As seen in Golf Business March/April 2024 By Doug McPherson, Contributor, Golf Business Back in 2021, Clark Burckle acquired a driving range in Louisville, Kentucky. Burckle, CEO of Golf Management Group, which owns and operates public driving ranges and golf practice...
As seen in Golf Business March/April 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business Some people live for golf. Some actually live in golf. Literally. / At least that’s the case for a small pocket of South Florida residents who belong to a trio of private golf...
As seen in Golf Business January/February 2024 By Steve Eubanks, Contributor, Golf Business When the Country Club of Spartanburg opened in 1908 with a 9-hole course, the historic South Carolina layout was widely attributed to the design expertise of famed architect...
As seen in Golf Business November/December 2023 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business - During a Dearborn Heights, Mich., city council meeting last October, after nearly 5 hours of serious and sometimes contentious public discussion ranging from policing to...
As seen in Golf Business November/December 2023 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business During a Dearborn Heights, Mich., city council meeting last October, after nearly 5 hours of serious and sometimes contentious public discussion ranging from policing to...
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 Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business When the St. Joe Company hired Tom Fazio to design Camp Creek Golf Club at the dawn of the new millennium, Fazio’s first private course in the Florida panhandle marked a new...
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...
By Larry Hirsh, President, Golf Property Analysts With recent surges in membership and increased revenues, many clubs are considering, developing or implementing master plans for their future. This is a good thing. Prior to the COVID surge in golf...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2021 By Steve Eubanks: Rising costs are alarming everyone in the industry. With labor, materials and energy shooting upward at staggering rates, a lot of operators who are in the middle of renovation or redesign projects are panicked that price...