As seen in Golf Business September/October 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business In 1926, La Quinta Resort & Club opened in California’s Coachella Valley and introduced the world to a luxurious new 1,400-acre desert layout about 120 miles east of Los...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business When Scottish-born Colonel John Hamilton Gillespie relocated to Sarasota, Fla., and built a two-hole practice course in 1886, it became one of the oldest recorded courses in...
As seen in Golf Business July/August 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business If you’re wondering where PGA Tour player Paul Azinger went now that he’s no longer in the broadcast booth for NBC Sports, one place you might find the 12-time Tour winner is...
By Harvey Silverman, Contributor, Golf Business | Silverback Golf Marketing The pursuit of growing the game of golf has been a steadfast and unwavering goal of golf’s stakeholders. In a broader context, it’s about fostering a surge in the number of golfers engaging in an...
As seen in Golf Business May/June 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business Besides owning three courses in the Carolinas, Pat Barber’s other business passion is restoring homes. According to Greg Wood, who oversees operations for Barber’s three golf...
As seen in Golf Business May/June 2024 By Scott Kauffman, Contributor, Golf Business At the dawn of the new millennium, Ford Plantation was being developed by a new ownership group with ambitious plans to create an exclusive 1,800-acre private sporting community....
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...