By Shane Sharp Just two years ago, country clubs nearly resorted to begging to get new members to join. Many lowered or eliminated initiation fees, significantly impacting their capital budgets. Others reduced monthly dues or waived food and beverage minimum, negatively affecting their operating budgets. Fast forward to the midway point of 2022, and my […]
HENDERSONVILLE, NC – Champion Hills, home of Tom Fazio’s seminal “Mountain Masterpiece,” is swinging into 2022 with a variety of membership offerings to meet the seismic demographic and geographic shifts of the past two years. The exponential increase in remote work and the resulting freedom to move from densely populated urban areas in cold climates to […]
HENDERSONVILLE, NC – The Fitness and Wellness Center at Champion Hills – one of Western North Carolina’s premier golf communities – has been ranked among the Top 50 in the U.S. by Club + Resort Business (C + RB), coming in at No. 44 on the inaugural list. A leading trade publication based in Cleveland, […]
HENDERSONVILLE, NC – The Fitness and Wellness Center at Champion Hills – one of Western North Carolina’s premier golf communities – has been ranked among the Top 50 in the U.S. by Club + Resort Business (C + RB), coming in at No. 44 on the inaugural list. A leading trade publication based in Cleveland, […]
Golf, in its purest form, is a public sport. It was born that way in Scotland, imported to the U.S. as an accessible outdoor escape for the masses and to this day, more than 70% of golf courses are public with a median rate of $36. The division between public and private golf was once […]