Art Gose, President

Art Gose is a well-respected business professional and community partner located in Northern Virginia. During his corporate career, Art was an active member of community and employee relations groups that organized golf events. Applying his knowledge of project management and staff engagement, these events were able to stay within budget while offering participants a wonderful golf experience. After retirement, he knew his second career would involve aspects of golf and people. Using his 15 years of golf tournament experience, Art parlayed assets of helping charity foundations and local organizations into 1st Tee Marketing. His expertise has been invaluable in producing high-visibility charity golf tournaments where the give-aways are reasonably priced high quality merchandise people are proud to use long after the event. Leveraging his experience of silent auctions, Art is able to secure limited edition and one-of-a-kind collectibles for his clients to further raise funds for their foundations.

As a native-born Virginian who has the vantage point of growing up in Arlington County, Art understands the need to contribute back to his community. He is a very active member of his civic organizations and church. His leadership presence evokes a feeling for trust in his clients. Art's clients know their projects will be completed in a professional, effective manner with results surpassing expectations.

1st Tee Marketing, the Organization

1st Tee Marketing brings well-managed and produced golf events to clients where charity goals and objectives are effectively achieved. 1st Tee Marketing has been honored to be involved in over four hundred charity functions and events within the United States. Our team manages all the details from start to finish. Our expertise will support your efforts to generate new revenues, offering various options to create the WOW factor event.

Each tournament service we offer is tailored to your event manger's needs so they gain the edge to efficiently and effectively produce a superior event. Based on our many years of experience, we know our services will produce the WOW factor event to increase your event's bottom line. We coach event managers to take care of their sponsors and players; and help them be more strategic in their planning and execution of their event. Our pre-event services, tournament day services the post-event follow-ups serve to alleviate our client event planners' stress. When we manage an event, we stay with the event year round. Upon completion, part of our post event follow-up is using our 1st Tee Marketing to maintain the sponsors' and players' connection to the event. This legacy building will make your future charity and fund raising efforts easier.

Another service we mastered is the acquisition of reasonably priced merchandise and gifts. Our staff has the bandwidth to secure cost-effective clothing and gift items that appeal to both men and women. Personalizing gifts with organizational logos is one of our specialties; thus your end results generate higher revenue. You give us the specifics so we can handle the logistics and delivery of goods.

Our pinnacle service offers consignment-based silent auction items. We continue to canvas the globe for unique memorabilia to entice your guests to "bid high" to contribute more funds to your event. Our team delivers the items to your event and will retrieve any unsold items so your organization can enjoy the benefits of a silent auction without inventory concerns.

1st Tee Marketing is ready to serve our community charity needs to help you experience a successful event including the WOW factor.