Virginia Golfer July / August 2014 | Page 38

DEALING with BUSINESS GOLF A cross more than 30,000 golf courses worldwide, business meetings are as common as taking a couple of pre-shot swings. It’s also quite possible more handshake deals have been made after a vociferous ‘Get in the hole!’ than an office-seeking politician ingratiating himself or herself to a constituent. Ed Butowsky, an internationally known financial services maven and media celebrity in his own right, is all about investments— whether that’s in time or money. Butowsky, who works with professional athletes and celebrities, has been a leading voice in the wealth management industry in a career that has spanned more than 25 years. In 2005, he launched Chapwood Investments LLC, a private wealth management advisory firm focusing on providing comprehensive financial counseling and investment advice to wealthy families and individuals. No stranger to conducting golf course business himself, Butowsky candidly offered several teeing ’em up do’s and don’ts in his inimitable way. BE ABLE TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT AND KNOW THE BASICS As much as Al Czervik is immortalized with his zany yuck-it-up laughs in the apocryphal Caddysh X