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How to Practice Golf at Home

How to Practice Golf at Home

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

Unfortunately, you can’t spend all day, every day on the golf course. Learn how you can practice golf at home to sharpen your skills. The average golf handicap for a male player in the USA is 14.2. Getting as much practice as possible is important to keep your game in its best...

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Are you closed?

Are you closed?

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

The closing process at a golf course is quite detailed and lengthy. It is not like an office – shut the lights off and close the door.The planning starts now. In late August we were seeding and topdressing areas on fairways that need some help. We could not get it...

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Winter Wins – and Golfers Win!

Winter Wins – and Golfers Win!

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

At some point in November, maybe even December, all golfers come to the conclusion that their golf season is over in Muskoka. And they, like the geese head South. If our players are remaining in Muskoka, they sign up fore our simulator league. We install the simmy parts in the...

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We Can Do Better!

We Can Do Better!

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

That is a constant chant in any business. Change for the sake of change is not wise. But fixing major issues that arise in every season is a constant with us. On the macro level, advocating for change at the consumer-facing golf associations is falling on deaf ears. They do...

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What Lies Ahead??

What Lies Ahead??

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

Golf is a consumer business relying on a discretionary spend. With the interest rates rising and mortgage payments increasing for those who chose an open mortgage, times will necessarily get tougher. There will be fewer funds about for discretionary spending. This will impact courses like ours where we are the...

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If You Could Do It All Again…..

If You Could Do It All Again…..

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

The unanswerable question – that provokes a few thoughts. We built this business on a financial shoestring. We have remained on this string since we opened. So to answer this : 1.      I would do it again – with the same shoestring. 2.      I would reconsider the move to 18 – but...

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Golf Comes in Many Forms!

Golf Comes in Many Forms!

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

The game of golf has spawned quite a few alternate ways to play – FootGolf, Disc Golf, Sling Golf and more of which I might not be aware. It is a huge endorsement of golf being a great sport. Others want to play, but swinging a small club at a...

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If I Had A Crystal Ball

If I Had A Crystal Ball

By Donald MacKay November 11, 2023 | | 0 comments

I always like to have solutions to any problems before I chat with anyone about the problem. Comes from the old addage “Don’t give me problems, give me solutions!”. Whenever a challenge arises here and people ask me what to do, I try to ask them what they would suggest....

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