Nine KemperSports facilities recognized in bi-annual list featuring best public access golf courses in the country
NORTHBROOK, Ill., August 5, 2014 – KemperSports announced today that nine of its properties were featured in GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Courses You Can Play list. The list, which will be featured in the September issue of the magazine, utilizes a two-year rating system based on the input from a prestigious group of golf writers, industry veterans and raters.
With these honors, KemperSports continues to manage more top-100 golf courses than any other management company.
“We are proud and privileged manage more top-ranked golf courses that any other management company,” said KemperSports Chief Executive Officer Steve Skinner. “These honors are a true testament to the vision of our clients and the quality of the staff that manages each facility.”
KemperSports-managed properties that were honored include:
• No. 1 – Pacific Dunes – Bandon, Ore.
• No. 8 – Bandon Dunes – Bandon, Ore.
• No. 10 – Old Macdonald – Bandon, Ore.
• No. 12 – Streamsong (Red) – Streamsong, Fla.
• No. 13 – Bandon Trails – Bandon, Ore.
• No. 16 – Streamsong (Blue) – Streamsong, Fla.
• No. 17 – Chambers Bay – University Place, Wash.
• No. 74 – The Prairie Club (Dunes) – Valentine, Neb.
• No. 78 – The Glen Club – Glenview, Ill.
Both courses at Streamsong Resort launched in to the top-100 at nos. 12 (Red) and 16 (Blue) – the highest rankings for a new course on the list.
All four 18-hole courses at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, which has been managed by KemperSports since opening in 1999, were featured among the top-13 courses in the U.S. – the most of any one resort or destination in the country.
For more information on KemperSports, visit www.kempersports.com.
About KemperSports
Northbrook, Ill.-based KemperSports builds, owns and manages golf courses, resorts, athletic clubs and lodging venues across the U.S., Caribbean and Central America. The company’s award-winning portfolio includes nationally-ranked courses and tournament venues such as Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, named the No. 1 Golf Resort in North America by Golf Digest and GOLF magazine; The Glen Club; Desert Willow Golf Resort; Harbor Shores, site of the 2012 and 2014 Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid; and Chambers Bay, host of the 2010 U.S. Amateur and the 2015 U.S. Open. For more information about KemperSports, please visit http://www.kempersports.com.
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Contact:
B.R. Koehnemann
KemperSports
847.480.4844
brkoehnemann@kempersports.com
