A Day To Promote Golf

2012 National Golf Day
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Washington, D.C.

Leaders of theU.S.golf industry have long recognized the need for the industry to speak with a strong and unified voice to elected officials on issues of common concern. Toward that end, leaders from the industry's major Allied Associations have determined that hosting an annual National Golf Day inWashington,D.C.affords an outstanding opportunity for the industry to reach out to Members of Congress in a coordinated and effective manner.

The fifth annual National Golf Day will take place on April 18, 2012. The World Golf Foundation is coordinating the day's agenda which will include industry leaders meeting with Members of Congress and their staffs to carry the message that golf is more than a game - it is a majorU.S.industry, providing two million jobs and creating annual wage income of $61 billion. In total, the U.S. golf economy exceeds $76 billion, making golf larger than newspaper publishing, larger than performing arts and spectator sports, and larger than the motion picture and video industry. As a significant contributor to theU.S.economy, the continued health and growth of the golf industry has a direct bearing on jobs, economic development and tax revenues for thousands of communities across the country.

Golf's leaders will be at National Golf Day to communicate the message that the industry is united as never before in its efforts to increase its impact economically, improve its environmental stewardship and use its fundraising capacity to improve the lives of millions of Americans.


Go to http://twitter.wearegolf.org and tweet why golf is more than just a game for you.

Want to compose your own tweet but don't know where to start? Here are some suggestions -- just be sure to use the hashtag #iamgolf and include the web address twitter.wearegolf.org.


• #iamgolf because golf is more than just a game for me twitter.wearegolf.org #iamgolf

• RT (Retweet) if golf is more than just a game for you. See all the tweets at twitter.wearegolf.org #iamgolf

• 2 million jobs makes golf more than just a game for America's economy twitter.wearegolf.org #iamgolf

• $76 Billion makes golf more than just a game for America's economy twitter.wearegolf.org #iamgolf

• I didn't know I burn 2,000 calories walking an 18-hole golf course. #iamgolf and golf is more than just a game twitter.wearegolf.org #iamgolf

• $1.1 Billion raised for charity by the @PGATOUR, another reason golf is more than just a game twitter.wearegolf.org #iamgolf

• Golf courses increase America's green space and benefits the environment, making golf more than just a game twitter.wearegolf.org #iamgolf

**Above copy from World Golf Foundation and GCBAA

Lets Show our support as an industry....