Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center, located in Sunset Beach, N.C., will host a three-day golf tournament that will determine Germany's most-improved golfer/professional instructor team on November 22 through November 24, 2007. The event is the final competition on Germany's popular 2007 Handicap Improver Tour; a yearlong series of flighted qualifying tournaments that were held throughout Germany.
More than 100 teams were among the semi-finalists as the Handicap Improver series of qualifiers wound down to one winning team for each flight.
The flights included golfers grouped according to their handicaps, which ranged from scratch to 56. Winners from the four flights won the chance to travel to the United States and Sea Trail to compete against each other in a Four Ball-Better Ball (net score) tournament.
"Sea Trail is very excited to be selected to host this wonderful event," said Tom Plankers, president of golf at Sea Trail. "The German PGA chose our resort for its beauty and challenge and then they posted a video of Sea Trail's courses on their official Web site so that golfers from all over Germany can see where their favorites will be competing. This is great exposure for Sea Trail and we appreciate the opportunity for golfers overseas to learn about all we have to offer."
German PGA officials will be on hand to monitor players and officiate during the competition. The winning team will be profiled in the Golf Magazine of Sueddeutsche Zeitung (one of Germany's leading daily newspapers), at www.pga.de (the official site of the German PGA), and in the German PGA newsletter, resulting in international publicity for the Grand Strand and Sea Trail.
"The German PGA is very proud to bring this event to Sea Trail," said Felix Lechner, PGA of Germany project manager and organizer of the Handicap Improver event. "The resort offers mild temperatures and picture book fairways at every step. We're proud to bring our 'Dream Teams' of instructors and their students to Sea Trail. It will be a fantastic trip."
About Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center
Sea Trail is a 2000-acre golf resort and residential community with three courses of distinction and the largest convention facility on the North Carolina coast. A popular location for meetings and conventions, Sea Trail has over 60,000 square feet of meeting and function space. Sea Trail was the host site for the 2003 and the 2007 Governor's Conference on Tourism.
The recreational heart of Sea Trail is its three courses designed by Dan Maples, Rees Jones and Willard Byrd. Other amenities include a Village Activity Center with indoor and outdoor pools and whirlpools, an on-staff licensed massage therapist, supervised children's activities and Magnolias Fine Food & Spirits. Sunset Beach, known for its extraordinary beauty and serenity, is a short drive east of Sea Trail. In addition, a huge variety of entertainment, shopping, nightlife and cultural opportunities are just south of Sea Trail along the Grand Strand.
Sea Trail is located in Sunset Beach, N.C., which is between Wilmington, N.C. and Myrtle Beach, S.C. More information is available online at www.seatrail.com or by calling 888-675-9237.