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...
By Craig Kessler, Director, Governmental Affairs, Southern California Golf Association Recently two of the world’s biggest oil companies suffered significant defeats on the same day. Royal Dutch Shell was found by a Dutch Court to be partially responsible...
By Harvey Silverman, Silverback Golf Marketing Long as I remember the rain been comin' down Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain? ...
By Pamela Dreyfuss, Owner, La Cañada Flintridge Country Club (CA) Propelled by a sense of urgency driven by the climate crisis, my husband, Randy, and I started to explore how we could reduce our golf course and facility's carbon contribution to...
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...
By Rich O'Brien, Operations Manager, PGA HOPE Charleston In the Summer of 2015, I interviewed Rand Jerris, Ph.D. the Senior Managing Director for Public Services for the United States Golf Association. He oversees many of the key functions of the...
By Craig Kessler, Director, Governmental Affairs, Southern California Golf Association The Conundrum of the 1.3 to 1 Ratio — One and one-third human beings is what a maxed-out golf course puts on one acre of open space under current COVID restrictions, a...
In this Inside Golf Business segment, we welcome our partner the PGA of America and Steve Tanner, Director of League Golf, as he shares how PGA Jr. League drives significant engagement and value to host facilities. In this Owner to Owner segment Whitey O'Malley, Saddleback Golf Club, CO and...