Here is the prestigious emblem I came up with for you after reviewing your brief and comments. I will create a version with the "golf center and sports bar" portion added next. Let me know what you think, and if you want to see any revisions, just let me know. Thanks!
Entry #23: When it comes time to jump to embroidery for shirts, you are going to need a clean/simple version of your logo. It would end up looking like this (gradients, shadows, etc. will not work with embroidery).
It is important that the logo still looks great in this simplified state!