By Michael Williams, Contributor, Golf Business The last two years have been among the most turbulent in the history of the United States. A devastating pandemic along with social and political unrest prompted industries and institutions to re...
By John Brown, CEO, Brown Golf Management How would you optimize green fee and cart fee revenue on premium days? This is an actual interview question I ask head golf professionals and general managers whenever I’m looking to bring them in to...
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...
By Steve Eubanks, Contributor, Golf Business MARIETTA, GA | NGCOA chief executive officer Jay Karen did not hold back when he spoke to a group of prospective Black owners at the African American Golf Expo and Forum held in the northern Atlanta...
By Harvey Silverman, Silverback Golf Marketing Those who email market frequently, all 20 or 30 of you, may have noticed some peculiar things happening recently. That is if you bother to check your email statistics, understand what they mean, and...
By Doug McPherson, Contributor, Golf Business A quote from the late actress Carrie Fisher (you know her as Princess Leia from the movie “Star Wars”), goes something like this: “Take your broken heart, make it into art.” Those who knew and...
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...
In this Owner to Owner segment Whitey O'Malley, Saddleback Golf Club, CO and Justin Smith, Olde Homestead Golf Club, PA discuss the surge in play they are experiencing at their courses, supporting charitable golf events, pricing, and actions they are taking to capitalize on play at their...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2021 By Steve Eubanks: The late Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman called inflation “taxation without legislation.” Friedman argued that inflation is the most scurrilous and pernicious tax of all because no politician voted for it, no one...