Cover Stories and Features
Avoiding the (Legal) Rough
Golf Business picks the brain of a risk management and compliance expert who shares practical advice on safeguarding your course
For Las Vegas Courses, a Water Affordability Crunch
In America’s drought-weary Southwest, the topic of water scarcity is never far from mind. It’s an urgent, complex issue prompting experimentation and new practices. These innovations, meant to address pervasive problems, can cause difficulty and even distress for golf operations.
In Due Course
Steven Tingle worked for years as a superintendent and GM on his family’s course. Then his mom fired him. Now he’s living a new chapter: a novelist who’s returning to that course with a kooky cast of characters including a real estate agent killed (murdered?) by an errant golf ball.
Golf Accessibility Now Moves to Digital Spaces
Over the last 25 years, sparked by the Tiger Woods phenomenon, the golf industry’s leading associations made significant strides in making facilities and businesses more accessible and inclusive. The First Tee and National Alliance for Accessible Golf are just two initiatives/organizations reflective of the progress being made.
Case Studies
Eightsomes? Tensomes? Can I Get a Dozensome
In rapid succession, I received two disturbing emails about troublesome golf course etiquette.
Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta Set to Reopen after Going Fallow
In 1926, La Quinta Resort & Club opened in California’s Coachella Valley and introduced the world to a luxurious new 1,400-acre desert layout about 120 miles east of Los Angeles.
The Memphis Model
How One City is Setting a New Standard in Municipal Golf
Up Close and Personal
More is Better
Is ‘More’ The Connection Between Quality Instruction and Player Retention?
Winter Park Wonderland
It’s not like Florida, at least not the scene you experience on the east side of Orlando where giant Ferris wheels and water slides act as landmarks along the always clogged I-4 corridor from downtown to Disney. Just six miles northwest of Amway Arena, about a 10-minute drive from the Citrus Bowl, the enclave of Winter Park might as well be in a different world. Old homes with big porches line brick streets. The main downtown thoroughfare, Park Avenue, with its sidewalk dining and art galleries, looks more like Westchester County, New York than the tourist capital of North America
Industry News and Trends
Are You Still Awaiting Your Employee Retention Tax Credit Payments?
Golf course owners across the nation are facing delays in receiving their Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) payments, leading to widespread frustration and concern. The ERTC, introduced as part of the CARES Act during the COVID-19 pandemic, was designed to provide financial relief to businesses that kept their employees on payroll during the economic downturn. However, the anticipated speed of the process has not materialized. Understanding the reasons behind these delays and ensuring that your application meets IRS criteria are crucial steps in navigating this situation.
NGCOA News
The Evolution of the NGCOA
All organizations evolve over time, and the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) is no exception. Since its founding in 1971 by Don Rossi and other trailblazing private owners of public daily-fee facilities, the NGCOA has grown tremendously while staying rooted in its core principle to represent golf course owners' interests