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Problem Solved (It Was a Breeze)
City engineers teamed with the golf course maintenance staff at Meadow Lakes GC to harness windmill technology and get Meadow Lakes smelling sweet again. Windmills now aerate ponds to keep Meadow Lakes...
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Showing Them the Ropes
Many club and resort properties have added rope- and rock-climbing features as additional outdoor attractions that have quickly proved to be popular new parts of fitness and youth camp programs....
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Telling Guests to Go Fly a Kite
The Boca Beach Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort in Boca Raton, Fla., has literally risen to a new level of specialization by adding a “Kite Concierge” to its team. Randy Lowe, a.k.a. “Randy the Kiteman,”...
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Starting Culinary School at an Early Age
Paul O’Toole, Executive Chef of Deerfield Golf Club in Newark, Del., created healthy sandwiches and entrees during the week to support the first annual “Love Your Veggies” Lunch Break for Schools...
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Takeout Takes Off
The food-and-beverage feature in C&RB’s January issue, “The Joy of Not Cooking,” explored the ins and outs of some exemplary take-out operations at club and resort properties. But the idea stream...
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An Insider’s Guide
To help its new members get acclimated, the Chicago Yacht Club (CYC) assigns a “Navigator” from among its existing membership to show them the ropes, so to speak. “We have great diversity in the ways...
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Rousing Occasions
From inviting Marines to a much-needed honorary lunch, to creating a “Top Club Chef in Charlotte,” these club properties are leading the pack in inspired special events. Big Canyon CC, Newport Beach,...
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Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kids
The position of Youth Director to attract families has proven to be a solid investment for Palo Alto Hills (Calif.) Golf & Country Club with 85% of new memberships from the past 18 months comprised...
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Creating a Buzz
Bee Squad team leader Jody Gerdts serves as a mentor for Town & Country Club staffers who are learning to manage the honey bee colony. To cultivate a healthy environment at Town & Country Club...
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Roaming the Links
The Golf Squad is introducing joviality, guidance and direction to golfers on the North and South Courses at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. Among the nine Golf Squad members, they speak...
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GOLF 9/12 Supports First Responders
Most people will never forget where they were when terrorists struck the United States on September 11, 2001, but the founders of GOLF 9/12 know where they would like you to be on or about September 12...
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Event of the Century
With 363 attendees, the Centennial Celebration was the best-attended event in Merion GC’s history. An impressive blueprint for how to stage a once-in-a-lifetime, or at least once-in-a-century, gala was...
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Ports In a Storm
The ballroom at Fiddler’s Elbow CC (above) was converted into a social center to provide a place of refuge for members and guests in Superstorm Sandy’s aftermath. “Superstorm” Sandy brought major...
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California Collection
The show floor at GIS in San Diego Back-to-back shows in San Diego gave course superintendents and club managers ample opportunity to peruse this year’s displays of productivity-enhancing and...
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Night of Honors
The ECM awards ceremony, held in the University Club Atop Symphony Towers in San Diego The 2012 recipients of the Excellence in Club Management (ECM) awards, co-sponsored by Club & Resort Business...
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Nesting in Style
Downed trees from Superstorm Sandy were salvaged and turned into posts with nest boxes for American Kestrels. Standards that provide wildlife with quality living areas when they settle down after...
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Rewarding Ideas
Kiki’s SpinachFeta Pockets by Kiki’s Gluten Free Foods LLC Each recipient of this year’s Food & Beverage Innovations (FABI) Awards, which will be showcased at the 2013 National Restaurant Show on...
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Making Manners Matter
Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla. An Etiquette Luncheon for local high school students is helping Ibis Golf & Country Club invest in its community and the hospitality industry....
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Full House
Sailfish Point Golf Club, Stuart, Fla. To appeal to the fickle young adult demographic, Sailfish Point Golf Club cooked up a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament for the 18 and older crowd. Young adults are a...
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Techy Wine List
Turnberry Golf Resort has substituted its paper wine list for an iPad. It may very well be one of the world’s most expensive wine lists. But, according to Scotland Today, Turnberry Golf Resort,...
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