The Golf Consultants Association is an organisation with a wealth of expertise in delivering honest, practical advice and solutions to golf developers and operators around the world.
Our members all have a proven track record in helping their clients build, develop, market and operate golf clubs and resorts – from single 9-hole courses to full-scale international resorts.
Whether you are involved with a new site, requiring the development of market positioning and a business plan, or an existing operation needing to enhance sales and profitability, the Association has a consultant who can advise you.
The GCA is unique in the UK in its ability to make available a team of highly-respected and experienced golf industry professionals to see any phase of a project through from conception to end.
We are a non-profit making organisation and act as a central point of contact for a group of golf specialists who share the common goal of delivering appropriate solutions to our clients' needs.
Formed in 1999, the GCA provides:
- A full and flexible range of specialist consulting services tailored to clients' requirements, whether by single members or teams
- Unemotional understanding of the business of golf and the application of key principles to maximise potential success across myriad types of location and concept
- Market lead analysis and business plan development
- Accumulated experience of how golf operations work year in year out and the application of this experience to enhance the development process
- Technical expertise throughout the process, from water resourcing, irrigation and drainage, through site mapping and environmental planning to soil nutrition and ongoing turf management
- Skilful management for timely completion of golf construction projects to budget with appointment both pre and post tender
- Commissioning of completed facilities
- Operational management, staff recruitment and training
- Sales and marketing, including real estate related developments