Orlando, Florida – April 26, 2006 – Marriott Golf, the world’s largest resort golf management company, today announced that John Kajfasz has been named Senior Instructor at The Faldo Golf Institute, at Seaview Resort & Spa, in Galloway Township, NJ.
As the new Senior Instructor, Kajfasz will be responsible for leading the instructional team at the New Jersey-based Faldo Golf Institute (FGI), one of four FGI’s in the United States. Equipped with practice facilities that are first class, as well as a club fitting studio and state-of-the-art video swing analysis equipment, Kajfasz will oversee a wide variety of programs offered at FGI. The diverse curriculum, available for golfers of all skill levels, includes two and three day golf school programs, three-hour short game and full swing sessions, private lessons, swing analysis and club fitting sessions.
Prior to joining the Marriott team, Kajfasz served as Director of Instruction at the The First Tee of Niagara Falls, where he successfully managed The 2005 Golf Camp For Kids program, which featured instruction and teaching clinics for over 1,000 junior golfers. Kajfasz has over 15 years experience as a teaching professional at a variety of prestigious clubs, including stints at The Aronaimink Country Club in New Town Square, PA; Bay Hill Golf Club in Orlando, Florida; The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ and The Metropolitan Golf Club in Atlanta, GA. Kajfasz is the 1995 Georgia Section Long Drive Champion, and is a graduate of Ferris State University.
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf currently manages 60 golf courses at 45 facilities in 14 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970 and is currently the largest resort golf operator in the United States. Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 2,600 lodging properties in the United States and 65 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, Renaissance, Bulgari, The Ritz-Carlton, Courtyard, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites, TownePlace Suites, and Fairfield Inn brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club International, Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best places to work for by Fortune® magazine. In fiscal year 2004, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $10 billion, and the company had approximately 133,000 employees at year-end 2004. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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