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The GRAA recently announced that Allied Specialty Insurance is the new PREFERRED PARTNER for the GRAA. Contact them directly for any of your facility insurance needs and quotes at (800) 237-3355.

Visit the Publications Page and purchase GRAA-developed and/or endorsed books and manuals covering marketing, operations and development.

Browse the extensive list of GRAA Preferred Partners who offer special discounts and services to our members.

GRAA Expo Logo

Calling All Golf Facilities! The GRAA is proud to support and help financially underwrite one of the largest and boldest Adult-player initiatives in the history of the golf industry. Spearheaded by the PGA of America and with the support of all the major golf associations and leading suppliers of good and services Get Golf Ready is designed to teach adults in five fun, short lessons everything they’ll need to know to step onto a golf course and get out to play with confidence. Get Golf Ready will be guided by trained PGA and LPGA Professionals.

Find out more about site requirements and hosting at www.getgolfready.com.

 

About the GRAA

The Golf Range Association of America (GRAA) is celebrating its 17th Anniversary in 2009. The GRAA is a membership trade organization that counts owners, operators, general managers and teaching professionals at both golf ranges and golf courses among its members in the U.S. and Canada. The GRAA is focused on all golf facilities in the sweet spot of teaching & training; clubfitting and retail; practice and other family recreational amenities.

Golf Range Magazine Current Issue

Golf Range Magazine

March/April Issue now available

The March/April issue of Golf Range Magazine features a review of the Annual PGA Merchandise Show that the Golf Range Association of America (GRAA) and our trade magazine, Golf Range Magazine exhibited at once again. Take a look at a few of our friends and GRAA members who stopped by for a visit. You can also take a peek at some of the hot, new golf club equipment that will likely be finding its way into your pro shop. Don’t miss reading about The Whalen Family and their Fiddlers Green facility in Eugene, Oregon.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Golf Course Specialists, Inc.
A golfer stands on the tee, using the Washington Monument to align his shot. If it’s spring, his senses absorb the sweet beauty of the flowering Japanese cherry trees. The Presidential helicopter flies overhead, a momentary yet memorable distraction. A patriotic golf dream? No, just a daily round at East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, D.C., one of four facilities managed by Golf Course Specialists, Inc.
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WHY JOIN THE GRAA?

The GRAA is your trade association. We have great membership programs and benefits geared to 18-hole golf courses, Short Courses golf ranges and learning centers. Our mission statement is: "To Make Our Members More Profitable" Click here to view 2009 membership benefits and either join or renew your membership.

small talk with golf people

Annika SorenstamAnnika Sorenstam has been a golf newsmaker, probably the top female newsmaker for the last two decades, inside the ropes, but is best known for a single act of golf history performed at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas a few years ago. The 38-year-old, who recently retired, spent years as the world’s No. 1 female golfer, but nothing galvanized the golf world like her appearance in the PGA Tour’s Colonial golf tournament in 2003, the first by a female in nearly 50 years. Read the entire feature.