Seems the mission many Private Country Clubs have set out on to attract Younger Golfers is failing. One of the tactics many of the Private Country Clubs around the nation are using to attract the under 35 golfers is to relax their ‘common sense’ policies. It seems private clubs will do anything to keep from […]
Pace of Play: Golf Course vs Golfer
Sometimes when golfers are challenged with playing on a overcrowded golf course the rounds becomes.. who will win the battle of the nerves? The golfer or the golf course management? Pace of Play is an Issue It is getting that time of year when the winds get chilly and the days get shorter. For golfers, […]
Industry Trends: Wrong Way to Managing a Private Golf Club
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 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 evening became…when […]
Should Golf Skills Testing Could Improve Pace of Play
Not too many years ago there was talk about requiring golfers to take a skills evaluation so their play on the golf course could be managed. This was just one of the many good ideas developed to solve the Pace of Play issue that still is occurring at golf courses around the world. In reality, […]
Cart Path Only = Slow Play (Part Four): Overbooking
(Back in 2008 I posting a version of this five part series on Slow Play…Interesting how nothing much has changed to improve it. I have updated it and hope you find it as informational now as it was three years ago.) PART FOUR Yes, golf course mismanagement is one of the biggest problems the golfing […]
