Coast tourism leader frustrated with state

Coast tourism leader frustrated with state

HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - The 2011 tourism season is right around the corner. It's going to be a big year for the golf business, charter boat captains, hotels and those who rely on the beach to make a living.This is the year high golf school home business magazine following the disastrous BP oil spill.Ken Montana, President of the Harrison County Tourism Commission, is frustrated because he thinks the state did not do enough to market the coast with the $15 million given by BP to sell tourism.The money was controlled by the state, but Montana believes local officials could have home business magazine done a better job."Quite frankly, putting Who Who May Believes Tiger Will Still Topple His Majors Record it simply, it was wasted," Montana said. "We would have held a significant amount in reserve and then we could have applied it to the areas that could have got us the most results this year and next year."

Christie tees off on public paying for county golf courses

Christie tees off on public paying for county golf courses

"There is going to be a moment in the next few years when those hard decisions are going to be forced," he said, later adding. "Each freeholder board across the state is going to have to make those decisions."The issue was high golf school raised by Matthew Galvin, executive vice president of RDC Group, a private firm which acquires and develops home business magazine golf courses across the country. Galvin asked Christie how the state could help private golf courses, which he said make up the only industry that is forced to compete against the government.Galvin, a Belle Mead resident, questioned whether the government should be in the golf business.Golf courses make up important pieces of the parks system in several counties across Who May Believes Tiger Will Still Topple His Majors Record New Jersey. When asked about home business magazine Christie's comments, some county officials said their courses were self-sufficient and placed little or no strain on taxpayers. Officials in other counties, however, said they were taking nothing for granted and pointed to the benefits of privatization.

Pocasset Club GM inducted into honor society

Pocasset Club GM inducted into honor society

Chuck Wright, general manager of the Pocasset Golf Club in Pocasset, and member of the New England Club Managers Association was inducted into the Club Managers Association of America’s (CMAA) prestigious Honor Society. He joins high golf school a select group of managers who have achieved this elevated status.Wright has been home business magazine in the golf business for almost 40 years now having started at a public course in 1971. He has been in private clubs since 1979 and became a member of CMAA in 1984. He achieved Certified Club Manager designation in 1991 and has been recertified twice in 2005 and 2010. He is originally from the Philadelphia CMAA Chapter where he served on the board for eight years. He moved to Massachusetts in 1996 to take the general manager position at Mount Pleasant Country Club in Boylston. He did an interim Donald and Kaymer Earn New World Rankings home business magazine general manager stint at Winchester Country Club for the 2002 season, and then spent the next 4 plus years at Worcester Country Club. He moved to Pocasset Golf Club in 2008 upon the opening of their new clubhouse and is now entering his fourth season here on Cape Cod.

Fortune Brands prepares for construction spin-off

Fortune Brands prepares for construction spin-off

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Local Golf Notes

Local Golf Notes

Count the folks in the golf industry among the most pleased with the spring-like weather over the past few days.“We could use 365 days a year like (Friday), with a little rain at night,” South Carolina Golf Association executive director Happ Lathrop said.“Amen,” say golf course owners and pros from around the state.“When you’re closed, you high golf school don’t home business magazine ever make it back up,” Country Club of Lexington pro Will Branham said. “When it’s cold, nobody plays much. Add in the snow, and that’s not good for the golf business. Last summer, it seemed like the temperature was more than 90 degrees every day.”Two consecutive colder-than-usual winters plus a sizzling summer in 2010 created tough conditions in the golf world, and the poor economy added to home business magazine the challenges. Little wonder, then, that February Y. E. Yang Kept Asian Hopes Alive with a Third-round Victory temperatures in the 70s and a more optimistic outlook for the economy are welcome.“The real blessing this winter has been good weather on weekends,” said Tom Graber, general manager at Cobblestone Park. “Now, with warmer weather the last two-third of February is great news for us.”