Preferred Vendors

Addison Law Firm's attorneys and legal assistants have more than 50 years combined experience in the golf, club and resort industries that serve the industry's leaders. The firm provides experienced counsel in conjunction with the acquisition or sale of golf, club or resort facilities, as well as legal services required for the development or operation of such facilities.

The Arizona Golf Association is the state not-for-profit organization representing amateur golfers in Arizona. The association is responsible for providing handicap and course rating services to member clubs, conducting state championships and member events and providing opportunities for benefits and discounts to individual members.

AALRR is a full-service law firm with over 180 attorneys in nine offices throughout California. With more than 35 years of uncompromising commitment to high quality legal work and providing consistently practical management solutions to our clients, AALRR has earned a reputation as one of California's leading law firms. AALRR represents both private and public sector clients, with emphasis in the areas of employment, labor, construction, education, real estate, general business litigation, corporate, taxation, bankruptcy, and immigration.

Number crunching and attention to details are prerequisites of any successful CPA firm. We’re no exception. But at BFMM we’re more than that. As a matter fact, if there were one word we live by its “more.” We are a team of people with more experience and expertise than firms twice our size. But that’s not enough for us. We take that experience and expertise and couple it with initiative, entrepreneurial decision-making and strong communications skills. We do so with one goal in mind. That’s to make our clients’ more successful and able to reach their goals and business plans.

With 11 offices across the western U.S., plus Washington, D.C., and Atlantic City, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is where business, law and politics converge. Founded in 1968, Brownstein provides its clients a value that no other western law firm can match—an integrated approach that combines sensible business solutions with 20 years of Capitol Hill perspective. The firm’s 250 lawyers and policy professionals have built a reputation for providing multidisciplinary legal counsel that drives results and connects business leaders to the information they need to make decisions. For more information, visit bhfs.com

Located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, we are the leading provider of caddie services. Our team consists of more than 2,000 caddies and 100+ managers, and a client list that includes many of the finest organizations in the world of golf. Whether an exclusive private club or a world-renowned five-star resort, the top golf destinations partner with us because we take a department that is arguably the most difficult to manage off of their hands and turn it into a result-oriented asset that makes them and their customers happy for the long-term.

CaddieNow is bringing caddies back to the game of golf and giving every golfer at every course the option of taking a caddie again. Via our on-demand mobile-app driven platform we tear down the traditional barriers to providing caddies to all courses: public, private or resort. We not only create new caddie programs, but also support courses with existing caddie programs via our ‘Concierge’ caddie management platform designed to minimize costs and simplify operations. In addition to streamlining caddie management, the CaddieNow Concierge service includes insurance and liability coverage and provides your caddies with true independent contractor status.

CSCA, organized in 1970, is a California nonprofit, mutual benefit corporation. It currently has over 100 members all of which are private clubs and which include many of the leading clubs of the state. Its purpose is to serve the club community. CSCA is the only entity that speaks for its member clubs at the state level.

Weekes & Callaway, is a full-service insurance brokerage firm offering clients a complete line of services including Commercial insurance, Private Client (Personal insurance), Risk Management and Employee Benefits. In 2014, Weekes & Callaway became a part of CBIZ, one of the nation’s top 10 CPA and Employee Benefits specialists in the country. Over the years, they have provided insurance services to many industries, however they have honed and developed a nationally recognized expertise in providing insurance products and services to the private Golf, Yacht and Country Club communities.

Century Golf Partners has partnered with golf legend, Arnold Palmer, and has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to the Arnold Palmer Golf Management brand. Accordingly, Century Golf Partners operates many of its clubs and courses under the Arnold Palmer Golf Management name. Century is an investment and management company created for the purpose of acquiring and managing private clubs, resorts and public golf courses.

