That wheezing sound emanating from many member-owned facilities across the country is slowly losing volume. Here and there, a trickle of private equity clubs are waving the flag on their old ownership model and calling for help.
Shedding staid traditions and private club norms, The International Club is reinventing what it means to be an exclusive facility
Innisbrook Resort’s efforts to attract more women to its golf academies are drawing more men as well
In the March issue, Golf Business profiled four golf course operators who battled back from the brink and have positioned their businesses for success (“Back From the Brink,” page 36). This exclusive Q&A, in the words of the late Paul Harvey, reveals “the rest of the story” and provides inspiration for any course owner who has ever felt the road to recovery was too hard to travel.
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