There has been a flurry of activity since Golf Inc. announced the Golf Inc. Strategies Summit. Here is a summary of the latest developments.
Sponsors
We are pleased to announce that Toro and TransFirst are presenting sponsors for the event. Toro is a long-time sponsor and supporter. TransFirst is one of the largest providers of secure payment processing in the U.S. with 200,000 merchants.
Speakers
Peter Hill, CEO of Billy Casper Golf has joined our list of top CEOs who will speak at the event. Hill joins Dana Garmany, Eric Affeldt, Steve Skinner and Jim Hinkley.
We will have three tracks — Investor, Private club and Public courses. For the Investor track, we have also secured the most active brokers and buyers in the industry, including Peter Nanula, Tom Bennison, Billy Sitton, Randy Jones with C-Bon, and Andy Crosson with Arcis.
On the development side, we are bringing together leaders from the most admired golf developments of the last 10 years, including Chambers Bay, Gamble Sands and Creighton Farms.
Jon Last will moderate a panel on the primary trends impacting golf, including land use implications for golf course development, evolving consumer attitudes and needs, the impact of technological transformation on facility operations, and customer service best practices.
Please check out the Summit website for the latest — GolfIncMagazine.com/Summit