Founded in 1899, Chambers is the largest hospitality planning and design firm in the nation with a singular purpose of working with private clubs. Chambers’ award-winning team offers comprehensive solutions to enrich all facets of the private club experience, including strategic planning, master planning, interior enhancement planning, surveys, member communication strategies, architecture, interior design, and furnishings procurement services. Headquartered in Baltimore with additional locations in Dallas, Minneapolis, and Washington D.C., Chambers serves clients across North America and abroad. As a thought leader in the industry, Chambers’ President and CEO Rick Snellinger was recently recognized as one of the top 10 individuals shaping the future of private clubs. Chambers looks holistically at club planning and design because they know that everything is connected. Everything matters.

The Chicago District Golf Association CDGA-is a non-profit association of member clubs and individual golfers in Illinois and parts of Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan. With 90,000 member golfers at nearly 400 member clubs, the CDGA is one of the largest and oldest golf associations in the United States.

Circuit Technologies understands the challenges clubs face with their caddie programs. Circuit Caddie, a software program developed by the company to allow members to pay and tip their caddies directly while reducing the risks clubs face with their caddie program.

Club & Resort Business (C&RB) magazine is published to meet the needs of the operations and management staff of country clubs, city clubs, yacht clubs and resorts that operate club-like facilities. Our goal is to provide useful ideas and creative solutions to the challenges these organizations face.

In addition to the print magazine, C&RB offers multiple digital products, including a daily e-newsletter and food & beverage e-newsletter. C&RB’s annual Chef to Chef Conference, which is hosted by a new city each year, focuses on the food and beverage side of the club industry, offering demonstrations, presentations, discussions and networking for club chefs.

Club Benchmarking is on a mission to deliver fact-based insight to clubs. We believe that when club leaders elevate fact over opinion, the result is healthier clubs, more empowered general managers and boards that are properly equipped to focus on strategic issues. The company was born in the boardroom of a private club in direct response to a clear and urgent need for facts to guide the decision-making process.

Developed in cooperation with club managers and controllers, board and committee members, and audit firms specializing in clubs, our core Financial & Operational Benchmarking Platform is an online management tool that allows clubs to assess financial and operational performance in minutes. The company was established in Boston, MA in 2009 by co-founders Ray Cronin and Russ Conde. In 2017, Dr. Jim Butler joined the team as CEO to launch the company's next chapter and deliver Club Benchmarking Solutions; a range of data-centric products and services designed to help clubs meet the future with confidence.

Solutions powered by Club Benchmarking

• Financial & Operational Benchmarking Platform
• Capital Reserve Studies (CRS)
• Capital Strategies Modeling (CSM)
• Compensation & Benefits/Advanced Workforce Analysis
• Employee Engagement Surveys
• Membership Survey Solutions
• Board Education & Advisory Services

Contacts:
Ray Cronin, Founder & Chief Innovator
rcronin@clubbenchmarking.com

Jim Butler, CEO
jbutler@clubbenchmarking.com

Club Car® is proud to be part of the National Club Association’s Corporate Partner Program and value the relationships we enjoy with you as business partners. We remain committed to the growth of our industry as well as continuing to provide value for your businesses. Combining a quality-driven philosophy, an innovative spirit and a solutions-oriented approach to business, Club Car is one of the club manager’s most important business resources. The company’s golf cars, utility and mobile merchandising vehicles enhance enjoyment of the game while helping club managers operate more efficiently.

As golf’s market leader, Club Car® designs and builds the most dependable, highest quality, technologically advanced golf cars and light-duty utility vehicles on the planet. What’s more, we’ve engineered our products and services to adapt to any operation’s goals and drive every customer to greater success. See it in the Precedent i3, the industry’s first golf car with Connected™ Vehicle technology; in Visage™, golf’s first mobile information system; in the game-building 4Fun; and Carryall, utility vehicles built on our 30-year legacy of performance and dependability. 

For over 50 years, every detail of design, fabrication and assembly at Club Car is executed with an uncompromising desire for superior performance. The company's relationship with its customers is equally important: our worldwide distribution network includes over 600 distributors, dealers and factory branch locations. Based in Augusta, Georgia, Club Car is part of worldwide Ingersoll Rand.

Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial firm providing products, services and solutions to transport and protect food and perishables, secure homes and commercial properties, and enhance industrial productivity and efficiency. Driven by a 100-year-old tradition of technological innovation, we enable companies and their customers to create progress and a positive impact in their world.

