Tag: Troon

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How is the Cobbs Creek Golf Campus being modernized and enhanced?

By: 2024. 03. 06.

The modernization of Cobbs Creek Golf Campus and the collaboration among the parties involved is truly inspiring and could serve as a model for other golf club proprietors and developers. Below you can find what I found particularly…

Troon Acquires Eventive Sports - L to R Eventive President Gene Hallman and Troon Chief Legal Officer Jay McGrath

How much can Troon expand its business after acquiring Eventive Sports?

By: 2024. 01. 05.

It appears to me that Troon has successfully acquired 7 distinct companies within the past five years: Cliff Drysdale Tennis, Indigo Golf Partners, RealFood, Peter Burwash International, appliedgolf, ICON Management Services, Green Golf Partners. Most recently, Troon acquired…

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Who will manage The Hideout Golf Club & Resort from now on?

By: 2023. 10. 23.

In recent days, Troon has successfully acquired a new client. The Hideout Golf Club & Resort in Brownwood, Texas, selected Troon to manage the golf operations, agronomy, retail, and sales and marketing. Located on the shores of Lake Brownwood,…

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What did Monster Golf Club spend $40 million on?

By: 2023. 09. 13.

Monster Golf Club in Monticello, New York recently reopened for public play following a $40 million investment from Resorts World Catskills (RWC). The late summer/early fall preview season will allow golfers to experience the completely redesigned golf course…

Golfzon Social Scarsdale

How is Golfzon Social indoor golf entertainment venue network expanding?

By: 2023. 08. 11.

NGCOA CEO Jay Karen once said in 2018: "I believe the golf course of the future will be indoor and outdoor, if only we can find ways to embrace virtual reality and gamification of golf, which includes simulators…

Tobacco Road Golf Club 18th Hole

What did Troon find attractive about Tobacco Road Golf Club?

By: 2023. 08. 09.

It's hard to believe that Mike Strantz designed only seven golf courses in his lifetime, including the amazing Tobacco Road Golf Club (Established in 1998, the par 71, 6,557-yard) in Sanford, North Carolina. Despite this small number, his…

Mark Chapelski Troon International

How does Mark Chapleski see the state of the international golf industry?

By: 2023. 08. 03.

Mark Chapleski, Troon Executive Vice President, has just retired at the end of July following 24 years of service with the golf and club management business. Since 2017 he has overseen the expansion of Troon’s international portfolio to…

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Who will be the biggest winner of the Troon & Invited partnership?

By: 2023. 07. 07.

Early this year, I read in Golf Inc Magazine's annual golf club management company updates: Troon - managing 664 golf clubs; Invited (formerly ClubCorp)- is the largest owner-operator of private golf and country clubs, city and stadium clubs…

Highland Park Golf Course

Troon will operate Highland Park Golf Course

By: 2023. 06. 12.

Troon has been selected to operate Highland Park Golf Course, a 36-hole facility in Highland Hills, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Indigo Sports, a Troon company, will oversee golf operations, and food and beverage operations for the City…

Vattanac Golf Resort 18th hole-West with ClubUp

To what extent can ClubUp improve the caddy experience of golfers?

By: 2023. 05. 24.

Inflation is a big challenge for many countries in the last couple of years. Not entirely unfounded, many people also fear a recession, which could reach us even this year. At the same time, I think it is…

GCSAA Foundation’s Rounds 4 Research program

GCSAA Foundation’s Rounds 4 Research program reached a new donation record.

By: 2023. 05. 10.

For the second year in a row, the GCSAA Foundation’s Rounds 4 Research program supporting turfgrass research broke records, yielding more than $544,500 during its April 24-30 online auction, an increase of $53,300 over 2022. The GCSAA Foundation…

Mark Chapelski Troon International

What can Mark Chapleski be proud of during his 24 years at Troon International?

By: 2023. 04. 26.

I have enjoyed Troon's & Troon International's trust almost since the start of Golf Business Monitor in 2009. Thanks to them, I got to know many golf industry best practices. Adopting a 'growth mindset' is one of the…

Alfonso Castiñeira golf director Las Colinas Golf & Country Club

Who is the new golf director of Las Colinas Golf & Country Club?

By: 2023. 03. 14.

Since my FAM trip to Las Colinas Golf & Country Club in 2018, I saw many great achievements at the Spanish golf resort. Las Colinas Golf & Country Club won 3 categories in the World Travel Awards competition in 2021:…

Royal Greens Golf And Country Club Troon International

3 Troon International venues, in 3 countries & 3 different top-tier golf tournaments

By: 2023. 02. 02.

What would you do if you were in charge of promoting 3 known but not so hyped golf courses? This is what Troon International is now experimenting with by staging multiple top-tier events over the coming days. Within…

Palmilla Golf Club managed by Troon

What can Palmilla Golf Club be most proud of during its 30 years?

By: 2022. 12. 28.

Which description best fits Palmilla Golf Club? A hidden gem in Los Cabos, Mexico? An underrated golf club? An overrated golf club? Or something else? It is certain that this is Jack Nicklaus' first golf course work/project (1992)…

2023 Troon Card Program

What is the loyalty strategy behind the 2023 Troon Card Program?

By: 2022. 10. 04.

Troon - but also true regarding other companies - will not be able to retain their most valuable customers solely with loyalty programs offering points and discounts. Transactional customers are much less engaged with the brand/marketer/golf club than…

Troon International Infographic_Leader Movements 2022

Who has Troon International promoted to leadership positions internally?

By: 2022. 09. 13.

This year we can see an interesting HR trend globally. Namely, the increase in internal career moves. HR professionals really like this solution. When golf clubs a struggling to retain their best talents in various fields and the…

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What did Westchester Hills Golf Club spend $3.5 million on?

By: 2022. 08. 03.

Westchester Hills Golf Club in White Plains, New York recently completed a $3.5 million golf course renovation by famed architect Rees Jones.  In addition, the 109-year-old club also completed a $1 million pool renovation focused on providing a resort-style setting…

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What would make the golf experience at Gamble Sands more attractive?

By: 2022. 07. 13.

Last year Gamble Sands (located in Brewster, Wash.) launched the David McLay Kidd-designed QuickSands Course a 14-hole short course. The 18-hole Sands Course opened for play in 2014 to widespread acclaim, with the 100,000 square foot Cascades putting course following shortly thereafter. Now Gamble…

Freddie Rexstrew Muscat Resorts Operations Manager

How will Muscat Resorts be reborn with the help of Troon in 2023?

By: 2022. 06. 21.

Soon we can experience how the new owner - Ominvest, the oldest and largest investment company in Oman - transformed Muscat Resorts (formerly Muscat Hills). Muscat Hills previously opened in 2009 and closed in 2020, is the first…