Award-Winning Course and Clubfitting-Sales Company will Host Junior Golf Lessons and Activities Next Week; Each Youth Participant will Receive Two Golf Clubs
(WORLEY, Idaho) – Circling Raven Golf Club today announces that the award-winning Gene Bates designed layout in the scenic Idaho panhandle is teaming with Henry-Griffitts – the pioneer in clubfitting and quality clubmaking based in Hayden – to host junior golf lessons and activities at Circling Raven next week (June 25-28).
As part of the promotion, children ages 7-17 who participate will receive a driver and iron in addition to instruction and a souvenir. Monday-Wednesday are dedicated to lessons with children ages 7-11 enjoying instruction from 1:30-3:30 pm and children 12-17 from 3:30-5 pm. Thursday concludes the program with a fun competition called "Junior Horse Race" in which participants vie to win, place or show.
Many of the 50 junior participants are members of the community and/or Coeur d’Alene Indian Tribe, which owns and operates Circling Raven, an amenity of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel. In addition to Henry-Griffitts, Pepsi is donating product to support the event, and the Benewah Medical Center and Coeur d’Alene Tribal Wellness Center is helping underwrite the participant fee.
"We’re proud to work with Henry-Griffitts in this player development initiative," says Circling Raven Director of Golf David Christenson. "Providing learning experiences like this in a fun and instructional format builds skills and confidence in junior players, which inspires them to continue exploring the game and possibly become players for life. This is something the game dearly needs and it’s a wholesome experience and environment for young people. The fact that many of these young people are members of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe makes it even more special as it brings the resort and golf club full circle on its mission to enhance their lives."
"Henry-Griffitts is glad to provide golf clubs for the youth participants in this junior development program because it will help them get started in golf and hopefully begin them down a lifelong path of healthy enjoyment, recreation and success in the game," says Henry-Griffitts CEO Jim Hofmeister.
About Henry-Griffitts
Henry-Griffitts, the pioneer in dynamic clubfitting and quality clubmaking, adds confidence to golfers of all abilities through a network of 200 accounts and 400 certified teachers. Randy Henry and Jim Griffitts founded the company in 1983 on the premise that golf clubs, when correctly fitted, can help players make better golf swings and get better results.
About Circling Raven Golf Club
Owned and operated by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and convenient to Spokane (WA) airport, the resort and golf club are nestled on a reservation covering 345,000 acres of mountains, lakes, old-growth forest and farmland. The resort spans the western edge of the northern Rocky Mountains.
Tribal history also tells us that Circling Raven was a spiritually powerful leader, his name coming from his close relationship to the raven, who helped guide him on his journeys, warn him of danger and show him where to find fish and game.
Circling Raven was created amid a unique blend of wetlands, grasslands and woodlands. At 7,189 yards, the par 72 championship layout meanders through 620 acres, only 100 representing cultivated ground. Wildlife is abundant, including elk, deer, moose and an occasional black bear. In fact, the opening was delayed due to damage on two greens by migrating elk.
Golf Course
Yardages: Gold, 7,189; Blue, 6,578; White, 6,108; Red, 5,389; Green, 4,708
Total Acreage: 670 (including practice area, practice green and clubhouse)
Amenities: The clubhouse is 6,500 square feet, including the Twisted Earth Grill and full service bar. Both locker rooms include showers and lockers. The practice facility covers 25 acres; separated into areas for wedges, sand play and all clubs in the bag. The resort adjacent to the course includes 202 hotel rooms, casino, events center, buffet, and restaurant, off track betting and conference/convention facilities.
L93 Bent Grass Greens
Bluegrass tees, fairways and rough
Golf Carts: Equipped with a Global Positioning System
Contact:
Dan Shepherd, Buffalo Communications
703-891-3320, dshepherd@billycaspergolf.com