(ST. AUGUSTINE, FL) – St. Johns Golf & Country Club – owned by Billy Casper Golf – will host the Golf Channel Amateur Tour National Championships, September 21-29.
St. Johns is in elite company with tournament co-hosts TPC Sawgrass and World Golf Village’s Slammer & Squire Course, all located in the greater Jacksonville area.
The National Championships – divided into two events, the Senior National Championship and Open National Championship – will be contested among a record 946 players. They range in age from 15 to 77 and represent the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
In recent years, St. Johns has hosted six USGA Public Links Qualifier and five consecutive PGA TOUR Q-School tournaments.
“We are thrilled the Golf Channel selected St. Johns for this prestigious event,” says Dan Zimmer, General Manager of St. Johns. “This is testament to the high quality of course conditions, challenging layout and personal service at St. Johns.”
St. Johns, a Clyde Johnston-designed course located just north of St. Augustine, is a gem that attracts golfers from across the southeastern United States. Carved out of a pine forest, the course offers a great test for every skill level. From the championship tees, the course is a decidedly robust par-72 playing 7,236 yards with occasionally arduous wind patterns.
In 2009, St. Johns was designated a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” by Audubon International for its high standards protecting the environment and preserving the natural heritage of golf. According to Audubon International, St. Johns is one of a handful of courses in the Jacksonville area to achieve certification, joining the elite TPC Sawgrass, Amelia Island Plantation, The Palencia Club and Bent Creek Golf Course.
The largest amateur golf tour in North America, the Golf Channel Amateur Tour is open to the public and provides a professional tournament experience for players of all ages and abilities as well as offering unparalleled access to some of the most renowned golf courses across the country.
For more information about St. Johns or to reserve a tee time: www.stjohnsgolf.com, 904.940.3200.
About Golf Channel
Golf Channel is a multimedia, golf entertainment and services company based in Orlando, Fla. The Golf Channel cable network, co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is available in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. Exclusive partnerships with the world’s top tours allow Golf Channel to feature more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, added to a programming schedule distinguished by golf’s best news, instruction and original programming. Golf Channel’s digital platform of businesses is led by www.GolfChannel.com, a leading golf destination on the Internet, delivering unmatched coverage of the world of golf, as well as services that help the recreational player with how to play, what to play and where to play golf.
About Billy Casper Golf
Widely respected as a high-performance owner/operator of golf courses, country clubs and resorts, BCG enjoys the second largest domestic portfolio. The company provides turnkey club management for public-agency and private owners, developers and investors. Founded more than 20 years ago in cooperation with golf legend Billy Casper, BCG is based in Vienna, VA with regional offices strategically convenient to courses’ locales.
The company’s best-of-breed infrastructure shows clients favorable returns on investments. Critically-acclaimed by industry leaders and media, BCG economies of scale make and save money for courses while delivering personal touches to daily-fee golfers and members.
Buffalo Communications – a division of BCG – is the global public relations, branding and marketing-communications firm. In addition to creating and implementing programs for BCG courses, Buffalo represents many of golf’s top brands (products, resorts, destinations and communities) worldwide.
For information about Billy Casper Golf / Buffalo Communications: www.billycaspergolf.com, www.buffalocommunications.com, 703.761.1444.
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