Contacts:

Fred Palmer, Vice President Golf Industry Relations & Development

Marc Dufour, President & CEO

Club Safety Solutions has provided safety awareness to the club industry since 1997. Services include OSHA regulatory knowledge/compliance; emergency action planning and site specific plan implementation; crisis management guidance; and behind-the-scenes simulated OSHA site assessments. Employee OSHA education programs and policy implementation and food safety education are also offered.

Club Safety Solutions will provide NCA members a 30-minute free consultation.

SMARTER CLUB TECHNOLOGY

RECRUIT, ENGAGE, & RETAIN YOUR MEMBERS FOR LIFE

More than 1,300 clubs serving more than two million members across the globe trust Clubessential technology to empower club staff to focus on what matters most — delivering remarkable experiences.

We're building the next generation of the club industry.

Like the clubs we serve, Clubessential is a tight knit community of team members — many of whom worked at private clubs in the past — all of whom are dedicated to providing you with exceptional service. We love tech, having fun together, giving back in the community, and more — but above all, we love helping you develop #Members4Life.

For more information, contact: Stephanie Leli, Product Manager, Reservation and Mobile Applications
sleli@clubessential.com or 800-448-1475

CPA firm providing accounting, auditing and tax services to more than 275 private, member-owned clubs in the eastern United States. As one of the largest firms specializing only in the unique nonprofit sector, we are the premier accounting firm for nonprofits in the New York Metropolitan Area. We offer a complete array of services designed specifically to help our not-for-profit clients meet their financial and business needs. In addition to providing audit and tax services, we help not-for-profit organizations improve their business operations.

Converge HR Solutions provides HR Solutions, with a skilled team of experts looking to partner with your company. We offer a wide range of services, including HR outsourcing, consulting, strategy, and recruitment. Our eLearning Partner, HRTrain, provides customized and engaging online courses that focus on workplace issues. By using realistic workplace scenarios, employees are encouraged to consider the consequences of their workplace decisions. 

Country Club Technology Partners (CC Tech) provides private clubs with support in the management of their computer networks, phone systems and security cameras. CC Tech is a single source for technology systems management that private clubs operate today. As a provider of outsourced, low-cost solutions for clubs requiring technical support, CC Tech offers an IT Manager monthly program with fixed fee service.

IT Managers work with clubs to evaluate the quality of services received and expenses clubs incur to support computer systems, point of sale operations, club accounting software, phone systems, security cameras and time keeping. Upon completion of an evaluation, we collaboratively create three- and five-year Technology Plans for your club. The Technology Plan is the playbook for managing and upgrading systems and the implementation of the plan is a proactive resource for club management and future operations growth.

Creative Golf Marketing is an award-winning, boutique firm that provides customized marketing and consultation services for the private club industry. Since 1990, Creative Golf Marketing has provided membership marketing services and consultations for more than 1,300 private clubs in the United States and Canada. 

Crozier Gedney Architects, P.C. is an architecture and design firm providing a broad base of professional services to private clubs, commercial, restaurant, and residential clients. The firm, established in 1952, has successfully completed thousands of projects throughout the metropolitan area.

Since 1989, Corporate Spending Innovations (CSI) has provided innovative payment solutions with the highest level of customer service to world leading brands. The company’s highly secure payment products increase compliance, reduce fraud, and simplify reconciliations. CSI has earned multiple awards, including the 2015 CODiE Award for the software industry’s best financial management system. With one payment file upload to CSI Paysystems, customers can automate 100% of their B2B payables and disburse global payments through virtual credit card, private network, ACH, check, or FX with cross-border payments settled in local currency.

Additional payment solutions include CSI Travel, which brings the most important elements of travel payments together on one platform travel service providers, travel managers, and travel management companies full visibility of travelers, secure virtual card payment options, and real-time solutions to common booking challenges. The power of CSI Travel can also be accessed from any smart device through the CSI Go mobile app, which lets you see trip details, get directions, access hotel authorization forms, and book an Uber.

