Golf Central Magazine

What Golf Central Magazine does

Golf Central Magazine is a privately held regional golf media company founded in 1999 by Terrie Purdum and headquartered in Lake Wales, Florida. Operating under the legal name Golf Central Magazine (formerly Florida Golf Central Magazine), the company publishes a continuous print and digital magazine currently in its 27th volume, covering golf, turf, travel, philanthropy, and lifestyle content for golf enthusiasts and industry professionals across the United States, with a historic southeastern US focus that has expanded to include other US regions, Canada, and the Caribbean.

The company's core product is a regional golf magazine distributed both in print and digitally via the Issuu publishing platform, supported by a WordPress-based website that hosts an issue archive spanning Volumes 17 through 27. The technology stack is intentionally lean: standard CMS-driven content management paired with Issuu's flipbook reader for digital issues. The company operates a closely related lifestyle sub-brand, Turf Life (turflife.club), launched in 2015, which extends audience reach into turf maintenance and golf lifestyle content through shared social profiles and cross-linked web properties. Additional product surfaces include a 2025/2026 advertising Media Kit, a Google Forms-based nomination platform for community recognition of golf courses and professionals, and a comprehensive online issue archive.

Golf Central Magazine generates revenue exclusively through advertising sales. The go-to-market is sales-led and contact-based, with the magazine selling ad placements to golf resorts, courses, equipment manufacturers, turf care suppliers, and golf tourism boards. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year contracts common. The business is operated by a small team of 1-10 employees led by founder Terrie Purdum (Publisher) and Shannon Coates (Editor-in-Chief since 2002), supported by a roster of contributing writers and a graphic designer. There is no disclosed external investment, parent company, or institutional ownership.

Name

Golf Central Magazine

Legal name

Golf Central Magazine

Website

https://golfcentralmag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Golf Central Magazine is a privately held regional golf media company founded in 1999, publishing print and digital magazines (now in Volume 27) covering golf, turf, travel, philanthropy, and lifestyle for enthusiasts and advertisers across the southeastern United States and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Golf Magazine Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Golf Courses & Golf Facilities (MPAKAEAD), Golf & Leisure Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAH)

Keywords

• Regional golf magazine
• Golf advertising media
• Golf lifestyle publishing
• Golf industry content
• Southeastern golf media

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Wales

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: Primary revenue stream from selling advertising space in the magazine to golf-related brands, resorts, golf courses, equipment manufacturers, and tourism boards. Offers various advertising packages with different placements and sizes.
2. Media Kit Packages: Offers 2025/2026 media kit packages with distribution information and digital ad requirements for potential advertisers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Golf Central Magazine is a regional golf publication founded in 1999 that produces print and digital magazine editions covering golf courses, resorts, turf maintenance, travel destinations, philanthropy, and golf lifestyle content for the southeastern United States. The magazine distributes free digital editions via Issuu, maintains an online issue archive, and sells advertising space to golf resorts, courses, equipment manufacturers, and tourism boards through quote-based media kit packages.

Product overview

Golf Central Magazine is a single unified regional golf publication covering Florida and the southeastern United States since 1999, currently in its 27th volume. The magazine offers a print product distributed regionally and a digital flipbook version published via Issuu platform. The product portfolio includes the core Golf Central Magazine publication, digital flipbook editions, a 2025/2026 advertising media kit, a golf course/professional nomination platform via Google Forms, and an online issue archive. Content categories span Turf, Travel, Philanthropy, and Lifestyle sections covering golf courses, resorts, turf maintenance, travel destinations, and celebrity golf features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Turf Life: A lifestyle brand saluting all things turf, whether you play on it, grow it, or mow it. Launched in 2015.

Products and services

• Golf Central Magazine Regional golf magazine covering Florida and the southeastern United States since 1999, publishing print and digital issues covering golf courses, resorts, turf maintenance, travel destinations, philanthropy, and lifestyle content. Currently in Volume 27.
• Golf Central Magazine Digital Flipbooks Digital edition of the magazine published via the Issuu platform, providing interactive page-turning reading experience accessible across web and mobile for golf enthusiasts and advertisers' audiences.
• 2025/2026 Media Kit Advertising Package Advertising package and media kit offering placement options in the magazine reaching dedicated golf enthusiasts and professionals, including digital ad specifications and distribution information for golf industry advertisers.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Turf Life (turflife.club)coreOthersLifestyle brand launched in 2015 by Shannon Coates with Terrie Purdum, saluting all things turf - whether you play on it, grow it, or mow it. Connected brand that extends the magazine's reach into broader golf and turf lifestyle content.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• MyGolfSpy: Digital-first golf media platform delivering equipment reviews, news and enthusiast content. Comparable to Golf Central as a publisher targeting the same engaged golfer audience, but built on a test-and-review/affiliate model rather than regional print.

Broad incumbents

• Golf Magazine: Long-running national consumer golf title (now digital-led via Golf.com) covering equipment, travel and instruction. Comparable in editorial scope (courses, resorts, lifestyle) and advertiser base to Golf Central's regional proposition.
• Golf Digest: The dominant U.S. consumer golf media brand covering instruction, equipment, travel and course rankings. Comparable to Golf Central as a golf enthusiast-facing periodical monetized through advertising, but operating nationally and at far greater scale.
• Golfdom Magazine: B2B golf industry publication covering course superintendents, turf management and agronomy. Overlaps with Golf Central's Turf vertical and superintendent/turf advertiser base (Joel Jackson is a Golfdom contributing editor).

Direct peers

• Tee Time Florida: Regional Florida-focused golf TV/media brand covering Florida courses, resorts, and pros. Direct overlap with Golf Central's Florida coverage; their own contributor Bob Bolton is associated with the Tee Time Florida program, underscoring the same market.
• Indiana Golf Journal: Regional U.S. golf publication covering state courses, pros and travel. Their own correspondent Mike May serves as editor-in-chief, evidencing direct editorial overlap and a similar state-focused regional playbook.
• Global Golf Post: Weekly digital regional golf news publication covering courses, travel and tournaments in North America. Direct peer in format (digital golf periodical) and editorial focus (course reviews, destination features), but national in reach.
• New England Golf Journal: Long-running regional New England golf publication covering courses, travel and industry news. Directly comparable as a regional U.S. golf periodical with a long state-level publication arc and advertising-driven revenue model.
• Links Magazine: High-end lifestyle and travel golf magazine featuring course rankings, resort profiles and reader trips — the closest editorial analogue to Golf Central's Turf/Travel/Lifestyle mix, but with a more global/luxury audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/turflifellc
• Facebookfacebook.com/turflifellc
• Instagraminstagram.com/official_turflife
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/golfcentralmagazine

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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