Adam Smith, PGA Director of Instruction at Salisbury Country Club in Midlothian, Virginia, is the 2008 Middle Atlantic PGA Teacher of the Year and 2016 Section Horton Smith Award winner, a Golf Digest Best in State Teacher and a GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional.

Adam Smith on the importance of using PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day as a learning experience for you and your staff:
Educational opportunities are abundant during the annual PGA Merchandise Show. And, without a doubt, there is no better interactive, all-inclusive golf learning experience than the PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day. Golf professionals who are looking to educate themselves and their staff should make it a point to attend this event. Every year, PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day kicks off the PGA Merchandise Show with hands-on golf equipment and product testing at the Orange County National driving range. The PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day provides dynamic and proactive ways for PGA Professionals to network with one another and meet with today’s golf industry leaders. Some of the highlights of this event include golf equipment testing, launch monitor technology demonstrations and opportunities to see the newest golf instruction training aids in use. The golf instruction seminars given by national teachers of the year and the golf swing demonstrations performed by various tour players throughout the day makes the learning experience truly comprehensive.

Adam Smith on the business impact of using PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day as a learning experience for you and your staff:
By utilizing PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day as a learning experience, golf professionals can find the right tools, meet helpful golf equipment representatives and gain advanced knowledge in their desired area of their golf operations. Meeting fellow PGA Professionals during demo day and sharing best practices with them makes the networking experience meaningful. The education and training that golf professionals and their staff will receive during PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day will help them go back to their facility with more ways to grow the game of golf. Implementing new ideas and using new equipment and training aids will help make golf professionals and their staff more productive and marketable for the upcoming golf season.

If you would like to email the author of this Best Practice directly, please email adamsmith70@pga.com