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KemperSports Selected to Manage 716 Sports Complex
New $50 million sports complex to rejuvenate youth sports in Amherst, N.Y., with construction to start in spring 2026 and open in 2027 NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 7, 2026 – KemperSports Venues, a division of KemperSports and a leader in sports facility management and operations, is proud to announce a new partnership to manage 716 Sports…
KemperSports Selected to Manage the Course at Sewanee
Top ranked collegiate golf course to undergo bunker renovation Sewanee, Tenn. (March 18, 2026) – KemperSports, a leading golf, sports and hospitality experience company, has announced a new partnership with the University of the South to oversee operations of the University’s acclaimed mountain-top golf facility, the Course at Sewanee, as well as its on-site restaurant,…
Streamsong Golf Resort Unveils “Bone Valley,” the Bold New Course by David McLay Kidd
BOWLING GREEN, Fla. — Streamsong Golf Resort today revealed the official name and logo of its highly anticipated fifth golf course: Bone Valley, a striking new design by acclaimed architect David McLay Kidd. The announcement marks another defining moment in the evolution of the nation’s premier winter season golf destination. With Bone Valley, Kidd joins…
KemperSports Tabs Jillian Dowden as Director of Sales and Marketing for KemperSports Venues
NORTHBROOK, Ill. (March 12, 2026) – KemperSports, a leading golf, sports and hospitality experience company, today announced that Jillian Dowden has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for KemperSports Venues, the company’s rapidly expanding youth sports and recreation management division. In this role, Dowden will lead integrated sales and marketing strategies designed to drive…
23 KemperSports Courses Ranked Among Best Public Golf Courses in the U.S. by GolfPass
Annual Lists Represent Best Courses Played by Recreational Golfers Last Year Twenty-three (23) KemperSports courses have been recognized among the best public golf courses in the country through a GolfPass 2026 Golfers’ Choice list, an honor determined by recreational golfers who submitted more than 226,000 reviews of roughly 7,500 courses in 2025. Unlike other industry…
KemperSports Honors its Finest at the Annual KemperSports Leadership Conference
NORTHBROOK, Ill. (March 3, 2026) – KemperSports, a leading golf, sports and hospitality experience company, today announced a list of annual awards that honors the facilities and people who shined brightest over the past year. The awards were given at the KemperSports Honors dinner held at Medinah Country Club that was the culmination of a…
KemperSports Appoints Sara Kearney as Chief Marketing Officer
NORTHBROOK, Ill. (February 17, 2026) – KemperSports, a leading golf, sports and hospitality experience company, today announced the appointment of Sara Kearney as its first Chief Marketing Officer. A hospitality industry leader, Kearney has more than three decades’ experience leading branding, marketing and operations for hotels and resorts around the world. She joined KemperSports in…
KemperSports and Alex Rodriguez Announce Inaugural A-Rod Invitational Youth Baseball Tournament
Elite fundamentals-first tournament to debut June 26–28, 2026, at Fields at Station 63 in Mansfield, Texas MANSFIELD, Texas – February 10, 2026 – KemperSports, a leading owner and operator of premier sports and recreation venues across the country, today announced the launch of the inaugural A-Rod Invitational, a national youth baseball tournament created in partnership…
KemperSports Courses Honored Among Industry’s Best by National Golf Foundation
KemperSports sweeps top honors in all categories NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 4, 2026 – KemperSports, a leading golf, sports and hospitality experience company, announced today that 20 of its golf courses received 2026 GolfersVoice Customer Satisfaction Awards from the National Golf Foundation (NGF) based on achieving outstanding customer satisfaction and loyalty scores from their guests. GolfersVoice…
KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner: The Golf Boom: This Time, It’s Built to Last
This article, by KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner, was originally published by Sportico. Golf is booming again, only this time, the momentum feels different. More durable. More intentional. And, importantly, more grounded in the way people engage with the sport. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Tiger Woods effect sent golf into hyperdrive. Interest…
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