TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- SouthWood Golf Club – the award winning, upscale public course at the heart of one of Tallahassee’s most comprehensively designed communities – announces it will host the 4th annual “SouthWood Cup” Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 4-5, sponsored by Moss Creek Custom Homes.
Admission for the four-ball stroke play format tournament is limited to the first 48 teams to register, and players must have a USGA handicap (maximum 20). The entry fee of $175 per player includes cart and green fees, prize fund, practice round (cart fee only), a team welcome party on Friday night and a deli sandwich bar after golf on Saturday and Sunday.
The SouthWood Cup is contested from SouthWood’s 6,500-yard #4 tees and features four flights of 12 teams. A championship “gross” flight contested from the #5 tees (6,900 yards) is open to the first 12 teams to register. The overall low gross and low net winning teams will win $1,000. The top three net teams in each flight will win as follows: first ($750 per team); second ($500), third ($400); second day low team ($200).
“We’re excited to host the fourth edition of the SouthWood Cup, which has become a highly anticipated annual event,” says Beth Murphy, SouthWood’s General Manager. “With the course in prime summer condition and great cash prizes for the taking, we expect another great competition.”
For more information, please visit www.stjoegolf.com or call 850.942.4653. Entry forms are available at the SouthWood golf shop, and must be received by 6 p.m., Friday, July 27.
About SouthWood Golf Club
Designed by PGA Tour star Fred Couples and renowned architect Gene Bates, SouthWood Golf Club is among the region’s most-acclaimed courses. Highlighted by stands of stunning, Spanish moss-draped oak trees, the 7,172-yard layout meanders over rolling hills, through wooded areas and open land. A course that tests Tour-quality players and provides an enjoyable experience for golfers of all abilities, SouthWood features five sets of tees on every hole. The 2,986-yard “Wee Tees” provide the ideal course set-up for juniors, beginners or players seeking to improve their short game. SouthWood Golf Club has garnered numerous honors since opening in November 2002. Most recently, the course was named among the Top-10 layouts of the new millennium by Travel + Leisure Golf. SouthWood was also named to Golf Digest’s list of “America’s Best New Courses,” selected by GOLF Magazine ! as one of the top 35 public courses – out of 325 nationwide – to open in 2002, and named Tallahassee’s best golf course by Tallahassee Magazine.
About the SouthWood Community
SouthWood is a mixed-use community in Tallahassee, Florida, where residents can live, learn, work and play. The community sits on 3,300 acres of graceful rolling hills lined with moss-draped oaks and over 1,000 acres of community-wide interconnected green space, including numerous lakes, parks and wetlands and a 123-acre Central Park and Lake. Residential opportunities include apartments, town homes, and single-family homes, including custom-built homes. Miles of walking and biking trails wind throughout the community. In addition to the Fred Couples/Gene Bates-designed semiprivate golf course, SouthWood features a Community Center with pools, an Education Village providing lifelong learning opportunities and a vibrant Town Center at the heart of the community. An abundance of wildlife creates an ever-changing landscape for birdwatchers and nature lovers.
About JOE
The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE), a publicly held company based in Jacksonville, is one of Florida’s largest real estate development companies. We are primarily engaged in real estate development and sales, with significant interests in timber. JOE’s mission is to create places that inspire people and make the region an even better place to live, work and play. We’re no ordinary JOE.
More information about JOE can be found at our website at www.joe.com.
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