Best Practices

Booking Engine Best Practices Tip of the Week:
We know the golf shop can be a busy place with golfers ready to check in and phone lines ringing. Encouraging golfers to book a tee time on your course website booking engine will give you more time with your face to face customers and improve that customer experience in your shop.

GOLFNOW Industry Headlines: September 22, 2020

HEADLINES FROM THIS PAST WEEK: The Day: Local golf courses have flourished during coronavirus pandemic → The Golf Business (U.K.): Shorter versions of golf are also surging at the moment → Golf Course Architecture: Golf course architects say action is needed to reduce hitting distance → GolfChannel.com: USGA adding new facility, making Pinehurst ‘anchor U.S….

HEADLINES FROM THIS PAST WEEK: Talk, Business & Politics: John Tyson’s Blessings Golf Club to host nationally televised tournament in October The Sentinel (Carlyle, Pa.): Local golf courses doing fine in social-distancing era with new safety measures in place OutThere Colorado: Heard of elk take over golf course in Colorado WCJB-TV (Gainesville, Fla): Protestors gather…

HEADLINES FROM THIS PAST WEEK: Detroit News: Will huge renovation earn another U.S. Open for ‘classic’ Oakland Hills? Golf Course Architecture: Design rankings or beauty contests? The Golf Business: Irish golf clubs can apply for £10,000 grant hit Orlando Business Journal: Park Square Homes buys Hunter’s Creek Golf Course

HEADLINES FROM THIS PAST WEEK: Pellucid Perspective: San Diego again atop healthiest golf market rank but #2 challenger changes Capital Gazette: Now ‘elite’ in the region, Naval Academy Golf Course reopens following yearlong restoration Financial Post: The golf business was struggling – until the pandemic hit Golf Inc.: Members acquire country club in Vermont

HEADLINES FROM THIS PAST WEEK: BusinessWire: Global golf equipment market outlook 2020-2024 National SportBusiness: Royal Montreal Golf Club to host 2024 Presidents Cup El Paso Inc.: Butterfield Trail Golf Club gets second chance as city council considers lease Planet Golf: 2019 Golf Australia participation report release

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