Long Drive Champion Bobby Wilson
Ladies, this is the going to be the easiest Valentine’s Day ever. Just bring hubby to the Hard Rock Casino Tulsa Golf Expo this Saturday or Sunday. We’ve got so many great sales this year that he’ll be overwhelmed with gratitude.
For example, at the LaFortune Park and South Lakes booth, you’ll find some incredible deals on Cleveland CG 14 Wedges, Footjoy Icon shoes and clearances on golf bags, gloves and apparel. Need new clubs? Edwin Watts is offering deep discounts off fairway woods, drivers and iron sets.
And guys, you can get your Valentine’s Day shopping done as well, as we’ll have ladies apparel, wickless candles and more.
It’s going to be cold and windy this weekend, so come inside where the lies in the Amen Corner Golf Simulator are plush and the putt to win a large flat screen television doesn’t break.
The Hard Rock Casino Tulsa Golf Expo, presented by the Broken Arrow and Owasso Golf & Athletic Clubs - “No Pay Till May” - is proud to celebrate its 10th-year anniversary at the home for hard rock in Tulsa. The Hard Rock Casino is located on 193rd East Ave. and Interstate 44, just minutes from downtown Tulsa.
Expo hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12. Tickets are available at the door for $8 for adults and $6 for seniors 65 and over. Discount tickets for $7 and $5 are available at our sponsor locations, LaFortune Park Golf Course, 55th & Yale Ave.; Edwin Watts Golf Shop, 6006 S. Sheridan Road, Owasso Golf & Athletic Club, 13604 E. 84th Street, and the Broken Arrow Golf & Athletic Club, 1651 E. Omaha Street.
Children 17 and under are free with a paid adult and all ages are welcome. Note that to spend time on the casino floors, you must be 21 or older.
Make sure to be watching for Wednesday’s enewsletter, you’ll just have to send an email for a chance to win a special package that includes two free tickets to the .38 Special concert at the Hard Rock Saturday night, two tickets to the Expo, a round for four at Forest Ridge Golf Course and other goodies. If you know someone who likes the rock group .38 Special but is not signed up for our enews, let them know they have a day left to sign up, which you can do at Golf Oklahoma.
Tulsa-based Champions Tour professional Ron Streck will be hanging out with us at the show. Streck is the new instruction editor for the revival of Golf Illustrated, so pepper him with swing questions.
A special edition of the The Golf Oklahoma Radio Show will be broadcast live from the event from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday with hosts Tracy Phillips and Dave Sittler. The show is on The Sports Animal Tulsa, 97.1 FM and 1550 AM.
For those who do plan to make it a combo day, we’ll have $10 Hard Rock Casino free play coupons for the first 150 in the door both Saturday and Sunday. Register electronically at the door and you’ll be eligible for tremendous door prizes and receive a year’s subscription to Golf Digest.
Bring your A game to the expo, because we’ll be giving away tremendous prizes at our contests. The Putting Contest sponsored by Alabama Tourism & Travel will offer a flat screen television to the winner and you won’t have to make any 50-footers either. The long drive contest this year will be contested in a Golf Simulator while the Game Stop Hole-In-One Contest will be held on a Kinect Sports Season Two, with an Xbox 360 with Kinect going to the winner. You’ll get more than your money’s worth just for playing any of our contests.
The South Central Section of the PGA of America is teaming with the representatives of the major manufacturers to make the indoor range the place to be. PGA professionals will offer free lessons swing tips and also help you test out the latest and greatest in equipment. The South Central Section will also be introducing its new Partner’s Program, a great way to earn free and discounted golf around the state.
Representatives from Callaway, Adams, Tour Edge, Mizuno, Bridgestone and others will be on hand to present the latest in 2012 technology.
On the Edwin Watts Instruction Stage, you’ll learn from the area’s preeminent teachers such as Tracy Phillips of the Buddy Phillips Learning Center at Cedar Ridge, Pat McTigue, owner of Golftec instructional centers in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Michael Boyd, director of golf at Indian Springs Country Club and a former PGA Tour player, and David Edwards, long-time PGA Tour player and now Director of Instruction at Karsten Creek in Stillwater.
As mentioned previously we will also have former LPGA Player Janice Gibson of the First Tee of Tulsa with some of her top students who will be happy to tell your children more about the program and how they have benefited.
