One-day event features golf retail education sessions, exhibitor product showings and fresh marketplace.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – PGA Golf Exhibitions announced today the first seasonal event of the PGA Show Connects 365-digital platform, the “PGA Show Connects Spring Kick-Off,” to be held online April 14, 2021, at Virtual.PGAShow.com.
PGA Show Connects, an enhanced digital platform extension of the PGA Merchandise Show designed to connect the industry and grow business year-round, will be holding regularly scheduled webinars and seasonal digital events throughout 2021, leading to up to the return of the in-person Show in January 2022. The PGA Show Connects Spring Kick-Off, on April 14, 2021, will present golf retail education sessions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (ET) and will feature exhibitor product showings and demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (ET). A comprehensive marketplace of new and returning exhibitors and industry networking programs also will be available.
Access and login information remains the same for previously registered 2021 Virtual PGA Show attendees. New PGA Professional and industry registration is also available at no cost at Virtual.PGAShow.com.
Golf retail education sessions are presented in partnership with the Association of Golf Merchandisers (AGM) and will include 2021 Merchandising Best Practices and Strategies to Support Digital Merchandising, Selling and Buying with RepSpark, a B2B e-commerce solution. Additionally, Golftec will present a custom clubfitting session and and exhibitors will offer product solution sessions.
PGA Show Connects is the golf industry’s 365-digital platform extension of the PGA Merchandise Show and designed to keep the industry connected and growing business year-round. Golf industry registration is complimentary at Virtual.PGAShow.com. All registrants have access to numerous on-demand industry presentations including PGA education programs, equipment education sessions by leading brands, Content of the Day sessions hosted by exhibitors and exhibitor special events. PGA Show Connects users also can continually access fresh exhibitor, product and brand directories. Buyers can browse and shop the digital catalogs of various exhibitors, many with e-commerce functionality in their virtual showrooms, powered by RepSpark.
Callaway Golf, FootJoy and Titleist are Platinum Sponsors and Cobra PUMA Golf is a Gold Sponsor of the PGA Show Connects digital platform.
The PGA Merchandise Show, organized in partnership by Reed Exhibitions and the PGA of America, has been the largest annual global summit for the business of golf for more than 65 years. Learn more at PGAShow.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Contacts:
PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions/Media: Sherry Major, smajor@reedexpo.com
PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions/Exhibitors: Greg Scott, gscott@reedexpo.com
PGA of America/Media: Michael Abramowitz, mabramowitz@pgahq.com
