Two PGA Golf professionals based in Fife, Scotland, Anthony Caira and Michael Braidwood have recently tested their knowledge and experience in club management by sitting the CCM exam, which has resulted in the pair being awarded the globally recognised and much coveted Certified Club Managers designation (CCM).
Estonian Golf and Country Club, part of the European Tour Properties network, has demonstrated its dedication to sustainable business practices to earn the prestigious international mark, GEO Certified™.
So, after 2 years of personal CMAE membership, 14 months of starting and building a new region and countless networking events, we finally have our first seminar. And what a first seminar it was!
No successful Club Manager has ever had an original idea, or has contributed little to improving a club beyond attending some committee meetings. Such could be the perception of club members if a manager is providing ‘The Nudge’, rather than delivering innovation through the sheer weight of his or her own personality.
Toro is celebrating a landmark 100 years’ anniversary in 2014. The first company to launch a motorised mower for use on the golf course – as well as a host of technologically-advanced groundscare mowing products for councils, contractors and landscapers – Toro says that its commitment to innovation has been at the heart of its success, and given it the market leadership it enjoys today.
The Club Managers Association of America is proud to announce today that it has named 100 new Certified Club Managers.
Following hosting Jim Singerling, CEO of the Club Managers Association of America in St Andrews in 2000 where he spoke to the Conference of Association of Golf Club Secretaries I was fortunate to be invited the following year to attend the World Conference in San Diego. Apart from 2 years when I could not fly for medical reasons I have attended every year since then at my own expense using holiday time.
If you are a club manager at a golf club, answer the following three questions:
The number one reason most clubs fail is not poorly thought out strategy, the wrong location or lack of funds it’s EGO! Simple human ego destroys more clubs and destroys more relationships than any other factor.
TED is a nonprofit organisation devoted to ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design and has a growing global following.
The Club Managers Association of America is pleased to announce its 2014 Officers and Board of Directors.
Urban myths abound in the current era of instant ‘facts’ and it is often reported that we are only ever ten steps from a rat in an urban area, which is of course ridiculous.
