NEW and Refreshing;
for ALL Golfers.

With GOLFest*, an important aspect of golf that was lost is reintroduced. Not so long ago in the short history of golf, people seemed to consider the sport much more like a social activity than a competitive sport. Gaston de St-Pierre, the author of the avant-garde GOLF COMFORT* method, pretends that only thirty years ago, good golfer performances were in good part the result of the strong social aspect related to the sport.

Today, equipments are better than ever and scores are worst than ever before; some people in the golf history are very worried about the long term consequences from the fact beginner golfers can’t be retained to the sport. People only count on their individual motivation to compete against everybody as we tend to do at work. They hope to play better without any outside support and that is much more difficult. Gaston thinks that most golfers are missing an important element of collective type that is related to sport achievement; it is that typical social club friendly atmosphere he calls the collective motivation. In the GOLFest* positive environment, each member is invited to share their desire for accomplishment and their motivation with the other club members. It seems to work even better when men and women golfers do other types of activities than golf together.

Gaston thinks that before 2010, the actual negative trend of just playing for ourselves without sharing motivation will begin to disappear with GOLFest*. It will progressively transform itself into the collective motivation phenomenon. Though, it seems to be the second reason that will help more and more golfers to play better. The first one is the adoption of GOLF COMFORT*, which differentiate itself from the traditional technique because it is more than a technique. As a matter of fact, it is a complete learning method with a compatible approach. That makes GOLF COMFORT* the most balanced learning tool and the most technically accessible. (www.golfcomfort.com)

So, GOLFest* is reintroducing that special and positive atmosphere OFF the courses… to profit from that collective motivation ON the courses. Golfer members will be offered all kinds of year round activities. There is no membership fee; golfers get their free card at their first participation. Activities will range from social (special guess meetings, wine and cheese tasting sessions, etc. ) to year round travel offers at the best prices (golf, outdoors, snow sports and adventure travel, etc. ), presentations of new products, accessible supervised physical conditioning and many others related to golf. Suggestions are welcome. Most activities will be held in collaboration with such partners as golf clubs, hotels, enterprises of all kinds, etc. . The list of the collaborators will be published on this site so we can encourage them.

Let the GOLFestivities* begin!
Watch for the first activities to be held; they will soon be announced on this site.

Finally, GOLFest* is the name of a golf shop and it is now integrated to SCA* (Système CONSOM-Aide*) stores to be opened in many cities and towns in Québec and later on in the rest of Canada from 2005.

This is EXCELLENT NEWS for all GOLFERS; this means they will soon have access to a multitude of advantages and privileges in the GOLF department of each SCA* General Store. For all details, get this My SCA* link (in French only for now). The membership card is mandatory but it is free; we ask for the card in the new stores.

In GOLFest* boutiques, consumers are able to buy equipments, accessories and benefit from GOLFitting*, a custom made golf club service.

They also can benefit from the Travel division (OUMPA Travel) by choosing among many GOLF -and SKI- destinations. This Vacation division is already in operation (details).

For those who aspire to do some good business or a custom made career in GOLF, there is the non traditional GOLFest* franchises.

The new type of franchises offered are the most accessible on the market today; they are of a new type. For the purpose of an example, we suppose there is five hundred stores. To briefly illustrate the new formula, let say that instead of having to purchase five hundred products for one store as in a traditional environment, each new formula franchisee purchases one -or few- product sold for him in five hundred stores by adequately trained staff. Related to the example, as a matter of fact, the store chain promoters plan to operate five hundred stores before 2012.

One of the main features of the new franchise formula is that overhead fees are practically non existent. The franchisees don?t have to pay the overhead fees related to the operation of a store such as the rent, the telephone, the snow removal and even the employees salaries and the marketing.

For details, one must consult the www.golfest.net web site (in English soon).

Happy Golf.
Gaston de St-Pierre, GOLFest*

CONTACTS

Information and question(s) : courrier@golfest.org

Tél. (418) 775-5799
fax. (418) 775-7388
Mont-Joli, Qc G5H 2J3