Vijay Singh to Co-Host Clinic to Commemorate the Event
(SHENZHEN, China) – Mission Hills Golf Club – the world’s largest collection of premier golf courses with 12 layouts designed by many of the greatest golfers and golf-course architects from five continents – today announces the opening of the Mission Hills Golf Academy by Cindy Reid.
Reid, formerly the Director of Instruction at the TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., has worked with several PGA Tour players over her twenty-five year career, including Jim Furyk, Fred Funk, Davis Love III, Frank Lickliter, Rocco Mediate, and Vijay Singh. She is widely considered to be one of golf’s premier teachers and is known for her ability to communicate and inspire her students. Reid is a Golf For Women magazine Top 50 instructor, is a regular contributor to The Golf Channel’s "Academy Live," and is a contributing instructor writer to Golf For Women and PGA TOUR Partners Magazine.
The Cindy Reid Signature Golf School features an Elite Golf School and a Women’s Elite Golf School in two and three day packages. The Elite Golf School is an intense program that caters to serious golfers who seek to improve their tournament play, while the Women’s Elite Golf School focuses on basic fundamentals for female players. The Cindy Reid Signature Golf School also offers a Three Day Elite Short Game School geared toward experienced players. These schools are each highlighted by personal instruction from Reid.
"It is an honor to have Cindy Reid and the Cindy Reid Golf Academy here at Mission Hills," says Dr. David Chu, Chairman of the Mission Hills Group. "Over the years she has established herself as one of the game’s great teachers and true ambassadors. Her instructional methods and philosophies further our goal of growing the game in China by introducing and retaining players through sound fundamentals."
Singh – whose signature course at Mission Hills opened in 1999 – will visit the property on September 22 to co-host a clinic with Reid, his long-time coach and friend. The day’s activities will include the aforementioned clinic as well as morning and afternoon autograph sessions, a golf skills challenge, a welcome gala luncheon, a prize presentation for skills challenge participants, and a Q & A session. All events are open to Mission Hills Golf Club members and guests
"I am looking forward to reuniting with Vijay once again," says Reid. "We go back to my days as the Director of Instruction at the TPC at Sawgrass, and I have always admired the passion and tenacity with which he plays the game."
While at Mission Hills, Singh will also consult with Brian Curley of Schmidt-Curley Design (Scottsdale, Ariz.) on several modifications scheduled for the club’s Vijay Course. Curley, who was heavily involved in its design, plans to enhance several bunkers and drainage areas to make the course even more playable.
"The enhancements to the Vijay Course will enable it to remain a favorite track of Mission Hills’ members and guests alike," says Curley.
The Vijay Course is a par-72, 7,006-yard-layout with a number of innovative design techniques, including the 150-yard beach bunker on the 605-yard par-5 third hole, and the 553-yard par-5 10th hole, which features a green complex literally perched on a rock wall. In creating the course, Singh drew skillfully from famous designs around the world (including Pebble Beach), making the course one of the most spectacular in Asia.
About Mission Hills
Stretching across the lush, rolling hills of Shenzhen and Dongguan in southern China, Mission Hills is China’s highest rated golf club, and the largest golf club in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The property is home to 12 resort and championship courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Pete Dye and Brian Curley and Lee Schmidt (Schmidt-Curley Design) in conjunction with the many of the world’s greatest golfers including: Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Jose Maria Olazabal, Nick Faldo, David Duval, and Annika Sorenstam. Mission Hills is a full-service, luxury resort, featuring four spas, a 315-room, five-star hotel, 51 tennis courts and numerous fine dining establishments serving cuisine from around the world. It has hosted more than 50 international tournaments, including the 1995 World Cup of Golf and the Tiger Woods China Challenge. The Olazabal Course will host the Omega Mission Hills World Cup beginning in 2007 and extending through 2018.!
Mission Hills’ awards and accolades include:
IAGTO Golf Resort of the Year-Rest of World Category
Best Golf Development and Best Development China by Bentley International Property Awards
5-Star Mobile Travel Guide
"The Most Favorite Golf Club to Millionaires in China by Euromoney China
The golf club in China most frequently visited by PGA TOUR players
The "Most Preferred Golf Club" in the 2005 Survey of the Preferred Brands of China’s Richest (Hurun Report)
Destination of Tiger Woods’ first visit to China
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