Pinnacle managing former IRI courses
PremiumPinnacle Golf Properties has doubled the size of its portfolio during the past year,with six facilities in and around Charlotte that had formerly been owned by Jeff Silverstein’s defunct IRI...
View ArticleKemperSports to manage St. James Golf Resort, Bear Creek in Arizona
KemperSports has added two courses to its portfolio — St. James Bay Golf Resort in Carrabelle, Fla., a town that is 50 miles southwest of Tallahassee, and Bear Creek Golf Complex in Chandler, Ariz.St....
View ArticleKemperSports adds Club at Grandezza and Lincolnshire Fields CC
KemperSports has recently added two family-friendly clubs to its portfolio — The Club at Grandezza in Estero, Fla. and Lincolnshire Fields Country Club, in Champaign, Ill. Grandezza is in one of the...
View ArticleArcis Golf among Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Arcis Golf has made huge strides in its short history. Unveiled in 2015 by Arcis Equity Partners as a newly capitalized golf management company, Dallas-based Arcis Golf is now one of the country’s...
View ArticleOrion Management targets munis
PremiumFor a small Midwestern management company, golf operations are akin to solving a riddle.“Golf courses are like puzzles,” said Shane Gardner, a principal of Orion Management Solutions. “What...
View ArticleTroon adds Belfair and Mauna Lani
Belfair, one of the most prestigious private clubs in the U.S., has selected Troon Golf to manage both its 36-hole facility and the community’s property owners association. The Bluffton, South Carolina...
View ArticleGreen Golf Partners aims to break new ground in course management
PremiumAs it closes the books on a productive 2017, Green Golf Partners is hoping for a repeat performance in 2018. The six-year-old company bought its first golf property this year, the defunct...
View ArticleLeonard Green acquires majority stake in Troon
Leonard Green & Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity, acquired Kohlberg & Company’s majority ownership in Troon earlier this month. Leonard Green is a large private equity firm with...
View ArticleUp to Par offers marketing and hospitality know-how
PremiumLexington, Va.-based Up to Par manages nearly a dozen hotels and restaurants in two Virginia cities and Sean Taylor, the company’s owner and chief executive officer, says that its expertise in...
View ArticleKemperSports to manage two non-golf facilities
KemperSports has added two non-golf facilities to its portfolio, The Spokane Club in Spokane, Wash. and The Inns at St. Albans in St. Albans, Mo.The Spokane Club is a historic private club with three...
View ArticleGolfBC, Western Canada’s largest golf ownership group, is redefining itself.
PremiumGolfBC was founded as an owner/operator, and since 1989 it’s assembled a portfolio that now consists of six well-regarded daily-fee and semiprivate venues in British Columbia plus a world-famous...
View ArticleElite Golf Management: turnaround specialist
PremiumHollywood has produced some memorable golf movies — Caddyshack, Tin Cup and Happy Gilmore among them — but only one that was inspired by the true-life experiences of a management-company...
View ArticleKemperSports adds two: Village Club and Tobacco Road
KemperSports has been selected to manage The Village Club of Sands Point (N.Y.) and to provide consuklting services for Tobacco Road Golf Club in Sanford, N.C.Founded on the estate of Isaac Guggenheim...
View ArticleBoyne Resorts aims to book 75% of summer play by Masters week
PremiumThe golf season in Northern Michigan has ended, but the marketing for Boyne Resorts’ 2018 season has only just begun.Boyne owns and operates a quartet of four-season resorts within a short drive...
View ArticleBloom Golf Management takes over Heron Lakes
PremiumWill a recent acquisition spark a phase of growth for Russ Bloom’s tiny management company?Bloom Golf Management, a firm with just one property to its name, doubled the size of its portfolio in...
View ArticleMorningstar thinks small to ensure success
PremiumMatthew Galvin believes that small can be beautiful.Over the years, Galvin has had a hand in buying, selling, operating and advising scores of golf properties, among them some of America’s...
View ArticleBarton Tuck turns over management of Wingfield to his son
PremiumAfter more than 30 years in the golf business, Barton Tuck is taking a breather.Just days into 2018, Tuck appointed his son, Noel, as the president and chief executive officer of Wingfield Golf...
View ArticleKemperSports adds Diamante Country Club
The only private membership club in the central Arkansas residential community of Hot Springs Village has selected KemperSports to manage its club.Diamante Country Club opened in 1995 and ranks as one...
View ArticleBCG adds Castle Oaks
Billy Casper Golf assumed management of Castle Oaks Golf Club in Ione, Calif. on January 1st. BCG was chosen to oversee golf course maintenance; marketing; sales; staffing and training; merchandising;...
View ArticleSterling Golf Management keeps focus on affordable golf
PremiumIf nearly a quarter-century of golf management experience has taught Kevin Osgood anything, it’s that the vast majority of golfers in New England play at courses that are located within a...
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