Atlanta, Ga. – Feb. 29, 2012 – The Family Golf Challenge, a new skills competition for families, will be staged at the Honda Classic at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, March 1-4. The putting challenge will be played on a 1000 sq. ft. putting green provided and installed by Southwest Greens Florida; the contest will take place adjacent to the 17th hole on the Championship course during tournament play. As a returning sponsor of the Honda Classic, Southwest Greens of Florida is donating a 300 sq. ft. home putting green installation as part of a raffle benefiting The First Tee of The Palm Beaches.
“We are excited to have Southwest Greens Florida as a partner of this year’s Family Golf Challenge,” said Bill Carroll, President and CEO of The Family Golf Challenge. “To be able to offer fans the opportunity to win the same type of putting green that PGA pros like Jim Furyk, David Toms and Annika Sorenstam have in their homes, while raising money for the local chapter of the First Tee, is a perfect partnership.”
“Southwest Greens Florida is proud to be partnering with The Family Golf Challenge as part of the 2012 Honda Classic,” said Jim Walton President, Southwest Greens Florida. “As longtime friend and member of 100 Friend of the First Tee, we couldn’t be more excited to take part in an event which will bring added awareness and donations to the First Tee of The Palm Beaches, an organization that provides so much to our community.”
The entry-fee to compete in The Family Golf Challenge competition is $10.00 per team/per challenge with a 33 percent donation going to The First Tee of The Palm Beaches. Re-entries are $5.00 for each challenge and competitors can re-enter as many times as they want over the course of tournament play.
About Southwest Greens
Southwest Greens International (SWGI) was founded in Scottsdale, Ariz. in 1996. Today, the company is a multi-million dollar network of more than 90 franchise operations worldwide and is considered the global leader in designing and installing state-of-the-art synthetic turf projects (both Golf and Grass) for residential and commercial use. Recently acquired by Shaw Industries, SWGI’s corporate headquarters now operates out of Kennesaw, Ga.
SWGI’s product is the preferred putting surface for more than 35 professional golfers on the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, including Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Annika Sorenstam and Suzann Pettersenas well as avid amateur golfers. SWGI was selected by Nicklaus Design ® in 2004 to produce premium synthetic golf greens for residential customers.
Southwest Greens’ business mix includes the following products:
Southwest Greens – Golf Turf Solutions
Nicklaus Design Golf Greens
Championship Putting Courses
Golf Courses
Driving Ranges
Indoor Golf Greens
Tee Lines Southwest Greens – Grass Turf Solutions
Lawns
Residential Play & Playground Areas
Horseshoe Pits
Pet Turf
Indoor Recreational Facilities
Headquartered in the United States in Dalton, Ga., Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and a leading floor covering provider with more than $4 billion in annual sales and 25,000 associates worldwide. Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a full flooring provider to the residential and commercial markets. Shaw supplies carpet, rugs, hardwood, laminate, resilient, and tile/ stone flooring products, as well as synthetic turf. As a leader in the synthetic turf sports field market, Shaw Sportexe has more than 800 fields in play.
About The Family Golf Challenge
The Family Golf Challenge is an amateur skills competition designed to engage families in a sports and leisure-time activity which bonds the family unit in a fun, rewarding and philanthropic experience. The competition is open for participation to two-member teams comprised of Adults and Juniors, as well as, Male and Female Singles in three separate age groups. The best team and single in seventeen (17) total categories will win gift certificates donated by the PGA TOUR Superstore of Delray Beach. For more event information including the rules and regulations visit www.familygolfchallenge.com.
Contact:
Bill Carroll @ The Family Golf Challenge (646) 425-0484
Robin Applebaum @ Southwest Greens (917) 627-6557
Carl Mistretta @ The First Tee of The Palm Beaches (561) 842-0066
Gary Ferman @ The Honda Classic (954) 558-5203