Also for the children, representatives from Tee Town Golf Ranch and SNAG (Starting New at Golf) will have an area for the youngsters to wail away with the equipment named six times in the Golf 2.0 report as one of the most appropriate ways to get your kids started in the game.
One of our most entertaining guests will be multiple long-drive champion Bobby Wilson. Check out his awesome power here. His message and delivery are every bit as impressive as his ability to drive the ball prodigious distances.
Check out a full list of our seminar schedule and speakers.
The Expo is always a treasure trove of bargains for the discerning golfer. This year will be no exception as Edwin Watts brings a large display area to join show mainstays LaFortune Park and South Lakes, along with a variety of other vendors selling equipment and apparel. And yes guys, as we’re just prior to Valentine’s Day, we have vendors who will help you get that special gift for the ladies without having to make an extra trip.
John Daly is one of the longest hitters on the PGA Tour, but back home in Arkansas he’s a short knocker.
That’s because the Natural State has been home to some of the longest drivers on the planet, men like Sean “The Beast:’ Fister and Bobby Wilson, the all-time leading money winner at the Long Drivers Association National Championship.
Wilson, owner of 12 Tour Titles and three world championships, is also one of the most entertaining and informative speakers on the LDA circuit. Golf Oklahoma is proud to announce that Wilson will be performing two special shows at the Hard Rock Casino Tulsa Golf Expo presented by the Broken Arrow and Owasso Golf and Athletic Clubs. The Expo is Feb. 11-12 at the Hard Rock Casino and Wilson will be doing both exhibitions on Saturday, Feb. 11. Wilson will be doing his shows at the Edwin Watts Seminar Stage followed by a power demonstration in the South Central PGA Section Demo Net.
Wilson mixes great stories and humorous anecdotes from years of interactions with tour pros and long drivers along with his awesome power. He has long been a favorite at both indoor and outdoor clinics and fellow long drive legend Brian Pavlet said Wilson is the best instructor and entertainer among his peers.
Tickets to the expo will be just $8 at the door, $6 for seniors 60 and over. Advance discount tickets for $7 and $5 will be available beginning Dec. 20 at LaFortune Park Golf Course, 55th & Yale Ave.; Edwin Watts, 6006 S. Sheridan Road, Owasso Golf & Athletic Club, 13604 E. 84th Street, and the Broken Arrow Golf & Athletic Club, 1651 E. Omaha Street. Make sure to pick up a couple of tickets as Christmas present for the golfer in your life.
Children 17 and under are free and are allowed to walk through the casino with an adult to enter the expo hall. Look for more info coming soon about opportunities to be given a $10 free play coupon for the Hard Rock Casino. And golfers will again by able to sign up for a year subscription to Golf Digest as well as for a host of fantastic door prizes.
Golf Oklahoma is also happy to announce that the South Central Section of the PGA of America will be sponsoring the demo area this year, offering free golf lessons throughout the expo and working with their partners on the club manufacturing side to explain and demo the latest in golf equipment and technology.
Go to www.golfoklahoma.org/expos for more information.
It’s the 10th anniversary of the Tulsa Golf Expo and it’s time to rock!
That’s right, we’ve teamed up with the good folks at the Hard Rock Casino in Catoosa to put on the liveliest golf expo yet. The Hard Rock Casino Tulsa Golf Expo presented by the Owasso and Broken Arrow Golf & Athletic Clubs will be Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12, in the fully carpeted and exquisitely decorated ballrooms at the Hard Rock Casino 12 minutes from downtown Tulsa.
In addition to the thousands of folks who regularly attend the Expo, the Hard Rock attracts more than 11,000 folks on a weekend, so we advise locking up your booths early, as this has the potential to be easily the best attended expo yet.
The Hard Rock Casino has extended a special room rate to our exhibitors as well. For more information please visit our exhibitors page.
Space is limited, so don’t be left out. Download a copy of our contract which includes a copy of the floor plan and other information, including sponsor info if you would like to be promoted in all of our marketing for the event.
Please call 918-280-0787 with any questions. Show hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The majority of exhibitor move-in will be early morning Saturday. Children will be allowed in the Expo and will be free of charge as always.
For more information about the Hard Rock Casino, please visit www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com.
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Dates
Saturday, Feb. 11 // 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 12 // 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Location:
Hard Rock Casino Sequoyah Ballroom
770 West Cherokee Street
Catoosa, OK 74015
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Ticketing:
$8 at the door ($6 ages 60+)
$7 at select locations before the show ($5 ages 60+)
