In addition, our October "treat" of edutainment covers the following topics:
· Contributing Writer Harvey Silverman does an early scoop on a retroactive tax story that's not been previously covered in the industry and appears to be shrouded with some secrecy (not Trump or Schiff-worthy cloak-and-dagger though...). The topic is a TX tax judgment that a former web tee time company failed to collect taxes for the state on, wait for it...., the reservation fee portion of all the rounds they booked for golfers over a multi-year period of time. Holy back-taxbill Batman! Can you say 7-figures? And the fun part still lies ahead figuring out who's liable since the company and its owner are out of the golf picture
· Publisher Jim Koppenhaver bats cleanup among this month's contributors with his accounting of the saga of the Ahwatukee Golf Course (formerly) of the Phoenix market which he labels as, "The course that won't die." While the majority of the recent battles over closed courses and affected homeowners on or near the fairways have favored the course owner, the good folks of the Save the Lakes movement recently won an appeal that compels the owner of the property to restore and re-open the golf course. It's not over yet but, for now, this one goes in the win column for residents and neighbors
· Plus the monthly Industry Scorecard (the only integrated scorecard of multi-source performance indicators) including the September weather impact results and August YtD Utilization. We also chart the monthly timeseries for the year of Golf Playable Hours and Utilization while our Market Focus spotlight of the Top 25 US Golf Markets falls on Denver, CO the 6th healthiest market by our proprietary, multi-dimensional scorecard. Rounding out the issue, our Comings & Goings section catalogues, classifies and comments on 27 activities during the past month as season-end in the north begins "open season" on the annual decision of who and how many courses/operators toss in the towel
We recognize and thank our continuing sponsors; Troon Golf, EZLinks Golf and KemperSports. For all those service providers and suppliers to the golf industry out there with the latest-and-greatest to offer to the industry thought-leaders who read our monthly publication, might we suggest considering joining our merry little band through our most popular 12-month sponsorship program? (offered at an improved value relative to our entry-level six month sponsorship rate) Twelve-month sponsors also receive all Pellucid industry-standard reports (State of the Industry, Outside the Ropes, Monthly Weather Impact Tracking (Nat'l, Reg'l, Markets), Top 25 US Golf Markets Scorecard and National Golf Consumer Franchise Health Scorecard). Sponsorship provides monthly exposure to approximately 30K industry leaders and followers and associates your brand with Pellucid’s effort to expand intelligent thinking on today's most challenging industry issues. For more "opportunistic" spenders, we might suggest one of our smaller-bite Ad Partner programs for those who may not be able to make a 6 or 12-month commitment (as short as 3 months are now available) or who may not need a half page or more exposure (quarter pages now available). If you're interested in knowing more about sponsorship opportunities or our ad partner options, contact Publisher Jim Koppenhaver (847.808.7651, jim@pellucidcorp.com).
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