Club Managers are Overpaid

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 celebrates landmark 100 year anniversary

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.

Make Stress Your Friend

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.

Why Committees Kill Clubs

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.

Reflections on attending the CMAA World Conference

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.

We’re Doomed: but don’t panic Mr Mainwaring!

The first speaker of the recent MDP Golf was Peter Dawson, who spoke with great clarity and precision on the current growth of the game of golf worldwide. The intricate research of the R&A explained that the game is showing some signs of decline in the mature markets of the USA and the UK but is showing consistent growth almost everywhere else in the world.