Much is discussed, or spun, about the game of golf, whether it is attracting new members, recapturing the magic of the Tiger Woods’ boom, renovations, Topgolf, twists on the game or a litany of other topics. Here are a few statistics to aid your discussions
STAFF COMPENSATION is the largest expense in any club. In fact, industry data shows that at the median, 55 percent of a club’s total revenue goes to payroll. While distribution of labor expense among the club’s departments does vary somewhat based on club type, food
First they were coming. Now they’re here—millennials are the largest cohort in U.S. workplaces and apparently the least engaged generation of your workforce. So what’s a club to do? When it comes to making work matter to millennials, it’s time to move from stereotypes to
Q: We have an exceptional general manager who we’d like to keep. How do we determine whether he’s being compensated appropriately relative to what other clubs are paying? A: Retention of talented management is critical with the compensation package central to that effort. When it comes to
Have you ever looked at your workers’ compensation (W/C) loss runs?Or the incurred losses versus your medical-only claims? If you have had W/C losses and you haven’t looked at these line items, it is possible you are spending more money on insurance than necessary. This
While insurance policy language may vary somewhat, most, if not all will have provisions for the club (or an insured), as a condition precedent to the obligations of the insurer, to notify the insurer in writing of a claim made against an insured as soon
To answer your question fully would take more space than allotted here, but I’ll address a part of it because the club industry has so much riding on its ability to attract a fair share of millennials. Beyond the obvious issues like making your club
I GREW UP in the city of Riviere-du-Loup on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Province of Québec, Canada. I was in Washington, D.C., visiting two friends from Québec when I became quite ill and was admitted to the hospital with
RECENTLY, Club Director interviewed Jim Nantz, CBS Sports commentator, co-founder of the The Calling wine brand and founder of the Nantz National Alzheimer Center (NNAC) to discuss clubs, golf, broadcasting, his pursuits in wine and his work in Alzheimer’s research. Nantz is a three-time Emmy award winner
After his surprising victory in November, Donald Trump began to map out his most important policy objectives. Thankfully, one of his first priorities was to fundamentally change the way the federal government issues regulations. For leaders in the private club industry, that is music to