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WESTFAIR ONLINE ♦ MAY 2011
Brynwood Caters to New Class of Golfers

Many private golf clubs are stuck in the rough. One local establishment is bucking the trend. Brynwood Golf & Country Club in Armonk, formerly known as the Canyon Club…How is the place doing under new management? “It’s certainly exceeded the owner’s expectations and the expectations of our many members,” said Jack Hrad, Brynwood’s general manager. Click here to view article.

CALGARY SUN ♦ SEPTEMBER 2010
Troon Courses Score Strong on Scottsdale Golf Map

If your passion is golfing under the sun, there’s probably no better place in Arizona to start a trip than at Kierland Golf Club. Click here to view article.

FOX NEWS (NEW YORK) ♦ JULY 2010
Golf Holds Momentum During Recession

Jim McLaughlin, Senior Vice President, Troon Privé, speaks to FOX NEWS on the state of private clubs in the current economy. Click here to view video interview.

NEWS DAY (NEW YORK) ♦ MAY 2010
A Club Goes Corporate

The first priority for a private club is, of course, privacy. Members pay for the privilege of playing and dining when they want and running the place the way they want it run. So it was a stunner when the Muttontown Club's board announced that a Scottsdale, Ariz., company with a global portfolio was coming in to manage their private domain.

As late as this past Sunday, more than two months after Troon Golf started working at the club in East Norwich, president Mitchell Mandel wasn't sure what his fellow members would say about it. The board and Troon Golf executives held their first town hall-style meeting, and held their breath... click here for the entire story.

THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE ♦ NOVEMBER 2009
Greener Pastures: El Macero Country Club Gets New Life

El Macero Country Club nearly imploded two years ago. It was losing money, operations were slipping and members were at each other's throats over whether they should build a new clubhouse. Some 70 of the club's roughly 400 members left as a result.

"That's a big batch," said Steven Backman, who's now the club's general manager. The club had to look "inside its soul to see what it wanted to be."

So the club's nine-member board of directors hired Troon Golf, a management company that runs things for about 200 courses all over the world. Troon sent Backman to El Macero to right the ship... click here for the entire story.

MYDESERT.COM ♦ APRIL 2009
Indian Wells Selects New Management Company for Resort

In open session, the council voted 5-0 to approve the selection of Arizona-based Troon Golf as its new management company to oversee the city-owned resort and public clubhouse.

"The decision that we're making as a council today is one of the most important decisions facing the city right now," Mullany said. "What it does is put a management company in place at the largest asset we have as a city."

The company will replace OB Sports, which has managed the resort for more than four years.

"It was a good relationship and a successful one. But we're ready for the next level."... click here for the entire story.

GOLF LINKS ♦ FEBRUARY 2009
Quality Assured

Iain Raymond-Walker reveals how companies such as Troon Golf are leading the way in the world-wide development of a new breed.

The standard by which golfing experiences are measured probably doesn't vary all that much from golfer to golfer. The quality principle stays fairly constant throughout: Pace and smoothness of greens, course layout, playability, quality of bunkers, practice facilities, club house ambiance and service levels of the staff, are all common themes... click here for the entire story.