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Longtime KemperSports friend and client Mike Keiser talked to Chicago District Golf Association about how his time overseas and how that helped shape his career. Mike continues to build award-winning courses, including Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s latest: Sheep Ranch. You can read more about Mike Keiser in the November 2020…

Written by: A passionate group of women from KemperSports and KemperLesnik September 1, 2020 At KemperSports, we know that it takes a daily effort to introduce more women to the joys of the game and provide a welcoming environment that facilitates participation from all women – from young girls to…

Golf Swings Back Rounds played continue to surge, but industry still digging out of hole created by pandemic shutdown. By: John Lombardo in Sports Business Journal As soon as courses were allowed to reopen, golfers returned in droves, including these friends heeding for a round in Southern California. (Photo: GETTY…

Are you confused and concerned about your course’s operating options in this new COVID-19 environment? KemperSports is here to help with a complimentary senior executive consultation. The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the golf industry. Managing more than 100 golf courses and facilities across the country, we have pivoted our management…

Building Bandon. Part 2: A closer look at Opening Day, the first tee shot and what the development of this destination has meant to the area and golf in America.  Matt Ginella welcomes back many of the golf industry’s biggest names to continue the story of the building of Bandon…

Building Bandon. Part 1: Against all odds, Mike Keiser buys remote Oregon dunesland and hires a pair of rookies to help him build and manage a golf course. Matt Ginella welcomes many of the golf industry’s biggest names to share a story close to his heart – the building of…

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested us in ways that we never imagined. It has challenged our strength, our resolve and our patience. As stay-at-home orders turn from days to weeks, and weeks to months, as a nation we are anxious for a reprieve or even small glimpses of normalcy. Golf…

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested us in ways that we never knew imaginable. It has upended industries and challenged the strength and patience of every leader. And, the golf industry is no different. Through it all, KemperSports continues to be inspired by our teams and leaders in the field. Their…

Matt Ginella says that one of the benefits of being around a fire pit is that the conversation can go in a lot of directions. In this episode of The Fire Pit Podcast with Matt Ginella, several perspectives on the game of golf now and in the future are shared.…