Author: Rich Katz

Rich Katz is Founder and CEO of Katz Strategy, a golf business and marketing advisory firm. One of golf’s most networked executives for 30-plus years, he founded golf-marketer Buffalo Agency (now Buffalo Groupe), was agent to PGA TOUR players and held leadership positions at Billy Casper Golf. rkatz@katzstrategy.com.

Golfers are funny creatures.  They can’t consume enough reading material about the sport they love. Anything to discover that magic pill and shave strokes off their…

There’s no way I could accurately count the, well, countless number of golf companies I’ve met during a 35-year professional life in this enterprising industry. They’ve…

Here’s a rhetorical question to start the day: Does your frustration peak when commercial air travel lets you down? Duh. That’s why flying privately is at…

As a guy who for decades has been deeply entrenched in the art and science of operating and marketing golf courses, country clubs and resorts, I’ve…

They were cheering mightily Quincy, Mass. this past weekend. Huh?  Here are the facts: The New England town, only 20 minutes from Boston, is home to…

You may wonder why I occasionally report about Noteefy. It’s largely because, after 30-plus years helping lead one of the world’s largest operators of golf courses,…