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St. James Plantation
Hosts 44th Annual
North Carolina Open
Nicklaus
Design Reserve Club Plays Host to Golf Tournament
Press
Release
The Reserve: Hole
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May 30, 2008 – St. James,
North Carolina
(NC) - The Reserve Club,
St. James
Plantation’s signature Nicklaus Design golf course, will host
the 44th North Carolina Open golf tournament, June 2-5. The NC Open
is the second of the Carolina PGA Section’s major tournaments. The
tournament format is a 54-hole stroke play with a cut to the low 60
and ties after the second round. Players compete for more than
$40,000 in cash and prizes.
Steve Isley, The Reserve
Club’s head golf professional, is also a past North Carolina Open
tournament champion. “We’re looking forward to hosting the
tournament. The course is in excellent condition and promises to be
a great battleground for what has, historically, been an exciting
tournament to play in and to watch.”
Recently named “The Best New
Course in North Carolina,” by the 130 members of the North Carolina
Golf Panel, the private Reserve Club is the fourth
championship-caliber course for St. James Plantation, the number
one-selling community in the Coastal Carolinas. This gated coastal
community near Southport is also the home to three other courses:
The
Members Club,
The
Founders Club and
The
Players Club.
At 7,212 yards from the
championship tees and 4,925 yards from the forward tees, The Reserve
Club course appeals to players of all skill levels. With bent grass
greens, it plays to a par 72 and has a rating of 75.2 and a slope of
140.
The Reserve Club golf house
and future clubhouse is designed by renowned architect Hugh Barrett
Coyle, AIA, of Chapman, Coyle, Chapman Associates and will offer
members multiple dining and cocktail areas. The renowned architect
has also designed The Signature Club, the Reserve Club’s
state-of-the-art fitness clubhouse. Members will enjoy expansive
fitness and aerobics spaces, a juice bar and retail shop, massage
rooms and separate his-and-hers steam showers and saunas. The
outdoor pool complex will offer several pools along with cabanas, a
snack bar and covered meeting areas. Three tennis courts with a
covered pavilion will also join the superb amenities. Construction
is expected to being in 2009.
About St. James
Plantation
Ideally located along the North Carolina Coast, near
Wilmington,
Southport and Myrtle Beach, St. James Plantation offers
homes,
homesites, and private amenities in a gated community that’s
ideal for retirement and active adult living. Residents enjoy the
North Carolina coastal setting, signature golf courses, a private
beach club and an Intracoastal Waterway marina. To discover ”The
Land of More” lifestyle of St. James Plantation, the number
one-selling community in the Coastal Carolinas since 1995, visit
www.stjamesplantation.com or phone
(800) 245-3871.
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