(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) – SouthWood Golf Club – the award winning, upscale public course at the heart of one of Tallahassee’s most comprehensively designed communities – will host the inaugural Grove Park Ladies Match Play Championship November 9-10.
The tournament format is two-person team match play contested over two days and four nine-hole matches. The entry fee of $150 per player includes two days of competitive golf, a pairings dinner, box lunches, a wine and cheese cocktail party, tee gifts, door prizes and an awards luncheon.
Admission is limited to the first 48 teams to register, and all women must have a USGA handicap to enter. Ladies will play from SouthWood’s #2 Green Tees, which measure 4,978 yards with a slope of 111 and course rating off 69.9. The final round, "Championship Shootout" begins at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 10.
"We are excited to host the inaugural Grove Park Ladies Match Play Championship and look forward to a competitive and entertaining tournament environment," says Beth Murphy, SouthWood’s General Manager. "SouthWood is a woman-friendly course and an excellent facility in which to stage an event of this format."
The Grove Park Ladies Match Play Championship is sponsored by the Twin Oaks Apartment Homes at SouthWood. Entries must be received by 6 p.m., Friday, November 4. For entry forms or more information, please visit www.stjoegolf.com or call 850.942.4653.
About SouthWood Golf Club
Designed by PGA Tour star Fred Couples and renowned architect Gene Bates, SouthWood Golf Club is among the region’s most-acclaimed courses. Highlighted by stands of stunning, Spanish moss-draped oak trees, the 7,172-yard layout meanders over rolling hills, through wooded areas and open land.
A course that tests Tour-quality players and provides an enjoyable experience for golfers of all abilities, SouthWood features five sets of tees on every hole. The 2,986-yard "Wee Tees" provide the ideal course set-up for juniors, beginners or players seeking to improve their short game.
SouthWood Golf Club has garnered numerous honors since opening in November 2002. Most recently, the course was named among the Top-10 layouts of the new millennium by Travel + Leisure Golf. SouthWood was also named to Golf Digest’s list of "America’s Best New Courses," selected by GOLF Magazine as one of the top 35 public courses – out of 325 nationwide – to open in 2002, and named Tallahassee’s best golf course by Tallahassee Magazine.
About SouthWood
Set on 3,200-acres of land complete with hills, open pastures, natural lakes and towering oaks, St. Joe’s SouthWood is one of the largest and most comprehensively planned communities in Florida’s capital region. SouthWood is located in Tallahassee, just four miles from Florida’s Capitol building and includes St. Joe-built and custom-designed homes.
SouthWood is a place where neighbors will be able to walk or bike to Town Center for shopping, dinner, or work, and currently enjoy the SouthWood Education Village for lifelong learning opportunities and other events. There also are abundant outdoor recreational activities, including a nationally recognized, upscale public golf course designed by PGA Tour pro Fred Couples, a community center and golf club house, and miles of paved walking and biking trails that wind through the community.
SouthWood is tucked among 1,000 acres of parks, lakes and ponds surrounded by massive Patriarch oaks that gracefully sweep the ground. An abundance of native wildlife creates an ever-changing landscape for birdwatchers and nature lovers.
About St. Joe
The St. Joe Company, a publicly held company based in Jacksonville, is one of Florida’s largest real estate operating companies. It is engaged in town, resort, commercial and industrial development and land sales. JOE also has significant interests in timber.
More information about JOE can be found online at JOE.com .
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