Norton Consulting Takes Analysis of Distressed Golf Clubs and Resorts to a New Level

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, December 24, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Golf course operations are facing unprecedented challenges in the face of the domestic and global economic crisis.

Norton Consulting Inc., a Market Study and Economic Analysis Firm, provides specific work-out, operational reviews and re-positioning analyses to the golf industry. Facing the issues directly and succinctly, Norton analyzes the golf operation from a pragmatic perspective, overlaying more than 30 years of experience in assessing demand, supply and operational enhancement opportunities. The Norton team assesses under-performing and distressed golf clubs and provides the ownership/management group with specific and well-founded recommendations on how to improve the bottom line and position for the future. Norton Consulting principals have had high profile involvement in the golf industry since the early 1980s with such organizations as the Golf Course Superintendents Association, the PGA of America, the National Golf Foundation, USGA Green Section, the National Golf Course Owners Association and the American Society of Golf Course Architects.

Rick Norton and Barry Frank head the Norton Consulting Team effort. Because of their extensive contacts in the golf industry, Rick and Barry can tap into additional resources from any quadrant of the golf industry including agronomics, golf operations, membership programs, capital companies, and consumer research. With hundreds of studies behind them, the Norton team offers their expertise to owners, investors, lending sources, and golf course operators / management companies.

“We are targeting golf clubs in need of our help. Those golf clubs may include poorly or under-performing assets, membership programs that need to be revised and repositioned; exploring opportunities to expand rounds played; fees and other revenue sources; and taking a fresh look at streamlining costs and implementing improved agronomic practices,” announced Rick Norton, president of Norton Consulting, Inc.

“We spotlight our customized services to help golf operations in context with current conditions and our read on future market opportunities,” added Barry Frank, partner in Norton Consulting, Inc.

With hundreds of golf clubs and destination resort developments in their client base coupled with market studies and reports that reflect years of expertise, Norton Consulting welcomes the opportunity to assist golf course owners, managers, capital companies, municipalities and resort operators in North America as well as destination properties in South and Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Europe.

For further information, please contact Richard Norton. You are invited to visit the website.

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