Creating a Positive Culture and Employee Loyalty
by Pete Davison
It is commonly recognized that creating a positive culture at a facility leads to energized and productive employees, a high level of loyalty, and low turnover.
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Plan for the Future
by Tom Marzolf
Any homeowner knows the international economic woes of recent years have placed premiums on basic property upkeep. Paint jobs, siding, landscaping and basic maintenance have all taken a backseat. The same can happen at golf courses.
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Consumer Confidence on the Rise: Time for Golf to Plan for Success
With consumer confidence on the rise, is it time for the golf industry to lose the recessionary mindset and become more bullish on the prospect for increasing sales? With consumer confidence up, stock prices soaring, and home sales on the rise, the outlook for the U.S. economy is optimistic. But what’s been happening in the golf industry? Outside of the decrease in rounds played that can be primarily attributed to poor weather, most of the signs are positive.
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Closed Golf Courses – What Happens After the Final Shot Is Played?
The NGF Domestic Golf Facilities Database reveals that more than 1,400 golf facilities (some with multiple courses) have closed their doors permanently since 2001, part of a natural supply correction. When we put the number of facility closures in perspective, the magnitude is far from alarming. In fact, the net change in supply is actually up by more than 120 18-hole equivalent golf courses since 2001.
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Second Annual NGF Municipal Golf Institute – September 3-6, 2013
The National Golf Foundation (NGF) will hold the 2nd annual Municipal Golf Institute on Sep 3-6 at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, WV. This national educational forum is designed to help municipal golf course operators improve their bottom lines, and to assist public officials that oversee these golf courses as they engage the community in issues such as taxpayer funding of operating deficits and whether municipalities should be competing against private enterprise.
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Golf Cart Accidents Keep Courts Busy
by Robert Harris
For those of you who don’t yet appreciate the Zen of shouldering your bag and hoofing it around the course, I offer different encouragement to the same result.
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