From Shoptalker Don Johnson @ btm_cl...@citlink.net
PGA Show Orlando 2014 ICG Connection Center News Letter PGA Show Demo Day: Tuesday January 21: 9:00am – 5:00pm PGA Show Days & Conference: Wednesday, January 22: 8:00am – 5:30pm Thursday, January 23: 8:00am – 5:30pm Friday, January 24: 8:00am – 3:00pm ICG Connection Center Main Floor Booth 2092 Next to Inventors Spotlight ICG meeting and seminar room: first floor 104A 2014 PGA Merchandise Show Special Guest Speaker & Seminars open to all Show Attendees Room 104A Jan-22, 5:00pm-6:00pm The International Clubmakers Guild’s special guest speaker at the 2014 PGA Show will be Mike Strachura, Senior Editor – Equipment, Golf Digest. The topic will be, “Fitting: The Big Problem and the Best Solution”. Strachura will reference articles that he has done in Golf Digest on Clubfitting and some of the latest research on the topic from Golf Datatec about average golfers and the subject of custom fitting. Golf Digest has also done several research projects over the years on the effects of custom fitting, its potential impact and general consumer attitudes. Strachura long-standing opinion is that, “fitting remains the untapped resource for golf improvement”. This seminar should be considered a “must see”, and will be presented on Wednesday afternoon, 1/22, 5:00 – 6:00 PM in the ICG special presentation room 104A. Strachura’s seminar will be open to all Clubmakers, PGA professionals and other interested Show attendees. Vendor Spotlight, Wednesday, 1/22: Room 104A 10:00. Jeff Summitt, Technical Director of Hireko, will tell the Clubmakers about the new product Hireko will offer for 2014. Technical Seminars; Wednesday, 1/22: Room-104A 11:00 AM: “Proper Putter Fitting and A Means to Achieve True Customization To The Putter”, presented by Jeff Sheets, former Technical Director @ Golfsmith, founder of Sheets Golf Design and currently the chief club designer for Swing Science Golf. Sheets will discuss in the different measurements which need to be covered during a proper custom putter fitting include the head design, length, weight, loft, lie and grip size and weight. He will also explain how a center shafted putter or heel shafted putter, off-set vs. no off-set can be used to better match a golfer’s stroke. 1:30 PM: “Getting the Most Out Of Your Launch Monitor To Maximize Your Fitting Sessions”, presented by one of the Flight Scope top field representatives. In this seminar, Flight Scope will show the attendees how to use the most common numbers for their fittings such as club head speed, ball speed and launch angle but also some of the ‘tricks of the trade’ that the club fitters will also enjoy learning. Seminars; Thursday, 1/23: Room-104A 9:30 AM: “Another View of Ball Flight: How Club Fitting & Golf Instruction Demand The Same Results”, presented by Ed Mitchell, Chairman/Founder of Mitchell Golf Equipment Company. Mitchell will describe the physical objective of swinging a golf club is to create ball flight. The golf ball only responds to what the club head is doing, which is what you need to know to fit for ideal club head/ball impact. 11:00 AM: “Proper Fitting A Golfer In the 21st Century”, presented by Jim McCleery, who was a PCS Clubmaker of the Year, PCS Top Shop Award of the year and a Golf Digest “Top 100 Clubfitter”. McCleery will discuss fitting strategies and combining a lesson with a fitting; what should be the results? He will also present a process that you won’t find in a fitting cart and touch base on the use of launch monitors, what they will and won’t do for you. Vendor Spotlight, Thursday, 1/23 1:30. Ryan Filla, PowerBilt , Program Development, will take the Clubmakers through the product line that they are offering for 2014. 2:00. Jamie Pipes, Director of TOURSPX Operations, UST/Mamiya, will tell the Clubmakers about some newly released shafts from them for 2014. All seminars will be presented in the ICG, special presentation room 104A, and will be open to all Clubmakers, PGA professionals and other interested PGA Show attendees. Thanks! John Muir clubmaker-online.com 810.923.7396
