Golfers Tee Up During The 'Great Green Playaway' on Florida's Emerald Coast; Additional Savings on Already Low Rates

Press Release

Posted 2004-02-23

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Boasting more than 1,080 holes of golf, the Emerald Coast -- located on Florida's upper Gulf of Mexico -- challenges golfers to tee up with additional savings of 10 percent on the area's prestigious courses, now through the end of March. Recently ranked as one of the top ten "Best Golf Towns in America," by "Golf Digest," the Great Green Playaway extends coupons on the Emerald Coast website -- www.destin-fwb.com.

Kelly Plantation Golf Club, a 225-acre course delicately placed along the Choctawhatchee Bay, offers an extra $10 off rack rate prices. Kelly Plantation provides the perfect harmony between nature and humanity -- whether novice or master golfer.

The area's only Audubon certified course, Regatta Bay Golf & Country Club, entices pros-at-heart with 10 percent off the championship 18-hole Robert C. Walker course and is perfect for players of every skill. Located in Destin, the course is nestled in 120 acres of protected woodlands, wetlands and 28 acres of lakes that support Florida wildlife.

Players perfect their swing at Emerald Bay while enjoying $10 off the 6,802-yard masterpiece crafted by nationally recognized architect Robert Cupp, the former chief designer for Jack Nicklaus. Acclaimed by "Golfweek" as one of the "50 Most Distinctive Development Courses in the Southeast," it presents undulating greens and towering pine-lined fairways in a medley of short and long holes all affected by the whim of surrounding bay breezes.

With inviting 72-degree temperatures and gentle breezes, golfers enjoy the simple pleasures -- 24 miles of sugar-white sand and emerald green waters -- after a long day's play. Voted "Best Beach in the South" by readers of "Southern Living" magazine for eight consecutive years, the Emerald Coast features more than 18,000 rooms from condominiums to hotels. Other enticements include seaside celebrations, the largest charter boat fleet in Florida, fresh seafood and some of the finest underwater shelling.

To experience the "Great Green Playaway" visit http://www.destin-fwb.com, or call the Emerald Coast Convention & Visitor's Bureau at (800) 322-3319 or (850) 657-7131.