Merchandiser Membership

Member Type: Golf professionals, assistants, buyers/merchandisers, specialty golf shop owners, club managers/club owners who are directly involved in the buying/selling of merchandise at a golf retail operation.

Annual Membership Dues: $225 plus a nominal shipping fee for sending AGM member materials

Associate Merchandiser

Member Type: Individuals who work at the same golf retail operation as an AGM Merchandiser Member.

Annual Membership Dues: $125 plus a nominal shipping fee for sending AGM member materials

Student Member

Member Type: Merchandising students enrolled in an accredited college or university and interested in pursuing a career in the golf retail industry.

Annual Membership Dues: $100 plus a nominal shipping fee for sending AGM member materials

Vendor Partner Membership

Member Type: Vendor partners are the suppliers to the golf retail industry. Through their membership dues, our vendor partner members support AGM retail education programs for golf professionals, buyers and merchandisers.

Annual Membership Dues: $450 plus a one-time Initiation Fee of $1,000

A few of the enhanced benefits of becoming a Vendor Partner member of the AGM include:

• Listing of your company on our Vendor Partner page which describes your product and services and includes a hyperlink to your website.
• Unfettered access to the password protected "Members Only" section of the website. This section contains the always current roster of members with facility type, addresses, phones, faxes and e-mail. The directory is searchable by these variables and is downloadable to an Excel format which allows you to facilitate marketing to AGM members.
• Complimentary e -blasts for your company specials and announcements.
• Upon request, ready to print formatted labels of the member roster will be provided on an unlimited basis.
• Subscription to the AGM e-Tailer - our monthly e-newsletter.
• Annual Member Survey.
• Bi-Annual listing of the Regional Show and Market Dates.
• Unlimited posting of your employment opportunities on the website.
• Opportunity to participate in "Buying Incentives" offered to AGM buyers by Vendor Partners.
• Quarterly Retail Sales Outlook as compiled by the National Retail Federation.
• Invitations to participate in our Buyer/Vendor receptions.
• Invitation to participate in the pre-PGA Merchandise Show Product Preview in Orlando. There you will have an opportunity to meet the buyers and introduce them to your collection in a social setting. This event is exclusive to AGM Vendor Partner members. Due to the effects of Covid-19, if this event cannot take place, we are making plans for this event to be virtual.