By Harvey Silverman, Contributor, Golf Business | Silverback Golf Marketing Summertime thunderstorms are rare in Northern California and are more prone to dry lightning than delivering needed rain. In the early morning hours of August 16, 2020, a massive front threw...
By Michael Williams, Contributor, Golf Business While Autumn marks the end of the marquee events for the year, it is my favorite part of the golf calendar. The weather turns crisp and clear, the insect population dwindles and even though the days are shorter, the...
As seen in Golf Business September/October 2022 By Harvey Silverman: Day in day out, my tear-stained face Pressed against the windowpane My eyes search the skies, desperately for rain “I Wish It Would Rain,” The Temptations “It’s better to fall short of high...
By Craig Kessler, Director of Governmental Affairs, Southern California Golf Association California Assembly Bill 1910 (Garcia; D-Bell Gardens) was known far beyond the borders of California. Many of the game’s leading national organizations weighed in on it, including the...
As seen in ASGCA's "By Design" The extent to which golf course architects work together, and with others in the industry, has evolved and had a positive effect on facilities, the industry and the game. We asked some of ASGCA’s longer-serving...
By Harvey Silverman, Contributor, Golf Business | Silverback Golf Marketing California is the home of superheroes and action figures, thanks to Hollywood. Heck, we even had one as governor. But while superheroes are singular forces, fighting the...
By Larry Hirsh, President, Golf Property Analysts Steve Shreiner, former Eagle Scout, high school wrestler and son of a college professor, decided as a teenager that he loved being outside and took an interest in trees. He’s now an ISA Board...
Cathy Harbin, PGA, LPGA, Pine Ridge Golf Course, NGCOA Board Member & Del Ratcliffe, PGA, Ratcliffe Golf Services; Lucas Boyd, President of Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett & Dixon, LLC (BSBD Group) & Matt Brost, EVP of BSBD Group In this Owner to Owner segment, Cathy Harbin, PGA, LPGA ,...
By Larry Hirsh, President, Golf Property Analysts While the cause is debated, there is no argument that climate change is a real phenomenon. The broad reach of destruction from Hurricane Ida in August impacted many golf courses from the Gulf Coast...
In the House Chat segment, on-course optimization experts Bodo Sieber, CEO Tagmarshal and Joey Walters, General Manager, Tagmarshal, our newest NGCOA partners, share their insights into how top golf courses like Valhalla, Bandon Dunes, Cog Hill, Baltusrol, Olympia Fields and others, use data and...