Reading The Green Newsletter
Welcome to Reading the Green, the monthly "quick hit," golf related brief that focuses on improving the viability of Municipally owned golf facilities through the latest trends, creative uses for golf courses, and recent developments in resource management.
Municipal Golf Fan, this month’s topic is:Concerts on the Golf Course
In this volume, we look at a recent and innovative success story in South Dakota that has a municipal golf course making big changes thanks to a small report. Also, we'll look at the latest numbers coming from the National Golf Foundation in regards to beginner golfer participation, and what that might mean for your course. We'll then explore a recent development with one of our ongoing Community Links projects! Please read on!
In this volume, we look at how GPS imaging technology is helping golf course managers to use their resources more strategically (creating higher customer satisfaction), as well as a slightly new way to setup tees so that golfers are playing their optimal course difficulty. And lastly, we check in on the progress with Municipal Golf Course Dairy Creek, and their efforts to diversify user demographics.
In this volume, we’ll look at what many in the the golf industry today are saying about attracting more golfers to the game, as well as a community-focused redesign of a golf course under pressure to make significant cuts to its water. Lastly we'll quickly review an article in Golf Course Industry magazine which features an important project of ours that's sure to make headlines across the country.
In this volume, we’ll look at a few amazing breakthroughs the Energy Industry is working to achieve, which will have impacts on all of our everyday lives. We’ll also introduce you to “Links as Labs;” a wonderful educational program that gets kids out of the classroom and onto the golf course thanks to the First Green. And lastly, we’ll show you how one golf course in New Mexico is researching a not-so-new water delivery system to eliminate waste from traditional sprinkler dispersion. Please read on!