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By Dario Colloi CMDip Italy has a population of about 60.6 million inhabitants but those who enjoy playing the wonderful game of golf are about 90,000, 0.15% of the Italian population. The reasons why there are so few players in proportion to the population, are different and complicated. I have my personal opinions but this […]
Staffan Tuomolin has been involved in the club management industry in Finland for many years and is currently Managing Director at JC Ruukkigolf Oy. He is a past President of the Finnish Golf Managers Association in addition to serving on the CMAE Board and is also the first Club Manager in Finland to attain the CCM […]
By David Roy CCM During my time as a greenkeeper, I took many photos of golf courses and was often amazed at how a particularly lovely view of an inviting, challenging and picturesque golf hole looked more like a football field when I developed the film. The introduction of digital cameras came with the promise […]
David Balden has been at the Caledonian Club, a private members club situated in the heart of London, for 24 years and was recently appointed to the post of Club Secretary. David is Chairman of the CMAE London & Home Counties region, in addition to being on the main European Board and the Education Policy […]
By Caroline Carroll Recent market research indicates golf participation in the UK is stabilising (Sport England Active People Survey, March 2016). However, female golfers remain significantly under-represented. In fact, women account for just 24% of golfers worldwide, yet the number of prospective female players could add $35 billion to the global golf economy. These are […]
Arnaldo Cocuzza CCM has held several management positions at clubs across Italy and was General Manager at Golf Club Milano, one of the oldest and most prestigious clubs in Italy for 5 years, before landing the job as Director of Club Operations at Charlotte Country Club in the USA in 2016. Here Arnaldo explains how important the […]
By Carlos De Linares Saez It has been my intention for some time to write an article about my experience on the importance of hiring a specialized, professional irrigation audit firm before deciding to make any type of investment related to irrigation of our golf course. In reality, this conclusion can be applied to any […]
By David Roy CCM The game of golf would hugely benefit from an increase in participation amongst the female population and there is plenty of good research that details the simple steps that require this to happen. So what’s stopping this from happening? A reactionary, Edwardian culture of slavishly aping the men’s game both in […]
By David Roy CCM The archetypal Club Steward was the king of his domain; commanding respect through sheer force of will and brusque demeanour, rather than any pretence of competence. Any member that broke the clubhouse rules trembled when confronted and committees were left in no doubt as to who held the keys to power. […]
John McCormack CCM has been the General Manager at Castle Golf Club in Ireland for nearly 15 years. He is a past President of the CMAE and was one of the first European Club Managers to gain the Certified Club Manager (CCM) in 2008. Here John explains how education has impacted on his role as […]
Monday October 10th, 3.30pm – 4.30pm Session Details The EGCOA has undertaken key research in recent years, and at the Forum will outline the EGCOA Vision 2020 – an in-depth research project undertaken to create an overview of the European golf industry and develop and outlook for the development of golf through 2020. The Vision has […]
