April 1, 2004
Cover Story
A Look at Golf And Leisure Trends and Alternatives to the Traditional 18-Hole Round
NOT LONG AGO, golf was the only game in town. It was what meeting attendees did for fun the highlight of an off-site. Not anymore. Other activities, such...
STRATEGIES TO GET ATTENDEES GOLFING
GOLF HAS COMPETITION for attendees' attention these days, reported members of the Golden Links Advisory Board at the group's annual meeting, held in January...
Upfront
New Ways to Play
This month's cover story evolved from a survey of incentive qualifiers done by our sister publication Insurance Conference Planner, which found that they...
Sites
On Location: The Sanctuary
The owners of Kiawah Island Golf Resort aim to make the new, $125 million Sanctuary no less than the finest golf resort on the planet. Prem Devadas, managing...
meetings on the green
Talk about combining golf and meetings: Half Moon in Montego Bay, Jamaica, recently added three meeting rooms right on its Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed...
Golf Resorts in the News
TWENTY MINUTES FROM Raleigh-Durham International Airport, THE WASHINGTON DUKE INN & GOLF CLUB, on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C., is undergoing...
London Is for Swingers
U.S. MEETING AND INCENTIVE GROUPS have a long-standing love affair with London. But until a few months ago, a major drawback for planners who wanted to...
Courses
2004 Golden Links Winners: The Best in Corporate Golf
THE BALLOTS ARE IN for the 2004 Golden Links Best of Corporate Golf Awards, chosen by the readers of Corporate Meetings & Incentives and our sister publication...
Celebrity Golfers: Who's Hot?
Who are the hot tickets when it comes to celebrity golf? Bill Colvin, president of Colvin Sports Network, Cleveland, points to golf pro Peter Jacobson,...
The Ratings Game
AMERICANS ARE OBSESSED with rankings and polls. Whether it's college football, political candidates or golf everyone wants to know Who's No. 1? In the...
New Courses to Consider
THE BULL AT PINEHURST FARMS, SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WIS. An hour's drive north of Milwaukee, near Kohler's American Club resort, this new Jack Nicklaus designed...
Planning
new twist on an old game
Created in the 1970s, disc golf is played much like traditional golf. Instead of a ball and clubs, though, players use a flying disc, or a Frisbee, which...
Juice Up Your Event: Add a Hole-in-One
A HOLE-IN-ONE happens rarely enough. Throw in a $1 million prize, and the odds against it are even greater. Yet every once in a while, some lucky golfer...
Overcoming a Different Kind of Handicap
Beating a handicap has a different meaning for Dennis Walters. Some 28 years ago, Walters was about to realize his dream of playing on the PGA Tour when...
swingsheet
Wonder what you look like when you swing? Now attendees can take home a after the tournament, a photo sheet with stop-action digital images of their swing...
The Wow Factor: Trends in Resort Course Design
WHEN IT COMES TO a resort golf course, People are looking for visual excitement, with lots of bells and whistles and attention to detail, says Steve Forrest,...
Outsourcing Options
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, outsourcing tournament logistics was not an option: Few golf-event management companies existed. Today, the corporate landscape is...
Not the Same Old Giveaways
IF YOUR GOLF TOURNAMENT GIVEAWAYS haven't strayed far from polo shirts and putters, remember there's a whole world of products out there to wow your golf...
Tried & True FORMATS
WHEN IT COMES TO GOLF TOURNAMENT FORMATS, not much is new and different these days, says Bill Colvin, president of Colvin Sports Network, Cleveland. Perhaps...
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