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Oak Hills reports strong early membership sales, completes FourUp software switch; controller corrects earlier expense figure
Summary
Oak Hills Park’s operations team reported completion of new FourUp tee-sheet and POS software, early membership and discount-card sales outpacing last year, utility allocations under review and a corrected year-to-date expense figure; staff will prepare pace-of-play proposals for the March meeting.
Oak Hills Park Authority officials reported Jan. 16 that the golf operation has completed a conversion to a cloud-based tee-sheet and point-of-sale system (FourUp) and that early membership and discount-card sales are outpacing last year’s January numbers.
Mark, the authority’s controller, said 57 discount cards had been sold in the first 16 days of January, and that the authority sold 102 discount ID cards in all of last January. He reported a preliminary December net operating income that was $24,000 under budget and said a year-to-date net operating income is $129,000 over budget and $60,000 over the prior year. Mark corrected a typo in his report on the meeting record: expenses were $20,000 over budget year-to-date (not $120,000 as originally printed).
Paul, the golf professional, and General Manager Jim Holiday reported the FourUp transition is complete and that staff training has been intensive. Holiday praised volunteer staff work and singled out project lead Steve Shepherd for sustained volunteer effort, saying during the meeting: “We cannot say enough about what he has done.”
Discussion and direction: Authority members asked Paul to prepare proposals on pace of play for consideration at or before the March meeting; Paul agreed to produce ideal-world and practical steps to improve pace of play and to circulate records of pace-of-play data. The board identified pace-of-play enforcement, web guidance and potential signage as items to consider.
Why it matters: The software transition is intended to streamline operations and reduce costs; strong early sales of annual passes and discount cards provide essential winter cash flow that the authority uses to meet seasonal expenses. Pace of play affects customer experience and course throughput.
What’s next: Staff will circulate the full revenue-share figures and the adjusted quarterly utilities allocation when available. Paul will deliver pace-of-play proposals ahead of the March meeting.
