(MOSELEY, VA) – Magnolia Green Golf Club – managed by Billy Casper Golf – will host 72 of the state’s top young golfers for the 36-hole, Virginia High School League Group 5A-6A State Championship on Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, October 13.
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., men and women will play the par-72 layout from 6,309 and 5,360 yards, respectively. Crafted by Nicklaus Design in association with Tom Clark, the course is characterized by generous fairways and well-guarded greens. Among its memorable holes is the lengthy, reverse Redan-style par-3 No. 3 which requires a smart and accurate tee shot. The nerve-wrecking par-4 No. 18 provides a dramatic finish as golfers face a dangerous downhill approach to a heavily undulated green.
“This talented field is in for a stern test at Magnolia Green Golf Club,” says Bobby Kidder, General Manager of Magnolia Green Golf Club. “The course is in wonderful condition; club selection and distance control are crucial to scoring well here.”
Last year Mills E. Godwin High School (Henrico) posted a team-total 613 to narrowly edge Deep Run High School (Glen Allen) by two strokes for the 5A title while South County High School (Lorton) fired a 606 to win the 6A Championship.
Less than 25 miles southwest of the state capital, Magnolia Green Golf Club is the centerpiece of Magnolia Green, the region’s best-selling community. Formerly the 9-hole Westham Golf Club, it was recently expanded into a par-72, 7,150-yard course under the watchful eye of iStar. One of the U.S.’s leading developers of master-planned communities, iStar invested more than $3 million to build the new nine, making Magnolia Green only the second 18-hole course to open in Virginia since 2010.
More information: www.magnoliagreengolfclub.com, 804.639.5701.
About iStar
iStar (NYSE: STAR) is one of the largest investors in luxury condominium, multi-family and master-planned residential developments throughout the U.S., having financed and invested over $35 billion over the past two decades, with $10 billion in residential projects. The iStar portfolio has included interests in over 18,000 condominium units in the nation’s top markets and 65,000 acres in master-planned communities with potential for an estimated 50,000 single family and multi-family units. Taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), the company’s unique, cohesive platform extends from property entitlement and development to construction, bridge and long-term financing through asset servicing, property and portfolio management.
More information: http://istar.com/
About Billy Casper Golf
Founded more than 25 years ago in cooperation with the late golf legend Billy Casper, the company is the largest owner-operator of golf courses, country clubs and resorts in the U.S. with more than 150 properties in 29 states. Headquartered in Reston, VA with regional offices across America, Billy Casper Golf specializes in course and property maintenance, staffing and training, clubhouse operations, food-and-beverage, merchandising, golf instruction, marketing and public relations, special events and financial management.
Company highlights include BCG Spectrum, BCG Private and BCG Select management solutions; Buffalo Brand Invigoration Group, the in-house golf-sport-lifestyle PR, strategy development, integrated marketing, social media and design firm; BCG Ventures featuring proprietary, innovative programs like the annual “World’s Largest Golf Outing,” Women on Course and Casper Labs, the testing ground for FootGolf, GolfBoard, Billy Casper Digital network and other programming which drives engagement.
More information: www.billycaspergolf.com, 703.761.1444.
Contact:
Andy DeKeuster
Billy Casper Golf / Buffalo Brand Invigoration Group
703.891.3324
adekeuster@billycaspergolf.com
