(WESTLAKE, LA) – The National Golf Club of Louisiana – managed by Billy Casper Golf (BCG) – has been selected for the second consecutive year by the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series to host the 2011 Southwest Louisiana Open, Wednesday-Saturday, March 23-26.
The 72-hole, stroke-play tournament will be contested among approximately 100 golfers competing for an $85,000 purse. The field will be cut to the top 35 percent, and ties, after 36 holes. Practice rounds will be Monday, Pro-Am is on Tuesday and the tournament starts at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. The event is free and open to the public.
“With a great layout, challenging greens and excellent practice facility, The National has a PGA TOUR-quality feel to it,” says Tyler Wolford, Tour Director of the Adams Pro Tour Series. “Our golfers benefit from playing outstanding courses, and The National is among the best.”
“We’re proud the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series once again chose The National to host this event,” says Ron Brown, General Manager of The National Golf Club of Louisiana. “Our staff will ensure the course is in top condition and offer a tough but enjoyable test for the competitors.”
The Adams Golf Pro Tour Series has proved a successful feeder to the PGA TOUR, counting Bubba Watson, Ryan Palmer, Cameron Beckman and Jhonattan Vegas among its alumni.
The National Golf Club of Louisiana – selected among Golfweek’s “Best New Courses” in 2010 – is the centerpiece of a new, 600-plus-acre, master-planned residential community in Westlake. Stately Louisiana soft-pines and dramatic vistas highlight golf-course architect Dave Bennett’s par-72, 6,946-yard layout featuring 14 lakes, 80 bunkers and some of western Louisiana’s largest and most challenging greens.
Five sets of tees offer equally fun and challenging rounds of golf for recreational and accomplished players. Premium TifSport fairways and rough, and MiniVerde greens, will keep their deep green color year-round and provide excellent playing surfaces.
The expansive practice area boasts a one-acre, all-grass driving range; 12,000 square-foot putting area; two 3,000-square-foot short-game areas and 1,500 square feet of bunkers. From the driving range, golfers take aim at 14 target greens from 50- to 400-yards. The practice range is open year-round.
BCG oversaw construction and grow-in of the course and now the company directs course and property maintenance, staffing and training, clubhouse operations, food and beverage, merchandising, golf instruction, marketing and public relations, special events and financial management.
No stranger to professional golf tournaments, BCG-managed Ka’anapali Golf Courses (HI) hosted the Champions Tour SKINS Game since 2008; St. Johns Golf & Country Club (FL) hosted PGA TOUR Qualifying School five times and the USGA PubLinks Amateur Qualifier four times; and Jennings Mill Country Club (GA) hosted the Nationwide Tour Athens Regional Foundation Classic.
To reserve a tee time at The National Golf Club of Louisiana: www.nationalgcla.com, 337.433.2255.
About Adams Golf Pro Tour Series
The Adams Golf Pro Tour Series – a subsidiary of K&G Sports LLC – partners with local non-profits to conduct professional golf tournaments in the mid-south region of the United States. In addition to raising thousands of dollars each year for charity, these events provide an avenue for professional golfers to hone their skills while preparing for a life on the PGA TOUR.
Adams Golf Pro Tour Series has successfully graduated players to the PGA TOUR to include Jhonattan Vegas, Harrison Frazar, Tag Ridings, John Senden, Deane Pappas, Mark Hensby, Rich Barcelo, two-time TOUR winner Cameron Beckman, 1999 John Deer Classic winner JL Lewis and three-time TOUR winners Tim Herron and Ryan Palmer.
About Billy Casper Golf
Widely respected as a high-performance owner-operator of more than 120 golf courses, country clubs and resorts, Billy Casper Golf 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 and headquartered in Vienna, VA, regional offices are 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, Billy Casper Golf economies of scale make and save money for courses while delivering personal touches to daily-fee golfers and members.
Buffalo Communications – a division of Billy Casper Golf – is the global public relations, branding and marketing-communications firm. In addition to creating and implementing programs for Billy Casper Golf courses, Buffalo represents many of golf’s top brands (products, resorts, destinations and communities) worldwide.
For information: www.billycaspergolf.com, www.buffalocommunications.com, 703.761.1444.
Contact:
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Billy Casper Golf / Buffalo Communications
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nlashinsky@billycaspergolf.com
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