Drive Shack
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, golf has seen a huge increase in business, which includes golf entertainment venues like Puttery, which just opened its 10th location, a flagship five-story location in New York City’s Meatpacking District.
Drive Shack
, president and COO of Drive Shack, the parent company of Puttery, said the locations are about more than just the miniature golf courses they offer, but instead about the experience guests get through curated food and beverage as the company brings golf entertainment into the heart of the city.
“Drive Shacks [driving ranges] are 60,000 square feet facilities, too big to fit in the middle of a city,” Rickman said. “But we still wanted to take our experience and create something really unique in more of an urban area.”
Beyond opening its largest location to date, Puttery was featured recently during an episode of Netflix’s “Full Swing” series when
Rory McIlroy—who is one of the company’s original investors—was at the Charlotte location during last season’s Wells Fargo Championship.
For this segment of SBJ’s new occasional feature “In The Know,” we asked Rickman to highlight his go-to sites for news, information and entertainment.
Daily Podcasts:
NY Times
The Daily
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Weekly Podcasts:
GNN Radio Butter Cuts Inside Golf
Daily newspapers:
Dallas Morning News
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Weekly or monthly magazines:
Sports Illustrated
Men’s Journal
Men’s Health
Esquire
Daily news programs:
CNBC Squawk Box
Today Show
Daily sports programs:
The Rich Eisen Show
ESPN Sportscenter
Websites:
Golf Digest
Sports Business Journal
Bleacher Report
QSR
Newsletters:
The Athletic’s The Pulse
New York Times’ The Morning
Book currently reading:
"Rainmaker: Superagent Hughes Norton and the Money-Grab Explosion of Golf from Tiger to LIV and Beyond"
Go-to music:
Country music
