GLF 101
Entrepreneurship In The Golf Industry

Grant Fraser, M.Ed., M.B.A., In 1995, Grant started the first professional golf management (PGM) program in Ontario at Humber College and was named the college’s “Innovator-of-the Year” for doing so. In 1999, Mr. Fraser departed Humber College to launch the Golf Management Institute of Canada (GMIC), and the PGM program at Niagara College in 2000.

Since 2017, Mr. Fraser has proudly taught a variety of courses at McMaster University including entrepreneurship and golf course design.  For over 30 years, Mr. Fraser has taught hundreds of golf management students the business of golf.

Mr. Fraser is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and the Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA). In addition, he is the past president of the Golf Journalists Association of Canada (GJAC) and past president of the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC).

As past president, Mr. Fraser continues to serve on the board of directors of GJAC as well as the Golf Management Institute of Canada (GMIC), and the Hamilton-Halton Junior Golf Tour. He is also on the Hall of Fame selection committee for the PGA of Canada. In 2018, Mr. Fraser served as the Pro-Am Committee Chairperson of the RBC Canadian Open.

In 2019, Mr. Fraser was made an honorary director of the PGA of Canada and, in 2025, was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame as a builder of the game in Ontario and across Canada.