Grow From a Golf Show!
Hit a high concentration of golfers with an exciting booth!

Golf Shows are an important venue for promotion of your local chapter.  Even though you'll see a lot of married folks, they're bound to know of someone who is single and plays golf.  Don't just smile as they walk by, but be proactive.  Hand them a brochure while asking them "Are you single or know someone who is?"

Get Their Info

What would make you give your name, address, phone and e-mail address to someone at a golf show booth?  A chance to win a free round of golf?  A coupon for $10-20 off a round of golf (donated by a local golf course)?

When you have someone visiting your booth, you'll probably have to give them an incentive to leave their personal information.  Make sure you have them use the Guest Registration Form we use at membership meetings.

Get Them to Sign-Up for Next Golf Outing

It's quite possible they want to play golf as soon as possible.  As a guest, they're allowed to attend one event without having to pay dues, so why not get them signed-up for your next golf outing?  Have a sign-up sheet.  Yes, they are strangers and they may not show-up, but by them signing-up, it shows a real interest on their part.  You may require a down payment for the outing or, give them a return envelope for them to send-in their check by a certain date.  Regardless, they must give you general information about themselves so you'll know how to follow-up.

The Display

ASGA National is pleased to provide to chapters a table-top "wave display" for its perusal.  The display is on loan to the chapter and the chapter is financially responsible for the safe keeping of this display while it is in the chapter's possession.  Replacement cost is $750.00.

The display mounts onto a 6' table which sits at the rear of your 10x10 display booth.  The frame is mounted to the table, then the felt cover adheres with Velcro to the frame.  The graphics, which are the expensive portion of this display, adhere with Velcro to the felt cover.  To see the graphics, click here.

Reservation for the display is on a first-come, first-served basis.  The chapter is responsible for shipping costs of the display either to the next chapter or back to ASGA National IMMEDIATELY after the show.  In some cases, time is of the essence, requiring the chapter to pay for 2-3 day guaranteed UPS service, costing $90 to $150, depending on how fast it needs to be at the next location.  For example, if your show runs Friday throught Sunday and the next chapter needs it the following Thursday, you need to ship it out Monday for a Wednesday or Thursday guaranteed arrival.  You will be coordinating the shipping with ASGA National as only ASGA National shall indicate where it should be shipped to next.  You cannot keep the display for more than one event without the expressed, written permission of ASGA National.

Financial Support from ASGA National

ASGA National will pay for 85.75% of the cost of the booth, with certain conditions.  Why 85.75%?  Dues collected are split between the national organization, receiving 85.75% of the amount paid, and the local chapter, receiving the balance of 14.25% of the dues (i.e. $10 of $70).  So if your booth cost $300.00 for the weekend golf show,  ASGA National will pay 85.75% of that, or $257.25.  Your chapter will pay the balance.  What if no one joins as a result of the booth?  We hope this won't happen, but it is a risk both ASGA National and the local chapter take.

 

ASGA National will participate financially at only the 85.75% level indicated.  It is not responsible for additional charges, including, but not limited to, out-of-pocket expenses, printing, parking, advertising, return shipping charges or shipping charges incurred when forwarding to another chapter, etc.

Press Releases / Marketing Support

You may be interested in telling the world about your booth at the local golf show.  And once you're set-up, you'll want some information to handout to visitors.  Unfortunately, we don't have free golf balls, frisbees and pencils to give you, but if you visit this website, you might find some things that will help you in a variety of ways.

Golf Shirts for Your Members

Image is important so ASGA will help you with your show image.  ASGA logo'd golf shirts (men & women) are available for a mere $12.00 each for show participants only.  These are not to be sold to members who do not participate in the show.  E-mail the office (ASGANational@aol.com) and give us the quantity of shirts you'll need, broken down by sex and size (e.g. 4 large men, 2 medium men, 3 large women, 2 medium women, 1 small women, etc.)  Give us your "ship to" address and we will ship these to ONE location only via UPS Ground.  If you need them expedited, you'll have to pay the expedited costs.  You'll need to send a check to ASGA, P. O. Box 848, Pineville, NC  28134 or call and give us a credit card number.  The number to call is 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATE.

We will try our best to get all of the men's shirts the same color and the same color with all of the women's shirts as well, however, at this price, we cannot guarantee all shirts will match, however, all shirts will have the ASGA logo on them.

Conditions to ASGA National's Participation

ASGA National wants your chapter to have a successful golf show.  In the past, however, ASGA National has funded golf show booths only to see no new members join as a result of the show or any surge in membership the month or two after the show.  Understandably, many people will take your information home with them and not join while at the show. 

In order to secure ASGA National's contribution towards the show, the following must take place:

  • the booth must be manned by your members during show hours.  We don't fund unmanned booths.
  • members must wear an ASGA logo'd shirt while manning the booth
  • members must pass out the official application-brochures to the booth visitors
  • the chapter must pay the balance owed for the booth (the 14.25% portion)
  • the chapter must sign the agreement with the trade show company under the chapter name, not ASGA National
  • no contract shall be signed in the name of the "American Singles Golf Association," or "ASGA, Inc." and chapter may not obligate the assets of ASGA, Inc. for this or any other event.
  • the chapter must pay for shipping of the trade show materials to either the next chapter in-line for the materials or return shipping to ASGA National, at ASGA National's direction
  • a photo of the actual booth, as set-up, must be e-mailed to ASGA National (golfasga@aol.com)
  • the chapter must pay for any damage or lost parts to the materials we provide
  • the booth must be in the name of "___________ (your chapter/city name) Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association", e.g. Chicago Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association.  The booth signage must not say "Chicago Singles Golf Association" (inappropriate name).
  • the chapter's Board of Directors must authorize and support the golf show booth
  • chapter must agree to forward to ASGA National the names, addresses, etc. of any person visiting the booth, assuming such information was collected.  Doing so puts that person on the chapter mailing list for the following three (3) months.  Preferably, the chapter should enter each of the names of the visitors to the "Add-A-Guest" area of the homepage:  http://www.singlesgolf.com/add_guest.php  Managers of chapters can access this information in report form "on demand" by going to:  http://www.singlesgolf.com/news/ and keying in their username and password.

Upon presentation of an invoice, ASGA National will reimburse the chapter for its portion when all of the above criteria have been met.

How to Reserve

If you wish use the golf show display, please contact Tom Alsop at GolfASGA@aol.com, indicating dates, cost of booth, last year's attendance numbers, etc.

Who Has Already Reserved?

2009

Cincinnati Chapter - January 16-18, 2009 show dates

Southeast Michigan - March 6-9, 2009 show dates

Milwaukee Chapter - March 13-15, 2009 show dates

2010

Chicago Chapter - February 26-28, 2010 show dates

Central Mass Chapter - February 27-28, 2010 show dates

Southeast Michigan - March 4-7, 2010 show dates

Recent Shows

  Milwaukee Chapter's Booth at Milwaukee Golf Show 2009