NEW ING AWARD HONORS STEPHENSON Two Awards Presentations on ING Spring Schedule Edcuational Sessions Taking Shape for ING Spring Conference
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MARCH 2019 ENTHE INGE MONTRGIZHLY UPDATE NEW ING AWARD HONORS STEPHENSON Two Awards Presentations On ING Spring Schedule Edcuational Sessions Taking Shape For ING Spring Conference Member Follow Us & Like Us On Spotlight Chippo & THE ING UPDATE PUBLICATION Corkcicle. AWARDS NIGHT AT 29TH ANNUAL ING SPRING CONFERENCE New ING Jan Stephenson Entrepreneur Award Will Go To Its Namesake The International Network of Golf has created the ING Jan Stephenson Entrepreneur Award, recognizing outstanding business achievement in the golf industry. The award periodically will go to “a person who has utilized innovative and leadership abilities while develop- ing an idea into a successful venture in the golf industry.” And the first recipient will be the award’s namesake, 2019 World Golf Hall Of Fame inductee Jan Stephenson. She will be recognized at the 29th Annual ING Spring Conference, set for May 19-23, 2019 at the Chateau Elan Hotel and Conference Center in Sebring, FL. The ceremony will take place at the Tuesday night banquet. Stephenson will enter the Word Golf Hall of Fame this June thanks to a playing career that produced 41 world- wide victories, 16 LPGA Tour wins, three major champi- onships including the 1983 U.S. Open Championship, and 10 LPGA Legends Tour victories. She joins fellow ING Member Dennis Walters, Retief Goosen, Peggy Kirk Bell and Billy Payne as the newest inductees. Her ventures in the golf industry carry Hall of Fame credentials as well. They include: • Jan Stephenson Wines. Her award-winning lineup includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot and Jan’s Reserve. • Golf course design - Generally acknowledged as the first woman pro to turn her hand to architecture, Stephen- son interned with Pete and Alice Dye before striking out on her own as an architect. Working with their son Perry Dye, Stephenson designed Walkabout Golf Club in Mims, FL. • Golf course ownership – With partners Mike and those who protect our freedoms every day. I have come Diane Vandiver, Stephenson took over a struggling to deeply appreciate the extraordinary gift of freedom the Tarpon Woods Golf Club in East Lake, FL. They have United States Military provides to this great country and refurbished the popular track and turned it into a Purple to the world.” The foundation has been recognized as a Heart course, one of five in the country. The support staff partner organization by the Military Order of the Purple is comprised entirely of military veterans, and caters to Heart Service Foundation. that segment of the golfing population. • Jan Stephenson Silver Rum. This is a premium White • Jan Stephenson’s Crossroads Foundation. Says Rum made with green sugarcane and high quality molas- Jan, “I started Jan Stephenson’s Crossroads Founda- ses and artfully proofed with Artesian well water. tion to provide assistance and emotional healing to ENERGIZ AWARDS NIGHT AT 29TH ANNUAL ING SPRING CONFERENCE Tom Mirus To Receive The ING Dennis Walters Courage Award Tom Mirus, who for over 20 years has volunteered to assist the United States Blind Golf Association in various capacities, has been named recipient of the ING’s Dennis Walters Courage Award. The presentation will be made at the 29th Annual ING Spring Conference, set for May 19-23, 2019 at the Chateau Elan Hotel and Conference Center in Sebring, Florida. The Dennis Walters Courage Award goes to an individual who has overcome great odds to play, and contribute to, the game of golf. It is presented by the non-profit International Network of Golf, where media and the golf industry connect. Anyone in the golf business or media who covers golf is eligible to join ING and attend the conference. The award is named after Dennis Walters, a professional golfer paralyzed from the waist down after a golf cart accident who has since become one of the leading trick shot performers in golf. Walters plans on attending the ING Spring Conference to present the award to Mirus at the Tuesday Night Banquet. Mirus is the only known vision impaired / legally blind golfer to earn a PGA card. He was born with cataracts in both of his eyes, yet in his prime posted a 4 handicap. He received a scholarship to play golf at Murray State University in Kentucky, and went on to compete in NCAA sanctioned tournaments and serve as golf professional at numerous prestigious clubs. Mirus, who is the Director of the highly successful Golfweek Amateur Golf Tour in Orlando, has served as the Senior Rules Officials of the USBGA since 1998. He also serves as the USBGA Director of Educa- tion, and conducts seminars for fellow PGA/LPGA professionals about teaching and coaching blind golfers. He also directs several tournaments for blind golfers around the country. Mirus is a special volunteer who brings