{"id":5965,"date":"2019-11-08T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T22:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/?p=5965"},"modified":"2023-12-01T00:45:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:45:52","slug":"vgaandshipstickspartnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/vgaandshipstickspartnership\/","title":{"rendered":"How The VGA &#038; Ship Sticks Partnership Helps Veteran Golfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vertans-golf-association-ship-sticks-greenbrier.jpg\" alt=\"Veterans Golf Association and Ship Sticks partnership\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vertans-golf-association-ship-sticks-greenbrier.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vertans-golf-association-ship-sticks-greenbrier-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vertans-golf-association-ship-sticks-greenbrier-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ship Sticks is honored to continually partner with The Veteran Golfers Association (VGA).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the organization\u2019s dedicated Golf Club Shipper, Ship Sticks takes great pride in partnering with this meaningful non-profit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Veterans Golf Association Making a Difference in Golf<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>About the VGA<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/members-of-the-veterans-golf-association.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Veterans Golf Association\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/members-of-the-veterans-golf-association.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/members-of-the-veterans-golf-association-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/members-of-the-veterans-golf-association-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vgagolf.org\/homepage\/start_page.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The VGA<\/a> hosts more than 250 local tournaments throughout the year where Veterans across the nation can tee-up in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their goal is to grow the game through local leagues to regional and national tournaments. Aside from personal play, the VGA prides itself on being a family-oriented organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is an honor and privilege to partner with the VGA and this worthwhile event.\u00a0 We thank them for the important work they do on behalf of our men and women of the Armed Services,\u201d stated Nick Coleman, CEO of Ship Sticks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Regional Qualifiers<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/background-of-the-veterans-golf-association.jpg\" alt=\"Background of the Veterans Golf Association\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/background-of-the-veterans-golf-association.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/background-of-the-veterans-golf-association-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/background-of-the-veterans-golf-association-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Regional Qualifiers hosted across the nation featured a competitive playing field. Competitors counted on Ship Sticks to pick up and deliver their clubs so they didn\u2019t have to worry about lugging their clubs through the airport or in the car to the tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winners from the North, South, West and Central Regions again used the hassle-free Ship Sticks service to transport their golf clubs to and from the National Championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>National Championship<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/veterans-golf-association-national-champinonship-greenbrier.jpg\" alt=\"Veterans Golf Association National Championship at The Greenbrier\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/veterans-golf-association-national-champinonship-greenbrier.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/veterans-golf-association-national-champinonship-greenbrier-340x220.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/veterans-golf-association-national-champinonship-greenbrier-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgachampionship.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Championship<\/a> was held at The Greenbrier from October 27-29, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a playing field of 50+, all participants were greeted by their clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the help of the amazing staff at The Greenbrier and the VGA, players were able to focus on their game more leading up to the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh Peyton, President of the Veteran Golfers Association stated, \u201cShip Sticks was an integral part of the 2019 VGA Championship at The Greenbrier to help alleviate the stress and hassle of shipping our veterans golf clubs to and from the venue.\u201d\u00a0 He went on to say, \u201cWe thank Ship Sticks for their continued support of the VGA and our Veteran community!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/\">Ship Sticks <\/a>values everything that the VGA stands for. We are excited about our future initiatives with this wonderful non-profit and look forward to continually help to grow the game of golf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ship Sticks is honored to continually partner with The Veteran Golfers Association (VGA).\u00a0\u00a0As the organization\u2019s dedicated Golf Club Shipper, Ship Sticks takes great pride in partnering with this meaningful non-profit.\u00a0 Veterans Golf Association Making a Difference in Golf About the VGA The VGA hosts more than 250 local tournaments throughout the year where Veterans across&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[128,260],"class_list":["post-5965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","category-news","tag-ship-sticks","tag-veteran-golfers-association"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5965"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8001,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5965\/revisions\/8001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}