For the last ten years, The Grey Goose and Chambord-filled Honey Deuce cocktail has been the trademark of the US open. The US Open has the Honey Deuce, while the Kentucky Derby has the mint julep. In 2007, the drink was created by Grey Goose mixologist Nick Mautone, which contains the tasty combination of lemonade, […]
The classic “Arnold Palmer,” might as well be the official beverage of golf. Named after famed PGA tour rock star, Arnold Palmer himself in 1960 at the U.S. Open at the Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver. This mix of iced tea and a generous splash of lemonade started out as a refreshing post-round soft […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text text_larger=”no”] Sure, there’s a 30-mile stretch of public sand in the city, but only a few places where you can pay as much as $85,000 in equity shares to be vetted, schmooze with industry peers and play paddle tennis on top of it all.
That club life though. Orange County residents who want a little extra something something this summer might try their luck at procuring a membership to the Newport Beach Country Club, which has just unveiled its all-new, $40 million, 56,000 square foot Clubhouse. This private, two-story structure has been designed in the Craftsman style, a signature look for Orange […]
The economic clout of the affluent is staggering. As of 2015, the Top 1% possess half of the world’s wealth. That number is up from 44% in 2009. The Top 10% own 88% of the world’s wealth, up from 83% in 2009. Golf and wealth are closely linked… as income increases, so do golf participation […]
The owners of Spring Place hope jet-setting creative professionals will seek it out to host meetings with clients—and cavort with other jet-setting creative professionals. On a recent afternoon at Spring Place, the new members-only club in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, the atmosphere was so hush-hush that even directions to the bathroom were whispered. In the reception […]
How dynamic is your current membership/marketing team? Many private clubs are learning that outsourcing marketing responsibilities can be a good idea. To decide whether you should outsource your entire marketing strategy, part of your efforts, or none at all, you need to really understand your club and its capabilities.
With a $3,600 price tag, Spring Place means to shake things up. Here’s everything you need to know, including how to score one of those coveted memberships. On an early afternoon in May, all was quiet at the new members-only club south of Canal street in Manhattan. Spring Place, as it’s called, was slowly coming […]
More than 160 delegates have returned to their clubs to put into practice the invaluable nuggets of knowledge they picked up during the 11th Asian Club Managers Conference. Read More
For the members of Harvard’s super-elite “final clubs,” perhaps nothing produces a more immediate shiver of Not Our Kind of Thing than comparison to fraternities of the Greek system, with their herds of suburban business majors and their abundance of chapters popping up at every benighted State U and third-rate Catholic college. In a sense, […]