Golfers Love Joe Stegh's Golf Show
With our Golfing HIghlights Column we offer our passion to promote the sport of golf and targeting golfers when they can't play golf has proven why Joe Stegh meets with success in the presentation of the North Coast Golf Shows from mid-January through mid-March.
Tri-state golfers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania flock each year to the Somerset, NJ show held annually in the Garden State Exhibit Center.
After many years of attending Joe's shows which previously were held at the Rockland County Community College, Syracuse, NY and now at Somerset we met up again this year for some conversation with the President of this great golf show.
Joe, 52, was born in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. He's married with a stepdaughter and the family also has four dogs. Joe's wife Tracey works with him selling booth space and handling exhibitor relations. The family now lives in Florida.
An avid golfer, Joe started playing at an early age and previously played a couple times a week during the summer months. He formerly played in the Cleveland USGA amateur events when he was a member of a club where he was a 9-time club champion. The club was sold and went public so as a result and with his move to Florida he no longer enters these events. His current USGA index is 0.7.
He held his first golf show in 1986 in Cleveland and the original concept for the show was to gather all of the local golf professionals together at the end of the season to sell their remaining pro shop inventory.
The show's concept has now evolved into something much different where golfers can shop, compare and save on a huge selection of golf equipment, apparel, accessories, where you can plan your next golf getaway to fabulous resorts, where you can compete in skills competitions and win valuable prizes, where you can test, hit and compare the newest golf clubs, where you can enjoy entertaining stage presentations and demonstrations and where you can receive free instruction from PGA professionals.
With our Golfing HIghlights Column we offer our passion to promote the sport of golf and targeting golfers when they can't play golf has proven why Joe Stegh meets with success in the presentation of the North Coast Golf Shows from mid-January through mid-March.
Tri-state golfers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania flock each year to the Somerset, NJ show held annually in the Garden State Exhibit Center.
After many years of attending Joe's shows which previously were held at the Rockland County Community College, Syracuse, NY and now at Somerset we met up again this year for some conversation with the President of this great golf show.
Joe, 52, was born in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. He's married with a stepdaughter and the family also has four dogs. Joe's wife Tracey works with him selling booth space and handling exhibitor relations. The family now lives in Florida.
An avid golfer, Joe started playing at an early age and previously played a couple times a week during the summer months. He formerly played in the Cleveland USGA amateur events when he was a member of a club where he was a 9-time club champion. The club was sold and went public so as a result and with his move to Florida he no longer enters these events. His current USGA index is 0.7.
He held his first golf show in 1986 in Cleveland and the original concept for the show was to gather all of the local golf professionals together at the end of the season to sell their remaining pro shop inventory.
The show's concept has now evolved into something much different where golfers can shop, compare and save on a huge selection of golf equipment, apparel, accessories, where you can plan your next golf getaway to fabulous resorts, where you can compete in skills competitions and win valuable prizes, where you can test, hit and compare the newest golf clubs, where you can enjoy entertaining stage presentations and demonstrations and where you can receive free instruction from PGA professionals.
His North Coast Golf Shows start out in mid-January and run through
mid-March with 2017 shows already scheduled in Baltimore, New Jersey
(Somerset) , Indianapolis, Washington, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Columbus
and Pittsburgh. Moving the show from one
location to another involves transporting tons of equipment in four
trucks. Joe brings with him to each show a staff of 11 people and he
also hires an additional five or six people locally as well.
His own staff of employees are mostly involved in
setting up and dismantling all of their interactive features and
displays and they also staff the long drive contest, demo range, long
putt areas etc. etc.
Each show averages about 150 exhibitors which fills around 250 booths.
The golf entertainers selected for the shows are professionals who are popular with golfers and are good speakers.
We attended this years
show with several Sullivan County golfers who took golf lessons,
purchased a new driver and enjoyed presentations by several different
professional golfers along with visiting with numerous merchant
displays.
We can attest to the fact that Joe Stegh's North Coast Golf Shows bring an outstanding, professionally run golfing event which is certainly refreshing and welcome to area golfers in the middle of our winter months.
Ed's Outlook
To help golfers have more fun on the course and enhance their overall experience by playing from a set of tees best suited to their abilities the Professional Golf Association (PGA) and the United States Golf Association have reached out to support the "Tee It Forward" which is a national initiative for all golf courses.
