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NGCOA Canada Membership Benefits
Advocacy
Marketing
Golfmax
• Successful with BC government allowing liquor sold on premise to be carried by the customer between licensed areas on the property
• Eliminating cart and equipment licensing in BC saved courses up to $20K in yearly licensing fees
• Successful in getting Ontario to redefine the valuation methodology for property tax assessments – payments to courses were retroactive 10 years
Currently Working Towards
• Allowable tax deductions as a business expense on green fees
• Functional pesticide legislation
• Water and conservation permits
• Fair fuel taxes
• Proper weather forecasting
Industry Partner Initiatives
• 2009 and 2013 Golf Industry Economic Impact Studies
• Provincial and Federal lobby days to raise government awareness of the golf industry
• Consumer Behaviour Study
“Not allowing our golfers to carry ‘to-go’ liquor sales from our restaurant to the golf course, as we had always done, cost us an estimated $60,000 in lost liquor sales for 2016. With the NGCOA Canada’s help we will have ‘to-go’ liquor sales as a revenue stream again.”
Jenifer Wright
Westwood Plateau G & CC Coquitlam, BC
Kids Play Golf
• A ‘one-stop-shop’ web portal where parents and juniors can find out about your junior programs
• A best practices site on junior golf for all NGCOA Canada courses
Get Golf Ready
• Introductory clinics for non-golfers to help remove intimidation
• All marketing materials professionally designed and provided to courses FREE
• Students average $907 first year spend
Take A Kid To The Course
• A ‘program-in-a-box’ to encourage family play at your course
• Generate new revenues and customer loyalty
• Over 300,000 juniors and adults have participated in the program since its inception
• All marketing materials professionally designed and provided to courses FREE
“By expanding Take A Kid To The Course to the entire month of July we have taken our junior membership from 20 kids to over 60 in 1 year. We now have more families enjoying the course than ever!”
Colin Presley
Elbow Springs Golf Club Calgary, AB
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• Group purchasing with over 300 SKUs for you to choose from
• Over $100,000,000 in member spending through the program resulting in significant savings for each operator
• Suppliers that cover all departments at the golf course
• $3550: average annual member savings – far outweighing annual dues
• Accounts, sales reps and billing do not change: you simply take advantage of our discounts or rebates on goods you buy every day
• Provides every member with ”bigger club” pricing no matter what size your operation
“NEBS Payroll Services facial recognition saves our department managers time creating their schedules. They no longer spend half a day adding up timecards and I save a full day not having to re-check timecards. That saves us money every pay period justify- ing the initial equipment expense.”
Brenda Evans
Pheasant Run Golf Club Sharon, ON
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