Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Impromptu Tournament at Eagle Creek Golf Club pits Icelandic National Team against 10 Asian Pro Golfers





  
ORLANDO, FL --- An impromptu international tournament at Eagle Creek Golf Course recently pitted the touring Icelandic National Golf Team against a pickup team from the Premier Global Sports Academy (PGSA) that included members of the Korean Golf Tour, Asian Golf Tour and various mini tour players.

David Evangelista, general manager at Eagle Creek Golf Club organized the matchup with Scott Schmidtberger, director of golf at Eagle Creek, and Eagle Creek member Snorri Hjaltasson.

Each team fielded 10 golfers in a match play format, Evangelista said.

“It was a very even match until the very last hole,” Evangelista said. “Iceland’s top player sunk a 25-foot putt on the 18th hole for the win.”

The Icelandic National Team won six matches to four. Evangelista said the Icelandic team may have had a slight edge.

“The Icelandic National Team consists of the top junior players in the country and they play competitions all over the world,” according to Gene Garrote (middle right photo), president of Celebration Golf Management (CGM) who hosted the play.  

 Celebration Golf Management has been operating Eagle Creek since March 2011 when it entered into a long-term lease agreement with the developers of Eagle Creek.

PGSA has partnered with CGM as its US base and Eagle Creek is the home golf club for their winter training camp and Kenny Nairn, executive vice president of CGM is the director of instruction for PGSA.

For more information, contact

 David A. Evangelista, General Manager, Eagle Creek Golf Club, 407 273-4653 ext. 4691; devangelista@cgmgolfproperties.com

 Scott Schmidtberger, Director of Golf, Eagle Creek Golf Club 407 273-4653; sschmidtberger@cgmgolflproperties.com

 Michael J. Neumann, Social Media Supervisor, Celebration Golf Management 407-566 1045 x4621; mneumann@cgmgolfproperties.com

 Gene Garrote, President, Celebration Golf Management, 407-566-1045; ggarrote@cgmgolfproperties.com

 Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407 644-4142 or 407 461-3780 Lvershelco@aol.com

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