by Brian Duthu Pro Shops Total rounds for May showed a slight increase over prior year and Green/Cart fees exceeded budget by 1.5% and prior year by 6.2%. Total revenue missed budget slightly due to misses in merchandise and driving range sales. Total rounds year-to-date are down from prior year […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Reports
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – May 2017
by Brian Duthu Pro Shops We have begun our first wave of summer agronomic programs with fairway verticutting. Each of these programs will require temporary course closures. For the purposes of making tee times, the pro shops will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on the days courses […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – April 2017
by Brian Duthu Pro Shops During the first quarter of 2017, we recorded 116,426 rounds played, 3,398 fewer than 2016 totals. On a positive note, rounds in March posted the highest total rounds since 2008, a good sign that weather played a strong part in rounds reduction during January and […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – March 2017
by Brian Duthu Pro Shops February 2016 was a banner year with the help of good weather and leap year. February 2017, on the other hand, suffered with wet weather and posted the fewest number of rounds played during the month in the last four years. Coupled with a wet […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – February 2017
by Brian Duthu Pro Shops Public play on our golf courses is often a topic of discussion in committee meetings. We did see an increase in public play in 2016, mostly due to having all courses available for play during the peak season. In 2016, public play accounted for 6.9% […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – January 2017
by Brian Duthu Pro Shops Though we exceeded our revenue budget by a substantial amount, total rounds for the year decreased slightly from prior year. In-season rounds out performed prior year, summer rounds were down slightly and the bulk of the decrease occurred in October as a result of the […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – December 2016
By Brian Duthu Pro Shops The Beat the Pro event held on December 8 was successful in reaching our established goal of $2000 with $2,223 raised for the Sun City Foundation. The pros reverted to their generous ways, allowing 65% of the field to “Beat the Pros.” As with any […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – November 2016
By Brian Duthu Pro Shops We will be hosting a “Beat-the-Pros” tournament on Thursday, December 8th at Willowcreek Golf Course. This event is held in conjunction with other RCSC Management Team sponsored events that are held throughout the year and raises funds for our annual chosen charity. This year’s chosen […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – October 2016
by Brian Duthu Pro Shops We will be hosting a Beat-the-Pros on Thursday, December 8 at Willowcreek Golf Course. This event is held in conjunction with other RCSC events throughout the year to raise funds for the RCSC Management Team annual chosen charity. This year the chosen charity is the […]
Director of Golf & Grounds Report – July 2016
by Brian Duthu Pro Shops Once again this year we will be participating in Patriot Golf Day. Patriot Golf Day was organized, with the help of PGA of America, to raise funds for the Folds of Honor Foundation. The money raised is used to fund scholarships for spouses and children […]