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    Value And Price Not The Same In Golf Industry

    POSTED: February 20, 2020

    There are a lot of lazy narratives out there, and sports coverage is right in the crosshairs of this phenomenon. In an era of sound bytes, it’s a lot easier to rush to the premature canonization of superstars in team sports than to thoroughly examine the fact that without a strong and deep supporting cast, […]

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    Defining Success In An Era Of Gamification

    POSTED: February 11, 2020

    Probably since the shepherds first started playing what became golf, all who have sought to master it have recognized that its complex challenge and inherent difficulty have created a dichotomous relationship. Our research on both the sport’s allure and its high attrition rates are resolute in asserting golf’s difficulty and the frustration often encountered at […]

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    Private Clubs: A Stabilizing New World

    POSTED: February 4, 2020

    Ten years ago, in the heart of the last recession, several doomsayers projected the demise of private golf clubs. The media was rife with stories about high profile clubs in and around major cities that were shuttering their doors forever. Our own research, even as recently as 2011, showed more than half of those at […]

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    Golfer Consumer Confidence Booming In New Roaring ‘20s

    POSTED: January 28, 2020

    At last week’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, I presented the results of our 11th annual golfer omnibus study. For over a decade, this survey, conducted at the immediate start of the new year, measures golfer attitudes, perceptions, behaviors and expectations for the year ahead. We field this research with a representative U.S. sample of […]

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    Your Golf Equipment Purchase Plans For 2020

    POSTED: January 22, 2020

    It’s PGA Merchandise Show week, and that means that the golf industry will converge upon Orlando for the largest exhibition of new products that everyone has been talking about, as well as lots of items that no one ever expected to see. The Show will always hold a special place for me. During my eight […]

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    Here’s How You Follow A Golf Tournament

    POSTED: January 14, 2020

    I hope that those of you who, like me, live in the North East U.S. enjoyed the Indian Summer weekend that we just experienced. Temperatures were in the mid-to-upper 60s throughout the weekend here in New York, and I can say from personal observation that our local golf course benefited from the unprecedented January weather. […]

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    Golf Equipment’s Growing Constant Shopper Phenomenon

    POSTED: January 7, 2020

    It’s the unofficial start of a new golf season as the calendar turns to January. Many of us may be cringing as we pay for our holiday shopping, but that won’t stop us from taking a look at all of the new golf equipment that will be introduced with great fanfare as we ramp up […]

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    A Look At The Past Decade In The Golf Industry

    POSTED: December 17, 2019

    It seems like the year 2020 has snuck up on us. In the final weeks of the decade, we’ll see a plethora of retrospectives and “Best of” lists. That’s not my intent here. For those of us who have been around the golf industry for a while, the year 2020 evokes a bit of an […]

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    My Lifetime Love Affair With Golf Games

    POSTED: December 10, 2019

      It’s that time of year again, where many of us scramble to find that perfect holiday gift. As golfers, we’ve all likely received well-intentioned but impractical golf-related stocking stuffers. Maybe it was an animal headcover, an electric putting cup, a golf bag pen holder or a desktop golf hole paperweight with metal golf balls […]

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    The Needs-Based Dynamic Of Golf Vacation Planning

    POSTED: December 3, 2019

    With much of the country getting their first taste of wintry weather this past Thanksgiving weekend, many have likely begun thinking about that next great golf getaway. Earlier in my career, I spent a couple of years away from golf, overseeing marketing and research for a cruise line. One of the more fascinating dynamics of […]

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