GREENSBORO, Ga. (Oct. 8, 2008) – Reynolds Plantation’s popular Red Zone Challenge Short Game School makes its debut as a reality television show next week in select regions of the East and Midwest.
Pairing teams of golf professionals and amateurs, the show focuses on the players and their personalities as they take on the challenges of various golf 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. Joining King on the broadcast team are co-hosts Ken Adelberger, of Inside Golf, and Traci Buch, of host site Reynolds Plantation.
Produced and filmed by CCI Communications, Inc., the Red Zone Challenge is scheduled to air on three regional Comcast Sports Net cable systems:
* CSN Philadelphia – starting Tuesday, Oct. 14 (9 p.m. Eastern)
* CSN New England – starting Thursday, Oct. 16 (Noon Eastern)
* CSN Chicago – starting Sunday, Oct. 19 (2 p.m. Central).
CSN also has scheduled the show for Friday nights in California, with times and dates to be determined.
“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.”
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; Pete Dye has begun work on Reynolds’ 6th golf 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. GOLF Magazine, Golf Digest and TRAVEL + LEISURE GOLF have all debuted “ultimate golf homes” at Reynolds Plantation; Southern Accents opened its Show House, located at The Creek Club golf course, in September 2008. Reynolds Plantation is also home to the AAA Five Diamond Award-winning Ritz-Carlton Lodge, a 251-room lakefront resort and sparanked 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, Reynolds Plantation
706.467-1687
tbuch@reynoldsplantation.com
