Grand opening celebration includes $10,000 in giveaways, shopping sprees and Ì¢?å¬product demo events with brand partners including TaylorMade, Callaway
March 14, 2013 (Greenville, SC) – Golfsmith International, the world’s largest golf retailer, continues to expand its footprint in the Carolinas with a 22,000 square-foot Golfsmith superstore in Greenville, South Carolina. The new store offers upstate Carolina golfers an unrivaled retail experience in the heart of one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. Featuring a massive selection of the best brands in golf and high-tech, interactive environment, golfers of all skills levels can work with Golfsmith’s experts to test and select the ideal gear for their game.
The store opening is part of the company’s aggressive growth strategy in the Carolinas-adding to its existing Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, Myrtle Beach and Columbia locations. After adding 12 new stores in 2013, Golfsmith International plans to open seven new stores in the U.S. this year.
“Carolina golfers are among the most passionate in the world, with resort and destination courses that attract tens of thousands of visitors annually,” said Golfsmith International Chief Marketing Officer, Lisa Zoellner. “Our new Greenville location offer locals and visitors alike a world-class store experience they can’t get anywhere else – with unrivaled service and our FAIR-WAY purchase assurance guarantee that shows we will do anything for golfers.”
The new Golfsmith Greenville location (1025 Woodruff Rd.) features four state-of-the-art club fitting studios with simulators that enable customers to test drive the latest golf clubs and see ball flight statistics with the same launch monitor technology used to fit tour pros. The store also has an indoor putting green, technology bar with GPS units and other high-tech gadgets, and GolfTEC – a state-of-the-art in-store improvement center with PGA teaching professionals and Certified Master Club Fitters to help golfers improve their games.
A Grand Opening Celebration will be held at the Greenville location Thursday, March 13 through Saturday, March 15 with a number of exciting activities including $10,000 in giveaways, all-day contests and door-buster deals, hot deals on new products, and demo events featuring TaylorMade’s SLDR lineup and Callaway’s new Big Bertha driver.
• Thursday, March 13 – TaylorMade Thursday will feature contests all day for great TaylorMade merchandise, and the first 100 Customers in the store will receive a great gift. Contests include putting, guess your drive, and shot accuracy challenges to win great TaylorMade products!
• Friday, March 14 – The first 200 customers in the store will receive a great gift with additional contests all day; also be there early to register for a $1,000 shopping spree! The winner will be named at 9:15 a.m.
• Saturday, March 15 – The first 100 customers in the store receive a great gift from Cobra; also meet with representatives from Callaway to learn about the latest technology and try out the latest product including the all-new Big Bertha driver!
Click here for a full schedule of events and to register for special offers (Golfsmith.com/Greenville).
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About Golfsmith International
Golfsmith International, based in Austin, TX, is the largest specialty golf retailer in the world operating Golfsmith stores in the U.S. and Golf Town stores in Canada. The business operates as an integrated, multi-channel retailer, offering customers the convenience of shopping through any of its 150+ experiential retail locations or 24/7 shopping at its e-commerce sites, www.golfsmith.com and www.golftown.com. Golfsmith International offers extensive product selection of premier branded golf equipment as well as its proprietary products, advanced club-fitting services and pre-owned clubs.
Contact:
• Jim Barillo, Golfsmith International
512-493-7824 or jim.barillo@golfsmitih.com
• Chris Miller, Golfsmith International
512-821-4131 or chris.miller@golfsmith.com
