{"id":267863,"date":"2025-11-03T00:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/267863\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:51:14","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8fpeers-golf-experience-takes-top-honors-at-big-idea-north-platte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/267863\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf99\ufe0fPeers Golf Experience Takes Top Honors at Big Idea North Platte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1761964609066.jpeg\" alt=\"&lt;br&gt;\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">Listen to the full interview with Will Peer on the Kubota Podcast<\/p>\n<p>North Platte, Neb &#8211; The 2025 Big Idea North Platte competition brought together creative and community-minded entrepreneurs to share their ideas and compete for top honors. Hosted by the North Platte Young Professionals, the annual event gives local innovators the opportunity to pitch their business concepts and gain support to bring them to life.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Community Category winner was Will Peer with The Peers Golf Experience, a mobile golf simulator designed to bring the game anywhere\u2014from backyard gatherings to corporate events. Peer, who has spent much of his life in the golf industry, said he\u2019s followed similar business models across the country and wanted to bring something like that to central Nebraska. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-1\/2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1761964662636.jpeg\" alt=\"Will Peer Big Idea 2025 Winner\"\/>Will Peer Big Idea 2025 Winner<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it works in a warm-weather climate, it should be able to work here too,\u201d he said, adding that the idea offers a fun, accessible way for people to enjoy golf while supporting player development for youth and high school programs.<\/p>\n<p>Peer said the biggest challenge was the financial risk of starting something new, but the process of building the business has been rewarding. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting it started has been the most rewarding part,\u201d he said. \u201cThere have always been ideas, but none of them have left the ground until this one.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He credited his family, mentors, and local business professionals for their support and said he hopes to continue expanding the Peers Golf Experience to serve more communities across Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>Other winners recognized during the event include Chloe Bear Killer with Sweet Blossoms Cupcakes in second place and Becky Pearson with Pivot Point Rehab in third place in the Community Category.<\/p>\n<p>In the Youth Category, AJ Uecker with Prayer Packages took first place, followed by Katie Titus with Forever Flowers in second and Addison Hanna with Golden Hour Media in third.<\/p>\n<p>Peer encouraged others who are considering entering Big Idea next year to take a chance and get started early. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to wait until you win or even enter Big Idea,\u201d he said. \u201cJust start. That makes the process easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Big Idea competition continues to celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship in the region, inspiring both youth and adults to turn their ideas into reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to the full interview with Will Peer on the Kubota Podcast North Platte, Neb &#8211; The 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-267863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}