[Bogie Shooter]

Golf Week golf fest in Tampa...........admission $10.

[capecodbob]

I found it all very simple. Go to a golf shop and look at the equipment for free or pay $10 and get to see just about all the major golf companies...and try out their equipment.
Well worth the 10 for me and I had a great time. Also took in some golf lessons that were informative.
On top of all that I got to hit a driver with the new large grips. As I have some arthritis in my hands I found this new grips just the ticket for me.
Bob

[gmcneill]

...and enter contests and raffle drawings and test drive EZ Go golf carts and buy clothes, shoes, and accessories at discounted prices.

The $10 entry fee was a decent- not great, but decent- value. Any more than that, however, not so much!

[getdul981]

If $10 is too much, all you had to do was go to one of the Pro Shops and get a ticket for $8 prior to the show. My wife and I went and had a great time. We saw lots of "stuff" that you will never see at any golf store. I also found my next driver. Of course I won't buy it for at least a year when the prices come down and the next years model is out. There was a tent at the extreme north end of the show that had hand made wooden putters. If I hadn't just bought a new one, I would have got one there.

[Sandy222]

Golfest is Tri County Junior Golf's largest fundraiser of the year.

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by Sandy222

Golfest is Tri County Junior Golf's largest fundraiser of the year.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Jim 9922

Charge a fee and you probably get a more "interested" crowd with a higher motivation to buy the products shown. It's one way of restricting the crowd to the more serious buyers and weeding out the lookers and tire kickers.
I assume the purpose of the event is to "show" and sell, not entertain.

I have to agree with you ............ and I think charging a small fee may be the way TV will go in the future. Every event is overcrowded and by charging a small fee they will definitely stop "tire kickers" from coming out to everything. My other half is a golfer and paid to go, while I am not a golfer and stayed home! If it had been a freebie, I would have gone along with him!

[Irishmen]

It really is a glorified demo day at Palmer combined with vendor night on any square. Attendance has dropped dramatically causing drop in ticket prices.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

You get to hit balls with all the latest equipment. How much would it cost to hit all those balls at a driving range?

[lanabanana73]

I always look at something like this as "entertainment" and $10pp is a great price for 2 hrs or more of entertainment. I would have spent as much at Panera for lunch and it wouldn't have lasted me nearly as long! And....good point about the gas you would use to travel to all those golf stores. Having everyone in one place is very, very convenient.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Irishmen

It really is a glorified demo day at Palmer combined with vendor night on any square. Attendance has dropped dramatically causing drop in ticket prices.

BUT - people paying to attend are more likely to BUY, than just LOOK.

[buggyone]

JuniorGolf was looking for volunteers for a couple of hours at Golf Fest. You would volunteer as parking attendants or something else and get free admission to the Golf Fest - and free lunch at HoneyBaked Ham. It was a great day.

[Skip2MySue]

The latest rumor that I heard came from a very good source who has a friend that is friends with a distant cousin of the Morse's who lives in Montana and takes care of organizing the hunting expedititons. Soon there will be a charge to enter the farmer's market at Brownwood as there are too many lookers and squeezers.
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[Nipper]

I think $10 is too much. I went to Palmer's on Friday to buy a ticket for Saturday and was charged $10 since the fest was already underway. Shouldn't it be $8 in advance and $10 at the door? I have attended this event for the last five years and think this year was pretty disappointing.

[kimball]

Originally Posted by charlie49

Ten dollars seems a bit steep to see vendors display their products and get a free bag of tees. Isn't this like paying admission to enter a mall! I for one, may have strolled through and bought something that caught my eye; the vendors may have sold more product without the admission fee.

Charlie

There should never be an admission price to visit vendors who are trying to sell their products to you. They should bear the total cost of all shows/ecents. Our only cost shoud be what we buy from them. Only in TV!