Greensboro, Ga. (August 27, 2008) – Reynolds Plantation’s popular Red Zone Challenge Short Game School is becoming a reality television show, where teams of golf professionals and amateurs compete in various skills, based on drills that are part of the Red Zone Challenge.
Developed by Charlie King, author of “Golf’s Red Zone Challenge” (Athlon Sports, 2005) and director of the Reynolds Golf Academy, the new series aims to present golf instruction in a more understandable format. “Each show will help take the mystery out of playing golf,” said King, who is to co-host the show.
Produced and filmed by CCI Communications, Inc., the Red Zone Challenge is taping this week at the Reynolds Golf Academy, to be aired this fall on SportSouth in the Southeast and on Comcast SportsNet in the Philadelphia area. Specific dates and times for the broadcasts are to be announced.
The show is centered on five teams, each consisting of four golfers (one professional, three amateurs). Each player competes in five rounds of skills: short putting, long putting, chip shots, pitch shots, bunker shots and wedge shots – all from varying distances.
In each round of “challenges,” teams earn points based on how each of their members fares in the respective skill tests. All teams compete in the first and second rounds, with the team with the fewest points eliminated after the second round. Another team is then eliminated after the third, fourth and fifth rounds, leaving only the winning team.
“We think that golfers who watch this show will see other golfers facing the same obstacles as they do on the golf course,” King said, “and see that there is a way to learn skills that will make them better golfers. That will make them want to play more and enjoy the game more, which is the ultimate goal.”
Joining King on the broadcast team are co-hosts Ken Adelberger, of Inside Golf, and Traci Buch, of host Reynolds Plantation.
About Reynolds Plantation
Reynolds Plantation is a Linger Longer Community providing an award-winning lifestyle with world-class amenities. Named the “Best of the Best” Golf Community by Robb Report and the community with the “Best Golf” by GOLF MAGAZINE Living, Reynolds Plantation, located between Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia, is a golf and lake community with more than 80 miles of shoreline on Lake Oconee. The community features 99 holes of championship golf from designers Bob Cupp, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Rees Jones and Jim Engh, who designed the community’s first member-only course. Reynolds Plantation is also home to The Reynolds Golf Academy, as well as the TaylorMade Performance Lab and the Kingdom at Reynolds Plantation. The community offers members a variety of dining options, swimming pools, pedestrian trails, three full-service marinas and The Lake Club Wellness Campus and award-winning Tennis Center. Site of the first-ever GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House and the first-ever Golf Digest Signature Home, another “ultimate golf home” debuted in 2008 – the first-ever TRAVEL + LEISURE GOLF Cottage, located at The Creek Club golf course. Reynolds Plantation is also home to the AAA Five Diamond Award-winning Ritz-Carlton Lodge, a 251-room lakefront resort and spa ranked No. 5 in the “Top 100 Golf Resorts” worldwide by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine. Linger Longer Communities is also the developer of Reynolds Landing and Achasta. For more information, call 800-800-5250 or visit www.reynoldsplantation.com.
Contact:
Traci Buch
Marketing Manager
706/467-1687
tbuch@reynoldsplantation.com
