As sports technology evolves and new instructional devices, monitors and simulators emerge to aid golfers with their game, clubs are responding to the need to create indoor golf performance facilities that integrate with their driving ranges, short game practice areas, and putting greens. Giving club
In today’s world, where a club’s mission is to promote socialization and build a strong community of members, the most important rooms are the ones that promote gathering. This is primarily facilitated through the club bar or pub. These are not the bars of the
Rockford, Ill., like many medium-sized cities in the Midwest, has been buffeted by economic forces that have generally dimmed prospects for growth, employment and overall prosperity. Once the second largest city in Illinois after Chicago, Rockford’s manufacturing economy has not fared as well as other
When Tim Muessle, CCM, stepped into the general manager role at the Yale Club of New York, he experienced a university club vastly different from the sprawling, multi-campus, sports-centric country club he managed for the previous eight years—from the facilities and technology to the culture
Belle Meade Country Club (BMCC) is a private, member-owned club in Nashville, Tenn., with robust recreational amenities and a renowned culinary reputation. Founded in 1901, the club moved to its current location in 1915 where it is a central and coveted element in its members’
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” was his response. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t
Word that Club Trends was planning to feature the Yale Club in this issue must have reached the Harvard crowd. How else to explain why New York City’s Harvard Club scooped the Yalies by getting their own case study published in The New York Times?
The importance of good governance cannot be overstated. It is the cornerstone for achieving and maintaining a successful club. The governance structure assures club stability, dedication to the mission and remaining flexible to the changing society the club serves. At the same time, clubs need
What’s the Pulse on Governance? Here’s what clubs have told us about their governance practices in 2018 DO you have a …. Mission Statement: 83% yes | 17% no Vision Statement: 56% yes | 44% no List of Core Values: 66% yes | 34%
Club governance is the engine to most clubs’ success. A well-functioning club board provides the guidance necessary for club leaders to prioritize and execute important goals. What are these groups supposed to look like? How should they function? Today’s trends are shaping the best practices