Eddy Renio on the importance of hosting a golf expo: Every year, typically around the time our “snowbirds” come back, we host a golf expo on our range to welcome our members home. We usually hold the event the first day the course opens up from our overseeding process to help pique interest when we need it. The expo is a demo day of sorts, but with a lot more to offer. We not only invite all of the vendors currently being stocked in our golf shop, such as equipment and apparel companies, but we also invite non-traditional companies to participate. In the past, we have included travel agencies, investment groups, league sponsors, fitness and rehab groups, and golf car companies. I also bring in an outside food vendor like Famous Dave’s as well as a disc jockey to play music to make the atmosphere more festive. I carry around a wireless microphone and emcee the event, and make sure to stop by each company’s tent to help promote them and their products. We also sell $1 raffle tickets and