by David Gould | Apr 23, 2024 | News
By Lorin Anderson, Founder As we reported in our 2024 Proponent Group Operations and Compensation Survey results, cash compensation over the past decade has increased for Proponent Group coaches at a slightly higher pace than inflation. Since 2013 our coaches...
by David Gould | Apr 16, 2024 | News
By David Gould, Staff Editor For both the golfer and the teacher, the driving range can be a comfort zone that gets a bit too comfortable. Logic suggests that better on-course performance by the student will almost always require coach and golfer to spend...
by Lorin Anderson | Apr 2, 2024 | News
For many years we’ve been tracking our coaches’ technology usage for their businesses. In the recently released 2024 Proponent Group Operations and Compensation Survey we look at six key technology areas: Launch monitors, cameras, video analysis software, lesson...
by David Gould | Mar 27, 2024 | News
By David Gould, Staff Editor This report was triggered by anecdotes shared by some of our member coaches which turned into the following theory: The introduction of new club members to a golf club’s various departments and amenities has a blind spot—failing to...
by David Gould | Mar 26, 2024 | News
By David Gould, Staff Editor A brand-new rule from the U.S. Department of Labor has government officials examining—through a revised legal lens—what many of us would consider to be independent-contractor relationships. Federal officials are seeing employer-employee...
by David Gould | Mar 18, 2024 | News
By Lorin Anderson, Founder As has been the case for many years in our annual Operations and Compensation Survey and again in the 2024 results, about half of all coaches’ revenues come from one-on-one private golf lessons. This year’s survey found that 48...