CSI is a certified MasterCard processor and has obtained Visa Ready for Business Solutions approval. Visit http://www.corporatespending.com to learn more.

DENEHY Club Thinking Partners is a full service executive search and management consulting firm serving the private club industry.  Whether recruiting a senior level employee, evaluating an aspect of club operations, advising the board on governance, or strengthening your management team’s effectiveness, we are your thinking partner.  We understand that hiring top leadership talent is the most important job of a club’s board.  By managing the process more rigorously and having access to a national talent pool, we ensure that a club's key leadership positions are filled by individuals who match the club's culture and have the club-specific skills desired by its membership.

Our team of seven passionate industry professionals with overlapping skills in club management, operations, hospitality, agronomy, finance and research offers a combined 120 years of professional experience.   The firm has served more than 100 clubs and resorts on more than 300 projects.

We offer a complete array of services, including executive search for all “C” level positions including:

• General Manager/COO
• Golf Course Superintendent
• Golf Professional
• Financial Leadership
• Membership Marketing
• Executive Chef

For over 30 years, we have managed clubs from the inside and provided consulting guidance as a trusted outside advisor. Tools we deploy in our Board and Management Advisory practice are:

• Governance Modeling
• Strategic Leadership Consulting
• Operational Reviews
• Board and Committee Surveys
• Club Experience Surveys
• Performance Management/Incentive Compensations
• Employee 360º Analysis
• Membership Marketing
• Board Retreats and Onboarding

 
For more information, visit www.denehyctp.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.

Dan Denehy, President
dan@denehyctp.com

Alison Savona, Senior Consultant, Hospitality
alison@denehyctp.com

Barbara McAuliffe, Senior Consultant, Marketing & Communications
barbara@denehyctp.com

Since its founding in 1978, Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC EKS&H-has grown into the largest Colorado-based accounting and business advisory firm, with offices in Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins. The firm provides services to private and public companies, as well as high net worth individuals. EKS&H serves companies from the start-up phase to those with more than $500 million in revenue. The firm provides audit and tax services, as well as business advisory services such as financial modeling, merger and acquisition transaction services, business valuation, strategic planning, and business process improvement.

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. is a national law firm and has long been a leader in providing employment, labor, litigation, and business dispute law services to the hospitality industry. Our attorneys are dedicated to every aspect of labor and employment law affecting hospitality employers in many industry sectors including – hotels, resorts, restaurants, spas, casinos, and private clubs. We regularly publish blogs that address labor and employment issues specifically impacting the hospitality industry. For more information or to subscribe to our blogs, please click here.

First American Payment Systems is the integrated payments expert for simple, customized payment solutions. We provide payment solutions ISV’s need - focusing on EMV, mobile, PCI Compliance, Security and more as payment acceptance options continue to evolve. Our expertise spans across multiple verticals and business types allowing us to customize our integrated payment solutions to the specific needs of the software business and customer base. In addition to technical support, we offer customized marketing support for creative and effective go-to-market solutions. With over 220,000 merchants and our award-winning customer service, First American is a leading payment technology provider.

Integrated Club Management Software, beautiful Websites, user-friendly Online Reservation Systems, and superior Mobile capabilities to take the heavy lifting off your hands.

GarciaStromberg is an architectural and interior design studio based in West Palm Beach, Fla. Their studio provides clients a full range of design strategy and expertise with notable works including The Floridian National Golf Club, Boca Beach Club and Four Seasons Residence in Miami.

Global Golf Advisors (formerly KPMG Golf Industry Practice) is the largest consulting firm in the world dedicated to golf-related businesses. GGA provides advisory and support services to more than 2,700 clients worldwide from offices in Dublin (Ireland), Phoenix (USA) and Toronto (Canada). GGA specializes in strategic planning, market and feasibility studies, non-profit governance, operational performance analysis and measurement, and transaction structuring and business valuations. Clients of the firm are private clubs of all types, investors, bankers, lawyers, government entities, golf course owners, community leaders and operators.

The Golf Association of Philadelphia, established in 1897, is the male amateur body of golf in the region. The purpose of the association is simple: to promote the game of golf. Every Golf Association of Philadelphia activity is designed to do just that.

