Mike’s Space
WELCOME
to the 2014 Spring edition of Golf Industry Central.
Are country members being
discriminated against in the city?
This is an interesting discussion that has
been happening in a popular online golf
forum. Are players now utilising these
types of remote/country membership
as a way to cheat the system and not
pay full subscriptions, or have the
memberships been a saviour for many
players that otherwise would have left
the game for good?
Mike Orloff
is an Operations and Marketing
Specialist for Golf Industry Central and a PGA
Member in the USA and Australia. Originally from
Southern California, Mike has permanently resided
on the Gold Coast for the past 10 years. He has
over 20 years of commercial golf experience in
various senior management roles and currently
provides operational and marketing solutions to
the golf industry in the region. Currently, Mike also
lectures part-time for the PGA International Golf
Institute and runs the industry based website
www.golfindustrycentral.com.au.
Editor / Sales:
Mike Orloff
[email protected]
+61 415 682 259
Contributors:
David Newbery
Senior Contributor
David Newbery provides an in depth
reports on the country membership
issue plus gives us a full update of
the recent NZ Golf Managers 2014
Conference held in Auckland.
In our course Development update
section, we have the wrap on
Melbourne’s Eastern Golf Club move
to a new location plus some more
construction occurring at Moore Park
in Sydney.
We can leave our dependency on
growing the game to the governing
bodies or we can get involved and
personally make a difference. We are
utilising modern approaches such as
“crowdsourcing” and “crowdfunding”
to help overcome some of the problems
and move closer to achieving our vision.
“A world with toomany golfers.
To get involved in Grow The Game
Central, anyone can join the on-line
forum to discuss what is happening
locally and internationally, contribute
news or best practices, and support
initiatives happening around the world.
As always please send me any items
that you may think are newsworthy
for the industry and we are happy
to look at publishing on our website
or magazine. A special thanks to our
sponsors as well for supporting this
publication and our busy websites.
Bruce Young updates us on the progress
made with the renovation work at RACV
Royal Pines. Did they have enough time
to get it all done and will the course be
championship ready for the big event?
I’m also excited to have launched our
latest initiative called Grow The Game
Central that aims to create a worldwide community of like-minded people
banding together to encourage people
of all ages and backgrounds to play the
game of golf or increase
their participation.
Mike Orloff
Operations and Marketing Specialist
Bruce Young
Golf Journalist/MC
www.bruceyoungmedia.com
Andrew Howes
Business Development Manager
Golf Industry Central
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