It was exciting to read Joe Barks article in the Club & Resort Business site on New York-area clubs report uptick in corporate-outing bookings. Since 2008, when the door slammed shut on large businesses and corporations golf outings, there has been little improvement in the number of golf outings being booked at golf clubs. Since […]
Social Media for Country Clubs: Bold Step Has to be Taken
One of the biggest challenges facing private country clubs today is Member Recruiting and Retention. The private club culture, the economy, the fast moving society and the need for individuality has changed the game the country clubs have to play to draw in new members and to keep the members they have. This game now […]
Bankruptcy: 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 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 large investors demand for their […]
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 […]
Have Private Golf Clubs Made a BIG Mistake?
In the case of where a business is ‘strapped for cash’ logic would dictate if there is found to be too much of something for sale it would be good to discount the price and move it on. Would this logic persist with private club’s selling open tee-times? Predictably, many of the private golf clubs […]
