(VIENNA, VA) – Billy Casper Golf (BCG) Chairman and CEO Peter Hill has been ranked No. 6 on Golf Inc. magazine’s recently-released “Most Powerful People in Golf” list, the 10th consecutive year he’s finished in the top 10.
Hill joins PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, business mogul Donald Trump and United States Golf Association Executive Director Mike Davis among golf’s foremost influencers.
Co-founding BCG in 1989 with business partner Robert Morris and PGA Tour legend Billy Casper, Hill has passionately directed the company to become the highly respected owner-operator of a portfolio of golf courses, country clubs and resorts that’s the largest domestically and fourth largest worldwide.
About Hill’s unwavering leadership, Golf Inc. states: “Billy Casper Golf is growing at a fast and furious pace. It now has 157.5 18-hole equivalent courses and facilities, up from just 46 in 2004. Municipalities also continue to turn to the management firm for services. For many, it makes sense.”
The magazine praises Hill’s relentless drive to advance the art and science of management, leading to the addition of 25 properties to the company’s roster the past 12 months. Other BCG highlights are its:
• Merger with Kitson and Partners Clubs under the BCG name, accounting for 13 new properties
• Acquisition of Women on Course, the nation’s leading golf-lifestyle networking organization, tripling membership in just seven months under BCG management
• Addition of Joe Steranka, CEO of the PGA of America from 2005 to 2012, as Chief Global Strategist for BCG and Buffalo Communications, the in-house marketing and PR division that represents top golf, sport and lifestyle brands
• Launch of the Billy Casper Digital Network, comprised of 120-plus websites and more than 500,000 unique visitors monthly, that delivers new, compelling and highly-curated content across traditional and mobile devices for greater brand engagement and sales
• Advent of the BCG Superintendent Business Institute to enhance the business skills of superintendents and assistant superintendents with eligibility for Golf Course Superintendents Association of America credits
• Expansion of the BCG University career development platform with 16 new training modules – including “The Fundamentals of Effective Thinking,” “Interpersonal Communications” and “Financial Statements” – for the company’s 6,000-plus employees (peak season) and good toward PGA of America education credits
• Early adoption of FootGolf, a widely popular hybrid game of golf and soccer, to attract new guests and provide overall excitement
• Record fundraising of more than $875,000 for Wounded Warrior Project from the “2014 World’s Largest Golf Outing” on August 11 that involved more than 12,000 golfers, including 439 injured service men and women, at 110-plus BCG managed courses
“Without question, Billy Casper Golf is building the best operating platform in the history of golf,” says Hill. “Our highly driven and talented team deserves the credit for the ‘Most Powerful’ honor for consistently delivering fun and memorable experiences for club members and guests.”
About Billy Casper Golf
Founded more than 20 years ago in cooperation with golf legend Billy Casper, the company is the largest owner-operator of golf courses, country clubs and resorts in the U.S. with more than 150 properties in 28 states. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia with regional offices across America, BCG directs all aspects of course and property maintenance, staffing and training, clubhouse operations, food-and-beverage, merchandising, golf instruction, marketing and public relations, special events and financial management.
Billy Casper Golf divisions:
• Buffalo Communications is the leading global golf-lifestyle public relations, branding, marketing-communications and creative services firm representing top brands in and related to golf.
• Buffalo Turf & Landscape Company provides golf course agronomic programs with a new fee-for-service structure that allows owners unfettered visibility into actual activities and costs.
• Women on Course is the nation’s premier golf-networking organization, further solidifying Billy Casper Golf’s commitment to grow participation in the golf lifestyle.
More information: www.billycaspergolf.com, 703.761.1444.
Contact:
Andy DeKeuster
Billy Casper Golf / Buffalo Communications
703.891.3324
adekeuster@billycaspergolf.com
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