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New Jersey PGA Partners with GOLFZON for Pro Scratch Championship

July 1st, 2021

Author: Dave Miller

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (July 1st, 2021) – The New Jersey Section, PGA of America (NJPGA) is excited to announce its newest Section Sponsorship with GOLFZON, whose mission is to make golf more enjoyable for everyone.

As part of this agreement, GOLFZON will serve as the Title Sponsor of the popular Pro Scratch Championship to be held at the Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J. on Monday, July 12th. The event, which pairs a PGA Professional with a scratch amateur is once again sold out with a full field consisting of 80 teams who will compete on both the Highlands Championship Course and Hickory Par3 Course. 

“The addition of GOLFZON as the new Title Sponsor at the Pro Scratch Championship pairs some of the best technology with some of our best PGA Professionals and amateur players,” said NJPGA Executive Director Chris Bauer. “We appreciate the opportunity to work with a company who understands the importance of the convergence of golf, technology and culture.” 

All of us at GOLFZON America are thrilled to be involved with the New Jersey PGA and what it has going here at the Pro Scratch Championship,” said GOLFZON America National Sales Manager, James McDonald.One of our more important initiatives at GOLFZON is in providing a virtual arena that is ripe for competition while also putting a spotlight on great golf and elite players, which we’ll see plenty of in this event. We look forward to working with this historic section of the PGA and having the opportunity to educate its ambassadors on this new world of golf technology and simulation.”

The New Jersey PGA, home to nearly 500 PGA Professionals, is always looking for new ways to promote and service its members and we are excited for this new opportunity to provide our PGA Professionals with access to the products GOLFZON has to offer to make the game more accessible to their members, clients and customers year round. 

 

About the New Jersey PGA

Since its founding in 1916, The PGA of America has maintained a twofold mission: to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. The NJPGA is one of 41 geographic sections throughout the country and has been in operation since 1925. In 2012 and 2015, the NJPGA was the recipient of the Herb Graffis Award, presented annually to a PGA Section that shows extraordinary or exemplary contributions in player development and growth of the game programming. For more information on the NJPGA please visit http://newjersey.pga.com/ or follow us on social media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, & Flickr

 

About GOLFZON

GOLFZON is a bestselling, global golf simulator company. Awarded by Golf Digest from 2017 to 2021 to their Editor’s Choice Awards for best golf simulator, GOLFZON has a presence in 62 countries with 6,200 sites around the world and 65 million rounds of golf played on GOLFZON simulators annually. GOLFZON also hosts two professional virtual golf tours (GTOUR and WGTOUR) with a total prize purse of more than $2.7 million.