Playing The Famed Blue Course At Doral Golf Resort & Spa Now Enhanced By Caddie Program That Provides Expert Guides To One Of The Game’s Greatest Golf Experiences
Miami, Fla. – October 11, 2007â?¦Doral Golf Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort, one of the world’s premier golf destinations, today announced that from January 1st to May 20th, 2008, any round of golf purchased on the famed Blue Monster, one of Doral’s five Championship golf courses, will feature an inclusive caddie service. With this new program, a forecaddie will be assigned to each foursome, providing golfers with an expert guide to one of the game’s great golf experiences.
Doral, which introduced an optional resort caddie program in 2006, is making the Blue Course "caddie inclusive" in an effort to further enhance the already world class experience for golfers playing on the famed course, which is home to the CA Championship, a World Golf Championship event, and site of the longest running PGA TOUR event in Florida.
As part of the Blue Monster’s "caddie inclusive" program, each foursome of golf will receive one forecaddie that is trained on every aspect of the course, including history, layout, course conditions, distances and even the many legendary stories that have become synonymous with the Blue Monster among both professional and celebrity golfers since 1962.
"We decided to make the Blue Monster caddie inclusive because we want golfers to experience the history and tradition of the course, from strategic shot making to entertaining stories that have been passed on over the years," said Darrin Helfrick, General Manager of Golf, Doral Golf Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort. "This is truly one of the game’s treasured courses, and this caddie program will enhance the overall golfing experience, while making history come to life."
Doral’s overall resort caddie program, which is managed and maintained by CADDIEMASTER, the leading provider of caddie services, based in Pinehurst, N.C., features two options: the full service caddie and the forecaddie. The full service caddie option provides golfers with the ultimate caddie experience and will include carrying bags, offering shot selection advice, raking bunkers, spotting wayward shots, reading greens, tending pins, cleaning balls and getting yardage. For golfers that prefer to ride, the forecaddie service provides all of the above mentioned services with the exception of carrying bags.
The 693-room Doral Resort, which is managed by Marriott International and is officially named the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort, joined Marriott’s first-class portfolio of 60 resorts worldwide in August of 2004. In managing the golf business operations at Doral, Marriott International enlisted its in-house golf management arm, Marriott Golf, the world’s largest resort golf management company, and the first in-house golf management team ever established by a lodging company. Currently, Marriott Golf oversees more than 150,000 rounds of golf per year on Doral’s five Championship golf courses.
CADDIEMASTER is the leading provider of caddie management services in the United States and Abroad. Founded in 1993, CADDIEMASTER now manages the caddie services at a variety of world-class golf venues including Augusta National Golf Club, Kiawah Island Club, Pebble Beach Golf Links, PGA National Resort, Pinehurst Resort, TPC Sawgrass, Whistling Straits, and numerous Ritz-Carlton golf facilities, among others.
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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