We received over 4300 responses from non-members and former GAM members, fairly well balanced across the state. “This was the third golf association we’d done so we had a pretty good idea of what to ask and how to ask it. “The Golf Association of Michigan (GAM) is facing what we think most if not all state and regional golf associations are facing – stagnant or declining membership”, says Silverman. The City and Conservancy now have objective citizen feedback from which better decisions will be made.” And, we learned from all respondents what else they’d like to see included in the new park. We also learned that 25% of non-golfers in the area would be interested in starting the game if the new facility included a learning and practice center. “We surveyed both golfers and non-golfers within a 20-minute drive time of the proposed new facility and learned that golfers playing the current facility would likely quit rather than play elsewhere if their home course was shuttered without a nearby course being built. “The City of Buffalo along with the Olmstead Parks Conservancy have plans to add a new park that could include a golf course, one that would replace another close by”, explains Pellucid survey coordinator Harvey Silverman. ![]() Pellucid Corp., the recognized golf industry thought leader for key issue identification, intelligent analysis and actionable insight, recently and successfully conducted two critical surveys for the City of Buffalo and the Olmstead Parks Conservancy in New York and the Golf Association of Michigan.
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