Kevin Munt Golf Consultant

KMgc launches ROOTZONE

A new way for golf course managers to communicate world wide

Today I launched RootZone as a free worldwide online community network for golf course managers and I don’t mind telling you that I am very excited about it too.

Has the Menie Estate development been Trumped?

The Financial Times reported yesterday that Donald Trump had resigned from the board of Trump Entertainment who operate three casinos in Atlantic City USA.

The company has been badly hit by the downturn in casino gambling in the recession, and has debts of $1.7bn. Trump, who owns 28% of the shares in the Group, is of course the man behind the controversial and high profile 36 hole golf and resort on the Menie Estate in North East Scotland.

This has already started the golf industry speculating about the future of this development. Landscape Juice is one interested party who has already posed the question.

I have no doubt that this hiccup in Mr Trump’s finances will not affect the Menie project as his holdings in Trump Entertainment equals less than one percent of his net worth.

So in my opinion we in golf can look forward to following the actual development of the ‘Trump Links’.

Golf Course Management by Degrees

I owe today post to a BIGGA member, (who I would like to credit but had better leave anonymous as I have never spoken to him), who was basically asking is there any point of becoming educated to a high level in soil science and plant biology, when greenkeepers with a just grasp of the fundamentals are promoted to course management roles by people who don’t know the industry. (I think he was aiming at the golf club management or officials).

He asks “is it all down to image or personality i.e. style over content, or is this current trend evolutionary and the weak will fall?”

Golf Course Manager to Golf Club Manager?

I was pleased to see the news that the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) has signed an agreement with the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) that offers course managers the opportunity to train to gain the Certified Club Manager (CCM) qualification that may in turn aid them in becoming club managers.