Integrity Golf Company has announced an alliance with golf course manager
JCD Sports Group in Delray Beach, Fla.
JCD Sports Group, founded by the late Brahm Dubin in 1987, has consulted and managed more than 35 properties over the past 20 years with a particular specialty in overseeing municipally owned properties.
Sharon Painter, CEO and President of JCD Sports Group, said the new relationship is a win-win for JCD’s existing clients and customers.
“This allows us to continue to offer the personalized service we’re known for, but at the same time, expand the resources we have to offer,” said Painter, a former golfer at the University of Alabama who also participated in several LPGA and USGA tournaments, including the U.S. Women’s Open. “For example, this new relationship now gives our loyal golfers more courses to play throughout the state and enjoy more savings. Plus, any cost savings realized through the new economies of scale will be passed on to our clients.”
Integrity Golf CEO Gene Garrote, who was born in Miami and raised in South Florida, said the new alliance is a great opportunity to ‘come home.’
“JCD Sports Group was built by a family with a lot of integrity,” Garrote said. “I have the utmost respect for Sharon and Jeanne and what they have created over the last 30 years. To marry the two companies that truly share the same values and really embrace the meaning of integrity, is a great opportunity. I can’t wait to come back home to South Florida.”
Jeanne Dubin, an active owner of JCD Sports for 10 years, said the alliance is a perfect fit.
“We felt a very strong connection with (Garrote) and his company,” Dubin said. “His philosophy in being the best management company, and not necessarily the biggest, aligns with our longtime company culture. What’s most important to all of us, is not only servicing and taking care of our clients, but also our employees. The potential for growth is really exciting.”
Among JCD Sports Group’s active portfolio of South Florida properties: West Palm Beach Golf Course, former PGA tournament venue and member of the Florida Historic Golf Trail; Delray Beach Golf Club, another Florida Historic Golf Trail layout designed by famed architect Donald Ross in 1926; Delray Beach Tennis Center and Delray Swim and Tennis Club; Lakeview Golf Club, a premier executive course owned by Delray Beach; and Orangebrook Golf & Country Club in Hollywood, which hosted numerous major golf championships, including the 1960 Men’s Amateur 4-Ball won by Jack Nicklaus and Deane Beman.
