Golfing families are invited for a fun day of free golf activities and instruction
ORLANDO, Fla. – May 11, 2010…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 third annual Family Golf Festival on Sunday, May 23rd.
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 Filippa McDougall, Golf Shop Supervisor, at Camelback Golf Club (480) 596-7049. Advance registration is required. Participants can also sign up by sending an email to Filippa.McDougall@marriott.com.
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 58 golf courses at 42 locations in 12 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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