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Josh Tanner, CCM, CCE, Ironwood Country Club | Episode No. 486

·1 hr 21 min·1 clip
Ironwood is investing millions in a complete renovation: new restaurant, expanded spa, exercise pool, and state-of-the-art wellness center.
Ricky Potts interviews Josh Tanner, General Manager of Ironwood Country Club in Palm Desert. Josh shares his 30-year journey from Club Corp to becoming Chief Executive Officer of Ironwood, a 1,100-home private community with two championship golf courses. He details Ironwood's master plan: restaurant/bar renovation, North course redesign by architect John Fote, fitness center expansion, and new spa with treatment rooms and wellness features. The South course is a crown jewel hosting U.S. Open qualifiers for 30 years. Josh discusses his CCM/CCE professional credential journey (15+ years of education and exams), the club's member-staff family culture, and how the facility keeps members engaged on-campus with diverse amenities.

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A practical club-operations conversation about LAND meetings, relationships, and the work of helping people grow in the industry.

Josh Tanner stays with the work that keeps clubs running: the people in the room, the value of summer LAND meetings, and the plain exchange of information that happens when managers, CFOs, membership directors, food and beverage staff, clubhouse managers, operations people, and…

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