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.
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.
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
- 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
- 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…”