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By Tuan D

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  1. Titleist may get requests for sponsorships regularly, but does Titleist offer sponsorships for average Joes who neither play competitive golf nor participate in any tournaments? Basically I am a weekend warrior who loves golf! I would buy my own equipment, but I really can't afford to drop $1000 on irons. I would love to play Titleist but I can't afford the equipment. Can you Titleist help me out?
  2. Team Titleist Staff

    Hi Tuan,

    Thanks for the post and we really appreciate your enthusiasm for the game and for Titleist.  As you noted, we do receive many requests for merchandise throughout the course of a year. As you can imagine, the cost of honoring all such requests would be prohibitive, and, because we do not want to discriminate by honoring some and not others, it is company policy to refrain from providing complimentary merchandise. I hope you can understand our position on this.

    Best,
    Mike 

  3. 19hole

    19hole
    Reading, MA

    Tuan,

    the other issue that you would have is that by getting a "sponsorship" you would not longer be concidered an Amateur.

  4. Ben M

    Ben M
    0, 0

    You can have a sponsorship and still be an amateur, as long as you don't get money, it's okay.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Ben

  5. 19hole

    19hole
    Reading, MA

    Sorry to disagree but the USGA rules are quite clear...

    Note 1: Actions by an amateur golfer for the purpose of becoming a professional golfer include, but are not limited to:

    (a) accepting the position of a professional golfer;

    (b) receiving services or payment, directly or indirectly, from a professional agent;

    (c) entering into a written or oral agreement, directly or indirectly, with a professional agent or sponsor; and

     

    A sponsorship make you a professional.....

  6. Geoffrey  B

    Geoffrey B
    Celina, OH

    Thats completely true

  7. Dear Mike, 

     

    My son will attempt to qualify for Q-Schol next year.  If he does qualify he would be the youngest ever to hold a card.    I would like you or someone from your organization to contact me so that we may confidentially discuss how Titleistcan help him with his career once he has his card.  Thanks for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Vick

  8. Team Titleist Staff

    Vick S said:

    Dear Mike, 

     

    My son will attempt to qualify for Q-Schol next year.  If he does qualify he would be the youngest ever to hold a card.    I would like you or someone from your organization to contact me so that we may confidentially discuss how Titleistcan help him with his career once he has his card.  Thanks for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Vick


    Hi Vick,

    Thanks for the note and good luck to your son at Q-School.  Your best bet for more sponsorship information would be to reach out to the Tour Department and you can get some more information by following this link: http://www.titleist.com/customer-service/faqs/112/Sponsorship.aspx

    Thanks again!

  9. Geoffrey  B

    Geoffrey B
    Celina, OH

    Hey mike, I wonder how many times you'll have to answer a question like this.

  10. I am a 14 year old amateur golfer who is trying to become a top level pro with hopes of winning may majors would it be possible to have a possible sponsorship
  11. Dale V

    Dale V
    Surprise AZ

    Best of luck with your future goals. My suggestion would be find a local businessman or someone at a local country club to be a sponsor. That’s the most common way that young golfers get help. Some may ask for future percentage of earnings or for you to help advertise their business. Hope to hear of your progress into college and professional golf some day.
  12. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    Live the dream. It will take a lot of hard work, but it can happen.

    Sponsorships are tied to those with a record of success. While vendors sponsor hundreds of player, there are hundreds of thousands that would like sponsors.

    At 14, there are high school teams to join. Often there are junior leagues to be involved with in the summer. Besides local junior leagues, your State Golf Association has programs for various levels o skill and age. You should have relationship with a PGA pro at a local course that at least offer lessons and can help you map out a path to move up locally in rankings as well as help you get recruited for a college squad. Very few pros make the jump at 17 or 18 and definitely not without a path to become successful at an early age.

    Make a plan for your goal and follow it with grit and determination. Best wishes going forward.
  13. Rushy

    Rushy
    Grey County

    They do wonderful stuff in the junior game I suggest finding a golf club you play with and play on some junior tours. At those events sponsorship opportunities can arise as mentioned above they can’t just hand out clubs for an6 request. Although working closely with a pro or local rep will go a long way

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