The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America GCSAA-is dedicated to serving its members, advancing their profession, and enhancing the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf.

Golf Property Analysts is your leader in golf property valuation, advisory and brokerage services.  Led by GPA president, Larry Hirsh, we've performed more than 2,500 assignments in 45 states, Canada and the Caribbean ranging from market value and litigation appraisals to a variety of consulting services and golf course brokerage and marketing.

GrayRobinson is a full-service corporate law firm with 300 attorneys and consultants throughout 13 offices across Florida. Our attorneys provide legal services for Fortune 500 companies, emerging businesses, lending institutions, local and state governments, developers, entrepreneurs and individuals across Florida, the nation and the world.

GSI Executive Search, Inc., provides search services for the private club and hospitality industry. Visit gsiexecutivesearch.com.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS:
Dan Farrell, CCM
dan@gsiexecutivesearch.com

Ned Welc, CCM, CCE
ned@gsiexecutivesearch.com

Gunster’s history with the club industry dates back to 1978.  We’ve worked with clubs all over the US and the world -  as far west as Jakarta, Indonesia; as far north as Portland, Oregon; as far south as Johannesburg, South Africa; and as far east as Goa, India. We’ve been involved in the formation of clubs, land acquisition, construction and financing, purchases and sales, conversions, tax, securities, employment and membership disciplinary matters.

Established in 1925, Gunster has expanded, diversified and evolved, and now serves clients from its 13 Florida offices. With more than 190 attorneys and 200 committed support staff, Gunster is ranked among the National Law Journal’s list of the 500 largest law firms and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Diverse Law Firms by Law360. For more information about our club practice, contact Bernard R. “Robin” Baker, III or Kimberly K. Lunsford. 

HFTP, Austin, Texas, USA and Maastricht, The Netherlands, founded in 1952 is the global professional association for financial and technology personnel working in hotels, clubs and other hospitality-related businesses. HFTP provides first class educational opportunities, research, and publications to more than 4,800 members globally including, the premiere hospitality technology conference HITEC, founded in 1972. HFTP also awards the only hospitality specific certifications for accounting and technology - the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in the United States as the National Association of Hotel Accountants. 

Humm intelligently collects member feedback, delivering 80x more feedback than surveys and comment cards. Humm equips club managers with the tools and analytics to turn data into fast improvements.

Since 1983, JBD along with its sister architectural firm, Jefferson Group Architects, has established itself as a leading club consultant offering a full range of planning and design services to the nation’s premier club facilities. JBD has earned a reputation for excellence in the marketplace among club managers and directors for their professional and creative approach to club design and consulting.

KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE is an Executive Search and Consulting firm providing services for the private club industry. They specialize in General Manager/COO, Director of Golf, Golf Course Superintendent, Executive Chef, Racquet Sports Professional, Community Association Manager, Assistant General Manager, Clubhouse Manager/Food & Beverage Director and Fitness Director searches, as well as strategic planning and consulting services for private, resort and developer-owned properties around the country.

Landscapes Unlimited is a solutions-based company that provides customers with comprehensive expertise in the golf and recreation industries. From golf course construction services, irrigation installation and sports field construction to club operations management and consulting, Landscapes Unlimited's array of resources and professionals help deliver qualified solutions to any challenge an owner may face in today’s market.

Laskaris & Laskaris, CPAs' area of practice is the hospitality industry, offering accounting, tax and advisory services to restaurant and private club clients. Advisory services include review of club accounting and internal control systems, review of food and beverage operational practices, and golf course maintenance costs.

Lichten Craig is an architectural and interior design firm specializing in high-end residential and institutional design with an emphasis on historic preservation. Our practice extends across the country including city and country clubs.

Lichten Craig has offices in New York and Chicago.

Contacts:

The Mass Golf is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the game of golf in Massachusetts through programs such as computerized handicapping, course ratings and measuring, championship competitions, inner-city youth programs, educational seminars and the MassGolfer magazine. Founded in 1903, Mass Golf serves more than 400 member clubs and 90,000 individual golfers.