Simply put "Tee It Forward" encourages all golfers to play the course at a length that is aligned with their average driving distance and this can help in speeding up play by utilizing tees that provide the greatest playability and enjoyment.
Golf courses who do not do this are not making golf fun for those golfers looking for relief because of their golfing abilities.
Moving up to another set of tees allows golfers an exciting new approach to the game as it produces more enjoyment and elevates their desire to come back and play even more golf.
We have witnessed the true facts that the younger longer ball hitting players do not want to make the playing field leveled by giving older golfers the opportunity to play from distances that are properly aligned with their abilities.
This is wrong and takes away the passion that golfers have for our game which is enhanced by the Tee It Forward platform .
Ed Townsend, a Public Relations Consultant to the sport of golf writes and compiles the information for this column. If you have league and tournament information, shoot a hole in one or even shoot your age, let Ed know at 845-439-8177, email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com or fax at 845-205-4474. View this column and Ed's photos at http://bght.blogspot.com We are also on Facebook and Twitter.
We can attest to the fact that Joe Stegh's North Coast Golf Shows bring an outstanding, professionally run golfing event which is certainly refreshing and welcome to area golfers in the middle of our winter months.
Ed's Outlook
To help golfers have more fun on the course and enhance their overall experience by playing from a set of tees best suited to their abilities the Professional Golf Association (PGA) and the United States Golf Association have reached out to support the "Tee It Forward" which is a national initiative for all golf courses.
Simply put "Tee It Forward" encourages all golfers to play the course at a length that is aligned with their average driving distance and this can help in speeding up play by utilizing tees that provide the greatest playability and enjoyment.
Golf courses who do not do this are not making golf fun for those golfers looking for relief because of their golfing abilities.
Moving up to another set of tees allows golfers an exciting new approach to the game as it produces more enjoyment and elevates their desire to come back and play even more golf.
We have witnessed the true facts that the younger longer ball hitting players do not want to make the playing field leveled by giving older golfers the opportunity to play from distances that are properly aligned with their abilities.
This is wrong and takes away the passion that golfers have for our game which is enhanced by the Tee It Forward platform .
Ed Townsend, a Public Relations Consultant to the sport of golf writes and compiles the information for this column. If you have league and tournament information, shoot a hole in one or even shoot your age, let Ed know at 845-439-8177, email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com or fax at 845-205-4474. View this column and Ed's photos at http://bght.blogspot.com We are also on Facebook and Twitter.
The Golf Tip
By Robert Menges
COURSE MANAGEMENT--One of the most overlooked aspects in the game of golf is called "course management".
There are two different components that control
the game of golf, mental and physical. Course management falls under the
mental side of the game. Golfers of all ability levels can learn to
shave strokes off their game by thinking.
Even the greatest golfers in the world hit errant
shots once in a while. While some of them make fantastic miracle shots
to get out of trouble the smart safe play is forgotten because it does
not make the highlight reel.
I see golfers try to hit shots they are not
capable of and it ends up costing them strokes instead of saving them.
If you use good course management, sometimes it is better to pitch out
to the fairway and then hit to the green.
When you are playing a par 5 you may want to lay
up with your second shot and then try to make a birdie by using a good
wedge game.
If you find yourself in trouble on the course,
make sure you go through all your options before you hit your shot. By
using good course management you are able to keep a big number off of
your scorecard.
You may feel like you are giving up, but sometimes a smart safe play will save you strokes and improve your score.
Robert Menges is the head golf professional at the
Swan Lake Golf & Country Club on Mt. Hope Road in Swan Lake. He is
available for private lessons and if you have a question or subject you
would like covered, he can be reached at 292-0323 or via email at menges@hughes.net
The Putting Tip
By Joe Bermel
Confidence in your putting ability is a huge key.
4 step process.
1. Motivation to improve.
2. Practicing the correct elements of putting including 4 putting drills.
3. Quality, diligent practice putting sessions will bring good results.
4. Good results will give the golfer the CONFIDENCE to continue the practice and building of putting skills over time.
Joe Bermel is available for private lessons,
group, corporate, organization and golf shows-tournaments. His special
edition DVD "How To Putt Well" is available by calling 631-589-1384, at his web site www.ThePuttingDoctor.com or my email at joe@theputtingdoctor.com
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