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Conquer 2020 with the best money-making ideas in the industry! Golf course owners and operators presented their proven money-savings and revenue- generating ideas at The Great Canadian Idea Share, which is one of the most highly regarded and beneficial components of the annual Golf Business Canada Conference & Trade Show.
Delegates voted for their favourite revenue boosting or expense management idea and it is our pleasure to present the four winning ideas in Golf Business Canada magazine over the next year.
Our 1st Place Winner, Brian Schaal, Copper Point Golf Club, was given an opportunity to choose the Kubota tractor, mower, or utility vehicle of his choice, which will be theirs for one full season. Tee-On provided the top four winners with a generous $500 cash prize!
Friday Night Patio Pitch Off
SPONSORED BY
WINNING Idea
Brian Schaal, Copper Point Golf Club, BC bschaal@copperpointgolf.com
We developed the idea for the FridayNightPatioPitchOffasaway to invigorate our Friday nights at the club and give back to the community.
We built a tee box next to our clubhouse patio that looks down on our 9th green. Every Friday night during the golfing season, we run the Patio Pitch Off. For $5, golfers get 2 balls to chip down to the 9th green.
From the $5 we collect, $2.50 goes into a fund that is awarded to a graduating student at our local David Thompson Secondary School. $1 of the $5 goes toward a hole in one pot and the remaining $1.50 of the $5 goes to the golf club. Every week we have a Mens, Ladies and Juniors Closest to the Pin winner and we invite those winners back to our year-end finale on the Labour Day Long Weekend. Moosehead Breweries sponsors our program and each week we give prizes to participating golfers.
The award is presented to a graduating student who is in financial need or a student who is enrolled in post-secondary education. Our preference is to give the award to a student who worked at Copper Point, or to a student whose parents or siblings worked at Copper Point. Our managers are given a list of names from the High School and they select the recipient.
In 2019, we awarded $1,500 to a graduating student and in 2020 we will be giving $2,500 to a graduating student. 1259 golfers have participated in The Patio Pitch Off.
Our Friday night food & beverage has increased over $29,000 as every Friday Night we also run a dinner special in the restaurant. The Friday Night Patio Pitch Off gives back to the community and has also created a new culture at the club on Friday nights.
Winner: “The Friday Night Patio Pitch Off”: Brian Schaal, Copper Point Golf Club, BC
Finalist: “Women’s Golf Expo”: Slade King, Play Golf Calgary, AB
Finalist: “Clic Gear 3.5+ walking-made- easy program”: Lee Tamburano, Canadian G&CC, ON
Finalist: “Player of the Day”: Chris McNicol, Woodside Golf Course, AB
PRIZE SPONSOR
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