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Why the Four-to-Seven-Goal Framework Determines Whether Your Next GM Succeeds or Fails
The average private club GM tenure is three to four years — an…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Mission and Vision Are Dead — Why Purpose and Core Values Are Replacing the Old Strategic Planning Framework
Walk into the boardroom of almost any private club in America and you'll find two framed documents that nobody at the club can quote — not the board …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Construction Communication Vacuum — Why Silence During Renovation Costs More Than the Renovation
On an eighteen-to-thirty-month renovation, members are paying full dues, often plus a capital assessment, while losing access to spaces they use dail…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Two Plans Every Club Needs — Why the Strategic Plan Has to Come Before the Master Plan
Clubs routinely commit twenty-five million dollars or more to renovation campaigns built on assumptions no one has tested, agreed on, or written down…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
What the Plateau Burned Down — Wildfire, Insurance, and the Clubhouses Nobody Wants to Rebuild
A meaningful number of golf clubhouses across the American West, the Carolinas, and increasingly places nobody used to worry about are now functional…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Golf inc -Clubhouse of the Year Call for Entrees 2026
The Award Submission Tells On You — What the Clubhouse of the Year Entry Actually Reveals About Your Project
Golf Inc.'s Clubhouse of the Year compet…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Empty Wing — What Abandoned Spaces Reveal About a Club's Past and Future
Walk through enough old clubhouses and you'll find it within the first ten minutes: the wing the GM gestures at vaguely before moving on, the room wi…
3 months ago
The Cart Barn Nobody Sees — The Most Operationally Critical Building on the Property
Episode 136
The Cart Barn Nobody Sees — The Most Operationally Critical Building on the Property
A typical private club operates 60–120 golf carts representing…
3 months ago
The Best Clubs Have the Worst Coffee — What Clubs Prioritize, What They Ignore, and What It Reveals
Episode 135
The Best Clubs Have the Worst Coffee — What Clubs Prioritize, What They Ignore, and What It Reveals
Some of the most beautiful clubhouses in Americ…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Last Ten Percent Eats the Project
Why Punch Lists Destroy Clubhouse Projects and How to Manage the Closeout Phase
On a thirty-million-dollar clubhouse renovation, the punch list alone…
3 months, 2 weeks ago