{"id":2579,"date":"2016-06-20T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toroadvantage.wpengine.com\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2023-05-08T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T15:00:16","slug":"relationship-spotlight-toro-ngcoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toroadvantage.com\/en\/general\/relationship-spotlight-toro-ngcoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship Spotlight: Toro and NGCOA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What education topics are important to golf course owners and operators right now? What major challenges do they face today? How will courses approach generating demand in the future?<\/p>\n<p>These are a few of the questions we asked Jay Karen, CEO of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ngcoa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA)<\/a> in this video interview. He also touches on how corporate members like Toro and other companies help support golf course owners and operators \u2014 not only through their involvement in NGCOA but also by pushing business practices and technologies forward in the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>The NGCOA has represented golf course owners and operators since 1979, offering education, advocacy and more. The nonprofit organization\u2019s main focus is promoting the health of the business\u00a0\u2014 whether it\u2019s a resort, a private club, a daily-fee golf course or a municipal facility.<\/p>\n<p><!-- VIDEO BEGIN --><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript' id='vidyard_embed_code_YBjjS1u8mqS91VhzwoXB45' src='\/\/play.vidyard.com\/YBjjS1u8mqS91VhzwoXB45.js?v=3.1.1&#038;type=lightbox'><\/script><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/toroadvantage.com-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-21-at-12.39.46-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\u0093Jay Karen\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidyard_play_button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- VIDEO END --><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ngcoa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ngcoa.org<\/a> or check out the NGCOA magazine\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/golfbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">golfbusiness.com<\/a>. Jay Karen also posts regularly about current industry topics on social media and in his blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/perspective.ngcoa.org\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perspective.ngcoa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch this video for a quick Q&#038;A session with Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association and his thoughts on current industry trends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-other-golf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Relationship Spotlight: Toro and NGCOA - Toro Advantage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toroadvantage.com\/en\/general\/relationship-spotlight-toro-ngcoa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Relationship Spotlight: Toro and NGCOA - 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