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These templates have been refined over twenty-five years to assist course management to develop internally a “winning strategic plan” for their facility cost effectively. The templates can be downloaded below.

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STRATEGIC TEMPLATES
All Templates, if bought individually:						$4,790
All templates can be purchased for a set for:						$2,000

Step	Description	File Format	Level of Difficulty	Explanation
0	Pre-Test Survey	Adobe	Entry	These pre-test templates ask 40 questions to ascertain the level of the respondent’s knowledge of the business of golf. Your answers can be compared to a national survey.	Free
0	National Survey Strategic Planning Results	Web-based survey	Entry	The results of your peers are presented in a survey completed in 2018. You are likely far ahead of them.	Free
0	Vision – Private Golf Course	PowerPoint	Entry	Promises versus performance. This template helps a private club determine if its brand promise is at the platinum (5-star) gold (4-star) silver (3-star) bronze (2-star) or steel (1-star).	Free
1	Vision – Public Golf Course	PowerPoint	Entry	Promises versus performance. This template helps a public course (daily fee, municipal, or resort) determine if its brand promise is at the platinum (5-star) gold (4-star) silver (3-star) bronze (2-star) or steel (1-star).	Free
1	Geographic Local Market Analysis	Excel	Intermediate	Demographic profile (age, income, ethnicity & population density) contrasts your course with the golf courses within 30 miles of yours to determine strategic potential.	$500
1	Slope Rating vs. Mosaic Profile Correlation	Excel	Easy	Assess whether the MOSAIC profile and the slope rating of your course in balance to attract and retain golfers within a 10-mile radius	Free
2	Revenue Performance vs. Weather Playable Days	Excel	Intermediate	Is your facility under- or over-performing in relationship to the number of golf playable days? This template will help you measure that benchmark. Includes 12-month license from Weather Trends International	$500
2	Season Pass – Sensitivity Analysis	Excel	Entry	Determine the correct price for a season pass based on the number of playable days in a golf season and the appropriate discount to be provided. Also measure the impact on total revenue of raising prices and estimating decreased unit sales.	$25
3	Technology Integration Checkpoint	Excel	Easy	In today’s Internet-connected world, customer service and financial reporting are rooted in the idea application of technology. This worksheet highlights the options available to ensure that you are leveraging technology properly.	$50
4	Cash Flow Forecast – 5 Years – Daily Fee/Municipal – 1 course	Excel	Advanced	The operation of a daily fee or a municipal golf course can be forecast based on 60 controllable variables. This worksheet facilitates sensitivity analysis to quickly project revenues, income, and expenses for the next five years for a daily fee and municipal golf courses. This template is also available for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 courses with a consolidated worksheet tab and capital investment option alternatives.	$250
4	Cash Flow Forecast – 5 Years – Private Club or Resort	Excel	Advanced	The operation of a private club can be forecast based on 50 controllable variables. This worksheet facilitates sensitivity analysis to quickly project revenues, income, and expenses for the next five years for private club courses.	$250
5	Annual Labor Hour Estimate	Excel	Intermediate	A superintendent engages in 40 separate tasks that vary by day, week, season, or annually. This worksheet calculates the labor hours required annually to maintain a golf course.	$25
5	Deferred Capital Expenditures	Excel	Entry	Fourteen depreciable capital components comprise a golf course. This spreadsheet will help you determine the annual capital allocation in reserve and the aggregate deferred component.	$25
5	Equipment Inventory Master	Excel	Advanced	There are 44 different pieces of equipment required to properly maintain the course. This worksheet calculates the value of equipment on hand, capital reserves required, and components that should be acquired.	$25
5	Equipment Master – Capital Reserves	Excel	Advanced	The worksheet provides inputs for the expected life of the equipment, current age, and the needed capital reserve funds.	$50
5	Maintenance Task Matrix with Expense Projection	Excel	Easy	There are many levels on which a golf course can be managed. This worksheet helps determine the frequency of the tasks, the labor required, and the projected costs.	$50
6	Customer Value Experience	Excel	Entry	Most golf courses determine green fees based on historical rates or what their competition is charging. This exercise will provide an estimate of the correct green fee based on the experience that is created at the facility.	$50
6	Green Fee Pricing Tool – Simple	Excel	Intermediate	There is a relationship between 18 daily rates by an adult, senior, and junior by the time of day. This template calculates based on the cost to operate the course the minimum rates that should be charged.	$25
6	Green Fee Pricing Tool – Complex	Excel	Intermediate	There is a relationship between 18 weekend, weekday, nine holes, morning, afternoon, senior, and junior green fee rates and frequent player cards and seasons passes. This template confirms those interrelationships to ensure all of your prices are “in balance” for the fees posted.	$50
6	Green Fee Yield – Revenue Modeling Exercise	Excel	Intermediate	Determine the impact on revenue by changing the rates or rounds for the principal categories available.	$25
6	Loyalty Cards – Sensitivity Analysis	Excel	Intermediate	Frequent player cards (loyalty) that are offered for a set price that provides varying discounts can significantly lower the effective Revenue Per Round. This worksheet helps you determine the correct pricing.	$25
6	Season Pass vs. Frequent Player Cards	Excel	Advanced	Offering unlimited play season passes and loyalty cards can create customer confusion and unwittingly lower your realized revenue. This worksheet identified the breakpoint of each program.	$25
6	Secret Shopper Service Checklist	Excel	Entry	On the assembly line of golf, 111 customer touchpoints contribute to the player’s perception of value. This checklist guides in measuring the experience provided at your golf course.	Free
7	Golfer Survey – Loyalty and Preference	Excel	Entry	There are 30 questions that a customer survey should include. Use of this document will help your golf course craft an effective survey to ensure insightful responses.	Free

Note all templates come with a complimentary 30 minutes consulting session to sure you can implement at your facility and gain value.