Yikes!! That doesn't sound too comforting. We have a really nice staff at the course and I was told they all just had to re-apply for their current jobs with Troon. I guess my first clue to their management scheme may be determined by how many of the current group they keep. The problem we had with the previous 2 owners was they tried to do everything on a tiny budget and do as little as possible. We were hoping Troon might put a few bucks into the place---time will tell! Thanks for your time psheehan.
I'm very familiar with Troon Golf Management.
I live a few blocks from their Corp office in Scottsdale AZ, and I know several officers and Board Members.
In general, they manage courses, they only own a few. They tend to put a lot of time and money into upgrading courses. However, the goal is usually to turn the course into a "high end daily fee" operation. That usually means that conditions improve, but fees go up a bunch.
One of my good friends is worldwide director of facilities.
Another is dir of instruction.
Small world huh?
If you have any specific questions, I could probably get you some info. glfnaz@qwest.net
Thanks glfnaz. I have now found out that Troon has some group, I believe it's Pure Golf or something like that , that manages their public courses and Troon does the private ones. The course involved, Hickory Heights Golf Club in Bridgeville,PA, is the one involved. It's a pretty decent public course. Any inside info you can get would be of interest to me. Thanks, Dave dcg1952@comcast.net
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