Top 100 Businesses in Golf 2025

The following are the businesses included in the latest version of the NGF GOLF 100, an effort to highlight the vitality, size and diversity of a $102 billion-a-year industry. This is an alphabetical list, not a ranking, of companies and brands that deliver products and services primarily targeted to commercial golf and conduct all or a majority of their business within the U.S. Find an issue with a company profile? Whether it’s information, staffing or logo that needs to be updated, please contact our editorial director, Erik Matuszewski, at erikm@ngf.org.

Course Management/Development

More than 200 companies have at least two U.S.. golf facilities under management. This side of the golf business continues to grow, as the number of U.S. golf courses working with third-party management companies or aligning with owner-operators has increased from almost 11% in 2006 to more than 16% today.

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About Arcis Golf
Privately held Arcis Golf is one of the largest owner-operators of golf facilities in the U.S., with a collection of 70 private clubs, resort-style properties and daily fee courses in multiple states from coast to coast.
About Bobby Jones Links
Bobby Jones Links provides comprehensive operations management and advisory services to select daily fee, private, and semi-private clubs.
About Century Golf Partners/Arnold Palmer Golf Management
Century Golf is an investment and management company created for the purpose of acquiring and managing equity and non-equity private clubs, resorts, and public golf courses. It currently operates around 40 U.S. courses.
About Concert Golf Partners
Concert Golf Partners is a boutique owner-operator of upscale private golf and country clubs nationwide, making significant all-cash investments and upgrades while changing its clubs' business model to for-profit.
About CourseCo Management Company
As the largest course management and development company in golf-laden Northern California, CourseCo has close to 40 public access facilities in its portfolio, along with two private clubs.
About Escalante Golf
A boutique owner and operator of more than 20 properties across the U.S., Escalante stewards some of the most prestigious golf courses and private clubs in the country. 
About GreatLIFE Golf
GreatLIFE's merger with Brown Golf created one of the largest golf holding and management entities in the country, with 55 courses in its national portfolio.
About Heritage Golf Group
Heritage Golf Group has emerged as one of the fastest-growing management companies in the game, more than quadrupling in size over the past three years alone.
About Invited
Invited has maintained its position as a pioneer in the private club industry while focusing on continued expansion and innovation.
About KemperSports
KemperSports is one of the most prolific management companies in the golf industry, operating more than 120 courses, including 70 that are open to public play.
About Landscapes Unlimited
Landscapes Unlimited operates two distinct yet complementary businesses that provide comprehensive golf industry services: construction/development and facility management.
About Marriott Golf
One of the world's premiere golf operators, Marriott Golf manages approximately 45 courses in 13 countries across six continents.
About Touchstone Golf
Touchstone Golf is a recognized leader in the golf industry, as it offers comprehensive management services and strategic planning to golf course owners in nine states.
About Troon
Troon is the largest golf management company in the world, operating over 575 18-hole equivalents courses worldwide.
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