321 entries: membership

How to find lucrative referrals and drive sales? – Part 2

By: Aimee Burke 2015. 11. 05.

Yesterday, my new guest writer Aimee Burke (Sales & Marketing Director Kemper Sports @ The Ridge Club) started to explain us the challenges of expanding golf club membership. Today she will give us 3 tips how to improve our sales…

How to find lucrative referrals and drive leads? – Part 1

By: Aimee Burke 2015. 11. 04.

As I promised you yesterday, today, Aimee Burke (Sales & Marketing Director Kemper Sports @ The Ridge Club) will show us the challenges of expanding golf club membership. Aimee Burke will give some advice and tricks. Her article/post will…

The 2019 Solheim Cup is on the way to Scotland

By: 2015. 10. 29.

After an exhausting struggle to win the right of hosting of The 2019 Solheim Cup, now Scotland can sit back. The Ladies European Tour’s Board preferred and selected Scotland's The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire over Sweden's The Bro Hof Slott Golf Club (the total cost…

Italy’s struggle for the hosting of 2022 Ryder Cup

By: 2015. 10. 20.

I think there are at least two common motivations among the 4 bidders (Spain, Italy, Germany and Austria) for the 2022 Ryder Cup: golf enthusiasm and promoting their country (as a country of investment, tourism destination etc.). The…

What can do golf tourism for Andalucia?

By: 2015. 10. 19.

Andalucia is in a controversial situation. Although, we can see 7 million tourists are visiting Andalucia every year, among them many golf tourists (see below the figures), but we can also find an unemployment rate of 35.21 % (The forecast is still…

How to entice women to our golf courses?

By: Rich O’Brien 2015. 10. 05.

My new guest writer is Rich O’Brien. Rich is a columnist for the Charleston Golf News where he writes a Grow the Game column and a Golf Therapy Column.  He is also a sport psychologist and adaptive golf instructor, he…

What would you do on the first day of Al Zorah Golf Club?

By: 2015. 09. 23.

Do you remember when I wrote in July about Al Zorah Golf Club? If not, then just a brief reminder. It will be a par-72, 18-hole golf course (designed by Nicklaus Design) in Ajman (I would say in…

How should Macdonald Hotels’ loyalty program work?

By: 2015. 09. 07.

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts seems to understand the importance of customer retention. They want to reward golf players across the UK with the launch of the group’s first ever pay and play reward programme, Loyal-Tee. Loyal-Tee loyalty card will…

Who is the right host for The Solheim Cup in 2019?

By: 2015. 08. 14.

Scotland is still excited about hosting The Solheim Cup in 2019. In March it was questionable whether Scotland will launch a formal bid in the summer. Now it is sure that they will officially bid for the hosting of The…

How to get rid of obstacles of golf participation? – Part 2.

By: Hanno Kross, CEO, Estonian Golf & Country Club 2015. 08. 12.

In this post, Hanno Kross, the CEO of Estonian Golf & Country Club continues to explain how can we get rid of obstacles of golf participation: I heard already few years ago that there is a company in…

How to get rid of obstacles of golf participation?

By: Hanno Kross, CEO, Estonian Golf & Country Club 2015. 08. 11.

Last month, I had been to Estonia where among the others I visited the Estonian Golf & Country Club and met with the CEO Hanno Kross. What makes Hanno's golf club interesting is that they were able to…

Who can get 15% discount at the Macdonald Hotels & Resorts?

By: 2015. 08. 10.

I've got good news for the 218,000 Scottish Golf Membership Card holders. Thanks to the new partnership with MacDonald Hotel & Resorts, card holders will get 15% discount at Macdonald Hotel & Resorts across the UK. This means a…

Irish Golf Expo is moving to Northern Ireland

By: 2015. 08. 04.

Irish Golf Expo decided to move this year to a location to hold the event (November 28-29, 2015). The place is in Northern Ireland's newest and largest exhibition venue at the Eikon Exhibition Centre in Lisburn. Although this is a…

Jay Karen is the new CEO of National Golf Course Owners Association

By: 2015. 07. 17.

A new era will start at the National Golf Course Owners Association. Jay Karen will replace Michael Hughes on October 1. Hughes served for 25 years as CEO of NGCOA. Some of the achievements of Hughes are: the NGCOA…

Hellidon Lakes Golf & Spa Hotel’s 25th anniversary

By: 2015. 06. 17.

On the last day of July Hellidon Lakes Golf & Spa Hotel will celebrates its 25th anniversary. They will commemorates its landmark date with a fundraising golf day on Friday, July 31. Many familiar faces from Hellidon Lakes’ history including a…

QHotels gained more than 1,000 new golfers to its new QFairway club

By: 2015. 06. 05.

In March I had reported about QHotels' new QFairway club golf membership program/offer. They claim it is the most flexible membership offer in the UK. It gives QFairway members up to 50 rounds of golf for £375 along with access to 15 golf courses. …

Why is it good to be a guest in The Grove?

By: 2015. 05. 29.

Last year I complained about that golf clubs do not measure customer satisfaction, performance and NPS (Net Promoter Score) to be able to attract new golfers and golf club members, but also to retain existing ones. Now I…

This Girl Can Golf partners with American Golf

By: 2015. 05. 13.

There is an old Chinese proverb that says: “Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand. Step back and I will act.”  This is why I think it is a good…

Kimberly Cayce becomes COO of Women on Course

By: 2015. 04. 30.

Kimberly Cayce’s appointment follows a nearly 200% increase in Women On Course membership in 2014, making it one of the largest golf-related professional development organizations in the U.S. Cayce will manage daily business operations, including membership, marketing, administration,…

Who is the beneficiary of Chinese decade-old golf ban enforcement?

By: 2015. 04. 20.

Son Gual, Mallorca's leading golf destination has just reported their 1000th Chinese golfer in the golf club. This is the result of the copperation with Mission Hills GC (a 12-course resort, located in the town of Guanlan in…