The Golfdom Files Extended: Golf business in Japan: taking lessons from U.S.?
From the April edition of The Golfdom Files: A former golf pro and manufacturer focuses on the growth of golf in Japan. ...Read More
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The Golfdom Files: Golf business in Japan: taking lessons from U.S.?
Professionals and enthusiasts alike wonder where it is that golf will next take hold, and bring more players into the sport. Many look to Asia and the billions of potential players in India and China. Maybe it’s Brazil, the host ...Read More
The Golfdom Files: Superintendent or greenkeeper — which?
In the January Golfdom, our resident assistant superintendent columnist Matt Neff wrote an impressive history on the various titles of superintendents. This was such a great topic that we had our crack team of historians (AKA associate editor Grant B. ...Read More
The Golfdom Files: Small fleet for a small club
Most golf courses, no matter the size, keep a fleet of golf cars available to their members. In the 1950s and ’60s they were a luxury that some courses could not afford, let alone profit from. ¶ In 1958, Doylestown ...Read More
The Golfdom Files: The next 25 years
Forecasting what could impact the immediate and long-term future of golf is not an uncommon concept for this publication. ¶ In the January 1975 issue of Golfdom, Jerry Claussen, a consultant for the National Golf Foundation’s Rocky Mountain Region, took ...Read More
The Golfdom Files Extended: Confessions of a club pro
In December 2014 issue we published an article from the May 1967 issue of Golfdom written by an anonymous club professional. The pro goes into detail about his day-to-day relationships with the club administration and membership. Despite all of the challenging relationships he wrote about in ...Read More