Golfing Families Invited For A Fun And FREE Day Of Golf Activities & Instruction
ORLANDO, Fla. – July 27, 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” with the International Family Golf Festival program. Griffin Gate Golf Club at 1720 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY, today announced that it will be hosting its second annual Family Golf Festival on Saturday, August 15.
The Marriott International Family Golf Festival, which encourages parents and children to learn and play the game together, invites families to Griffin Gate Golf Club 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, chips and other tasty snacks. Further, all attendees ages 15 and under will receive free prizes from Titleist and Ping. The day (full schedule listed below) will culminate with a free round of golf and free practice for parents and children:
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Chipping clinic, putting clinic and swing clinic (rotating every ½ hour)
2:30 p.m.: Putting contest and chipping contest
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Participants play for free
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 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 57 golf courses at 41 locations in 11 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.
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Contact:
Michele Kruchkowski (mkruchkowski@mastrocomm.com)
Stefanie Schiavello (stefanie@mastrocomm.com)
Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
