Situational Analysis: Arena Park Golf The following information I have composed from the city of Cape Girardeau, specifically on economic climate, demographics, demand trends, technological trends, competitor analysis, regarding Arena Park Golf. This is for a class project that involves a situational analysis of Arena Park Golf and the surrounding area along with some history of golf. Opened in 1998, Arena Park Golf is a golf store located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri with approx. 3,000 square
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Assignment Questions - Golf Q 1. What are the defining characteristics of the golf equipment industry? What is the industry like? A 1. The defining characteristics of the golf equipment industry are product performance, innovative technology and name brand recognition. Golf companies essentially sell the same products so they must differentiate their products through technological advances. Fortunately for golf companies, the sport attracts mainly upper-class individuals so the companies
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PGA Player Introduction: Chuck contacted a sport psychologist at the end of May, approximately halfway through the year. At that time he was about 90-100 on the money list and had made about $65,000. Chuck indicated that he had an inability to concentrate on the course. He was very indecisive about club selection. He was also very intropunitive (self blaming), demanding, and negative self-talking. Intervention: The sport psychologist traveled to Chuck's home and spent 2 days with
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retail store that specializes in the distribution of golf supplies to the everyday recreational golfer. The Golfsmith chain operates with 75 retail stores in 21 different states providing not only golf but tennis equipment as well. Carl Paul founded Golfsmith in 1967 with the intention to create a retail service that helped golfers improve their games with custom club fitting as well as market all sorts of equipment in the golf industry. The golf industry is a large one where technology is always
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1. Discuss the trends in the golf equipment industry and how it may impact a company’s strategy. Ans: According to new the United States Golf Association (USGA), Golf equipment manufacturers are forced to launch the equipment within the limitation. Therefore, the product differentiation is not quite high while recreational golfers do not enjoy playing due to lack of innovational equipment. Also, the USGA states that there are various factors that result in the declining of golfers such as:
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Issue in this case is that Cassie Pfenning was struck in the jaw with a golf ball while driving a beverage vehicle during a golf scramble and received major and permanent injuries to her mouth jaw and teeth. She filed a complaint against the person who hit the ball, the Elks club holding the scramble and others and alleged “the defendants were negligent in failing to exercise reasonable care for her safety while on the golf course.” Pfenning claims that as a direct and proximate result of the defendants
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the 375 acres of the botanical gardens -- that will be integrated into the master plan of the Island.Here are just a few things that we have in the works: Pepicello Fairways are planning on adding an additional 18 holes of golf on 75 open acres adjacent to the existing golf course. This new range will be designed for those golfers seeking the additional challenge needed to drive up their game. The WIlliam C. Martin Botanical Gardens are growing. Currently the 225 acres of preserved wilderness is
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hired Richard Helmstetter as the chief club designer. He initiated major developments in the research of clubs designed and marketed by the company. This culminated into Callaway establish a strong product portfolio. In 1987, Callaway became the first golf company to use computer controlled milling machines to produce innovative club designs. These clubs helped eliminate/reduce the impact of variables such as directional control, distance, etc. during the game thus making it easy to play. Callaway consistently
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6th Annual Wyland-Hanna-Brinkmann Las Vegas Invitational Saturday, April 4th 2009 Front Nine ~ Desert Hawk (#1 to #9) Back Nine ~ Coyote Run (#10 to #18) We would like to welcome you to Boulder Creek Golf Club. *Today’s event is Individual Stroke Play. Each player will play their own ball around the course recording their GROSS score (Actual Strokes Taken) on the Scorecard provided. Maximum Score on ANY hole is DOUBLE PAR!!! If your ball enters Desert Area, Please treat it as a
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Belvoir Park Ltd (BPL) Set in over 200 hectares of some of England’s finest countryside, Belvoir Park is a premier sporting country estate, owned and operated by Belvoir Park Limited (BPL). The business aims to be a top international luxury leisure destination with guests attracted from all over the world (see Fig. 1). BPL’s Managing Director, Wilhelm Deboos-Parker, is known for his fastidious attention to detail. Further, he has very high expectations of BPL’s staff, insisting that their
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