San Diego – CB Richard Ellis announced Z. Gordon Davidson was appointed president of the California Golf Course Owners Association (www.golfcalifornia.org). Davidson has been involved with the CGCOA, a nonprofit trade association dedicated to addressing issues involving ownership and operations of golf courses in California, for the last three years.
Davidson, who has worked in the golf industry for the past 15 years, began his term Jan. 1, 2006. He's certified in landscape irrigation, turfgrass management, pesticide application and is also a certified arborist. Before CBRE, Davidson served as vice president of business development and operations for International Golf Maintenance.
Davidson, a senior associate with CB Richard Ellis, works with Jeff Woolson, managing director, CBRE Golf & Resort Properties Group, based in Carlsbad, Calif. Davidson’s specialties include golf course appraisal and consulting. Throughout the past year, Woolson and Davidson were involved in the sale of four golf courses totaling almost $16 million in transacted value.
As part of his one-year term, Davidson will oversee the board of directors’ meetings and work toward increasing the membership of the association, which now stands at 300.
Under his leadership, the group will implement new measures to provide educational seminars for golf course owners, including regional meetings held at eight different locations throughout California.
The first regional meeting of 2006 was held on March 7 at Strawberry Farms Golf Club in Irvine, Calif.
The CGCOA, which is a chapter of the National Golf Course Owners Association (www.ngcoa.org), also has formed a partnership with the California Travel and Tourism Commission to market California golf courses nationally and internationally.
Since its inception in 1989, the Golf & Resort Properties Group has functioned regionally, nationally and internationally, with full-service capabilities. These capabilities include consultation, brokerage, financing and appraisal of golf-related real estate. The G&RP Group has been involved in the sale of more than 123 properties with an aggregate value exceeding $800 million and has completed over 650 golf property appraisal consultation assignments.
