Golfing Families Invited For A Fun And FREE Day Of Golf Activities & Instruction
ORLANDO, Fla. – June 11, 2009…Marriott Golf, one of the world’s premier golf operators, is once again reaching out to families all over the world and promoting “togetherness in golf.” Camelback Golf Club at 7847 N. Mockingbird Lane, Scottsdale, AZ., today announced that it will be hosting its second annual Family Golf Festival on Sunday, June 28.
The Marriott International Family Golf Festival, which encourages parents and children to learn and play the game together, invites families to Camelback Golf Club for an afternoon of FREE golf activities and instruction, including short game and full swing clinics. Further, participants will be able to enter into a raffle for a chance to win a number of great prizes including a 1-hour complimentary golf lesson, Camelback logoed golf gear and more! Additionally, Camelback will have a beverage cart available, and the Golf Grille will be serving food to purchase all day long. The day’s full schedule of events is as follows:
11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Registration
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Open Clinic (presentation by Director of Instruction, Tom Perkins)
12 p.m. – 2 p.m.: Chipping, Putting, Full Swing Contests (limited to the first 60 participants)
2 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.: Closing remarks by Tom Perkins
2:30 p.m.: 9-hole golf outing on The Padre Course (limited to the first 60 participants)
*Participants of the 9-hole shotgun must participate in the clinic. Shotgun is complimentary and requires children 15 and under to play with an adult. Recommended age of clinic and shotgun participants is 9 years old and up.
For more information on this year’s Family Golf Festival, please call Todd McNeeley, Sales Coordinator for Camelback Golf Club, at (480) 905-7981. Advance registration is required. Participants can book online at www.camelbackgolf.com under the Gift Certificates tab.
The Marriott International Family Golf Festival is another 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.
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf manages 60 golf courses at 44 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 3,100 lodging properties in 66 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, Maryland, USA and had approximately 146,000 employees at 2008 year-end. It is recognized by BusinessWeek as one of the 100 best global brands, by FORTUNE® as one of the best companies to work for, and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2008, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of nearly $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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