Missouri Athletic Club: The City Club Success Story of the Year
After more than 120 years, the MAC remains the only full-service club serving men, women and families in the St. Louis area, having extended its reach to stretch beyond the city of St. Louis and now include suburban counties including Jefferson and St. Charles, as well as counties in southern Illinois.
Read MoreNew Clubhouse Brings New Life to Wilderness Country Club
Wilderness Country Club was founded in 1974, on land that had originally been developed 30 years earlier as a ranch and then had a golf course built on it in 1975. The club holds the distinction of being the first gated golf course community in Naples, Fla.—but as it approached the 2020 decade that would…
Read More“Dos and Don’ts” for Successful Club Improvements
As the new year gets into full swing, I thought it might be helpful to provide some quick “dos and don’ts,” based on our experience at McMahon helping clubs with their facility planning, that should be kept in mind for capital-improvement projects.
Read MoreThe McMahon Quality Index™: Where Does Your Club Rank?
MQI™ scores are much more meaningful than other quality ratings offered by outside groups that use unknown and often arbitrary or inconsistent criteria. MQI™ scores are drawn directly from input provided by the members who actually use your club and are most knowledgeable about how and where it provides quality.
Read MoreStaff Housing Makes a Comeback
At member-owned clubs across the country, staff housing is making a comeback. From coastal resorts to mountain golf clubs, facilities that once phased out employee residences are building them again.
Read MoreMember Satisfaction and Value: A 10-Year Perspective
We recently compared results from our country club database from the five years just prior to COVID (2016-2020) with those from the first five post-pandemic years (2021-2025). The results of our study did unearth some trends worth noting that reflect new challenges facing club leadership.
Read MoreThe Work-From-Club Movement: Designing Clubhouses for a Productive Member Day
When clubs support the productive member day, members don’t just visit—they linger. The club becomes the center of the day, not simply the destination after everything else is finished.
Read MoreWhy a Facility Master Plan is So Critical to Club Success
Over and over again, clubs generally plan and build projects for today with no real understanding of future facility needs or costs. Without a Master Plan identifying and prioritizing future projects, initial projects get built in ways that limit future project expansions.
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