Come see Central Links Golf at the Kansas City Golf Show!

AdventHealth welcomes you to Get in the Groove at the Kansas City Golf Show Feb. 21-23, 2025, at Overland Park Convention Center – 90-plus golf exhibits, top-level manufacturers, huge sales and experiences await the golfer – amazing front door bonuses await. IT’S THE BIGGEST SHOW YET.

One of the signals that golf is booming and ready for spring is the Kansas City Golf Show each year, and 2025 show may be one of our best.

The show is highly interactive and brings lots of value to the show attendees. Here are some of the expo’s upcoming highlights:

NEW: NEW INDOOR KC SKILLS CHAMPIONSHIP TICKET, SIMULATOR ZONES (MIDWEST GOLF INNOVATIONS, PXG, BIRDIES INDOOR GOLF, THE TEE BOX), LATEST MANUFACTURER’S CLUBS FITTED WITH GOLF MD, NEW WOMEN’S PROGRAMMING, NEW PXG FITTING EXPERIENCE, MORE INTERACTIVE ZONES AND MORE!

SHOW EXPERIENCES INCLUDE:

• Buy your ticket online and get a bonus offer to Old Kinderhook.
• AMAZING Front Door Bonuses see website for details (while they last). Bonuses – Free Balls, ticket to the AdventHealth Championship, get a $25 round including cart to these four GreatLIFE courses: Blue Springs GC, Painted Hills GC, Royal Meadows GC, Shiloh Springs GC; and $30 round with cart to Drumm Farm and Willowbend GC. Also get a round golf to Mules National GC available while they last. Other offers include KC Mavericks Hockey Team ticket and offers to Birdies Indoor Golf, The Tee Box, Berry’s Golf & Groove, T-Shotz and Puttery.
• COMPETE IN THE KC INDOOR GOLF SKILLS CHALLENGE – buy a special perks-packed ticket and chip, putt and drive for cash and prizes.
• PLAYERS TOUR PASS VIP Ticket as over $300 in value for $59 – only 250 available.
• 90 exhibits – one of our best expos ever.
• Enjoy the AdventHealth Golf Wellness Zone and AdventHealth Championship Pavilion.
• Sat. Feb. 22 is Women’s Day with stage sessions, lessons and ladies’ skills games presented by: The Tina Team, Envoy Mortgage, AdventHealth, Swing Sports, Yuengling Flight. Shop in the Swing Sports Zone.
• Visit with Courses and Resorts from the Midwest and around the U.S.
• Plan your next great golf trip. Meet representatives from several great golf destinations including Las Vegas, Lake of the Ozarks, Mississippi, Oklahoma and more!
• GOLF MD Equipment Testing and Fitting Zone and Sale area. Try and buy the hot new clubs from the game’s biggest brands!
• Meet, get fitted and buy from: Cleveland, Srixon, Callaway, Cobra, and Mizuno and with GOLF MD.
• Imperial Golf Studio led by teaching guru Jon Snyder.
• Enjoy or onsite simulators and putting green by Xtreme Green.
• Olathe Ford Lincoln KC Putting Championship: Grand Prize is a Shangri-la Golf Club Resort Dream Trip powered by Pure Line and PXG.
• Olathe Ford Lincoln New Car and RV Showroom.
• The GreatLIFE Golf Showcase.
• The Puttery Experience putting green.
• RMI Golf Carts Showcase.
• MGI Power Trolley Test Drive Area.
• Pro-Am Golf USA Super Sale and other sales zones.
• Short Game chipping challenge will have 100s of prizes presented by The Tina Team, Envoy Mortgage and PXG.
• Midwest Golf Innovations Simulator contests presented by Edward Jones, Old Kinderhook and Lake of the Ozarks – powered by PXG.
• Yuengling Flight Main Stage and 19^th Hole presented by WHB. Also, The Tee Box Yuengling Flight Simulator.
• Bushnell Golf Zone and super sale.
• Orange Whip Training Zone with Putt Master and Chappie Golf.
• PGA Lessons Zone with Midwest PGA pros.
• First Tee Junior Area – kids under 12 are free at the show and Sat. is KIDS DAY.
• LIBATION SAMPLING STATIONS: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Arnold Palmer Spiked, Barmen Bourbon, Happy Thursday, Simply Spiked, Topo Chico Hard Seltzer and Surfside all weekend long

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Stay informed by following KansasCitygolfshow.com and socially via Facebook and Instagram. If you are interested in volunteering at the show, contact Tiffanie Neyens at tiffanie@varsitycommunications.com

The show is once again endorsed by regional governing bodies Central Links, PGA Midwest Section, Missouri Golf Association, Kansas Golf Foundation and First Tee. All are scheduled to be at the show.

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Questions on the show? Contact the Show Producer, Dick Stephens at stephens@varsitycommunications.com for more information.

By: Cassandra Bausch

If you were to define a “golf club fitting”, your definition would likely vary from that of your playing partner, your father or even the local pro you use for lessons. You may have been fitted at your club a decade ago for your current set, while your playing partner might swear by their futuristic swing analysis session. In an industry with simultaneously so many innovations and so many traditions, it can be hard to know when modernization is truly the best option for your game.

Take golf equipment, for example. Each year, manufacturers release a new model touting faster ball speeds, longer carries, more accurate shots. From a sales perspective, this makes complete sense but from a practical standpoint, is there evidence to support the claim that new equals better?

“In short, the answer is yes,” said Nick Sherburne, master fitter and founder of Club Champion, the nation’s #1 custom club fitter. “We’re in a unique position since we see every model from every brand. Independent club tests back the claims and so do our informal findings.”

The principle is the same with club fitting: if your father’s iteration of a fitting found better equipment options, does that mean a modern version of Dad’s fitting can really give you an even greater competitive advantage?

Sherburne is so sure that the answer is yes that his brand is offering 50% off their custom club fittings to prove it. This winter special — 50% off all fitting types with a $500 equipment purchase — is active from November 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021. Those seeking out a putter fitting are only required to purchase a new putter for the 50% fitting discount to apply.

At any price, the insight and edge a golfer gains after a fitting is priceless. Club Champion uses technology every step of the way, from TrackMan swing analysis during a club fitting, Science & Motion’s PuttLab to optimize the putter, to PUREing machines that orient each shaft optimally into each clubhead during the build process. The mentality is show-not-tell: let the golfer see the improvement in real-time because the data doesn’t lie.

A Golf Digest study found that eight out of nine custom-fit golfers lowered their scores by as much as six strokes per round and added an average of 21 yards off the tee. That same study found over 13 yards extra distance with fitted irons. And that doesn’t even address the improvement in control and overall accuracy found with a fitted set.

“What we do is both an art and a science,” said Sherburne. “Every level of golfer can see massive improvement with a club fitting when they’re willing to embrace a modern fitting process — even if it looks a little different than it did back in the day.”

In short, this is not your father’s club fitting, and thank goodness for that.

For more information or to book your Club Champion fitting, call (888) 340-7820 or visit clubchampiongolf.com.