4 | GCBAA
The Golf Course Builders Association of
America is a nonprofit trade association
comprised by the world’s foremost golf
course builders as well as leading sup-
pliers to the golf course construction in-
dustry. When it was founded more than
forty years ago, it was the only organi-
zation in the world organized by and for
golf course builders, and today, it remains
the only organization that represents the
interests of the golf course construction
industry, but to be sure, the impact this
industry has made should interest all. As
GCBAA Executive Director Justin Apel
says, “The actual value of golf may be im-
possible to fully calculate. There’s no tell-
