Golf News for Thursday, May 22, 2008 | Courses

Red Sky Golf Club announces schedule for start of golf season

WOLCOTT, Colo. -- The sun is shining in Colorado and it is
time to dust off the golf clubs and get out and play. The
award-winning Red Sky Golf Club, located in Wolcott, will open for
members and guests on Friday, May 23.

Red Sky Golf Club consists of two award-winning 18-hole courses
designed by Greg Norman and Tom Fazio, respectively. A private club,
Red Sky is open for play for members and members' guests as well as
guests at select lodging properties including the Ritz-Carlton,
Bachelor Gulch, Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, The Lodge at Vail, The
Arrabelle at Vail Square, Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa, The
Pines Lodge, Beaver Creek Lodge, The Charter and the Sonnenalp Resort
of Vail.

Golfweek magazine recently named Red Sky Golf Club the Best Resort
Golf Course 2007 for Greg Norman Course #28 and Tom Fazio Course #33.
In addition, Travel + Leisure Golf recognized Red Sky as one of
America's Top 100 Private Golf Communities in the March, 2007 issue;
Elite Traveler Magazine ranked it one of "The Great Eight."

Red Sky Golf Club's two restaurants, Silver Sage and Summer Thyme, are
also open for service. The Silver Sage Restaurant in the Member
Clubhouse is open for breakfast from 8 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Lunch is
available from 11 a.m. ­ 3 p.m. and a Pub menu is offered from 3 p.m.
­ 6 p.m. The Summer Thyme Restaurant in the Guest Clubhouse is
serving a Pub Menu from 11 a.m. ­ 3 p.m.

The rates for play are as follows:
Early Season (May 23-June 5): $195. The Guest Clubhouse Pro Shop will
be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m

Peak Season (June 6-Sept 21): $250. The Guest Clubhouse Pro Shop will
be open from 6:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Late Season (Sept 22-Oct 12): $195. The Guest Clubhouse Pro Shop will
be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m

Tee times can be made one month in advance through the hotel concierge
or reservationists. When making tee time reservations, please provide
all player names. Guests who do not show for a tee time, or have not
cancelled four days in advance, shall be subject to their greens fee
charge. For additional information, please call the Guest Clubhouse
golf shop at (970) 754-8425.

About Red Sky Golf Club
Red Sky Golf Club is an exclusive golf facility that was designed as a
private membership club with a separate limited access guest facility
for guest staying at Vail Resorts' family of destination lodges and
other select hotels. Tom Fazio and Greg Norman have each sculpted a
championship, 18-hole course that weaves through 800 acres of historic
ranchlands filled with sage, aspen groves and spectacular mountain
vistas. Part of the Red Sky Ranch luxury community, Red Sky Golf Club
features two Clubhouses, Silver Sage Restaurant, two driving ranges
and the David Leadbetter Golf Academy.

Red Sky Ranch & Golf Club is located just 25 minutes west of Vail, 20
minutes from the Vail/Eagle County airport, and 15 minutes from the
base of Beaver Creek Resort.

For more information on the Red Sky Golf Club, visit
www.redskygolfclub.com or call (970) 754-8400 or toll-free (866)
873-3759. For information about the residential community of Red Sky
Ranch and real estate opportunities, please visit www.redskyranch.com.



 
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