Kevin Wallace Named Assistant Superintendent At Wildfire Golf Club
ORLANDO, Fla. – June 2, 2008… Marriott Golf, one of the world’s premier golf operators, today announced that Jeff Johnson has been promoted to Head Golf Professional at Wildfire Golf Club, a 36-hole facility featuring two of Phoenix’s leading golf courses. In this new position, Johnson will be responsible for managing retail merchandising, outings and tournaments, and overall golf shop operations.
Johnson first joined the Marriott team in 2004 as Assistant Golf Professional at Wildfire. Soon after, due to his hard work and unmatched dedication to his position, Johnson was promoted to Golf Shop Supervisor, and then Assistant Tournament Coordinator. He most recently served as Tournament Coordinator at Wildfire.
In related news, Kevin Wallace has been named Assistant Superintendent at Wildfire Golf Club. A graduate of Kansas State University, Wallace worked at several premier private cubs in Kansas for 11 years. Wallace comes to Wildfire from Cottonwood Hills Golf Club in Hutchinson, Kansas, where he served as Assistant Superintendent for just under two years.
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf manages 61 golf courses at 45 locations in 13 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970 and is one of the world’s premier golf operators. 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.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 3,000 lodging properties in the United States and 66 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 Bethesda, Md., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by FORTUNE®, and has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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