Idol Sports Acquires golf management firm Desert Divots
Idol Sports & Entertainment, sports marketing and event management firm, has agreed to terms for the purchase of LLC Company Desert Divots in an effort to enhance services and accelerate the “Idol Golf” venture created in 2009.
Started in 2004 by software developer Doug Rankin, Desert Divots specializes in organizing and managing creative, innovative golf tournaments. Since its inception, Desert Divots has created events for business, charity and celebrity clients that have accumulated more than 1 million dollars for those organizations.
Through the acquisition, Idol Sports plans to re-launch Desert Divots powered by Idol Golf by fall of 2010 and have tapped Vice President and Director of Special Events Marci Hines to oversee the company’s transition.
It is expected that by 2012 “Idol Golf” will include a stable of more than 300 golf tournaments on the West Coast particularly in the Arizona market, with approximately 10-12 larger national events for celebrity and sports clients.
About Desert Divots, LLC:
Desert Divots, LLC, formed in 2004, specializes in golf tournament management for charity based and club fund-raising events. Through a series of automated procedures, forms and operational components, as well as on-site tournament set up, their program allows for the most professional, most fun, most successful and most profitable golf tournaments possible. Packages range from $1000-$1500 and the player experiences have resulted in 100+ highly successful tournaments that assisted clients raise in excess of $1,000,000 for their respective charities & clubs. Desert Divots is a “full service – one stop” golf tournament management team. Current clients include Dan Majerles, Farmers Insurance, UPS Stores, Grant Angel Wishes and Arizona State University Hockey club.
For more information visit www.idolgolf.com.
