Concession hires new membership director

The Concession Golf Club has hired Steve Dirks as their new director of membership.

Dirks brings with him extensive experience in a variety of roles in the golf course industry, most notably in the area of membership sales. For the last four years, he managed membership sales at CordeValle Golf Club and Resort in the Silicon Valley. Before joining CordeValle, he directed membership sales at Los Angeles' Braemar Country Club, which is a unit of ClubCorp, the largest operator of clubs and resorts in the United States.

Dirks has a master's degree in golf and country club management from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Concession Golf Club is located at 7700 Lindrick Lane on the border of Sarasota and Manatee counties. For more information, visit the Web site, www.theconcession.com.