LAKE MARY, FL (Feb. 11, 2014) – Five golfers will have the chance to play their way into the 2014 World Golfers Amateur Tour Championship National Finals when they compete at the 24th Annual ING Spring Conference June 1-4 in Atlantic City, NJ.
Anyone in the golf industry or media is invited to attend the conference, conducted by the non-profit International Network of Golf, where media and the golf industry connect. Industry executives from companies large and small, and from every segment of the industry, will join golf media of all types at this annual gathering.
The WGAT National Qualifier will take place Monday of the conference week at Blue Heron Pines Golf Club. That Stephen Kay design is managed by Ron Jaworski Golf.
This individual net stroke play event will be divided into five flights based on handicap. The winner of each flight will advance to the WGC National Finals at Mission Inn Resort in Central Florida in September, with all on-site expenses covered. Flight winners at the national competition will then advance to the WGC World Finals in South Africa as a member of Team USA.
The ING competition is sanctioned by the World Golfers Amateur Tour USA, a series of tournaments across the U.S. leading into the national finals at Mission Inn. This is the third year that ING has hosted a national qualifying tournament for WGAT. Visit http://www.wgatusa.com/ for more information.
There will also be a 4-Player Team Scramble conducted on the same golf course that Monday. Blue Heron takes full advantage of the natural beauty of the pinelands, with majestic tree lines framing breathtaking vistas.
The other big golf competition at the ING Spring Conference will be the 7th Annual Durland Cup team scramble on Wednesday. That competition is named in honor of former ING Golf Committee Chairman Larry Durland. It will be conducted on the Pines Course at Stockton Seaview Resort, home of the LPGA Tour ShopRite Classic, which ends on June 1.
The 2014 ING Spring Conference will welcome approximately 150 people from all walks of the golf industry and media. The popular One-On-One Appointment Show has been expanded to two days, and the educational format has been revised to feature more customized choices, including sessions on Social Media Marketing.
Approximately 20 companies are expected to display their products for testing in the Demo Lab, which will be held Tuesday afternoon at historic Atlantic City Country Club.
Resorts Casino Hotel will serve as the official headquarters of the conference, hosting all of the educational sessions and most of the meal and networking elements of the meeting. It was the first casino hotel to open in Atlantic City, back in 1978. It has since undergone a major renovation, including the addition of the spectacular Margaritaville entertainment complex.
Resorts Casino Hotel is situated on 11 acres of land with approximately 310 feet of Boardwalk frontage overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Resorts offers guests 942 hotel rooms and suites in two hotel towers: the oceanfront 15-story Ocean Tower, and the magnificent showpiece, the new $125 million, 27-story luxury Rendezvous Tower, which will provide the ING accommodations.
The ING Conference is open to everyone in the golf industry and media. For more information, visit www.inggolf.com.
Contact:
Mike Jamison
407-328-0500, ext. 1
mike@jamisongolf.com
