known club brands; custom fitting; club
testing; trick-shot displays; simulators;
the latest golf gadgets; extensive retail;
and the opportunity to win everything
from a packet of tees to an exotic golf
holiday, it is the ultimate day out for
any golf enthusiast.
The show will be hosted by Golf Juice
presenter and YouTube sensation Mark
Crossfield, whose golf coaching videos
have received more than 90 million
views. He will be accompanied by
PGA professional Matt Lockey, who
also enjoys a substantial following on
social media, where he’s better known
as ‘Coach’ Lockey. The duo often work
together to produce videos and will
be reunited once more to entertain
visitors at the show.
Crossfield is one of social media’s most
popular golfing figures, with almost
200,000 followers on YouTube, in
excess of 34,000 Twitter devotees,
and nearly 60,000 Facebook ‘likes’.
His videos cover coaching, equipment
and course reviews, all delivered in his
individual – often irreverent – style.
He will also give away six free lessons
every day via his social media channels,
with the lucky winners benefiting from
a 30-minute lesson with Crossfield
and Lockey, which will be recorded
and shown on the former’s YouTube
channel. Crossfield, who has been
coaching golf for more than 20 years,
will also host the daily ‘Innovations in
Golf’ section on stage, which focuses
on gadgets and equipment new to the
market.
Crossfield said: “I love golf shows.
I love the excitement and the buzz
about them, and the enthusiasm for
the sport that visitors generate. So I
was delighted to be asked to work with
the guys from the London Golf Show.
“It will give me the opportunity to meet
some of the many people who watch us
on YouTube and to give a few lessons to
show visitors. Also, and this is a great
one for me because I love playing
with gadgets, I’ll be presenting the
‘Innovations in Golf’ section, which will
highlight some of the great new ideas
in the game – and also some of the
wackiest. I can’t wait to get started.”
To help launch the show, Crossfield,
Lockey and Ladies European Tour
stars Sophie Walker and Charlotte
Thompson recently played ‘golf’ within
the Bluewater complex, after the shops
had closed for the day, with the unique
round being recorded for publication
on Crossfield’s YouTube channel.
The London Golf Show takes
place at Glow, Bluewater, in
Kent, from August 26-28, 2016.
Tickets can be purchased from:
www.londongolfshow.com/buytickets.
Tickets to the London Golf Show –
which takes place at Glow, Bluewater,
in Kent, from August 26-28 – are
free for accompanied under-16s, and
also for lady golfers, until August 25.
Tickets cost just £7.50 – until July 31 –
for everybody else. Entry will cost £15
on the door.
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