Golfing Families Invited For A Fun And FREE Day of Golf Activities & Instruction
ORLANDO, Fla. – July 14, 2008…Marriott Golf, one of the world’s premier golf operators, is reaching out to families all over the world and promoting “togetherness in golf” with the International Family Golf Festival program. Griffin Gate Golf Club in Lexington, Kentucky today announced that it will be hosting its Family Golf Festival on Saturday, July 19.
The Marriott International Family Golf Festival, which encourages parents and children to learn and play the game together, invites families to Cattails at Meadowview for an afternoon of FREE golf activities and instruction, including short game and full swing clinics. Participants will have the chance to win a variety of prizes in “closest chip” and “longest putt” contests, and will also be treated to complimentary hot dogs, sodas, cookies, and other tasty snacks. Further, all attendees ages 15 and under will receive a free t-shirt. The day (full schedule listed below) will culminate with a free round of golf and free practice for parents and children:
1 p.m.: Chipping Clinic
2 p.m.: Chipping Contest
2:30 p.m.: Putting Contest
Range balls in the hitting nets complimentary all day
For more information on this year’s Family Golf Festival, please call the golf shop at (859) 288-6193. Advance registration is recommended.
The Marriott International Family Golf Festival is the latest effort by Marriott to promote family golf. In 2005, Marriott Golf launched “Kids Golf-4-Free,” a first-of-its-kind program that enables kids up to 15 years old to golf for free when accompanied by a full paying adult after 3 p.m. In addition, Marriott Golf also offers free lessons anytime to kids up to 15 years old when accompanied by an adult who is taking a fully paid lesson from a Marriott Golf instructor. This program, which is available at some of Marriott Golf’s most prestigious resort destinations worldwide, was complemented in 2007 by the “Kids Rent-4-Free” program, which provides kids 15 years old and under with a free rental set of Accu-Length clubs when they participate in the “Kids Golf-4-Free” program. For more information on Marriott’s Family Golf Festivals, please visit www.marriottgolf.com.
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.
Contact:
Michele Kruchkowski (mkruchkowski@mastrocomm.com)
Stefanie Schiavello (stefanie@mastrocomm.com)
Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
