ORLANDO, Fla. – June 17, 2008… Marriott Golf, one of the world’s premier golf operators, today announced that Scott Eibling has been named General Manager at The Frog Golf Club, an 18-hole facility located in Villa Rica, Ga. In this position, Eibling will oversee all daily operations at The Frog, including golf & grounds maintenance, golf shop operations, retail merchandising, instruction, tournament coordination, food & beverage, and all sales & marketing initiatives.
Eibling comes to The Frog from Stone Mountain Golf Club, a neighboring Marriott Golf property featuring two of Georgia’s leading courses. While at Stone Mountain, Eibling served as Assistant Golf Professional for five years, before being promoted to Head Golf Professional in 2005.
Eibling is a Certified PGA Professional in General Management & Golf Operations, and has been a Class A Member of The PGA of America since 2003. Eibling’s additional accomplishments include four Top 100 Golf Shop awards, the 2002 Golf Department Associate of the Year award, and the 2004 Leader of the Year award for Evergreen Conference Resort.
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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Michele Kruchkowski (mkruchkowski@mastrocomm.com) Stefanie Schiavello (stefanie@mastrocomm.com)
Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
