Here you will find a collection of all the golf management articles and golf management newsletters Legendary Golf Management has written in both its weekly newsletters and golf management blog.

Refundable Initiation Fees! Why? - Every week I speak to Private Clubs experiencing problems with membership.  To gain an understanding of their situation I ask a series of questions that include the Initiation Fee required to join the Club.  The majority of time, there is a provision for the return of a portion or in some cases all of the Initiation ... Click Here to Continue.

Got Plans - As we enter the final two months of 2008, your Club should be well on its way if not finished with its Business Plan for 2009.  Yet, I find that in many cases Clubs have not yet even started the process.  When I ask why the plan hasn't begun, I hear a litany of amusing responses, well actually unfounded excuses.  A sampling of the feedback includes ... Click Here to Continue.

Are you overlooking your members? - New Members and a growing dues line (the number of members in each category of membership multiplied by the dues for each category and then summed over all categories) is the MOST CRITICAL need for Private Clubs. Even at Clubs with the most satisfied Members, attrition is going to occur due to relocation, health related problems, changes in family situations, or financial problems. If these ... Click Here to Continue.

Help, I Need More Members! - I hear this refrain from Private Country Clubs all over the Country. With a falling stock market, unemployment at all time highs, and more homes in foreclosure than at any time in history, Private Clubs are experiencing record high attrition and are finding it increasingly difficult to find new Members. Yet, I am amazed at what I hear after a few questions to club managers and the lack of action being taken to do something ... Click Here to Continue.

Whats My Line? -  I was channel surfing the other night when I ran across a rerun of a game show that had a successful 17 year run from 1950 to 1967. The show's name is "What's My Line?" and although the format of the show does not apply to the golf industry in any way, it got me thinking about the importance of the "right lines" in your business... Click Here to Continue.

What Are You Doing? - 2009 is underway. A new president and Congress are in place and facing a difficult challenge as our country and its economy are hurting. Unemployment is at a 17 year high, the stock market continues to struggle, foreclosures continue to rise, and large companies, because of their poor business practices, continue to have their hand out for gov... Click Here to Continue.

Who Are Those strangers In My (Club) House? - Who is that guy? Who are those people? How often have you heard that from your members in the golf shop in the morning while waiting to check in for golf? Or, questions about the group playing in front of them on the course? Well, those strangers might just provide the very best opportunity for your... Click Here to Continue.