Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals LLC

Join the AGCP

 Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals, LLC
The International Business Organization of Professional Custom Clubfitters & Club Builders
• PGA Professionals • Retail Golf Shops • Green Grass Golf Shops
• Custom Fitting Professionals of all walks, are welcome.

Why would you want to join the AGCP?

• Do you have a passion for building golf clubs?
• Do you enjoy helping golfers play a better game by improving their equipment?
• Do you want to learn more about building golf clubs?
• Do you want to know all of the latest technology used for fitting golf clubs?
• Do you want to know about and understand current shaft technology?
• Do you want to know about and understand current head design technology?
• Do you want to know how to recognize the facts from the myths about golf clubs?
• Do you want to start a business fitting & building golf clubs?
• Do you want your business to produce a healthy profit so you can use it for income and quit your regular job?
• Do you want to spend 3 or 4 days meeting with the best in the industry and discussing their techniques with them?
• Do you want to be known as the Golf Club Guru in your community?
• If you answered yes to any of these questions chances are you will want to be a member of the AGCP, read on.
• Some of our new members comment they learned more in the first month they were a member than in all the years they have been in business before.
• Some of our members have moved from part time to full time and quit their regular job and are now the Custom Club Guru in their community.
• Many of our members have increased the value of their clubs and increased their prices dramatically and report more growth and increased sales as well as increased profits.

Who Qualifies for Membership in AGCP?
Any clubfitter or clubmaker. AGCP currently counts over 115 independent clubfitters and clubmakers among its members!

What's in it for You?
Evaluate and compare your business against the rest of the industry by daily communications with some of the finest clubfitters and clubmakers in the world. Have your Qualifications listed along with your shop information on our web site for your potential customers to find you.

1^st Time Members Receive FREE access to, or receive the following:

How to build a set of Blueprinted Irons – available on members web site A paper on building a set of Conex fitting irons – available on member site An official AGCP 2 foot by 4 foot vinyl Shop Banner with your name and shop name     printed on it to hang in your shop. A $95.00 value Your choice of any 3 of the AGCP Professionally Produced TV Commercials on 1 inch beta tape ready to customize for your shop by your local TV station. A $195 value

Vendor Discounts
Through the Group Purchasing Program, AGCP has negotiated substantial discounts on products and services with many of our Sponsors, a group of well-respected industry suppliers including Golfworks, Versus Golf, Acculength Junior Clubs, M. L. Wilson, Golf Supply America. Most of our suppliers give “Pro Plan” type pricing and Golf Supply gives Distributor Pricing on Ashton Heads. View the complete list of Sponsors HERE.

Conferences
The AGCP Annual Roundtable Seminars and Owners Conferences held in Columbus GA in December of each year provide premier opportunities for clubfitters and clubmakers to learn the most recent and successful technical, management and sales and marketing practices and network with other members. Members receive a $100 discount off registration fees.

Industry Newsletter
AGCP Members will receive occasional bulletins announcing special developments and notices of items of interest to our industry.

Members Only Website
Tap into your peers for advice and guidance.
Listserve
The AGCP email listserve connects members across the World.
Online Directories
Searchable online database contains contact information for every AGCP member.
Advertising, & Marketing Materials
13 Professionally Produced TV commercials available to members for customizing with your logo and shop information.
Shop Displays & POP Materials
AGCP Logo Shop Banner that can be customized with your name and shop name
PDF Files of Posters, Fliers, Hand-Outs and other POP material for your shop.
Price Calculators and Mark-Up calculators
Access to Excel Spreadsheets on the Members Sites that allow you to customize mark up and profit margins in your pricing. Models for cost plus markups and for labor plus material markups.
Advertising, Marketing & Merchandising Professionals
Roy & Linda Nix have worked in Advertising & Marketing as Ad Agency Owners, TV & Radio Station Sales Manager and are experienced in TV, Radio, Direct Mail and Print Media advertising design and Production. Both have experience in developing Marketing & Advertising Plans for local and regional Small Business Accounts.
Golf Professional and PGA Business School Graduate
Roy Nix completed his PGA Business School in November of 1968 and was Head Professional at 2 Golf Courses in the 1960s and 1970s. Roy managed his first Custom Golf Shop in the 1970s and worked with many of the PGA Touring Pros who played in the PGAs Southern Open repairing and customizing their equipment.

