February 2024 By Michael Williams: 2024 is now upon us, a new year and a new start full of promise and anticipation. Some people look at a new year like a highway stretching over the horizon. Others see a new year like a notebook with...
As seen in Golf Business January/February 2024 By Steve Eubanks, Contributor, Golf Business When the Country Club of Spartanburg opened in 1908 with a 9-hole course, the historic South Carolina layout was widely attributed to the design expertise of famed architect...
As seen in Golf Business January/February 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business When Blue Ridge Golf & River Club was being conceived 20 years ago in Mineral Bluff, Ga. as a new upscale residential golf community, the developers had ambitious plans to...
As seen in Golf Business November/December 2023 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business During a Dearborn Heights, Mich., city council meeting last October, after nearly 5 hours of serious and sometimes contentious public discussion ranging from policing to...