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The 69th PGA Show kicks off Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., and what has become golf’s largest global business event actually began in 1954 when a small group of equipment manufacturer reps set up temporary shop in the PGA National Golf Club parking lot in Dunedin, Fla. PGA professionals who had migrated from the Northwest and Midwest to play in a series of winter tournaments would stop by to check out the latest offerings. This year, even despite reduced numbers due to the pandemic, the PGA Show will attract representatives from more than 600 companies.
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With numerous big-name companies sitting this week’s 69th edition out, others are viewing the Orlando gathering as an opportunity
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Announced: By Galvin Green, that PGA Tour players Troy Merritt and Lanto Griffin and LPGA player Mina Harigae lead the apparel company's deepest list of global brand ambassadors for 2022. Other tour players who will wear Galvin Green include Martin Laird, JJ Spaun, Brett Drewitt, Theo Humphrey, George Cunningham, Corey Shaun, Jordan Smith, Santiago Tarrio, Laurie Canter, Alexander Bjork, Chris Paisley, Gemma Dryburgh, Amy Boulden, Hazel MacGarvie, Corinne Viden and Reme Cortes.
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"Golf is a compromise between what your ego wants you to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do."
JANUARY
25-28: PGA Merchandise Show, Orlando, Fla. | Info
FEBRUARY
5-10: GCSAA Conference and Trade Show, San Diego, Calif. | Info
18-20: Toledo Golf Show, Toledo, Ohio | Info
19-23: CMAA World Conference and Club Business Expo, San Diego, Calif. | Info
20-22: Carolinas PGA Super Show, Greensboro, N.C. | Info
25-27: Colorado Golf Expo, Denver, Colo. | Info
25-27: Chicago Golf Show, Rosemont, Ill. | Info
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