a professional touch to the organization and exemplifies the designation “friend of the USBGA and blind golf”. THE ING UPDATE PUBLICATION Educational Sessions Taking Shape For ING Spring Conference Three educational sessions are on the schedule on among other successful ventures. Wednesday afternoon at the 29th Annual ING Spring Carroll’s Green Keepers company is an offshoot of Conference May 19-23 at Chateau Elan Hotel & his family’s ultra successful EPC plastics company. Conference Center in Sebring, FL. It’s a manufacturing business which produces The first session of ING University will feature a mechanical engineered components from scientific panel of successful entrepreneurs discussing the ups resins for the medical, automotive, aircraft, fire, and downs of turning a blossoming idea into a safety, homeland security and military markets and successful business in the golf industry. employs around 100 people. Carroll decided to So far two people have committed as panelists: utilize the expertise, products and machinery to World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Jan Stephenson develop a line of golf accessories, including popular and Frank Carroll, Co-Founder of Green Keepers 4 Yards More golf tees. golf accessories. Others will be added between now and the ING Stephenson followed up her Hall of Fame golf Spring Conference. career with several successful ventures into The second ING University session will focus on businesses. She designed the Walkabout Golf Club generational marketing and will be led by a course in Florida, developed the successful Jan representative from Florida’s marketing arm, Visit Stephenson line of wines, and became the owner Florida. The final sessions will be a session about of Tarpon Woods Golf Club in Tarpon Springs, Social Media Marketing. More details to follow. ENERGIZ 29th Annual ING Spring Conference May 19-23, 2019 – Chateau Elan Hotel & Conference Center, Sebring, FL TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE TIME EVENT SITE SUNDAY, May 19 12 pm -7 pm Conference Check-In Panoz Boardroom 4 pm ING Advisory Board Meeting Salon A 6 pm ClubConferenceING Orientation Salon B 7 pm Welcome Reception Rafter T Ranch 9MONDAY pm Hairpin Lounge 7 am-8:30 pm Conference Check-In Panoz Boardroom Breakfast On Your Own 8:45 am Golf Tournaments Highlands Ridge North 2 pm Lunch with Guest Speaker Lemans 3 3:30 pm-5:30 pm ClubAppointment Show Stage 1ING Lemans 1&2 Dinner On Your Own 8TUESDAY pm Hairpin Lounge 7 am Conference Check-In Panoz Boardroom 8:30 am Breakfast Sun ‘N Lake 9:30 am -Noon Demo Lab Sun ‘N Lake 12:45 pm Committees Lunch & 2020 Site Announcement Lemans 3 2:15 pm-5:15 pm Appointment Show Stage 2 ClubING Lemans 1&2 7:30 pm Conference Banquet Lemans 1&2 9WEDNESDAY pm Hairpin Lounge Breakfast On Your Own 8:45 am Durland Cup Sun ‘N Lake 1:45 pm Mentor-ING Lunch Lemans 3 3 pm ING University 1 Lemans 2 4 pm ING University 2 Lemans 2 5:15 pm ING Talks 1 Lemans 2 5:15 pm ClubING Talks 2ING Lemans 1 6 pm Golf Awards Reception Lemans 3 THURSDAY7:30 pm (Extend Your Stay) Hairpin Lounge 8:30 am Advisory Board Breakfast Salon A Throughout The Day Special Activities, Tours & Golf TBD Evening Drag Racing and Track Tour Sebring Raceway THE ING UPDATE PUBLICATION 29th Annual ING Spring Conference May 19-23, 2019 Chateau Elan Hotel & Conference Center Current Pricing Deadline: April 26, 2019 INDIVIDUALS Registration Form-Current Pricing (Individuals with Exhibiting Companies should complete the Exhibitors form) PACKAGE CHOICES Active Media (Definition: You have a recognized and creditable outlet for producing stories from this conference) ; $145 OR Agency____4 (Definition:-Day Conference Package - $200 if paid by April 26, 2019 – - ____Day-By-Day Fee: $50 per day ; $550 OR You are employed by or contracted with a PR or Advertising Agency, or you sell media space/time) Association____4-Day Conference Package (Definition: - $600 if paid by April 26, 2019 – - ____Day-By -Day Fee: $150 per day ; $550 OR You are employed by or contracted with a golf-related association) Business____4 -Day Conference Package- $600 if paid by April 26, 2019 – - ____Day-By-Day Fee: $150 per day ; $795 OR (Anyone in the industry who does not fit in categories above; i.e. club manufacturers, resort/travel, designers, etc.) Spouse/Guest____4-Day Conference Package Fee - $195 - $995 if paid by April 26, 2019 – - ____Day-By-Day Fee: $250 per day Are you an ING member? (Includes participation in If not, F&B and networking events) Guest name_ _______________________________ CHOOSE YOUR GOLF - please add $75 to cover your annual ING membership fee. _____Monday Scramble ($50 ); _____MondYour USGA Stroke Indexay Individual ($50); _____ OR Average Score_________________Wednesday Durland Cup Scramble ($50) REGISTRATION DETAILS Name______________________________________________________________________Representing_____________________________________________________________________