McMahon Group is the premier full-service, private club consulting firm serving more than 1,600 private clubs across North America, Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. The firm’s services include strategic club consulting for achieving maximum club success, facility planning, financial planning for capital projects, club mergers, developer club conversions and membership research. Specific services provided by McMahon Group are clubhouse master planning/improvement programs/financing, membership survey/focus group research, strategic planning, clubhouse/golf course existing conditions/asset reserve studies, dining/golf quality assurance programs (Ask the Members™), membership development programs, board governance consulting and consultant-for-a-day specialized services. As a service to clubs and the club management profession, McMahon Group sponsors the Club Trends™ network with its quarterly publications on critical topics facing private clubs, co-sponsors the Excellence in Club Management™ Award and Rising Star Award, and manages Clubtopia® , the online business directory for clubs. 

MembersFirst, a Jonas Software company, is a leading provider of interactive Web site design, development and management services to member-based, private club communities, and other key segments of the leisure, lifestyle and hospitality industries. The company’s proprietary technologies, interactive marketing best practices, industry segment expertise, and outsourced communication services have long led the market in helping clients to cost-effectively attract, grow and retain profitable member relationships. The company’s integrated online application and communication management service powers hundreds of the most prestigious clubs across the glove and enables nearly 40 million member interactions annually.

Jonas Club Software strives to deliver the best Software, Communication and Services solutions to clubs large and small throughout the club industry. Worldwide over 2,300 clubs in more than 17 countries, with memberships ranging from 100 to 20,000, utilize Jonas Club Software to build and enrich member relationships, increase revenues, and decrease costs. For more information, please visit www.jonasclub.com, or contact Trevor Coughlan, Director, Marketing, Jonas Club Software, at 888-789-9073 or trevor.coughlan@jonasclub.com.

Mercury is a high-stakes public strategy firm. We provide results for the world’s most successful companies, leading advocacy groups, governments, political parties, NGOs, and prominent public and political figures.

The Metropolitan Golf Association is a nonprofit organization with more than 500 member clubs in the greater New York metropolitan area. Since its founding in 1897, the MGA and its charitable foundation have provided clubs and area golfers with a wide variety of innovative services, including handicapping, tournaments, insurance programs, junior golf programs, educational seminars and The Met Golfer magazine.

Founded in 1901 with only seven golf clubs, the Minnesota Golf Association's membership has grown to more than 400 clubs and 82,000 individual members throughout the state. Our mission is to uphold and promote the game of golf and its values for all golfers in Minnesota.

NGF is a member- and client-supported golf industry trade association and is considered the primary source of research and information on the U.S. golf market. Principal activities include market/industry research regarding golf participation, golf facilities, rounds played and consumer spending; publications on a wide range of subjects, including operating and marketing the golf course; and consulting services, including feasibility, operational and marketing studies. Members and clients include golf facility owners/operators, management companies, developers and golf product manufacturers.

The NYSGA is a nonprofit organization that exists for the purpose of promoting and conserving the traditions of golf throughout New York State. Founded in 1923, the NYSGA serves more than 450 member clubs, providing them with services such as handicapping, course rating and measuring and championship competitions.

For over 50 years, the Nicklaus Companies has been dedicated to promoting excellence in the game of golf, preserving its great traditions, and growing the game. With more than 400 golf courses in 45 countries, the Nicklaus Companies strives to enhance the golf experience, and to bring to the national and international consumer golf-related businesses and services that mirror the high standards established in the career and life of Jack Nicklaus. In 2007, Jack Nicklaus partnered with Howard Milstein to help further the growth of the company and to realize the full potential of the brands and branded businesses. A PGA Reach Trustee and Publisher of Golf Magazine, Milstein is Chairman of New York Private Bank & Trust, and is actively involved in the Nicklaus Companies as Executive Chairman. For more information, visit nicklaus.com/design/.

Paycom is an HR technology provider with a single-database, end-to-end product providing solutions for Talent Acquisition, Time and Labor Management, Payroll, Talent Management and HR Management, all in one application.

