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PRT 312 - Golf Operations
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1
Which of the following is sometimes referred to as a facility's "best employee"?
Brochures and Printed Guidelines
Signs and Posters
Scorecards
Newsletters
2
__________ is a subset of marketing.
Merchandising
Sales
Advertising
Promotion
3
Which of the following golf is most beneficial in eliminating slow play at a public course?
Design greens so players move off the side of the green
Flatten fairway edges to give level lies for stray tee shots
Place Out of Bounds on the left side of holes
Greens at least 7500 sq ft so players hit more GIR
4
Which of the following is not a management task for the Orient/Train Staff Management role?
Match personal interests and positions
Analyze required staff skills/characteristics
Encourage skill demonstration and sharing
Prepare ongoing OJT for all positions
5
All of the following would fall under "one minute manager routines" except:
Product information
Recognition of good work
Yesterday's information
Today's information
6
To determine the right mix of formal and informal training, a facility does not need to:
develop training tools
ask questions about previous training
provide training opportunities
determine training needs
7
Which of the following is not a characteristic of effective teams?
Have effective leadership
Use strengths to develop weaknesses
Resolve Conflicts
Communicate openly
8
A tool a PGA Pro could use to compare top-line revenues and expenses with similar facilities is
Annual P/L Statement
Annual Compensation Survey
Performance Track
Annual Operations Survey
9
The longer the time interval between tee times, the higher quality the golfing experience.
False
True
10
What is a good pace of play guideline for use during a round of golf?
Play from the correct tees
Carry extra tees, balls, ball markers, etc.
Record scores at next tee, not on the green
Track your time to complete your round
11
Which of the following dictates how many employees need to be hired?
Head Pro
Goals
Business Objectives
Size of Clubhouse
12
The percentage of the budget that a private facility typically puts towards marketing is
no industry standard
3%
5%
6%
13
A facility does 1,000 rounds/month. Their potential is 16,000/year. What is the yield?
33%
75%
1.6%
16%
14
The USGA developed this in the 1990's.
Rules of Golf
Split Tee Starting System
Local Rules Addendum
Pace Rating System
15
Which of the four "P's" of marketing is considered the final step?
Promotion
Place
Price
Product
16
Dividing the total sales from customer responses by the total cost of advertising =
BOMI
cost per sale
dollars per round
profit/loss
17
Which is necessary to draw conclusions from yield management analysis at a public course?
number of days in advance that rounds were reserved
revenue per round
weather and climate data
past performance comparisons
18
Selling merchandise is one of the three principle layers of internal marketing
True
False
19
Player development programs are more important at public courses than at private courses.
False
True
20
Caddie programs provide little value to players since the start of GPS & laser range finders
True
False
21
"Marketing" and "Promoting" are synonymous?
True
False
22
In order to successfully build business internally, which of these is most likely required?
POS software to accumulate customer data
GPS links ups between course and web site
Golf Now
Foretees
23
Which is not a key value identified by PGA as important to maintaining national brand identity?
Pride
Loyalty
Honor
Integrity
24
Guidelines from management that outline a definite course of action in various situations are:
Procedures
Policies
Operational Rasks
Principles
25
Which of the following is not one of the basic resources needed to run a golf facility?
Financial Resources
Time-based Resources
Capital Resources
Material Resources
26
The four "P's" of marketing are:
Product, Price, Profit, Personnel
Product, Price, Placement, Promotion
Price, Placement, Positioning, Profit
Product, Placement, Precision, Price
27
What should be the main training principle at a golf facility?
Customer Relations skills
Safety
Tee Sheet and Starting Procedures
Golf Instruction skills
28
Electronic POS systems automatically compile all of the following for the daily report except:
Merchandise sales
Average sale amount/customer
Cash Flow/Cash on Hand
Dollars/Round
29
Which PGA question is a good starting point when looking at your facility play process?
Where do my customers come from?
How is play initiated at my facility?
Who plays here?
Why do people want to play here?
30
Procedures are guidelines/rules from management to outline course of action in situations
True
False
31
Which database requires a more accurate, current database?
both
e-mail
neither
direct mail
32
Step one in developing an effective staff training program is deciding on training tools to use
False
True
33
All of the following are responses to variances, except:
delaying merchandise orders
increasing workload
adjusting pricing structure
cutting down on hourly labor
34
When managers meet with heads of operations to address detailed issues, it is called a _______
Staff Debriefing
Staff Briefing
MBWA
Staff Meeting
35
According to the PGA of America, three facets of an organization drive the brand. They are:
Culture, Brand Expression, Promotion
Culture, Marketing, Promotion
Business Strategy, Marketing, Promotion
Brand Expression, Business Strategy, Culture
36
Get Golf Ready is an example of this type of program:
First Tee Program
New Player Development Program
Transition-to-Play Program
Attraction Program
37
The USGA's Pace Rating System says the total course paces tend to fall between 3:30 and 4:30
False
True
38
A dress code helps maintain the facility's image and enhance the golf experience for players.
True
False
39
Marketing - notifying people that a facility's products/services are ready to serve them.
True
False
40
A "one minute manager" describes a manager who:
All of the above
Manages in the here and now (the present moment)
Checks in with individual employees if only for a moment
Spends one minute of every hour managing his/her staff