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We have a lot of wives coming to RT5. E-mail Mick Howe and he will give you the contact inforation so you can contact other couples about special events planned by the members for the evenings, and day time activities for wives who do not attend classes.
RT5 Schedule - last update - August 26, 2010*
 Our Keynote Speaker this year is Tom Wishon of Tom Wishon Golf Technologies, Inc.
Since 1987, Tom Wishon has been recognized as one of the leading designers of clubheads in the world. His clubhead designs have represented over 50 different industry design firsts, including the first heel weighted/draw biased metal wood, the first metal wood to exceed 350cc volume, the first metal woods with “cup-face” construction, and the first metal woods designed with a draw bias internal weighting.
Tom’s clubhead designs are particularly well known for the use of cutting edge materials formed by innovative production techniques, often combining different methods of manufacture on the same model. TWGT clubheads are manufactured to the tightest tolerances in the world, in large part because Tom has taught the foundries’ QC managers precisely how to measure all specifications on clubheads. In total, Tom has designed more than 200 different, original clubhead models which have accounted for more than 10 million golf clubs built for golfers.
 Our Special Guest Speaker is Eric Hogge:
Director of Clubfitting & Head Professional of the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance.
Eric will be explaining the various swing mechanics including Posture, Grip and Alignment (PGA) and how these traits affect club fitting and how fitting can affect swing traits. He will also deal with Technique, Equipment, the Mental aspect of the game, the Physical part of the swing and the resulting fitting needs, and lastly On-course characteristics (TEMPO) and how they affect the swing and what fitting can do to "level-the-field."
Sept 29 with Demo Day at Woodland Hills G.C. Driving Range,
We will begin the day at 10 AM on the Range
Sept. 30, Oct. 1 & 2 - Convention at The Historic Columbus Iron Works Convention & Trade Center
RT Daily Schedule Thursday September 30
 9 AM to 9:50 - AGCP Member Frank Stranick - A complete iron fitting from start to finish. Frank will show us how he conducts an iron fitting using his FlightScope. Frank will take you through a step by step procedure of this iron fitting process. Print outs will be available in your Course Book of his PowerPoint presentation.
 10 AM to 11:50 - Don’t miss this one. AGCP Master Dana Upshaw will give us an advanced class on the best of Dana as requested by the membership. Dana is world renowned for his unique approach to fitting which maximizes performance. His seminar will discuss his fitting methodology for drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, wedges, and putters. He will also discuss his unique Blueprint Assembly Process that produces clubs to exacting specifications as well as his Maximum Potential Carry Distance concept....commonly refered to as "Dana's Chart." As time permits, he will also provide some insight into his business operations and pricing philosophies.
12 Noon until 2 PM
A Hot Buffet Lunch will be served in the Main Classroom
• AGCP Award Ceremonies
• A Special Joint Announcement from Executive Director Roy Nix and J Lynn Griffin
Lunch will consist of:
Sliced London Broil
Sliced Roast Turkey Breast
Herb Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes
Green Beans Amandine
Garlic Oiled Linguine
 2 PM to 2:50 - Center Stage in the Exhibit Hall – Kate Whitney will tell us all about the SwingRite Swing Training Device and how to help your golfers with their release. Nobody knows the SwingRite like Kate. She will demonstrate how to use the SwingRite and explain how it helps both you and your customers.
 3 PM to 3:50 – Center Stage in the Exhibit Hall - Jeff Lucas - Shaft Designer for Aldila Shafts give us a presentation telling us about the Shaft Designed by the AGCP.
 4 PM to 5:00 – AGCP Master Russ Ryden and is EI Associates will tell us about the Results of the year long EI testing on the EI machine he invented last year and how his group’s testing and data might revolutionize shaft fitting. Russ informs me that he has some very dramatic information about iron shafts that you will not want to miss.
7 PM Members & Sponsors DINNER at the Port Columbus Museum.
After dinner speaker - Jimmy Sharpe
Former Head Football Coach of Virginia Tech University.
 The Members & Sponsors Dinner again will be catered by Country’s BarbeQue of Columbus and features a buffet consisting of BBQ Pork, BBQ Ribs, BBQ Chicken, Fried Cat Fish, French Fries, Brunswick Stew, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Pickles and Onions, Iced Tea, Soft Drinks and other beverages, Barbeque Sauces, Bread and an array of deserts.
