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    Driver$: Restoring a classic golf resort to greatness

    POSTED: October 12, 2025

    Guests: Casa de Campo Resort and Villas’ Gilles Gagnon, golf director emeritus, and Jason Kycek, director of sales and chief marketing officer. Description: For 50 years, Casa de Campo Resort and Villas in La Romana, Dominican Republic, has been an innovative resort that continues to break new ground in the Caribbean. Gagnon and Kycek unpack the impetus […]

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    Driver$: Did AI choose that nasty pin position?

    POSTED: September 29, 2025

    Guest: Jon Schultz, founder, EZLocator. Description: Jon Schultz and his company, EZLocator, are making it easier for golf course superintendents to automate hole location selection. The process helps preserve the health of the greens and enhance the player experience. Schultz joins Sports and Leisure Research Group’s Jon Last and David Klein for a candid and insightful look at how […]

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    Driver$: Connecting the dots

    POSTED: August 17, 2025

    Guest: Fraser Marriott, head of golf, LightSpeed. Description: Marriott joins Sports and Leisure Research Group’s Jon Last and David Klein to discuss LightSpeed’s recent acquisition of Whoosh, an operations software firm. LightSpeed seeks to provide private club operators an integrated technology system with a seamless workflow and that connects every touchpoint across the member journey. Talking Points: […]

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    Driver$: Delivering the Experience: How Golf Facility Owners are Evolving in a Time of Rapid Industry Change

    POSTED: July 14, 2025

    As golf’s customer base expands and transforms with the rapid diffusion of new technology, golf facility owners need to stay a step ahead and see through the hype to deliver for the game’s stakeholders. Few have a better handle on this reality than NGCOA CEO Jay Karen, who joins co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein […]

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    Driver$: GCSAA’s Rhett Evans reaches new heights

    POSTED: May 15, 2025

    Guest: Rhett Evans, CEO, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. Description: When the GCSAA CEO summitted Mt. Everest in 2024, it was just the latest mountain that he has conquered in a storied career at one of the industry’s most important administrative bodies. Talking Points: > How golf course superintendents are managing labor challenges > The current and future […]

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