When I first tried to summarize Golf Business Monitor‘s achievements in 2020, I wouldn’t have thought that due to character limits on LinkedIn I will not be able to complete what I wanted to share with you.
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Golf Business Monitor’s key achievements in 2020
Golf Business Monitor‘s popularity and readership grew by 20% YOY:
- 7,000 unique visitors – the average monthly traffic;
- 60,000+ followers on social media.
- 350% growth – I had 42 contributors in 2021 (see the list below)
Thanks to Troon International, Oaks Prague, and Inrange Golf (UK) I was able to experience many interesting golf offers and solutions. As you can see I am trying to see the half-full of my glass.
This was the first year when Golf Business Monitor became an official media partner of a pro-am golf tournament: the World Corporate Golf Challenge. This cooperation will continue in 2021 too.
In 2021, I will help the World Golf Business Forum as its official media partner & a keynote speaker.
Clubhouse Europe Magazine (CMAE’s official magazine) asked me to write an article on employee experience development in golf clubs in 2021.
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Contributors of Golf Business Monitor in 2020
The increased number of guest articles and interviews (from 12 in 2019 to 42 in 2020) I explain by the growing popularity of Golf Business Monitor, as the world’s #1 B2B golf business blog. Don’t forget I am providing golf club marketing consultancy services as well.
In 2020, Golf Business Monitor contributors were:
- Robert A. Sereci – GM/COO – Medinah Country Club
- Marc Newey CCE FCIMSPA – Chief Executive – Roehampton Club
- DJ Flanders – SVP – Troon International (UAE)
- Javier Reviriego – CEO & General Manager – Real Club Valderrama
- Guy Kinnings – Deputy CEO: Ryder Cup & CCO, PGA European Tour
- Korbinian Kofler – MD, Wittelsbacher Golf Club & President, Golf Management Association of Germany (GMVD)
- Ian Randell – Chief Executive – Confederation of Professional Golf
- Steve Mona – Dir. of Governance & Leadership – Club Benchmarking
- Neil D Hampton – General Manager – Royal Dornoch Golf Club
- Julián Romaguera – General Manager – Los Naranjos Golf Club
- Jason Adams – Managing Director – Rockliffe Hall
- Robert McGuirk – General Manager – Prince’s Golf Club
- Simon Doyle – Director of Agronomy – Troon
- David Shepherd – General Manager – The Scandinavian
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- Paul Armitage – General Manager – Le Golf National
- Jurgen Wondergem – General Manager – Royal Mougins Golf Club
- Scott Evans – Managing Director – Centurion Club
- Nora Anais Lilian Maier – Marketing & Sales manager – Öschberghof, Germany
- Alexandre Barosso – Director of Golf – Troia Golf (Portugal)
- Declan McCollam – General Manager – Brookwater Golf & Country Club
- Michael Braidwood – General Manager – Education City Golf Club (Qatar)
- Edouard Des Fontaines – Director Of Sales Marketing – La Cala Resort
- Ross Duncan – Marketing Convenor – Peebles Golf Club
- Keith Haslam – Managing Director – Braemar Golf
- Antti Hiltunen – Managing Director – Finnish Golf Club Managers Association & Finnish Golf Course Owners Association
- Antti Pohjonen – CEO – Sand Valley Golf Resort, Poland
- Piet Vandenbussche – Managing Director – Millenium Golf Management, Belgium
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- Janne Pelkonen – Managing Director – Pickala Golf (Finland) – the largest golf center in North Europe
- Francisco de Lancastre David – Cluster General Manager – Troon Abu Dhabi
- Miguel Girbes – Resort General Manager – Emporda Golf Resort
- Agustin Garcia Pascual – Chief Business Director – Lumine Golf & Beach Club
- David Ashington – Director of Hospitality & Sales – Monte Rei Golf & Country Club
- Peter Nyberg – CEO – Pärnu Bay Golf Links (Estonia)
- Andrea Faldella CCM – Operations Manager – The Els Club, Dubai
- Rui Grave – Head Greenkeeper – Dom Pedro Golf
- Priscilla Guranna – Sales & Marketing Manager – Ile Aux Cerfs Golf Club (Mauritius)
- Jerry Kilby CCM – golf industry consultant
- Paul Williams – General Manager – Toptracer Europe
- Gregg Patterson – Founder & President – “Tribal Magic!!!”
- Chris Duffy CMDIP – Board Member, CMAE England
- Rainer Preissmann – Former President of EIGCA
If you have not found your name or your golf club’s name on my list then contact me:
mikibreitner@gmail.com or https://app-6165ce12c1ac18c16c9d2d09.closte.com/work-with-me or +36 30 279 0054
I hope 2021 will be more active for all of us in the golf industry. Or as Monty Python said
“Always look on the bright side of life…”