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SWING INTO ACTION WITH HYATT REGENCY CHESAPEAKE BAY’S UNLIMITED GOLF GETAWAY
CAMBRIDGE, MD. – Tee-off amid stunning vistas of Maryland’s Eastern Shore and a private wildlife refuge. Warm up your swing this spring – and all year long – with Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina’s Unlimited Golf Package. Now through the end of 2013, the luxury four-diamond resort is offering an incredible deal for golfers – limitless rounds on River Marsh Golf Club’s 18-hole championship course for a day, starting at $269 per night, available midweek. Named one of Maryland’s “Best Courses You Can Play” by Golfweek, the Keith Fosterdesigned course offers two of the region’s most memorable finishing holes. The par three 17th stretches 200 yards, framed by majestic trees and stunning vistas of the Choptank River. The 18th hole is a classic risk/reward par two with a vast coastal bunker on one side and stately oak trees on the other. For more details on the course, please click here. Events are held throughout the year at River Marsh Golf Club, such as the recent First Annual Ice Breaker Open. Private lessons and group clinics are available upon request with PGA and LPGA professionals. And the resort’s Family Loop Program offers four hole rounds for a low cost after 4pm, to encourage the entire family to get on the course and play. The Unlimited Golf deal at Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay includes luxurious accommodations, unlimited golf (for one person, for one day) and 20 percent off services at the newly renovated Sago Spa & Salon. Available through December 30, 2013, Sunday – Thursday nights, the package rate starts at $269 per night, based upon double occupancy, and excludes tax and resort fee. First round of golf must be reserved before check-in. For more information
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and to make hotel reservations, please call 800.633.7313 or visit www.chesapeakebay.hyatt. com. For more information on River Marsh Golf Club, please visit www.rivermarshgolfclub.com.
AMERICA’S FIRST GOLF CLUB CELEBRATES A HISTORY OF “FIRSTS” HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY - It’s common knowledge that The Saint Andrew’s Golf Club in Yonkers, New York, is the oldest continuously existing golf club in the United States, established on November 14, 1888. And that the first exhibition of golf by future members of the club was played earlier that year—on February 22, Washington’s Birthday, to be exact—by John Reid and John B. Upham over three holes laid out in a cow pasture. From such modest beginnings, golf in the United States has grown in size and stature to become the great game and business it is today. However, The Saint Andrew’s Golf Club and its earliest members are responsible for numerous other American golf “firsts.” Here are just a few: • The first photograph of golf in America (1888) • The first recorded mixed foursome was played on March 30, 1889, when John Upham teamed with Mrs. John Reid to defeat the team of Miss Carrie Law and John Reid • The first American “clubhouse,” including a rudimentary 19th hole, was the famous apple tree that Reid and friends used to hang their coats while playing in the apple orchard that became the club’s second course • The first U.S. Amateur Championship, at match play, was hosted by St. Andrew’s in 1894—and won by a St. Andrew’s member,
L.B. Stoddart • The first U.S. Open Championship was hosted by St. Andrews, in 1894. • A member of Saint Andrew’s, Henry O. Tallmadge, suggested and organized the December 22, 1894, meeting of five golf clubs that resulted in the creation of the United States Golf Association (USGA). • The first Yearbook (or Handbook) in America—containing a club’s list of members, officers, and committees, as well as its constitution and by-laws—was published by Saint Andrew’s in 1895. • The first U.S. Public Links Tournament was organized and funded by The Saint Andrew’s Golf Club. “For players who did not belong to a club in the United States Golf Association,” it was held at Van Cortlandt Park (the nation’s first public course) in 1896 with a field of 50 and officiated by John Reid. • A Saint Andrew’s member, Charles E. Sands, won the first Olympic gold medal for golf in 1900.
In commemoration of this – the club’s 125th anniversary year – a number of major events will be held including the Folds of Honor Golf Tournament (Tuesday, June 4) to support the families of deceased and disabled members of the military; Celebrating Women in Golf (Wednesday, June 5), marking the history and growth of women’s golf in America; the 125th Anniversary Celebrity Golf Tournament (Friday, June 7), featuring 24 fivesomes (four amateurs and one celebrity assigned to each group), and the Gala 125th Anniversary Dinner Dance (Saturday, June 8) at the Waldorf Astoria in midtown Manhattan. For more information visit www.125yearsofgolfinamerica.com. For more about The Saint Andrew’s Golf Club or to inquire about participating in The Saint Andrew’s Golf Club 125th Anniversary events contact Karen Degnan at (914) 4783500 or visit www.saintandrewsgolfclub.com.
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