Earlier this year, the Golden Links Advisory Board held its annual meeting at the Walt Disney World Swan in Orlando, to work on making this issue as useful to you as possible. The advisory board is made up of 29 PGA professionals and golf industry...
Dan Weilbaker, PhD, a college professor, learned one of the most valuable lessons of his career on the golf course. It happened 20 years ago, when Weilbaker was a fresh-faced pharmaceutical rep intent on making his mark. He set up a round with a...
Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, a 228-room luxury resort in California wine country, less than an hour from San Francisco, has purchased the Sonoma Golf Club, which originally opened in 1927 as part of the Inn. The 18-hole championship course is now...
The Chateau Whistler Golf Club Whistler, British Columbia, has long been one of North America's best ski destinations. For me, it's also become synonymous with great golf...
Talk about a dream incentive for golfers: 88 guests took the ride of a lifetime last fall, circling the globe by private jet and making stops at eight of the world's best courses. A full-time golf director prearranged tee times and had the players...
Ten Resorts Win Top Honors California's La Quinta Resort's PGA West took the trophy for "Course of the Year" at the first-ever APEX Awards in December. Ten courses received top honors at the annual convention of the National Association of Golf...
On January 1, 1999, 11 members of the European Community* started keeping track of transactions in the euro as well as in their local currencies. By 2002, all transactions in the 11 countries are expected to be conducted in euros. What will this...
When I was growing up in the '70s, I worked at my dad's golf club. One of my most vivid memories was of a well-known local businessman throwing his ball out of the sand trap with one hand, while tossing the sand up with the other so it looked like...
"People wanted warm and sunny," says Jana Stern, director, conventions and conference planning, at ReliaStar Life in Minneapolis. When they unfolded the kickoff poster (item 1) announcing the company's 1998 Top Ring contest, "warm and sunny" is...