Jack Crittenden

Jack Crittenden is an award-winning journalist with more than 35 years of news experience. He has run Golf Inc. magazine since 1998, serving as Editor-in-Chief for most of that time. Crittenden is CEO of Crittenden Research, a media company in the law, real estate and medical liability insurance industries. He grew up in California and graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in public administration, specializing in urban planning. He graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law. He has run his company since 1991.

Bay Club acquires 5 fitness clubs

The Bay Club, newly flush with cash, recently acquired five fitness clubs from Leisure Sports Inc., and entered into a development relationship with the...

Northstar acquires Chelsea Information Services

Northstar Technologies, a club software provider, acquired Chelsea Information Systems, it announced Oct. 22.  Chelsea specializes in hosted reservation systems for the Club, homeowners association and...

Sunrise Company buys Andalusia CC

Sunrise Company acquired the Andalusia Country Club in La Quinta, Calif., with plans to build more homes in the golf community.  The Palm Desert-based company...

Who are the most innovative people in golf?

Golf Inc. is seeking nominations for the individuals whose big ideas could shape the future of the golf business. These innovators could be creative...

New management company hopes to acquire dozens of clubs

Alex Hammill hopes to be the next big buyer of private clubs. The former ClubCorp and Arcis Golf executive has put together a management...

ClubCorp adds three industry veterans to sales team

ClubCorp recently added three veterans to its sales leadership team — Ken Guerra , Jim Allison and Kelly DeVita. Guerra is Chief Revenue Officer, and will be...

CourseCo promotes Bugbee to COO

CourseCo hired longtime golf operations executive Tom Bugbee as its new Chief Operations Officer to oversee the staffing and business operations of the company’s...

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