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| Summer Savings From The Home of American Golf Pinehurst |  |
| Lazy summer getaways should always include some golf, and we've got the answer. Summer in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen area means 43 world-class golf courses, all at an exceptional value. We have 2 night/3 round golf packages starting as low as $169 per person, including cart. Check out the details on the best packages and everything else the area has to offer. Visit our website or call 800-346-5362 for complete information. | |
| Grove Park Vaults Into Top 100 Asheville | |
| For the first time in the 91-year history of The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, the resort’s golf course has cracked the prestigious Top 100 list of Best Golf Courses in North Carolina. The list is compiled each year by votes registered by the 135 member North Carolina Magazine Golf Panel. The ranking is released annually in the March issue of North Carolina magazine and includes all courses, public and private, and is one of the most respected surveys for the state’s courses. The Golf Course received 535 points placing it 69th in the state of North Carolina according to the Golf Panel. The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa spent $2.5-million dollars to totally restore the resort’s layout back to its original Donald Ross design dating back to 1924. The new design was met with overwhelming praise from members, guests and media as it was named “Best Restoration” in the U.S. in 2002 by Golfweek magazine. The 69th ranking also places course among the N.C. Golf Panel’s “Mighty Ninety” with a rating of 4 ½ out of five stars. Broken down by region, The Golf Course ranks 9th in the Mountain Top 10 placing just behind Champion Hills in Hendersonville. | |
| Master Teacher Joins Pine Needles Southern Pines | |
| Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, long an innovator in the golf instruction business, is expanding its golf-school curriculum with the addition of nationally renowned instructor Michael Hebron to its staff. Hebron is a Master Professional in the PGA of America and is among Golf Digest’s “50 Greatest Teachers” and Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 Teachers.” He has won the Horton Smith Trophy in recognition of his contributions to PGA education and has been named “PGA Teacher of the Year” on national and regional levels. Hebron will spend approximately four months a year in Southern Pines during the prime spring and fall golf seasons and be available during the winter and summer months as well for special programs. His “School for Learning Golf” will begin in April of 2004 with a series of three-day workshops at the venerable golf resort owned by LPGA founding member Peggy Kirk Bell and her family. Visit the website or call 800/747-7272 for complete details on upcoming schools and courses. | |
| New Golf Passbook Available Charlotte | |
| The North Carolina Chapter of the National Golf Course Owners Association is offering its Platinum Passbook, which features over $3,200 of free golf at 19 courses across the state. The passbook costs $295 and is good through December 31, 2004, with proceeds supporting a variety of programs undertaken by the chapter. Junior golf programs will receive 10% of the gross revenue from the sale of the passbook. For complete information, call 704/717-7303 or visit the website. | |
| Summer Savings From the Home of American Golf Pinehurst | |
| Lazy summer getaways should always include some golf, and we've got the answer. Summer in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen area means 43 world-class golf courses, all at an exceptional value. We have 2 night/3 round golf packages starting as low as $169 per person, including cart. Check out the details on the best packages and everything else the area has to offer. Visit our website or call 800-346-5362 for complete information. | |
| Sea Trail's Maples Course Reopens After Renovation Sunset Beach | |
| Sea Trail Plantation’s Maple’s Course has officially reopened to the public after undergoing a half million dollar renovation project, highlighted by a conversion to bentgrass greens. Sea Trail Plantation’s 6,797-yard Dan Maple’s Course opened in 1985 and challenges players with its distinctive use of waste bunkers and scenic views from the five holes along Calabash Creek. Over the past few months, the Maple’s course was upgraded from Bermudagrass to A1/A4 blended bentgrass. Due to the increased speed associated with bentgrass greens, Sea Trail Plantation redesigned several greens complexes to reduce their undulation. In addition to the greens work, Sea Trail Plantation modified five tee boxes, refurbished the existing bunkers, refined the cart paths and updated the landscaping to improve air circulation throughout the course. | |
| WILMINGTON RANKS AMONG BEST GOLF TOWNS Wilmington | |
| Golf Digest ranks Wilmington 8th in its latest survey of “the best golf towns in America.” The rankings are based on an area’s number of public courses per capita, total number of courses per capita, number of public courses per avid player, climate, and a value component based on course ratings and fees. Certainly contributing to Wilmington’s ranking are the presence of two Donald Ross courses, including the municipal Wilmington Golf Course, and others designed by Fazio, Nicklaus and Palmer. Also ranked in the top 25 were Goldsboro at 24th and Greensboro/Winston-Salem at 25th. | |
| PINEHURST REGION HOME TO 17 OF TOP 100 COURSES IN STATE Pinehurst | |
| Courses in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen area were once again significanlty represented in the list of Top 100 Golf Courses in North Carolina. The rankings, published annually by North Carolina magazine, are compiled based on votes cast by a panel of golf industry experts. In 2005, the area boasted 8 of the state's Top 15 courses, including: #1 Pinehurst No. 2 (which has achieved the state's premier ranking for the past 10 years); #4 Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood); #5 Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club; #8 Pinehurst No. 4; # 12 Pinehurst No. 8; #13 Forest Creek Golf Club; #14 National Golf Club; and #15 Country Club of North Carolina (Cardinal). In all 17 area courses were ranked in the Top 100. For more information on these and other courses in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area contact the Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-346-5362 or visit our web site. | |
| TEE IT UP IN RALEIGH Raleigh | |
| Build your own custom golf getaway by choosing among numerous hotels and golf courses in the Greater Raleigh area. And come experience all the amenities of city life, served Carolina style. Also offering TGIF specials, plus Canadian specials exclusive to our Northern neighbors. Click here (http://www.visitraleigh.com/visit/thingstodo/grgolf.html) for the latest deals and detailed info on 20 public and semi-private courses located around the state capital. Or call the Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800/849-8499 or email visit@visitraleigh.com. | |
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