2016pgashow
centennial celebration in orlando
Bubba Watson hits a drive
during his clinic at Demo
Day during the PGA
Merchandise Show held at
Orange County National
Golf Center on Jan. 26,
2016 in Orlando, Florida.
(Photo
by
Montana
Pritchard/The PGA of
America).
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with a special opening tee shot at the PGA Show
Outdoor Demo Day and opening ceremony at the
PGA Merchandise Show. Also, the Centennial
was marked with a history exhibit in the lobby of
the convention center, a #ThxPGAPro Lounge
on the PGA Show floor and during a special PGA
Professional Reception on the opening night of
the PGA Merchandise Show.
“This was truly a special PGA Merchandise
Show, where the golf community was able to
mark the Centennial of the PGA of America
and celebrate the impact PGA Professionals
have had on the game,” says PGA Worldwide
Golf Exhibitions Senior Vice President and
General Manager Ed Several. “As is the tradition
of the PGA Merchandise Show, the world of
golf came together here in Orlando to drive
forward the business of the game in a face-toface environment. In addition to sourcing from
a wide spectrum of the newest merchandise,
The 63rd PGA Merchandise Show, the attending PGA Professionals and golf buyers were
industry’s annual “MAJOR of Golf Business,” able to personally experience the most advanced
came to a close Jan. 29, in Orlando, after technologies in demo events, personal interaction
successfully marking the kickoff to the PGA of with the game’s leaders and product designers, a
America’s Centennial Celebration and welcoming sharing of best practices among colleagues and a
more than 42,000 golf industry professionals from full calendar of professional resources to impact
91 countries around the world. PGA Professionals their businesses and careers.”
and buyers uncovered the newest products,
trends and technology from more than 1,000
exhibiting golf companies and brands, including
284 companies new to the event, creating the
world’s largest business-to-business golf event
within 1 million square feet of interactive exhibit,
demonstration and meeting space of the Orange
County Convention Center West Concourse
Exhibit Hall.
The 2016 PGA Merchandise Show attracted
more than 7,000 PGA Professionals from around
the world to drive a 3 percent increase in overall
attendance, despite the early-week Winter Storm
Jonas impacting the East Coast of the United
States. The top five countries (outside of U.S.)
represented in attendance were Canada, United
Kingdom, Japan, Mexico [