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Colin
Hegarty – President
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Founder of the Golf Research Group, Colin’s Masters Degree thesis
examined methods of identifying good markets for golf development.
He has twenty years experience researching the golf industry worldwide.
Universally recognized as the authority within the industry he has
been published internationally and has advised many of the largest
companies in the world.
Author of over fifty major reports examining
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the golf industry
he has undertaken numerous assignments as an expert witness. His
expertise has always prevailed for the client.
Colin regularly appears on radio and television commenting on the
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Stephen
Blake - Managing Director - European
office
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Stephen has
been with the company for six years and is Managing Director
of our European office.
The author of numerous research reports on the golf industry
he is a very experienced expert witness, having completed
a number of varied assignments concerning golf related litigation
and planning matters. He has always been successful for the
client.
Stephen is an expert on valuation, with a |
first in surveying. He has
completed a thesis on valuation theory for golf courses. He
is a 1 handicap golfer and a top rated chess player. |
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Julie Wilson
- Director of Sales and Marketing
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Julie is Director of Sales and Marketing, handles our worldwide
Press and has been with the company for four years.
Julie manages our annual telephone survey of every
golf course world wide – that’s 32,000 courses in 119 countries.
This makes her the ultimate resource if you have questions about
any of our reports, Special Data Analysis Service and Global Database
options.
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Julie launched the Golf Research
Newsletter of which she is now Editor, and she is currently studying
with The London School of Journalism.
A former ‘BT Voice of the Year’ Julie holds an
equity card and has appeared in a number of stage and film productions. |
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Ed
Evans - Research Analyst
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Ed is the company
Research Analyst and has been with Golf Research for two years.
A math. graduate, his background means that he is our main
guy for crunching all the numbers.
If you have a difficult question about how our data are put
together he’s the man to ask. |
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