RT Daily Schedule Friday October 1
 8 AM to 8:50 - AGCP Master Keith Chatham will teach us how to fit Disabled Golfers. This has been Keith’s market for years and he shares his valuable experience.
Limited Disabilities-------Most clubfitters do not get to work with golfers who have missing limbs, or are seated golfers, but almost all clubfitters will have golfers who come into their shop with Limited Disabilites. Keith will discuss different ways to help your customers who come to you that have Rhumotoid Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Knee replacements, Hip replacements, Rotator Cuff problems, Parkensen's Syndrome, and other limited disabilites. Keith will discuss fitting techniques and fitting aids that have helped him when situated with this type of golfer.
 9 AM to 9:50 – Bill Weitzel who had a 22 year successful career as a Foodservice Sales Professional and Restaurantuer will tell us how to incorporate your overhead cost into your selling price to arrive at your best selling Price to maximize Profits in your Golf Shop, along with a few basic selling skills. Also: AGCP member & CPA Rick Canter will give us a few tips about Tax Accounting to use to help maximize profits in our Business.
 10 AM to 10:50 - AGCP Master Jerry Hoefling will present his findings on how to fit for shaft torque. What is it, why should be worry about, and how to get it right.
 11 AM to 11:50 - Center Stage in the Exhibit Hall Tom Wishon & Matt Mohi of Tom Wishon Golf Technologies will be on stage to tell us what TWGT has been working on over the past year in their R&D and original product development. Tom and Matt will offer additional insights to clubmakers from the company that is committed to the support of professional clubfitting and which has done the most research specific to club design and clubfitting in the golf industry.
12 Noon until 2 PM –
A Hot Buffet Lunch will be served in the Main Classroom
Compliments of Fierce Golf.
Lunch will consist of:
Tossed Green Salad w/fresh vegetables and crourtons
Lemon Pepper Chicken
Marinated Beef Tips
Whipped Potatoes
Whole Green Beans
Broccoli Casserole
Assorted Warm Rolls and Butter
Freshly Brewed Tea and Coffee
Pecan Pie
12-2pm Room 103 - OptimalFlight Re-certification Class -This hands-on bring-your-own-laptop computer class will update your OptimalFlight certification status. Learn what's new through a live OptimalFlight demonstration with a launch monitor. Be able to offer Full-Bag Distance Profiling services in 1 hour or less (not 2 or 3 hours). Discover what OptimalFlight Performance Center can do for your fitting and golf instruction services. Class price: $1 when extending license another year for $99, or $100 total. This price is an advance registration 33% discount rate. Sign up by September 15 to save $50. After 9/15, class price will be $150. Non-certified OptimalFlight users and sign-ups from the evening certification class are welcome to observe this class if space is available.
4-7pm Room 103 - OptimalFlight Certification Class -This is another hands-on class to cover the OptimalFlight basics, setup, interpreting the results, and advanced features. The use of the OptimalFlight Performance Center will also be featured. Class price: $200 and includes dinner afterwards. This price is an advance registration 27% discount rate. Sign up by September 15 to save $75. After 9/15, class price will be $275.
REGISTER for OPTIMALFLIGHT CLASSES
 2 PM to 2:50 Center Stage in the Exhibit Hall Charlie Blume - CEO of SK Fiber Golf Shafts will tell us why his shaft line is a vital component in any Custom Fitting Program. Charlie will introduce 3 new shafts and offer Show prices to introduce them.
 3 PM to 3:50 - AGCP Master Bill Kelly will do a show and tell demonstration of a new putter fitting system: The new Putter fitting will use a new Tour Lock Fast Interchangeable Shaft Fitting System. This system allows a fitter to change shafts and head weights in a matter of seconds. say less than 60 seconds. It supports the following changes during a fitting: 1. Putter length, 2. Putter head design using the same shaft, 3. Putter head weight, 4. Putter grip design/size. The system also allows changes to how the grip sets: square, open or closed which supports a golfers stroke type
 4 PM to 5:00 - AGCP Member Bill Marshall will teach us about fitting grips properly, and take us through a how to on grip fitting. Included in the class will be information about measuring, texture, sizing to shaft (glove) how and where to use build-up tape and grip tape, the effects of stretching grips and why this occurs. Bill will also provide us with a chart of various grip sizes attained on various diameter shafts, and there will be source information for suppliers provided.
