Golf Club Mogul Floating Into the PEBA?

12/19/2008: Lake Meade, AZ – Reports have surfaced today that golf club mogul Charles Pinckney will be meeting with PEBA officials regarding his bid for ownership of the Charleston Statesmen.

A successful innovator, Pinckney has always been a fan of the PEBA and has demonstrated tact, patience and determination in the business world.   He hopes that will translate well as an owner of a baseball franchise.

Titanic Clubs, Inc., a company Pinckney started in his swimming pool, has found a unique niche in the economy; it thrives on its customers’ frustrations.  With golf quickly becoming one of the most popular sports among the average citizen – and through his own experiences – he saw a grand business opportunity.

In short, the fundamental reason for his success is quite simple.  Golfer hits golf ball.  Golf ball does not go where golfer wants it to.  Golfer gets extremely frustrated.  Golfer hurls golf club.  Golf club lands in water.  Golf club sinks.

Developing a series of “floatable” golf clubs has brought satisfaction once again to the below average golfer.  (Why didn’t we think of that?)

While overseeing some quality assurance testing on his newest prospect, the Hindenburg, (Titanic Clubs, inc.  has a 40-story office building on the coast of Lake Meade, with an accessible roof where clubs are tossed off into Lake Meade), Pinckney took a few minutes to explain his new business endeavor.

“I think Charleston is in a pretty unique position.  Population is rising, and it’s a younger population.  I think there is a lot of opportunity there to start something special, get the younger fans interested again, and really begin to create a competitive organization and develop loyalty with the fans there.”

While he wouldn’t comment on any immediate changes he had planned for the organization, he did reveal that he thinks a good, cheap hot dog and frequent bunting will play important roles in his business plan.

If Pinckney’s bid is approved, he is expected to name Jonathan Constantine as his team’s general manager.  Constantine, 24, has rapidly developed a glowing reputation in baseball circles since graduating from Stanford three years ago.  He served as an advisor to the ownership group that brought the Statesmen to Charleston.  When the team began play in 2007, Constantine was retained as Director of International and Professional Scouting, and later as Assistant General Manager.  Pinckney is said to be taken with Constantine and believes he has the vision required to make the Statesmen winners.