Certified public accountants providing accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services to the private club industry. Affiliated member firms in principal cities throughout the United States. Publishes Clubs in Town & Country, an annual compilation of club operating data, and Federal Taxes and the Private Club, an annual review of topics of interest to private clubs. 

Peacock + Lewis tailors its services to the unique requirements of clubs and provides accountability for success. They utilize staff interviews, workload projections, operational concepts and functional priorities to create master plans for clubs. Peacock + Lewis can provide assistance in site selection studies, land use analysis, master planning and site plan development.

The Private Club Advisor (PCA) is a monthly business letter written for general managers, owners, operators and board members of private clubs. The letter is designed to educate and inform decision makers of private clubs on industry trends, governmental regulations, recommended policies, best practices and more. The simple and condensed four-page format creates a quick and efficient resource that keeps club executives up to date on relevant, important and helpful information to ensure a more effective decision-making process.

The Private Club Agency provides design, marketing and consulting services to help private clubs attract and retain more members.

We collaborate with the leaders of private clubs to elevate their effectiveness. Our expertise centers on governance structures and documents, strategic planning, surveys, boardroom skills and other tools for helping club boards serve their clubs more effectively.

The RCS Hospitality Group (formerly Reid Consulting Services) is an award-winning full service consulting company to the private club industry. All our services are value-engineered and custom-built to help our clients ensure that their brand is strengthened, their individual culture is respected, and the experience of their members enhanced. We offer:

• Strategic Planning
• Staff & Management Training, including:
  • Online training portal RCSUniversity.com
  • RCS Food & Beverage Boot Camp™
• Executive Search
• Operations Consulting
  • Food & Beverage Audits
  • Club Audits
  • Marketing & Brand Management
• Financial Crisis Management
• Event Programming & Tournament Planning
• Membership Surveys

We have been honored to work with hundreds of private clubs all over the world including some of the most respected golf and country clubs in the industry. Naturally, RCS is happy -- and eager -- to provide formal references on request.

Visit our website at consultingRCS.com and RCSUniversity.com to learn more, or contact us at info@consultingRCS.com.

Power comes from being understood. When you trust the advice you're getting, you know your next move is the right move. That's what you can expect from RSM US. That's the power of being understood. With more than 300 clients in the club industry, our understanding of your needs extends beyond providing accounting, tax and consulting services. Our commitment to your industry is demonstrated by the educational programs we offer through professional organizations, such as the National Club Association, Club Managers Association of America and Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals, and through our contributions to the clubs we serve.  Experience the power. Go to http://rsmus.com/what-we-do/industries/private-clubs.html.

Sherman & Howard’s Golf, Resorts and Private Clubs attorneys provide a full range of legal services to the operations of hospitality-related properties, including business formations, purchases and sales of assets, growth issues, conversion financing, turnovers, exit strategies, governance, membership programs, debt restructuring and workouts, employment issues and operational liabilities. We represent clubs, developers, buyers, sellers, lenders, members and member groups in various transactions, including the purchase and sale of property, and the construction and finance of mixed-use resort and master-planned communities, leading resorts, golf courses and private clubs, vacation ownership and club membership programs and other hospitality destinations.

Our team of lawyers also includes attorneys with experience in finance, real estate, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, tax, bankruptcy, and litigation, bringing practical in-depth understanding of matters of importance to you as a private club or hospitality industry client. We provide advice to clubs during challenging economic times; provide counsel for equity club conversions and golf club membership programs; negotiate within the established relationships of golf clubs, social clubs and homeowner associations; revise club governance documents and membership documents to comply with law and incorporate best practices; and obtain and manage 501(c)(7) status.

With more than 25 years of experience, RPS Bollinger is a leading provider of innovative private club insurance programs, risk management and claims handling service. We insure more than 1,000 clubs and associations on a nationwide basis.

RSR Partners successfully recruits the right talent to the right organization. The company forges lasting partnerships based on trust, and provides clients with strategic counsel, deep market insights and access to the best talent in the market.

