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JULY-AUGUST 2005

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2005 PGA Fall Expo Changes Ahead
After posting a 20 percent gain in PGA professional/ buyer attendance to the 2005 PGA Merchandise Show, PGA Golf Exhibitions announced major changes for the industry’s fall marketplace, the PGA Fall Expo. Originally scheduled for Sept. 26-28, the expo has been moved to Sept. 28-29. Other changes in store for this year’s show include an enhanced demo night and networking party at Callaway Golf Center, a streamlined education conference and new exhibit hall hours. More than 300 manufacturers are expected to exhibit at this year’s show, which also will feature an indoor Equipment Test Center and New Product Center.
To register or to make travel arrangements or hotel reservations for the 2005 PGA Fall Expo, call 800-840-5628 or visit www.pgaexpo.com.

Short Range Solution Expands Practice Opportunities
Several netting suppliers have teamed up with Coastal Netting Systems in Bakersfield, Calif., to develop a short range solution that maximizes available space and revenue per square foot. A recent project built at Diablo Country Club in California uses a Coastal-engineered anchorless pole system paired up with extra heavy-duty impact netting from Tex-Net Inc. of Florence, N.J., to create a partially enclosed practice area. The six-station 35-foot-tall and 60-foot-deep practice cage at Diablo (bottom) offers golfers full swing, chipping and sand bunker practice and a lesson area that was previously unavailable. A similar system was installed by Glendale, Ariz.-based Judge Netting at Las Vegas’ Wynn Casino. Using Coastal poles and netting from Redden Nets of Bellingham, Wash., Wynn Casino (top) opted for a 12-station setup that’s 60 feet high and deep and 180 feet long.

Oversized Range Flags Aid Target Visibility
ANew 18-inch by 25-inch oversized range flags from Par Aide, a Lino Lakes, Minn., provider of golf course accessories, make targets more visible. The flags are constructed of extra-durable 400-denier fabric with reinforced stitching and are UV protected for fade resistance. The flags will fit any 1/2-inch or 3/4-inch fiberglass flagstick and are available in red, white, royal blue, yellow, emerald green, orange, gold and black.
For more information, contact your local Par Aide distributor, call Par Aide directly at 888-893-2433 or visit www.paraide.com.

Two Castle MINI Golf Courses Take Shape in Ireland
Construction of Pirates Adventure Golf is nearing completion in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Designed by Castle Golf Inc., Mesa, Ariz., which is also providing construction management services, the 18-hole course features tropical pirate imagery and a pirate battle at the 18th hole that comes alive with battle sounds, splashes of cannonballs and smoking cannons. Chris Richards, Castle Golf’s U.K. and Northern European representative, is providing project coordination. He also is coordinating the construction of a second 18-hole Castle course in the Irish Republic.

Call for Entries: 2005 Best New Range Award
This January, one outstanding range will be named Best New Range of 2005 and earn industrywide recognition when its story is told in Golf Range Times. Enter your range in the annual Best New Range Award contest to be considered. To qualify for entry, your range must operate as the primary business (revenue generator) of the facility. Ranges that opened or underwent major renovations after Sept. 1, 2004, are eligible for the 2005 contest. All nominees must complete an entry form and submit photographs and other materials
to illustrate the achievements of the new facility. The winner and runners-up will be announced in the January/February 2006 issue of Golf Range Times and on www.golfrangetimes.com.
Entry forms are available here or by calling 804-379-5760. Deadline for entries is Oct. 6.

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