Versant just paid $530 million for a simulator company. It already owned Golf Channel, GolfNow, GolfPass — and the software that runs private club memberships. Five vendors are becoming one, and most boards have never run the risk analysis.
Tag: Golf Clubs
How private clubs structure F&B minimums in 2026 — monthly, quarterly, annual — why they exist, and why a growing number of clubs are killing them or productizing them.
Junior programming is the most underpriced acquisition channel in the club industry. The under-45 family joins for the kids. Here is how to price it.
The Open at Royal Birkdale is a masterclass in scarcity, heritage, and data capture. Here is how US private clubs turn Open week into a membership engine.
Capital dues, operating assessments and special assessments are not the same thing. How each is levied, what members actually owe in 2026, and what separates a clean capital ask from a costly one.
Member-guest season is peak prospect season. Why your signature invitational’s guest list is the highest-density membership lead list your club will assemble all year.
July delivers more U.S. golf rounds than any other month — and a built-in convergence of holiday energy, peak engagement, and referral momentum that the best-run clubs plan for before June ends. Here is the week-by-week playbook.
The best mountain clubs don’t close between ski seasons — they change the conversation entirely. Here’s how the most sophisticated alpine properties program summer, and why it’s become their most effective membership conversion tool.
The beach club compresses almost all of its annual revenue into a 90-to-120-day window — and the operators who maximize it treat the cabana tier, the day-pass program, and the summer guest list as a single integrated machine, not three separate problems.
Every club is being asked to take a position on racquet sports. Here’s how to decide the right court mix — accounting for space, noise, construction cost, member demand, and what it takes to actually staff what you build.