NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 4, 2026 – KemperSports, a leading golf, sports and hospitality experience company, announced today that 20 of its golf courses received 2026 GolfersVoice Customer Satisfaction Awards from the National Golf Foundation (NGF) based on achieving outstanding customer satisfaction and loyalty scores from their guests.
GolfersVoice is a customer experience platform used by golf facilities to collect survey feedback from golfers and evaluate the associated data against benchmarks of similarly priced properties. The 2026 awards celebrate public facilities with the highest customer-supplied scores on four key categories: Loyalty/Net Promoter Score, Course Conditions, Food and Beverage, and Staff and Customer Service. Each award category is segmented by two different price points for equitable peer evaluations.
“It’s a tremendous honor to receive these awards on behalf of our passionate and dedicated team members,” said KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner. “Their commitment to unmatched customer service and memorable guest experiences make them the best in the industry.”
Twenty (20) different KemperSports courses took home awards, including the No. 1 spot in each award category. The Jewel Golf Club (Lake City, MN) and Skyway Golf Course at Lincoln Park West (Jersey City, NJ) both were honored in each of the four categories, taking home four awards apiece, while Sand Creek Station (Newton, KS) and Skyway earned the distinguished honor of winning first place in two different categories. In total, 36 of the 48 awards were won by KemperSports properties.
These awards and the independent data behind them continue to cement KemperSports as the golf industry’s recognized leader for creating experiences that drive golfer happiness and engagement.
A full list of the honorees can be found below:
Loyalty/Net Promoter Score
Top Premium Courses
1st – Heritage Shores Golf Club
2nd – Desert Willow Golf Resort
3rd – Heron Glen Golf Course
4th - The Jewel Golf Club
Top Standard/Value Courses
1st – Sand Creek Station
2nd – Cypress Head Golf Club
3rd – Skyway Golf Course at Lincoln Park West
4th – Riverside Golf Course
5th – Boughton Ridge Golf Course
Staff & Customer Service
Top Premium Courses
1st – The Jewel Golf Club
2nd – Desert Willow Golf Resort
3rd – Heron Glen Golf Course
4th – Apache Wells Country Club
Top Standard/Value Courses
1st – Skyway Golf Course at Lincoln Park West
2nd – Cypress Head Golf Club
3rd – Sand Creek Station
4th – Shady Rest Golf and Country Club
HM – Colonial Park Golf Course
Course Conditions
Top Premium Courses
1st – Desert Willow Golf Resort
2nd – The Jewel Golf Club
3rd – Heritage Shores Golf Club
Top Standard/Value Courses
1st – Sand Creek Station
2nd – Tunica National Golf and Tennis
3rd – Skyway Golf Course at Lincoln Park West
4th – Cypress Head Golf Club
5th – Blackhawk Golf Course
Food & Beverage
Top Premium Courses
1st – The Club at Sunrise
2nd – Old Tappan Golf Course
3rd – Black Gold Golf Club
4th – The Jewel Golf Club
5th – Towhee Club
Top Standard/Value Courses
1st – Skyway Golf Course at Lincoln Park West
2nd – Blackhawk Golf Course
3rd – Boughton Ridge Golf Course
4th – New Albany Links
5th – Deerpath Golf Course
About KemperSports
KemperSports is a leading sports, entertainment and hospitality company that delivers operational excellence in property and experience management. Headquartered in Chicago with regional offices throughout the U.S., KemperSports manages more than 210 golf courses, private clubs, sports venues, and destination resorts nationwide. It has more golf properties named among the top 100 U.S. public and resort courses as rated by GOLF Magazine, Golf Digest and Golfweek than any other management company. For more information about KemperSports, visit www.kempersports.com.
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Media Contact:
B.R. Koehnemann, KemperSports
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