Smith Phillips Strategic Communications is a full-service public relations agency that was founded on the idea that public relations should impact the bottom line.  We believe that PR is more than producing news clips; it is identifying our clients’ communications challenges and employing targeted public relations strategies to address these challenges. For more information, please visit www.smith-phillips.com. 

You’ll find a dedicated team of left- and right-brain strategists. We use a balanced, innovative approach to formulating your road map to success. With more than 25 years of club industry experience, our process includes exhaustive research, out-of-the-box ingenuity and consistent follow-through. You’ll never be handed a boiler-plate solution because every club experiences unique challenges. So, why would a stock response ever be the right answer? Whether you’re in need of a comprehensive strategic plan or looking to remove a few specific roadblocks, our response will be custom-made, ready for implementation and affordable for your club. You can expect accountability and follow-through because we partner with you beyond the plan.

Strategic Planning | Membership Growth & Engagement | Executive Search | HR & Talent Strategy

TARO, Inc. is dedicated to protecting and maintaining a positive business environment for the Texas club industry by monitoring political activity in the Texas legislature.

Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight today is a global firm of approximately 420 attorneys. Thompson & Knight has U.S. offices in Texas and New York and international offices and associations in Mexico, Brazil, North Africa, Europe, and Asia. In addition to providing a wide range of traditional legal services to clients in many industries, the firm prides itself on its experience in the hospitality industry. Thompson & Knight lawyers have extensive experience in golf, private club and resort developments, hotel acquisitions and dispositions, management agreements and domestic and cross border joint ventures. With multiple U.S. offices and two offices each in the prime resort countries of Mexico and Brazil, Thompson & Knight is uniquely positioned to offer a full array of legal services to its hospitality clients.

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon is the world's largest golf management company, with more than 270 golf courses in its portfolio. Also specializing in homeowner association management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality venues, the company oversees operations at Troon Golf, Honours Golf, Troon Privé (the private club operating division of Troon) and Troon International properties located in 36 states and 31 countries. Additionally, there are 57 Troon affiliated properties featuring 79 courses that have been recipients of a “Top 100” ranking by national and international publications. Troon properties include Princeville Makai Golf Club, Kauai,Hawaii; Centurion Club, London, England; Indian Wells Golf Resort, Indian Wells, Calif.; Els Club Desaru Coast, Malaysia; and Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa, Calif. For additional news and information, visit Troon.com, or connect with Troon on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Blog, Press Room, or subscribe to Troon Golf & Travel.

Turf Star/Western, is the principal distributor for all The Toro Company’s line of commercial equipment and irrigation products on the West Coast.

UHY LLP, a national public accounting firm with offices across the country, provides comprehensive audit, tax and consulting services to the private club industry. We enhance our work for private clubs with extensive experience in the not-for-profit area. We provide our clients with sound professional advice to help them manage and mitigate risks by keeping management and governing bodies up-to-date on various trends and practices to help avoid penalties, maintain tax-exempt status and assure credibility with members.

In addition to our support of NCA, our professionals are highly involved with other industry organizations such as Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals and the Club Tax Network.

VCT is the leading member experience partner to private clubs across the country. Headquartered in Boston and Los Angeles, VCT deploys our expert team to deliver unmatched service and successful metrics for country clubs, affinity and social groups as well as lifestyle brands. Through our 14 years of experience and growth, VCT continues to be the trusted, go-to resource to empower personalized communication and loyalty programs. We are proud to work with clients directly to develop and manage services and amenities that engage members while strengthening member relationships. VCT strives to deliver consistent, ongoing value, at each and every touchpoint. www.ExperienceVCT.com.
 

Wellbridge owns and manages 20 athletic and tennis clubs and spas across the U.S. Wellbridge has developed an exclusive approach to combining fitness and wellness that caters to every way of life. From active kids' programs to executive-style amenities and everything in-between, our clubs offer an experience that fits each member's lifestyle.

Founded in 1899, the Western Golf Association conducts championships for professional and amateur golfers, promotes the use of caddies, and oversees the Evans Scholars Foundation, which awards college scholarships to caddies with limited financial means.