Endorsements

“Over the last few years I have worked at several courses and resorts where the emphasis was on getting it right for the visitor. Each of the courses was at a different phase in its development, but the common factor with all was our use of the Golf Tourism Monitor. It helped us to forecast and budget, and it identified peak and off-peak months more easily. In both planning and day to day work, it enabled us to easily compare our performance with other similar courses, as well as allowing us to readily target the right market. All in all a good tool, which takes only a little effort to provide some great benefits.”

Alan Tait, Director of Golf
Marriott Dalmahoy, Golf and Country Club

"We opened our new 9 hole course at Kingsfield on the outskirts of Linlithgow in 2009. It has to operate as a business in what we know is a competitive market, so good management information is vital to us. Participating in the Monitor will help us see how our performance compares to the averages for other 9 hole courses as our business builds up."

David Mitchell
Kingsfield Golf Centre

"The Scottish Golf Union (SGU) and Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association (SLGA) have been fully supportive of the Golf Monitor and are delighted to be taking over the management and promotion of this important business tool. The Monitor results will help individual clubs compare their own performance with average figures for similar clubs around the country, and thus identify opportunities for improved utilisation and yield management of their golf courses. The results will also help the SGU, SLGA and other stakeholders monitor the importance of golf tourism to clubs and the industry as a whole and we encourage all member clubs to participate."

Andy Salmon, Scottish Golf Development Manager

"The Club Managers Association of Europe is encouraging all its members in Scotland to participate in the Monitor. Good management information is a key tool for good managers, and visitor business is now a vital element of turnover at most clubs in Scotland. The Monitor reports will provide very useful benchmarking and marketing information, so long as all those involved input their figures regularly."

David Roy, Manager of Crail Golfing Society and Member of the Board of CMAE Scottish Region

"The golf tourism monitor is an important tool in monitoring the value, pattern and trends in golf tourism. Its importance in allowing us to set targets and measure growth cannot be underestimated"

Golf Tourism Scotland