I recently spoke to 110 members of the Golf Association of Philadelphia on the subject of Social Media-How Private Golf Clubs Should Use It. I was exciting to learn the GAP is looking towards the future of the golf industry and searching for ways to deal with the change facing golf today. Hopefully, what …
Sometimes Industry Standards Don’t Apply
Private Golf Club: Don’t Use Industry Standards
At a dinner gathering last evening a few of women golfing members of a private country club reported on the latest policy changes made to their club’s summertime tee times. The reason given for the strange policy change for tee-times on weekends was based on ‘Industry Standards’. The question for the rest of the …
Bankruptcy: Is It the New Business Plan for Private Golf Clubs?
It is always distressing for me to hear about any business filing for bankruptcy. The normal reaction is to assume the business failed because it could not make money when in some cases the business plan was actually good, just too much cost or too high salaries (or in a growing number of cases, too much …
Always Practice What You Learn: Golf and Social Media
Improvements in Golf’s Direction
There is a lot being said about all the challenges Golf faces in today’s economy and little notice being made of the businesses in Golf who are meeting those challenges by making changes in their direction or thinking. This is not to say the economic challenges facing Golf are going away. In fact, …
What to Tip the Cart Girl?
2011 Golf Club Business Plan
From time to time I am asked to review a business’ operations to find weaknesses and issues affecting their business plan. Since my interest professionally has been in the promotion of the golf industry I have provided a review of how golf clubs, private or public, need to look to developing their business plans …
When is it Time to Rebuild a Country Club
I am not sure if during the creation of a private country club the owners think about the time that will come when the clubhouse would need to be rebuilt. If they are not, maybe they should. Even a commercial building or residence has to be torn down and rebuilt eventually, why would someone feel […]
Satisfying the Next Generation Country Club Members
How country clubs are seen by today’s generation of young business people is not the same as the generations before them. Their interest and lifestyles, on the most part, do not mirror their parent’s or their grandparent’s drive for all things leisure. This is not to say the 25 to 35 year old business …