Club Insider Brief – Jan. 22
Club Insider Brief (CIB) covers what we’re reading, to what other clubs are doing, governance solutions, golf/tennis/yacht trends, unlocked NCA articles and legal updates. It’s a must-read for all club staff and leaders—and remains a free benefit for the entire club community.
What We’re Reading Now:
- Private Clubs: This Colorado Luxury Hotel Has a New Private Ski Club in the Rocky Mountains — and It Has Heli-skiing, Access to First Tracks, and Other Alpine Adventures, Travel + Leisure
- Workforce: Gen Z are More Depressed and Isolated than their Coworkers and Feel Less Successful than Other Generations Did at their Age, Fortune
- Advocacy: WWU: Trump Day One Executive Orders, NCA (member-only content)
Private Club News
- Calusa Country Club to Open in Lakewood Ranch in February, Observer
- PGA Tour 2K25: Atlantic Beach Country Club is Once Again Featured on Golf Video Game, The Florida Times-Union
- ‘We May Never Take it Down’: How a Country Club in Menomonee Falls is Remembering Bob Uecker, TMJ4
- Inside Harbour Club, Miami Beach’s Buzziest New Private Members’ Club, Robb Report
- Staff Longevity: Club Cultures that Keep Employees for the Long Haul, Club Director (unlocked NCA content)
- Elon Musk Set To Acquire Trendy D.C. Line Hotel, Transform It Into Exclusive ‘Club X’, View from the Wing
On the Green
- Report: Replacement Venue Chosen For 2025 Genesis Invitational, Golf Monthly
- NCR Country Club to Host 2027 Junior PGA Championships, The Highland County Press
- Columbia Edgewater Country Club to Host The Standard Portland Classic LPGA Tournament, LPGA
On the Water
- Chicago Yacht Club to host 2025 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, Sail-World
- Canyon Lake Yacht Club to Host Learn to Drive a Boat Clinic, Canyon Lake Insider
Renovations
- Florida Golf Club Wraps up $9.6M Renovation to One of its Three Courses, Golfweek
- Welling Wraps up Jonathan’s Landing Reinvention, Golf Course Industry
- How Interlachen Country Club Reclaimed its Fascinating Donald Ross Greens and Earned Best Renovation Honors, Golf Digest
- Old North State Club Renovates its Tom Fazio Course in North Carolina, MSN
- Hunters Run Takes A Giant Step In Its “Progress In Motion” Campaign, Digital Journal
From the Vault (NCA Unlocked Content)
Legal
- WWU: Federal Judge Upholds Independent Contractor Rule—Again, NCA member-only content
- Ohio Country Club’s Lawsuit Against Telluride Dismissed, Telluride Daily Planet
- Slip Owner Fined by Washington’s DOE for Blaze at Clover Island Yacht Club in 2022, Apple Valley News Now
Food & Beverage
- Greener Grass: Addison’s Steakhouse in McHenry is Moving to McHenry Country Club, Shaw Local News Network
- Champagne Sales Have Dropped for a Second Year in a Row, Robb Report
- Earning Trust as an Executive Chef, KK&W
Partner News
NCA Welcomes New Members in December
- Wind River Lakefront and Golf Community, Lenoir City, Tenn.
- Monroe Golf Club, Pittsford, N.Y.
- IGI Cybersecurity
- Admiral Furniture
- Sussner