Today in Capstone Management Study of Golf Operations with PGA Professional Warren Pitman, we were talking about ClubCorp and specifically, CEO Eric Affeldt. For the second year in-a-row, Affeldt finds his name atop Golf Inc.’s “Most Powerful People in Golf” list, which ranks individuals’ influence and their organizations’ ability to positively impact the golf industry. The …
Amateur Bryson DeChambeau leads Rory McIlroy by two strokes at the Abu Dhabi Championship. DeChambeau is the first golfer to win both the U.S. Amateur and the NCAA Individual Championship in the same year since Ryan Moore in 2004.
For homework this week in Advanced Teaching, we were asked to write down our personal teaching (swing) philosophy. Again, for those of us who are leaning toward pursing a career in golf instruction, this is a really important step. It can be an awkward and uncomfortable task to ask yourself the question, “What do I …
Welcoming guests is what Sea Island (GA) is all about. I left Greenville at around 5:30a for the four-and-a-half-hour drive down to Hilton Head. When I arrived, I played 27 holes at Hilton Head Country Club as a ClubCorp member, but while the South Carolina Lowcountry weather in late October was almost perfect, I was ready for …
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Jamie Donaldson will miss the start of the 2016 season after injuring the little finger on his left hand in a chainsaw accident. Dude! What are you doing? Pay someone to do that kind of work for you!