As seen in Golf Business September/October 2023 By Michael Williams: In the boom times for golf that were kindled by the Tiger Woods phenomenon, it seemed that everyone wanted to play the game. The demand for golf dovetailed with the housing boom, leading to an explosion...
As seen in Golf Business September/October 2023 By Steve Eubanks, Contributor, Golf Business Whether it’s ChatGPT writing college term papers or movie buffs debating the plot of the latest “Mission Impossible” film, the subject of artificial intelligence, or AI, has hit...
SPONSORED CONTENT Provided by: Hilco Real Estate Sales Due, in part, to the lasting effects of COVID, we are seeing a massive shift in commercial real estate. Remote working trends have placed office properties in a highly precarious position with record vacancies and the...
By Dan Vukelich, Member, Golf Writers Association of America, Online Editor of Alabama Golf News Cragun’s Resort on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minnesota, offers a lesson on how a resort seeking to position itself as a regional golf destination can make itself attractive to a...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2023 By David Gould, Contributor, Golf Business Daunting. That’s the word even the people in the capital project management business sometimes use to describe capital projects. So you know these kinds of projects can be, at best,...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2023 By Steve Eubanks, Contributor, Golf Business He could have stayed home. Business was good. Homelife was better. But that was not in his nature – not in any of their natures, those men and women whose names adorn libraries and...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2023 By Steve Eubanks, Contributor, Golf Business If you’re a fan of old western movies, you know the area. “Coogan’s Bluff,” “Mackenna’s Gold,” “3:10 to Yuma,” “The Comancheros,” “Apache,” and four years of “Death Valley Days” all...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2023 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business - One of the early 20th-century novels by writer/playwright Thomas Wolfe is titled, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” Apparently, course owner Lex West and his family did not heed this...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2023 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business While the Federal Reserve continues aggressive monetary policies to drive down inflation and preserve healthy unemployment levels, more than doubling the federal funds rate to 5.25%...
By Larry Hirsh, President, Golf Property Analysts While I’ve often written about golf and club property assessment issues in this space, it’s important to stay up to date as the market evolves and the relevant issues change for values and their resulting ad-valorem...