WHAT IS IEGA?
Golf offers a unique opportunity for building relationships and expanding one’s professional network. However, those who prefer to avoid the golf course may view the sport as a barrier to career advancement. The IEGA seeks to make golf more accessible to engineering and land surveying professionals at all levels. This is an opportunity to gain skills and knowledge from an expert instructor and increase confidence on the golf course. All lessons will be held at Southern California Golf Schools Riverside location at the Jurupa Hills Country Club.
WHO CAN BENEFIT?
IEGA is open to all ACEC members.
If you relate...IEGA is for you!
- Interested in golf but haven’t made time to learn
- Want to take up golf but unsure how to get started
- Little to no interest in golf but see value in networking
- No exposure to golf and intimidated by lack of knowledge
- Declining golf invitations to avoid risk of embarrassment
- Familiar with golf and looking to improve skills
WHY Golf?
A survey titled "From The Boardroom to the Back Nine: The Importance of Golf in Business" conducted by Guideline Research & Consulting for Starwood Hotels in 2002 revealed the following:
- 97% of executives view golf with a business associate as a way to establish a close relationship
- 92% use golf as a way to make business contacts.
- More than 50 % say there is no better way, to get to know associates and clients. The second best way is a business meal.
- 45 % say clients are more likely to give you their business if you golf together.
- 43% of executives say some of their biggest deals have been made or started on the golf course.
- 59 % believe that the way a person plays golf is the way he or she behaves in business.