In the Rough: The Business Game of Golf by David Hueber

In the Rough: The Business Game of Golf David Hueber ebook
ISBN: 9780875656533
Format: pdf
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Page: 288

The golf industry is in the rough. Sports company says it has been hit by poor sales in its golfing range and currency fluctuations. In America, the heartland of golf, the game is in decline. Slow play has plagued the game and golf business for a long time. Or in business you don't necessarily have to manage with heart. In Scotland, where golf began and spread among the populace, it's long been a game for all strata. Once swelled with golfers, but that ended when the economy sliced into therough in 2008. There are a lot of similarities between golf and investing. There has never been a book about the inner workings of the golf business or its leading players from an insider's point of view. Golf is experienced at the golf course. The business saw a 34 percent sales drop in the first quarter, Adidas said earlier this month. Unpopular sport of golf plunked into the rough, and the industry now is realizing that The game -- with its drivers, clubs, shoes and tee times -- is expensive Even the golf business' biggest heroes have fallen out of grace. Rough even in the sense of the golf world reaction. The biggest problem facing golf is the business practices of operators in the sense of de-humanizing the game. Back in the early 1960s, Ican Luxury golf communities have hit a rough patch. Find out how to keep your game out of the rough.