Golf Inc - August 2008 - (Page CB3)

Highlights CAN’T-MISS HIGHLIGHTS Where the industry’s best network, innovate and share their secrets to success Golf’s highest-rated educational conference returns to Arizona Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, as developers, owners, and managers come together to learn, network and engage in a collective conversation on the critical issues facing our industry. The challenges facing golf courses have never been tougher: lagging rounds, rising fuel and food prices, labor challenges, a home sales slowdown, the credit crunch and rising inﬂation. POWER NETWORKING EVENTS The Golf Inc. Conference offers multiple opportunities for you to meet, share and develop relationships with peers. Mingle with fellow attendees and vendors at our two 45-minute morning mixers. Celebrate with your award-winning peers at our two cocktail parties — Green Night at Camelback (page 7) and Most Admired Operators Mixer (page 9). Meet new people at Lunch with a Stranger on Tuesday. Jack Crittenden To be successful today and in the future, golf course operators and developers must be more efﬁcient, ﬁnd new ways to market, position their courses to match the changing demographics and deliver a superior golﬁng experience. The Golf Inc. Conference is the most accessible forum that provides answers to these challenges. Produced by the editors of Golf Inc. magazine, we have brought together managers from the world’s best-run golf courses and the most successful developers. The most-accomplished faculty in the world will provide you with unprecedented access to the insights, strategies and best-practices utilized by the top operators and developers. Join hundreds of your peers for three days of education, inspiration, networking and hands-on skills training. No other conference offers a bigger speaker roster, an agenda more dedicated to preparing you to face the challenges ahead or a more proven record. Don’t miss the highest-rated educational event of the year. Register at www.GolfIncMagazine.com or call 877-Golf Inc. Jack Crittenden Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Golf Inc. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Come in a day early and immerse yourself in one of our in-depth preconference workshops. Choose the Remodeling University or Private Club Symposium and you’ll get an in-depth perspective on the issues, challenges and solutions in these areas. (See page 12 for Private and page 10 for Remodel). INNOVATIVE EXHIBIT HALL Meet with the top industry service and solutions partners in an atmosphere where you can discuss, compare, and evaluate programs, products or services. Exhibitors will also host their own educational presentations, so you can learn more speciﬁc solutions to your course’s needs. 1-877-G O LFI N C w w w. Go l f I n c M a g a z i n e . c o m 3 MAR Camelback CONFERENCE SEPT 29-OCT 1, 2008 TWO INSPIRING KEYNOTES Both keynotes feature golf industry legends who are fresh off recent successes. Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf, will talk about O DWA R D how golf courses can apply the WO lessons from his new book — “The WOW Factor” — to improve their appeal to golfers. Mark Woodward, fresh off the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and the new CEO of the GCSAA, will share his lessons from that tournament and his future goals for the superintendents organization. K SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. http://www.GolfIncMagazine.com http://www.GolfIncMagazine.com http://www.GolfIncMagazine.com

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Golf Inc - August 2008 Contents Editors Column Around the Industry: Big Green in Arizona Data Collectors Combine Forces GPSI Hires Chessler, Files Suit Americas Europe/Africa Asia/Australia Machrihanish Dunes Draws on the Past to Make History Again in Scotland Innovative Superintendent Finds Way to Keep the Nation's First Totally Organic Course Green Latest Clubhouse Designs Reflect Changing Lifestyles: It's All About Casual Camelback Conference Brochure More Operators Embracing Initiatives Aimed at Bringing Families Together on the Golf Course State of the Industry 2008 Muni Maddness? The Last Word

Golf Inc - August 2008

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