Sean Taylor adds experience as leading instructor at award-winning facilities
Wintergreen, Va., Jan. 9, 2006 â?¦ An award-winning golf instructor as well an expert administrator and occasional inventor, Sean Taylor brings a wealth of experience to his position as Director of Golf at Wintergreen Resort Golf Club, one of the premier mountain golf destinations in the United States.
"This position is very exciting for me," said Taylor, 37, who comes to Wintergreen after spending the past two years as Director of Golf at the renowned Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Fla. "Everyone here at Wintergreen is headed in the same direction. We have an unbelievable product – a true mountain golf experience at its best."
Taylor, a native of Hamilton, N.J., has been selected as among "America’s Top Golf Instructors" in the Guide to America’s Top Golf Instructors and is the co-creator of the Golf Pro Teaching Mat. A member of the PGA of America since 1994, Taylor was a four-year letterman at Elon University in Elon, N.C., graduating with a degree in education, and spent some time on the Florida mini-tour circuit.
On staff at the Duke University Golf Club from 1993-2004 – the final five years as head golf professional – Taylor not only became an avid "Dukie" sports fan, but designed the university’s golf curriculum. He has taught golfers from the junior ranks up through college, and both the PGA and LPGA Tours. Some of his more notable students include Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Under Taylor’s direction, Grand Cypress earned honors from Conde Nast Traveler magazine as the No. 1 Golf Resort in Florida, and Golf World Business twice included his retail operation in its rankings of Top 100 Best Golf Shops.
Taylor and his wife, Kris, have been married 10 years and have 3-year-old twins – son Joseph and daughter Ella.
One of the nation’s premier year-round golf destinations, Wintergreen is located in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, offering year-round golf at Stoney Creek, a 27-hole Rees Jones layout in the valley, and seasonal play at the highest course in Virginia, the Ellis Maples-designed Devil’s Knob, an exquisite mountaintop layout at 3,850 feet elevation that is known for cool summer temperatures and outstanding tee-to-green conditions.
Wintergreen boasts Central Virginia’s largest, most qualified tournament facility, which complements the resort’s lush hideaway and breathtaking location, ideal for the ultimate family vacation or business conference. Peaceful and refreshing, Wintergreen is known for its multiple dining options and outstanding recreational opportunities on an 11,000-acre all-season resort.
The soothing Wintergarden Spa, Aquatics & Fitness Center recently opened a $4 million-dollar addition that showcases whirlpools, hot tubs, massage and spa treatments, cosmetology services, as well as the fully equipped swimming and exercise facility.
For more information, visit www.wintergreenresort.com. For room reservations, call (800) 926-3723, and for tee times and more golf details, call (434) 325-8250.
Contact:
Karen Moraghan
Hunter Public Relations – East
(908) 876-5100
kmoraghan@hunter-pr.com
