GOLFZON, PGA Magazine Partner for “PGA Magazine Centennial Invitational Driven by GOLFZON” During PGA Merchandise Show

GOLFZON (www.golfzongolf.com) will partner with PGA Magazine during the 2019 PGA Merchandise Show January 23-25, 2019 at the Orange County Convention Center, featuring a simulator contest for PGA Professionals, entitled the “PGA Magazine Centennial Driven by GOLFZON,” for all three days of the world’s largest golf industry show.

GOLFZON, which owns the largest share of the global golf simulator market, is making its fifth appearance at the PGA Merchandise Show and will have a prominent position this year adjacent to PGA Magazine, which is celebrating its 100th year. GOLFZON representatives include Matt Kuchar and Kevin Na on the PGA TOUR and Alison Lee on the LPGA. Kuchar won the Sony Open in Hawaii last Sunday for his second PGA TOUR victory this season. Na took his Ambassadorial role in December 2018. Lee just completed an appearance for GOLFZON at last week’s CES (Consumer Electronics) Show in Las Vegas.

“GOLFZON is proud to celebrate PGA Magazine’s success and longevity by welcoming some of the PGA of America’s most respected professionals to try our simulators,” said Tommy Lim, the CEO of GOLFZON America. “We believe that the technological advances and programs offered by GOLFZON can make a difference in developing players and adding incremental revenue to golf clubs and other locations. We look forward to having the PGA Professionals compete on the simulator and know that they will have a greater understanding of this technology once they experience what GOLFZON can offer. With our new relationship with David Leadbetter, PGA Professionals can also learn from his years of experience and knowledge of how our technology can be beneficial to their efforts.”

“PGA Magazine is excited to partner with GOLFZON at the world’s largest gathering of PGA Professionals,” said Rick Summers, the CEO and Publisher of PGA Magazine. “For a century, our mission has been to deliver news about the golf industry as the one magazine that reaches every one of the approximate 29,000 PGA Professionals. We also strive to introduce new products and services to PGA Professionals, and the development of the PGA Magazine Centennial Invitational driven by GOLFZON is a way to present another technological advance in a fun and informative way.”

The “PGA Magazine Centennial Invitational Driven by GOLFZON” is an event where select PGA Professionals will be invited by PGA Magazine (Booth 2601) to participate in a closest to the pin contest on a GOLFZON simulator. The famous par-3 seventh hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links – the site of the 2019 U.S. Open – will be the hole used on a GOLFZON simulator to conduct the contest, where each PGA Professional gets two shots. PGA Magazine will invite PGA Professionals in advance to try the contest with various discounts on simulator purchases and other prizes awarded to participants and daily winners. The contest is scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m., on Wednesday, January 23 and Thursday, January 24 and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., on Friday, January 24, the closing day of the PGA Show. The PGA Magazine booth is located adjacent to GOLFZON on the PGA Show floor.

Additionally, GOLFZON will feature David Leadbetter, the 2017 PGA of America Teacher of the Year and one of the most notable golf instructors in the world, during a January 23 media breakfast. The GOLFZON-Leadbetter Golf Academies presentation is a part of the new relationship between the companies. GOLFZON acquired the Leadbetter Golf Academies in August 2018, with a focus on combining GOLFZON’s advanced technology with Leadbetter Golf Academies’ world-class golf instruction to transform how golf is taught worldwide.

Finally, GOLFZON will have a fun event at the booth on Wednesday and Thursday called “Swing to Pop GOLFZON,” where from 2-3 p.m., attendees at the booth will receive a free gift as they hit shots on a simulator in an attempt to pop a large balloon on the screen. Additional prizes will be awarded for successfully popping the balloon.

 

Media Contacts:

GOLFZON: Ward Clayton
Signature Group
(904) 910-7728 ward@thesignature-group.com

PGA Magazine: Abe Summers
(215) 694-5521
asummers@pgamagazine.com