Peer Networks & Special Interest Groups
• Young Clubmaking Professionals
A listserve group specifically designed to address the issues and needs of the younger generation of clubfitters and clubmakers. A separate listserve for those who are just getting started to chat about your special needs in getting your business started. Since you will also be a subscribed to the main group you can bring your unique questions to the main group for answer you can’t find amongst yourselves.
• Retail Clubmaking Professionals
A listserve group focused on the needs of the retail shops in our memberships. A Separate listserve for those members with Retail shops to discuss Retail operations and your special needs. Since you will also be subscribed to the main group you will be able to share information you deem necessary with the whole group.
• Shaft Profiling Users Group
A group for those who want to develop shaft profiles to share with the AGCP membership
• Sales and Marketing Users Group 
A group for doing research on sales & marketing for Golf Shops of all types. What works, what doesn’t work and why?
• Builders Technical Group 
A group for those who wish to develop techniques for build superior equipment and who will share their information with the AGCP membership.
Enrollment in one of our Special Interest Groups is an additional $90.00.

Consultant Member Service
This is a Free Service for all members. The AGCP will set you up to network closely with an individual or even several leading Clubfitters and Clubmakers as mentors for advice and guidance in many areas of your business such as sales and marketing; technology; financial management; business valuation; human resources and more. We have members who volunteer for these services and they will be available to you on a time available basis to guide you along the way in starting your new business.

Lead The Way
Your opinion counts. The AGCP is led by clubfitters, clubmakers and Golf shop owners just like you.
Get involved on one of our Peer Networks and Special Interest groups.
Apply for the PrintImage Board of Advisors and help provide input for moving the AGCP into the 21st Century.
You can help chart the course for the association and the industry.

The Fine Print
1. AGCP Memberships run one year from January 1^st each year through Dec 31^st each year. Memberships will be pro-rated on a quarterly basis.
2. AGCP reserves the right to deny or revoke membership to any individual determined to be to be potentially harmful to the Association.
3. AGCP dues are not deductible as a charitable contribution for tax purposes; however, membership dues can be deducted as a business expense.

Ultimately, an investment in AGCP is an investment
not only in your business but the entire industry.
It is your association.
Get involved and start working smarter, learning from others,
and making more money, today!

You'll be glad you did.

Join Today for only $269.00
Special Rates for some categories may apply, check the cart for special rates.
Associate Memberships are available for $199.00

If you are interested in joining the AGCP:

1. Please read the Qualification Requirements to read them click here to see where you will qualify as a member.
2. Go to the AGCP Store and click on the Join AGCP - Pay Dues tab and select the membership by the qualification that you fit. You can pay with a credit card or use Paypal. Please note that credit card payments are not immediately charged to your account from the internet. The information goes to a Secure Serve and will be manually charged in the office. If you need to know something put the comments in the comments box and we will contact your before processing your charge. Paypal is sent immediately.
3. If you have any questions prior to joining please contact us and we will be happy to provide answers for you.

Currently we have special discounted pricing for PCS members for the remainder of this year and we have packages for new members who wish to attend the Roundtable Conference in Columbus GA December 10, 11, 12, 2007. Please see the AGCP Store for these special prices.

To contact Roy Nix -
Founder and director of the Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals,
please write roy@agcpgolf.com
or call 1-877-324-7490 during normal business hours. Roy is in his golf shop at McNix Golf, www.McNixGolf.com and his shop hours are from 11 am til 4 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. If you want to leave a message the phone is answered from 9 am til 5 pm Monday through Friday.

If you would like information on the AGCP Roundtable Seminars
Download PDF Advanced Registration Form for AGCP Roundtable Seminars

Some of the future goals of the AGCP:
Have launch monitor systems set up in our Headquarters for members to test before they buy these expensive systems. We hope to have Golf Achiever, Golftek, Vector and Zeolcity and maybe others set up at all times for member testing and evaluation in our Headquarters.

We hope to be able to set up work shops in our Headquarters for members to come here individually and/or have peer group meetings to learn better techniques for fitting and building.

We would encourage some of our vendors to come here and rent space in our facility to put on schools or classes. We have had preliminary discussions with some of our vendors along these lines that have been encouraging.

If our membership level becomes large enough and the need arises, we can set up video studios to allow us to shoot video in the AGCP building and set up Internet Video conferencing for classes. This will be especially valuable forAGCP International members who find it cost prohibitive to travel to a Roundtable. We are also investigating how we might be able to have the Roundtable on video for worldwide hook ups.

With enough growth in our membership we could purchase a Trackman and a small robot to use on a local range that we have access to for additional testing based on member demand.

The Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals, LLC
4405 Armour Road • Columbus, GA 31904
PO Box 7583 • 31908
 was founded by Roy Nix,
owner and operator of McNix Golf in Columbus, GA.

If you would like to be a Corporate Sponsor of the AGCP
please call 706-324-7490 or e-mail r.nix@mcnixgolf.com