 5 PM to 6 PM - AGCP member Mike Kell & AGCP Member & IT specialist Mick Howe
will provide more information on Web and Internet Skills, and Mike & Mick will teach you how to build an effective web site for you business.
 They will tell you the software to use to make it simple and many techniques that almost anyone can master. They will also offer tips on how to set up your SEO to maximize the number of visitors you get to your site by upping your score on web search engines.
RT Daily Schedule Saturday October 2
 9 AM to 9:50 - AGCP Master Keith Chatham
&
AGCP member Dan Wilt
will teach us all about MOI Fitting and take Q&A
What is Fitting to MOI--
Dan and Keith will explain the fitting process and how to obtain your desired MOI for your customer.
 Also discussed will be...
Is MOI a Fitting Method,
or Is MOI a Building Method
 10 AM to 10:50 - Jerry Howard will tell us about Metallurgy and what you need to know about the metals we see in our clubfitting and repair business. He will give us an overview of how golf clubs are made and the materials used in the manufacture, procedures used to manufacture, heat treating procedures, a short bit on performance and effects that is forged, cast or combos. Loft and Lie adjustments, bending tools and issues in bending to be aware of.
11 AM to 11:50 Center Stage in the Exhibit Hall
 Guest Speaker Eric Hogge
Director of Clubfitting & Head Professional of the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance.
Eric will be explaining the various swing mechanics including Posture, Grip and Alignment (PGA) and how these traits affect club fitting and how fitting can affect swing traits. He will also deal with Technique, Equipment, the Mental aspect of the game, the Physical part of the swing and the resulting fitting needs, and lastly On-course characteristics (TEMPO) and how they affect the swing and what fitting can do to "level-the-field."
Noon until 2 PM - Main Classroom
A Hot Buffet Lunch will be served in the Main Classroom
Compliments of Acculength Golf Inventor Shawn Benson
Shawn will make a short presentation about the Acculength Junior clubs
Lunch will consist of:
Fresh Fruit Salad
Homemade Meatloaf with Onion Sauce
Golden Fried Chicken
Parsley Buttered New Potatoes
Chees Grits
Steamed Vegetable Medley
Assorted Warm Rolls and Butter
Freshly Brewed Tea and Coffee
Apple Cobbler
2 PM to 3:50 Center Stage in the Exhibit Hall
 RT-5 Keynote Address: Tom Wishon
In a past article he wrote in 2001, Golfweek magazine equipment editor Jim Achenbach said Tom Wishon was “ the smartest man in the golf equipment industry.” A former PGA golf professional with more than 30 years experience in the golf equipment industry, Tom Wishon is recognized as one of the leading designers of clubheads in the world. Tom still remains the only designer from the custom clubmaking industry whose original clubhead designs have been used to win on the PGA Tour, Champions Tour and in Ryder Cup competition.
In addition, no one has performed more in-depth research related to clubfitting and published more about the performance of golf clubs than any person in the history of the game to the point that some refer to Tom Wishon as the most knowledgeable person about golf clubs in the world. In his RT-5 Keynote Address, Tom will offer AGCP members “A Synopsis of What I’ve Learned Over Four Decades in the Golf Equipment Industry.” Tom will share a myriad of interesting points from his 30+ years of experience of his career with golf equipment and in the business of golf which will range from the highly technical to the slightly controversial – a collection of points learned from Tom’s wide ranging career which are related to club design, clubfitting research and the business and politics of the golf industry.
 4 PM to 4:45 AGCP member Fred Shriner a USGTF Teaching Professional will tell us about the USGTF Program for learning how to teach the game of golf and how knowledge of the golf swing will improve you fitting ability.
 4:45 for 5 PM til - Those who are going to dinner at Hunter’s Pub will need to meet at Hunter’s Pub prior to 5 PM when they open to be sure to get the best possible opportunity to get a table.
* DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this page about the RT-5 schedule was gathered from what we believe to be reliable sources and is believed to be correct at the time it is published. However, we make no guarantees or warranties to it’s accuracy as much of it is beyond our control. All speakers, classes and times are subject to change without notice. Please check with us prior to registration for up to date information about the schedule and who will appear.
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