Jay Karen
York, England: Well-known industry figures
Jay Karen,
Lodewijk Klootwijk and
Gregg Patterson have been confirmed as speakers at next year’s GolfBIC event.
GolfBIC is the Golf Business and Industry Convention. It is presented by the United Kingdom Golf Course Owners Association and the Organisation of Golf and Range Operators in association with the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association.
The event will take place at Harrogate International Centre on January 17-18, 2017 in conjunction with the BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) show and is designed to attract golf course owners and operators, secretaries and general managers and other golf club operational staff to learn, network and get inspiration and ideas to help grow the golf club business.
National Golf Course Owners Association Chief Executive Officer Karen will give a snapshot of key issues and trends happening in the American golf industry while Klootwijk, his counterpart at the European Golf Course Owners Association, will give an insight into best practices from around the EU continent.
Motivational speaker Patterson is the former General Manager of the Beach Club in Santa Monica, California and is now a full-time speaker and writer.
Patterson became General Manager of The Beach Club in 1982 and spent 34 years at the helm, stepping aside this year.