About

Scot Duke’s mantra is…

“To Get Things Done Keep It Simple”.

I am inspired by individuals with big ideas and who dream of making them REAL.
I choose to work with those who believe it is possible to make a buck and a difference.

At the age of 40 I made a pivotal life decision.  I dropped playing (and watching) flag football, softball, fishing, hunting, boating, team penning, skeet shooting, coaching youth soccer and started playing GOLF.

I was terrible, but I persisted.  This, of course, is the key to golf, you have to suck at it before you get better.  After five years of going to golf schools around the country I still wasn’t great.  But I got to play a lot of nice golf courses and country clubs free of charge.

You didn’t hear me complaining.  Now I play a lot more quality golf and watch all the golf tournaments I can.

Then the big change in my life came about…I retired from Corporate America.  Like the thousands of other junior executives let go in the world recently the questions I asked myself…

Now What?

After making the post retirement ‘coffee shop network meetings’ with business acquaintances to see where I would fit in the world of business my best friend and executive director of the PGA told me they have a problem he knows I can help them solve.

Seems my business experience in playing golf with clients and my many years of producing quality golf events was what they felt was needed to address the pull back of Business Golfers in the golf world.  It seemed like a fit.

After a year and half of studying the situation and playing hundreds of rounds of golf with friends and complete strangers I saw where the problem business people were having with golf is created and …found the solution which I am putting in a book.

One thing lead to another, and, well, here we are today. Now I write a golf blog and sit as founder, owner and President/CEO of IBGS (Innovative Business Golf Solutions, LLC).

So, what is it I do?  Well, I have become a mentor, business coach and social media professional.  I help business people through the ‘thinking out’ process when it comes time to change their business direction.  I mentor the younger generation in the important things in life and I blog and promote businesses online.  Plus, more I am developing from my over 30 years of operations management and my love for golf.

All of this convinces me that once you get the golf bug you have it for life.  If you’re here, then I tend to think you have it also.  Good.  There are far worse things you could be involved with…believe me.
I have already driven down miles of the ‘information highway’ and have hit many of its potholes.  Hopefully what I share here will help you avoid the scams many interneters and business people fall for in the New Wild-West called Cyberspace.

My golf writing philosophy is simple:
1) If it interests me, then I figure there’s a pretty good chance it will interest you.
2), if there is a way to make money from playing, talking about and writing about golf I have found it.

If you love to play golf and need someone to provide you with reasons why you need to play business golf…well I have all this covered.  The only way to find out is for you to come back a few times and learn more about what is going in the world of Business Golf.

Of course, joining the business/social networking group I founded..the Business Golf Country Club, is a safe place to start or end your journey into La-La-Land.  So join it and meet like-minded people.

I’ll be here giving you the Bottomline and the question I will always ask is…”Let me know how I can help”.

Twitter: @mrbusinessgolf

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/scotduke

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