Events & Attractions

Congratulations to our 2012 Interactive Challenge winners!

Long Putt Challenge

First Place: Kyle McLaud, Russ Parker, Scott Ruthedge

Second Place: Stephen Tshuka, Michael Mason, John Johnson

Third Place: Mark Delosh, Steve Vasquezi, Neil Donahue

Grand Prize Winner: Joe Sprague

Chip Shot Challenge

First Place: Joe Monahan, Nich Fantasio, Chris Shepard

Second Place: Chris Calnan, Henry Rentz, Jon Pierce

Thrid Place: Chris Schifferdecker, Brian Bratton, John Glany

Grand Prize Winner: Max Clemens

Closest to the Pin - Men's Division

First: Mike Mercier

Second: Lindo Santos

Third: Gary Herbert

Closest to the Pin - Junior Division

First: Andrew Waisnor

Second: Ethan Emerson

Third: Remy Fletcher

Closest to the Pin - Women's Division

Tayor Mulhern

Congratulations to all this year's winners, and good luck to everyone who will compete next year!

The 2012 National Golf Expo has come to a close.  While we count the days until the 2013 Expo, take a look at what the 2012 event had to offer!

The National Golf Expo is the cure for cabin fever! Test the latest clubs from your favorite manufacturers at New England's largest indoor driving range, get a preseason tune-up from a PGA pro, try your hand at one or several of our skill contests and get some pointers from our guest speakers at the Amica Demonstration Stage!

MANUFACTURERS CLUB TESTING & FITTING AREA

• Try before you buy!
• Hit some balls on one of the largest consumer show indoor club testing and fitting ranges available.
• Check out the latest club technologies from the biggest industry names.
• Get custom-fitted by factory reps from Adams Golf, Cleveland, Never Compromise and Callaway.

• Seminars and demonstrations by New England PGA members.
• For the 2012 schedule, click here.

TUNE UP WITH A PRO

Get tips at "Tune Up with a Pro" which features personalized instruction from New England PGA pros. Ask your questions, get answers, and experience one-on-one technique enhancements.

INTERACTIVE CHALLENGES

Want to bring the friendly competition off the course?  You could win awesome prizes, and maybe even some new equipment!

• Closest to the Pin Challenge - Test your skill, test your power, challenge your buddies to see who can make the longest drive and be closest to the pin. The winner will be the closest to the pin over the 3 days of the show. There are men's, ladies and junior divisions.
• Putting Championship - You’ll get 2 putts at each of 3 designated holes. Make 2 or more to be eligible to win a daily prize!
• Long Putt Challenge - You’ll have 3 tries to make a 40' putt. Sink it for a chance to win a daily prize!
• Chip Shot Challenge - You'll get 5 tries to attempt a 40' air target show, with the top scores each day entered to win daily prizes.
• Amica's Chip Fore Fun - Visit the Amica Insurance display to chip birdie balls into an air target. Win just for playing!

For a list of 2012 challenge winners, please click here.

VISIT THE MAN CAVE

Sponsored by Seasonal Specialties!  Kick back and relax in between swings at our custom Man Cave!  Try samples of the most popular craft beers, watch golf highlights, and take a minute to chill out with your friends.  Whether it's a taste of your awesome man cave at home, or a chance to live out the fantasy of the man cave you wish you had, our Man Cave at the National Golf Expo will leave you ready to take some more swings!  Learn more here.  Special thanks to Blue Hills Brewery, Cisco Brewers, Narragansett Beer and Cody Brewing.

CONTESTS

Take our show survey and enter to win a golf vacation for 4 to Myrtle Beach!  Round trip airfare for 4 from Worcester Regional airport to Myrtle Beach, plus 2 rounds of golf for 4 at True Blue Plantation and 1 round at Caledonia and 3 nights in 2 bedrooms at True Blue Resort - a $3,600 value!

WZLX's Pete and MacKenzie and the Rock and Roll Patrol will be at the show from 5-7pm on Friday, March 2!  Stop by to chat about music, golf and leave with great prizes!

WEEI's Street Team will be having all kinds of fun and games for an awesome reward at the show on Sunday, March 4 from 11am-1pm!  Enter to win a dinner for 4 with John Dennis!

WBZ-FM will be challenging you and your buddies to a chipping contest on Saturday, March 3 from 12-4pm.  Take some practice swings so you won't go home empty-handed!

WAAF will have their driving challenge at the show Sunday, March 4 from 1-3pm!

FUN STUFF

Watch David Ogron, the Guinness Book of World Record's Fastest Golfer, as he shows off his skills with a daily demonstration!  Get a sneak peek of the spectacle right here!

How much do you know about golf?  Move the ball up and down the fairway, or aim for a hole in one with the Golf Trivia Quiz!