In-Store Event Includes Autograph Session, Chances to Win $500 Shopping Sprees and Gulbis-Signed TaylorMade-adidas Golf Merchandise
(TORONTO) – Golf Town – Canada’s largest golf retailer with unequaled selection and competitive prices at 47 locations coast to coast – announces LPGA Tour star and TaylorMade-adidas Golf staff player Natalie Gulbis will appear at its South Calgary store (47 Shawville Blvd. SE) on Tuesday, Sept. 1 from 6:30-8pm.
During the in-store event, which is open to the public, the three-time Solheim Cup team member will greet fans and sign autographs. Attendees will have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win a variety of Gulbis-signed merchandise, including adidas golf shoes and TaylorMade staff bags. Additionally, two lucky customers will be awarded $500 adidas Golf shopping spree gift cards.
“Natalie is one of the game’s most popular and talked about figures, and this is a wonderful opportunity for Canadian golf fans to connect with the LPGA Tour,” says Stephen Bebis, President and CEO of Golf Town. “Events like this are a great way to expose people to the excitement of golf, and as we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re proud to continue to bring such premier players to the country.”
Since earning her LPGA Tour card prior to the 2002 season, the 26-year-old Gulbis has recorded 33 top-10 finishes, highlighted by her victory at the 2007 Evian Masters. In 2008 she was named the William and Mousie Powell Award winner, given to a player whose behavior and deeds best exemplify the spirit, ideals and values of the Tour.
Golf Town offers an unbeatable selection of clubs, bags, balls, apparel, footwear, accessories, gifts, logo merchandise, promotional services and more. This includes the world’s leading golf brands, such as Adams, adidas Golf, Ashworth, Bridgestone, Callaway Golf, Cleveland Golf, Cobra, Dunning, ECCO, FootJoy, Founders Club, Gordon Cooper, Greg Norman, Honma, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Liz Claiborne, LIJA, Mizuno, Never Compromise, Nike Golf, Odyssey, Ogio, Paradise, Ping, Srixon, Sun Mountain, TaylorMade, Titleist and Wilson.
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About Golf Town
Canada’s largest golf retailer, Golf Town was founded in 1999 and has grown from one location in Scarborough, ON, to 47 superstores coast to coast. At an average size of nearly 18,000 square feet, these retail centres feature all the major name-brand products at the best price, ensuring customers find what they want, when they want it.
A centre of the Canadian golf community for individuals and organizations, Golf Town locations serve as sanctuaries where players of all ages and abilities try, buy, learn about and improve their games. The largest employer of CPGA professionals, Golf Town offers on-site lessons tailored to an individual’s needs through its In-Store Academy.
The retailer has also established Canada’s leading customer advantage initiative via its Leaderboard Membership Privileges Program. Benefits of this free membership include the chance to win a $500 gift card in a national monthly drawing; timely e-newsletters; members-only special offers on equipment, accessories, golf lessons, in-store events; and more.
Golf Town was acquired by OMERS Private Equity, the entity responsible for private equity investments of the OMERS pension fund, in September 2007. For more information: www.omerscapital.com.
Already a leader in logo products for golf events and other programs, Golf Town purchased Accolade Reaction Promotion Group, Inc., in May 2008 and has created a one-stop-shop for the promotional needs of businesses, meeting planners, sales and marketing executives, and human resource professionals. Named a 2008 Top 40 Distributor by the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI), ARPG is the first Canadian corporate merchandise services firm to achieve ASI Top 40 Status. For more information: www.arpg.ca.
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