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Industry News & Trends

Inside the Private-Track Boom: The Membership Economics of America’s Driving Clubs

How private driving clubs are turning racetracks into real estate, initiation fees, and garage-condo communities for high-net-worth members.

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PCM News Wellness & Lifestyle

The Longevity Boom: Why Premium Wellness Clubs Are the Fastest-Growing Category in Private Membership

Premium wellness and longevity clubs are the fastest-growing category in private membership. What is driving demand, and what it means for club leadership.

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Social & City Clubs

The City-Club Comeback: How Urban Social Clubs Became the Hottest Membership Category in America

Why urban private social clubs are booming post-remote-work — the new-wave clubs, the legacy houses modernizing, and the membership playbook behind the revival.

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Industry News & Trends

The Open at Royal Birkdale: What America’s Private Clubs Can Learn From Links Golf’s Biggest Week

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.

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Industry News & Trends

Summer in the Mountains: How Alpine Clubs Own the Green Season

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.

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Wellness & Lifestyle

Padel, Pickleball, or Both? Building the Right Racquet Program in 2026

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.

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Industry News & Trends

U.S. Open 2026 at Shinnecock Hills: Inside Golf’s Founding Private Club

As the 126th U.S. Open returns to Shinnecock Hills, a USGA founding club hosting its sixth Open, the championship offers a master class in the kind of prestige private clubs spend decades trying to build.

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Club Marketing & Strategy Member Retention & Engagement Membership Growth & Sales

Regatta Season Revenue: How Yacht & Waterfront Clubs Own the Summer Sailing Calendar

The summer sailing calendar isn’t programming — at the most commercially sophisticated waterfront clubs, it’s the primary revenue architecture of the fiscal year. Here’s how to build deliberate, multi-stream revenue around every race week.

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Club Marketing & Strategy

A Conversation With Zack Bates, Founder of Private Club Marketing

We sat down with Zack Bates to talk about how Private Club Marketing started, what he has learned working with 200+ clubs, and where the industry is headed.

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Golf

The 12 Most Iconic Private Golf Clubs Opening for the Season This Spring

The 12 most iconic private golf clubs opening for spring season — history, rankings, and what makes each one legendary.