What is a distinguished club?
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What are golf clubs called Woods?
Meet the Woods The category of golf clubs called "woods" includes the driver and the fairway woods. (They are called woods even though their clubheads are no longer made of wood.)
What are the different types of golf clubs?
There are several different types of golf clubs in a typical golfer's bag. In fact, today, there are five categories of clubs: woods (including the driver), irons, hybrids, wedges and putters. What are these clubs? What are the qualities of each type of club, and its uses?
What is a solid head on a golf club?
Most irons have solid heads, although some are hollow. Irons have angled faces (called "loft") etched with grooves that help grip the golf ball and impart spin. They are generally used on shots from the fairway, or for tee shots on short holes.
Merit-Based Awarding
Distinguished Clubs is the only merit-based award program for private clubs, where awarding is determined by an impartial formulaic assessment, rather than a mere peer-based vote of industry insiders.
In-Person, Onsite Surveys
Onsite survey visits conducted by highly-qualified Distinguished Clubs professionals ensure in-person verification of essential assessment criteria.
Member Experience as a Measured Criteria
Only Distinguished Clubs uses measured Member Experience as a foundational criterion in its awarding determinations.
Recognition for Clubs and Club Management
Not only are private clubs awarded, Distinguished Clubs also recognizes club department leaders for their contributions towards this achievement.
The Hallmark of Excellence
Distinguished Club status is the preeminent standard-bearing distinction of excellence in the private club industry.
Elite Peer Group
Distinguished Club recognition grants club stake holders inclusion in and access to an elite group of the most well-regarded leaders in the private club industry.
How to be a distinguished club?
The Distinguished Clubs award program is a stepped process that can be summarized as follows: 1 Committee Nomination: In order for a club to participate in the Distinguished Clubs award program, it must first be officially nominated by the Distinguished Clubs Nomination Committee, a diverse group comprised of some of the most highly regarded leaders in the private club industry. 2 Site Visit: An in-person site visit is conducted to evaluate and compile the many contributing facets of each “Quality Criteria” that collectively comprise a club’s overall Member Experience. 3 Formulaic Audit: Based on the compiled site-visit data, Distinguished Clubs personnel applies the proprietary formula to distill and quantify the club’s unique Member Experience quotient. 4 Report: A confidential Evaluation Report is issued to the club’s general manager. 5 Award & Recognition: If the Distinguished Clubs’ formulaic audit verifies that the club is delivering Member Experience at the highest level, Distinguished Club status is awarded, along with individual department leadership recognition. 6 Yearly Verification: Alternating year-to-year onsite survey visits and telephone-based interviews with club management are required to maintain Distinguished Club status.
What is the Distinguished Clubs score?
All clubs that have been formally nominated by the Distinguished Clubs Nomination Committee, that have been surveyed in person by a Distinguished Clubs survey professional as previously outlined, and that have thereafter earned a Distinguished Clubs Member Experience Score of 7.5 or greater will all thereby have earned Distinguished Clubs status. In addition to Distinguished Club status, a club may also be recognized with one of two possible Distinguished Clubs Special Designations.
What is required to maintain Distinguished Club status?
Yearly Verification: Alternating year-to-year onsite survey visits and telephone-based interviews with club management are required to maintain Distinguished Club status.
