Rental Program, Available at 53 Marriott Golf Courses, Enhances Marriott Golf’s Popular "Kids Golf-4-Free" Initiative by Providing Free Rental Sets For Kids; "Kids Golf-4-Free" Allows Adults and Kids to Play and Learn the Game of Golf
Orlando, Fla. – June 7, 2007 – Marriott Golf (www.marriottgolf.com), one of the world’s premier golf operators and the world’s largest resort golf management company, today enhanced its popular "Kids Golf-4-Free" program by teaming up with OnTrack Sports, LLC, makers of Accu-Length Expandable Junior Golf Clubs, on a 2007 "Kids Rent-4-Free" Program. The new program, which is available at 37 of Marriott Golf’s most prestigious resort destinations, provides children 15 years old and under with a free rental set of Accu-Length clubs when they participate in the "Kids Golf-4-Free" program and play golf, or take lessons, alongside of a paying adult.
Launched in May 2006, Marriott Golf’s acclaimed "Kids Golf-4-Free" program allows children to play golf for free when accompanied by a full paying adult after 3:00 p.m. With golf resorts like Shadow Ridge (Palm Desert, California), Stone Mountain Golf Club (Atlanta, Georgia) and Dalmahoy Country Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) among the 53 golf courses participating in "Kids Golf-4-Free," not only are junior golfers being introduced to some of the finest golf courses in the world, but adults and kids can now play and learn together whether on vacation, or simply sharing quality family time. In fact, Marriott Golf also offers free lessons to kids 15 years old and under when accompanied by an adult who is taking a fully paid lesson from a Marriott Golf instructor.
In teaming up with Accu-Length Expandable Junior Golf Clubs for the free rental club program, Marriott Golf is providing kids with the only custom fit junior clubs that actually grow with a child. In fact, the Accu-Length System has revolutionized junior golf by simply allowing the equipment to be custom fit for children no matter their height, talent or experience. This enables a junior golfer to truly develop the perfect swing. As part of their relationship with Marriott Golf, OnTrack Sports will provide each participating Marriott Golf course with a full line of Accu-Length junior golf clubs for use with the "Kids Rent-4-Free" program. In addition, numerous Marriott managed golf clubs will carry Accu-Length Expandable Junior Golf Clubs for purchase in the golf shops.
"The ‘Kids Golf-4-Free’ program has been an overwhelming success for Marriott Golf on a worldwide scale and it has gone a long way in helping us to further promote junior golf," said Claye Atcheson, vice president of
operations, Marriott Golf. "This relationship with Accu-Length is the perfect complement to the "Kids Golf-4-Free’ program, as it enables us to provide a complimentary set of rental clubs to all kids playing at our courses."
"We are very excited to team up with Marriott Golf and introduce Accu-Length junior golf clubs to families participating in the ‘Kids Golf-4-Free’ program," said Rick Rutter, President, OnTrack Sports. "With such a wide range of kids participating in the program, Accu-Length has the ability to ‘fit’ a child regardless of their size, which makes this the perfect junior golf rental program."
For more information on the "Kids Golf-4-Free" and "Kids Rent-4-Free" programs, including restrictions that may apply at participating golf clubs, log on to www.marriottgolf.com. For more information about Accu-Length, log on to www.acculength.com.
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf currently manages 60 golf courses at 45 facilities in 15 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970, is one of the world’s premier golf operators, and is the world’s the largest resort golf management organization. Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises. For more information, visit www.marriottgolf.com.
About Accu-Length Expandable Junior Golf Clubs
Since being name "Best New Product" during its launch at the 2005 PGA Merchandise Show and a top ranked junior club on Golf Digest’s prestigious "Hot List," Accu-Length has become the driving force in the junior golf industry. The company offers four individual series of clubs, based on a child’s height, with a patented spacer system technology allowing the clubs to expand as the child grows for up to five years. Parents save money, while children have adult quality clubs that can be continuously custom fit for the optimal golf experience.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading lodging company with nearly 2,900 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott 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., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2006 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best places to work for by FORTUNE®. The company is also a 2006 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Partner. In fiscal year 2006, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $12.2 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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