Golf| Tournaments

1. June 16th, 2011

   Kiawah Golfers Prepare to Compare Their Games with the Best players in the World

   When you approach the first tee during the PGA Challenge on The Ocean Course August 1-7, 2011, your excellent adventure begins. In your mind’s eye, you’ll time-travel a year into the future to August 9-12, 2012, when the best golfers in the world will stand where you’re standing to begin play in the PGA Championship. Hole after hole, you’ll experience the same conditions the greats of golf will encounter, including greens speeds, rough lengths, and rough lines with tees set at the PGA indicated length of a mind-numbing 7,606 yards.

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2. June 5th, 2011

   Kiawah Golfers Prepare to Compare Their Games with the Best players in the World

   

   When you approach the first tee during the PGA Challenge on The Ocean Course August 1-7, 2011, your excellent adventure begins. In your mind’s eye, you’ll time-travel a year into the future to August 9-12, 2012, when the best golfers in the world will stand where you’re standing to begin play in the PGA Championship. Hole after hole, you’ll experience the same conditions the greats of golf will encounter, including greens speeds, rough lengths, and rough lines with tees set at the PGA indicated length of a mind-numbing 7,606 yards.

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3. March 8th, 2010

   Kiawah Island Golf Resort Hosts National Pro Am

   PGA club professionals and golfers from all across the U.S. recently teed it up during the Kiawah Island Golf Resort National Pro Am that began on February 28 and wrapped on March 4, 2010. The 72-hole, stroke-play event, sponsored by Club Car, was held on four of Kiawah Island Golf Resort's championship courses—Pete Dye’s world-famous Ocean Course, Jack Nicklaus’ Turtle Point, Gary Player’s Cougar Point, and Tom Fazio’s Osprey Point.

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4. July 24th, 2009

   Volunteers Needed For 2009 U.S. Mid-Am Championship

   Conducted by the United States Golf Association, the Kiawah Island Club will host the 29th U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship from October 1 – 8, 2009.

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5. June 16th, 2009

   KIRE-Sponsored Tournament Makes a Healthy Contribution to Free Clinic’s Future

   

   It had all the elements of an unforgettable day on the greens. The promise of scattered sun and just enough breeze, high-wattage names like Dan Marino, Bobby Cremins, Ken Burger, Kevin Higgins, Paul McGuire, and KIRE’s own sales executive, Jim Stuckey, in an inspiring setting on a beautiful barrier island golf course. Still, the organizers of the recent Celebrity Golf Invitational at the Kiawah Island Club’s River Course were “blown away” when sponsorships moved faster than a ball on a green that was contoured for bermuda then later planted with bentgrass.

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