Calling all golf course owners and operators: Are you prepared to meet the needs of millennials, a generation of golfers that are flocking to the sport and making waves across the industry? Matt Weinberger, Director of Operations with Nextgengolf, breaks down their recently released 5th annual...
In this House Chat segment, Justin Apel, Executive Director of the Golf Course Builders Association (GCBAA) discusses the valuable assets and information their organization brings to golf course owners and operators. In this Inside Golf Business segment, John Brown, CEO of Brown Golf Management...
By Larry Hirsh, President, Golf Property Analysts In the continuing effort to grow the game, one area that’s become prominent is the development of short courses. In some cases, this can mean “Par-3” layouts with holes sometimes no longer than 100...
New communications partner HQ98 helps golf courses improve productivity, customer service, safety and profitability with industry leading devices Charleston, S.C. (June 8, 2021) - The National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) today announced a partnership with HQ98, the largest...
In this owner to owner segment, Allison George of Toad Valley Golf Course and Jeff Hoag, Scott Lake Golf & Practice Center discuss golf at their facilities coming out of a year of Covid, the high-demand and interest in golf. Where will the staff come from to support unprecedented levels of...
As seen in Golf Business May/June 2021 By David Gould: The industrial giant Samsung opened for business in 1938 selling fruit and dried fish, eventually branching into textiles, insurance, securities and electronics. Its CEO once said that Samsung’s future “hinges on new businesses, new...
As seen in Golf Business May/June 2021 By Steve Eubanks: Instructional programming has evolved in recent years. Camps and clinics, juniors and seniors, ladies’ “Sip and Swing” sessions with wine and hors d’oeuvres after group lessons: All of these add-ons do more than create additional...
Newest Partner Assists Businesses with Determining Eligibility and Applying for up to Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Tax Credits Charleston, S.C. (May 5, 2021) - The National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) is pleased to welcome Rockerbox as its latest Smart Buy Marketplace...
As seen in Golf Business March/April 2021 By Steve Eubanks: Don’t be surprised by the firsts. Mackenzie Mack won’t top leaderboards at tour events - although she compiled a pretty impressive junior and collegiate record and can still hold her own on the course - but she will probably be...
As seen in Golf Business March/April 2021 By David Gould: Here in these times of troubles and woe — pandemic, a stressed economy, political strife — if you want to tell a comeback story, you may have to get in line. But the Texas twosome of Ira Molayo and Dave Ridley have a head start....