![]() ![]() Most Impressive Stand – TaylorMade adidas Golf which now also includes Ashworth and Adamsīest Promotional Idea – TaylorMade – Loft up which will allow club golfers to use drivers with more loft and hit the ball as far or further. Most Impressive Companies – PING & Callaway For more information on the program, or to submit ideas you can visit Golf Equipment wise I’m going to as usual stick my neck out. Click here to see a video from their presentation at the Show. TaylorMade adidas Golf has committed to financially bring one or more of these ideas toįruition but I’m sure many more companies will join in on the initiative. It’s a new website encouraging anybody and everybody to put in their ideas on what will make golf a better and more popular game. ![]() The best idea to come out of the show was something called “Hack Golf” which was spurred on by Mark King, the CEO of TaylorMade Golf PGA of America President, Ted Bishop and National Golf Foundation CEO, Joe Beditz. You also get to bump into so many old friends like Mel Sole, who was the pro at Humewood Peter Bakker, who was the pro at both Silver Lakes and Centurion and even Laura Baugh – Bobby Cole’s ex-wife and an ex-LPGA player. The Show is a great opportunity to meet and talk to people and I got to chat to the people that run The Simpson Cup, a guy who is on a retainer to the 10,000 US PGA members and the guys who run Congressional CC. I got to interview all the greats including John Solheim – Chairman & CEO of PING Roger Cleveland – the Founder of Cleveland who now designs the wedges for Callaway Bob Vokey – the designer of the Titleist Vokey wedges and Dave Pelz. It’s 7am to 11pm every day (although to be fair, the 6pm to 11pm part is all optional) - but what an opportunity to talk and learn. Michele Kruchkowski Pranio Communications, Inc.I arrived back in SA this morning from the PGA Merchandise Show, which was held at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida.Īnnika Sorenstam officially opened the show with a tee shot inside the Convention Centre on Wednesday morning. The combination of the highest level of customer service, price match guarantee and reputation as the most trusted retailer in golf for over 42 years has earned the organization the right to be known as America’s Golf Club. The company operates as an integrated, multi-channel retailer, offering the freshest assortment of brand name golf equipment, apparel, and accessories through its 90+ domestic Retail Locations, eCommerce Internet site (Telephone/Catalog/Direct Mail sales (1.800.874.0146) and Digital Catalog (Edwin Watts Golf touts a team of highly experienced and knowledgeable sales associates, “The Watts Guys,” who can assist customers of all skill levels with lessons, performance fitting, special orders and repair services. Twitter Facebook Email Customers can test out new equipment innovations for 2011, tune up their game with club fitting & short game clinics and register to win exciting prizesįORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., April 7, 2011…Think Golf It’s Friday! To promote the game of golf heading into one of the most anticipated golfing weekends of the year, Edwin Watts Golf Shops, LLC, (EWGS), one of the world’s largest specialty golf retailers with over 90 retail locations, will be hosting the TGIF TOURTM at the Augusta store, located 592 Bobby Jones Expressway, on Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, 2011.Ī week of activities at the Augusta store will culminate with this two-day event, which is free and open to the public, and will provide consumers with the opportunity to test out the latest product innovations from leading brands such as Callaway, Ping, Wilson and Heavy Putter, and tune-up their game with performance club & ball fitting, short game clinics, cleat changing, customized swing analysis, and much more.įor more information on Edwin Watts Golf Shops, along with a complete schedule of TGIF TOURTM events for 2011, consumers can visit About Edwin Watts GolfĮdwin Watts Golf Shops, LLC (an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners, Inc.), headquartered in Fort Walton Beach, Florida is one of the world’s premier specialty golf retailers. ![]()
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