Area’s Best Players Compete in 36-Hole, Individual Stroke Play Tournament
(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) – SouthWood Golf Club – the award-winning public course owned by The St. Joe Company and operated by Billy Casper Golf – today announces it will host the Tallahassee Amateur Golf Championship March 21-22.
The Tallahassee Amateur Golf Championship, in its third year, has emerged as one of the region’s premier events since the inaugural tournament in 2007. The $135 entry fee includes prize fund, green/cart fees, range balls and one practice round (with $17 cart fee) during the week of the tournament.
Players will be flighted by their handicap index and must have a valid USGA index to enter. Six flights will accommodate indexes ranging from 2.9 and lower to 17 and higher. The first flight will play from 6,900 yards, flights two through five from 6,500 yards, and the senior flight from 6,000 yards. Tee times will start at 11:30 a.m. each day.
“The Tallahassee Amateur Golf Championship is one of the hallmark events of the year at SouthWood and provides a challenging venue for the area’s best players to showcase their skills,” says Beth Murphy, SouthWood General Manager.
For entry forms must be received by Sunday, March 15 at 6 p.m. Please call 850.942.4653 to obtain a form or visit www.southwoodgolf.com for more information about the course.
About SouthWood Golf Club
Designed by PGA Tour star Fred Couples and renowned architect Gene Bates and managed by Billy Casper Golf, SouthWood Golf Club is among the region’s most-acclaimed courses. Highlighted by stands of stunning, Spanish moss-draped oak trees, the 7,172-yard layout meanders over rolling hills, through wooded areas and open land. A course that tests Tour-quality players and provides an enjoyable experience for golfers of all abilities, SouthWood features five sets of tees on every hole. The 2,986-yard “Wee Tees” provide the ideal course set-up for juniors, beginners or players seeking to improve their short game. SouthWood Golf Club has garnered numerous honors since opening in November 2002. Most recently, the course was ranked one of the “Top 50 Courses for Women” by Golf For Women and named among the Top-10 layouts of the new millennium by Travel + Leisure Golf. SouthWood was also named to Golf Digest’s list of “America’s Best New Courses,” selected by GOLF Magazine as one of the top 35 public courses – out of 325 nationwide – to open in 2002, and namedTallahassee’s best golf course by Tallahassee Magazine.
About the SouthWood Community
SouthWood is a mixed-use community in Tallahassee, Florida, where residents can live, learn, work and play. The community sits on 3,300 acres of graceful rolling hills lined with moss-draped oaks and over 1,000 acres of community-wide interconnected green space, including numerous lakes, parks and wetlands and a 123-acre Central Park and Lake. Residential opportunities include apartments, town homes, and single-family homes, including custom-built homes. Miles of walking and biking trails wind throughout the community. In addition to the Fred Couples/Gene Bates-designed semiprivate golf course, SouthWood features a Community Center with pools, an Education Village providing lifelong learning opportunities and a vibrant Town Center at the heart of the community. An abundance of wildlife creates an ever-changing landscape for birdwatchers and nature lovers.
For more information about residential opportunities, visit www.joe.com
About JOE
The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE), a publicly held company based in Jacksonville, is one of Florida’s largest real estate development companies. We are primarily engaged in real estate development and sales, with significant interests in timber. Our mission is to create places that inspire people and make JOE’s Florida an even better place to live, work and play. We’re no ordinary JOE.
More information about JOE can be found at our web site at www.joe.com.
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Contact:
Shane Sharp
Buffalo Communications
704.519.8381
ssharp@billycaspergolf.com
