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The Seventh Annual Denver
Golf Expo
This years show boasts a highly interactive show
which begins Friday January 28 through Sunday,
January 30 comprising over 120 exhibitors at the
Denver Merchandise Mart Pavilion located one mile
north of the I-70 and I-25 interchange. FMS, Inc.
is the official host of the largest consumer golf
show in Colorado and the surrounding eight-state
region.
Show attendees will have an opportunity to
improve their golf games through free seminars and
free swing tips provided by PGA and LPGA
professionals. The 2000 Expo is special because
this year Harold Swash, Europe's putting guru (Seve
Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam and Sandy Lyle were all
students) will be offering free putting tips and
individual instruction in the C-Groove Putting Area
David Williams the highly entertaining swing master
will be presenting ongoing programs throughout the
three-day event. Also, to continue the interactive
mode of this year's Expo, Brad Ott, licensed
physical therapist and Director of the Colorado
Body Balance Clinics will discuss the importance of
flexibility and proper posture at address with
audience participation during his presentations.
"These and many more seminars will be given to help
showgoers improve their golf skills and lower their
scores" stated Stan Fenn the show director. "They
not only have great philosophies but also use the
latest in technology to help golfers learn the
game." Other presentations will include Colorado
PGA Professionals talking about the game and its
ever-changing growth as well as entertaining
seminars dealing with the ever-complicated rules of
golf.
For the competitive-at-heart the show will have
the Family Golf Long Drive Contest and the C-Groove
Putting Challenge where entrants will have a chance
to win several great prizes totaling over $15,000.
The long drive competition will have separate
divisions for all ages and gender. Family Golf
Centers is the club sponsor for the long drive
competition and will be giving away a number of
prizes to daily and overall winners. In the Putting
area three qualifying holes will be used, each 60
feet long. Anyone who makes a hole-in-one will be
entered into daily drawings for the finals to putt
for $5,000 cash on Sunday from 100 feet and all
acers in the qualifying will be awarded a new
putter, golf vacations and other golf related
prizes. The first 500 entrants in the C-Groove
Putting Challenge will receive a 2 for 1 green fee
certificate redeemable at the championship layout
at Canterberry Golf Course in Parker and The
Broadlands in Brighton. These special competitions
benefit the Association of Disabled American
Golfers.
Another fun activity in the show is the "Demo
Days Program" that allows attendees to try out the
latest in club technology from national
manufacturers' reps. Adams Golf and Dimension Z
Clubfitting Systems are a few of the companies
participating. In the Grand Prize Drawing (no
purchase required) held on Sunday, two round-trip
airline tickets sponsored by Frontier Airlines,
always affordable, along with many other golf
related prizes will be awarded to the lucky
winners.
Admission for the 1998 Denver Golf Expo is $8
for adults, $6 for seniors 50 and over, $4 for kids
ages 10-17 and children under 10 are admitted free.
Show hours are Friday from 10a.m.to 6pm, Saturday
from 9a.m. to 6 p.m.and Sunday from 9a.m. to
2p.m.
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