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2012 PGA Merchandise Show ICG Seminar Schedule
The International Clubmakers Guild (ICG) is
pleased to announce the following ten (10)
Technical Seminars that will be presented in the
ICG "Connection Center" during the 2012 PGA
Merchandise Show. All seminars will focus on one
or more aspects associated with fitting golf
clubs.
Seminar #1, Thursday, 10:00 AM
"Swing Lessons, Lots of Practice and a
Professional Fitting with Quality Components -
The Best Way to Improve Your Customers Game and
Your Bottom Line"
Presented by Eric Yeh, owner of Infiniti Golf, "The Best Fit for Your Game"
Description: Eric will discuss the benefits of a
proper lessons, regularly scheduled practice
sessions and professional fit golf clubs. He will
touch base on the relationship between a PGA
Professional, the "swing professional" and an ICG
certified member, or a certified member for
another organization, because they are the
"equipment professionals".
Seminar #2, Thursday, 11:00 AM
"MarkIt Impact Spray for a Perfect Fit"
Presented by: Joe Hrubos, owner of Markit Impact
Spray, the foremost tool used in fitting and
lessons
Description: Markit is an eco-friendly aerosol
spray that is used by club fitters, clubmakers,
teaching pros and swing coaches. It has no effect
on ball spin rate and no effect on launch angle
so therefore, Joe will show the attendees how it
can be used for a fitting, used in lessons and
used as a practice tool. He will also explain how
the Markit can help a client visually adjust to
new clubs and reduce fitting time by 25%.
Seminar #3, Thursday, 1:30 PM
"The Shotmaker".. Another Approach to Improve Shaft Performance
Presented by: Frank Choi, head of Global Sales &
Sports Marketing at Harrison Sports Inc.
Description: Frank will discuss the development
of the Shotmaker shaft insert. The engineers at
Harrison wanted to improve the accuracy of their
shafts and their work led them to an ultra-light
shaft insert. In their testing of this new
insert, they found that it reduces the shaft
deformation and impact shock, which led to better
accuracy. The golfers are afforded a more stable
shaft without the 'boardy' feeling. He will also
explain how this insert will interrupt the shaft
deformation of a shaft, which also increases
accuracy.
Seminar #4, Thursday, 3:00 PM
"Shaft Performance Enhancement Devices..A
Technical Approach to Golf Club Feel"
Presented by: Charles Blume, owner of SK Fiber
Shafts, and Jeff Lindner, owner of
Balance-Certified Golf, "The Science of Golf"
Description: Charlie and Jeff will present an
excellent seminar that will cover the history of
golf shafts, including hickory, steel and
graphite. It will cover the design features in a
modern shaft that will improve the performance of
the golf shaft including shapes and layups. They
will also cover the feel of shafts both static
feel and dynamic feel, which will affect accuracy
and swing repeatability. They will sum up this
section of their seminar by exploring what feel
the world's best players prefer?
Seminar #5, Friday, 10:00 AM
"Teaching and Fitting the Short Game"
Presented by: Terry Koehler, President/CEO of SCOR Golf.
Description: Terry will present a discussion of
the benefits of an organized short game
instruction curriculum that reaches all levels of
players at any facility. It will cover how to
incorporate accurate fitting of short game clubs
to help any golfer improve their short range
performance. The presentation will cover group
and individual instruction ideas and methods,
proper gapping of wedges for various golfer
profiles, the importance of wedge fitting, and
how to accurately fit length and lie angle for
wedges.
Seminar #6, Friday, 11:00 AM
"Performance Fitting: How Impact Creates Ball Flight Results"
Presented by: Ed Mitchell, Chairman, Mitchell® Golf Equipment Company
Description: "How to use the 14 Club Performance
Numbers to create ideal ball flight to ensure the
ball is impacted by the club head moving in the
right direction at an ideal speed with the face
angle aligned to the intended target. Learn why
Face Attitude is a critical element in
determining the 'Tilt Axis Spin' of the ball. "
Seminar #7, Friday, 1:30 PM
"All You Need to Know About Your Launch Monitor
to Get the Most Out of Your Club Fitting"
Presented by: David Nel, Technical Director with Flight Scope.
Description: David will take the PGA
Professionals and clubmakers through a fitting
session and teach them everything they will need
to know to perform a professional club fitting
session using a launch monitor. He will go into
detail of what are the most important aspects of
a fitting including club head speed, ball speed,
launch angle and spin rates. Nel will also
discuss the most important specs to consider when
fitting clubs; whether doing a fitting on a high
handicap golfer or a golfer with a low handicap.
Seminar #8, Friday, 3:00 PM
"What Every PGA Professional or Clubmaker Needs to Know About Clubfitting"
Presented by: Jim McCleery, owner of McGolf
Custom Golf in Waverly, Ohio, Golf Digest Top 100
Club Fitter, and ICG Board of Directors member
Description: This presentation is geared to help
the PGA professional and ICG member alike when it
comes to conducting a clubfitting. Jim will
relate the swing of the club in fitting terms,
helping the PGA and ICG member recognize the
basic swing vs. fitting parameters and how they
must work together. Jim will also discuss a PGA
Professional working alone or with a certified
clubmaker to conduct fittings, and will identify
the advantages and disadvantages of both
approaches.
Seminar #9, Saturday, 10:00 AM
"Torque Changes Everything; Fitting Using the New UST/Mamiya Shafts"
Presented by: Jamie Pipes, National Fitting Guru with UST/Mamiya
Description: Jamie will explain how the
development and engineering of a new shaft
evolves. The new ProForce VTS shafts are unique
in that although each weight classification has
different flexes (not new), but they were also
designed with different torque for each weight
and flex. This allows PGA Professionals and Club
Fitters the ability to fine tune a shaft to a
customer's swing parameters. Jamie will also
teach attendees how to use the UST/Mamiya "3D"
Fitting System.
Seminar #10, Saturday, 10:00 AM
"Designing &Manufacturing Premium Graphite Shafts without Breaking the Budget"
Presented by: Robin Arthur, owner/President of Arthur Xtreme Engineering
Description: Arthur, recognized in the golf
industry as one of the best golf shaft designers,
will explain to the PGA professionals and
clubmakers what goes into the design of premium
graphite shafts. During his seminar, Robin will
explain the process of how he selects graphite
materials he uses to design his shafts including
some of ultra-light shafts that can still offer
butt frequencies similar to much heavier shafts.
He will also discuss shafts, with
'non-traditional shaft' profiles, that clubmakers
have used to achieve good fitting results on
golfers that have that classic 'early release'
swing problems.
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