PHOENIX, Arizona – Nov. 3, 2004 – Bird Golf Academy, with corporate offices based in Phoenix, Arizona, is teaming up with the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Jekyll Island, Georgia to offer a truly unique and unforgettable golf instruction destination.

Jekyll Island, Bird Golf's newest of 7-locations within the United States is our nations oldest resort destination, rich with history and complete with modern comforts, it is a distinctly different location; one that will be loved and enjoyed by all.

The school is headed by Jay Ewing, an accomplished player whose career began in the South Pacific, founder of the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour and the Colorado PGA Teach-a-Thon. Ewing and his staff of superb instructors are renowned for the personalized attention they give each student and their dedication customer service. They provide instruction for any level of golfer from beginner to experienced, and always keep the student/teacher ratio to no more than 2 to 1.

The Bird Golf Schools provides the best value in private, individual golf instruction from the world's finest PGA and LPGA teaching professionals. Their instructors provide individualized physical and mental techniques for improving your game. Each of our all-inclusive golf school packages includes 3, 4, or 5 days of private, individualized instruction with your own PGA/LPGA professional, resort lodging, unlimited golf and practice facility use, and lunch each day with your professional.

At Jekyll Island Club Hotel Bird Golf students will enjoy staying in the finest suites, breakfast at the hotel and lunch at the golf course will be included and instruction will be held at the Jekyll Island Golf Courses. Students will enjoy four golf courses with 63 unique holes of golf, driving range and practice putting, chipping and bunker areas.
About Jekyll Island Club Hotel Jekyll Island is a place of extraordinary, harmonious balance; between land and sea; between humankind and nature. A majority of the island is a reserve for wildlife and a haven for visitors. Situated just off the coast of Georgia on a beautiful barrier island, this Victorian hotel is nestled among live oak trees festooned with Spanish Moss.

The island has miles of beaches and maritime forests and visitors often see wild deer, a variety of waterfowl, wild turkey and a variety of small game on this treasure of an island.

The Jekyll Island Club Hotel was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in
1978. Originally a hunting retreat for the nation's wealthy elite (J. P. Morgan, William Rockefeller), the hotel today is a unique resort with architectural character and a charming historic ambience. The hotel provides gracious accommodations, presenting 157 rooms and suites in five historic settings. Just as club members did a century ago choose from the Clubhouse (Main Hotel) or rooms located in other historic structures on the property. Enjoy modern comforts and the most beautiful surroundings.

With four courses and 63 unique holes of golf, Jekyll Island is the largest public golf course in Georgia. The Grand Dunes golf course, designed by Walter Travis, meanders around coastal Georgia's beach, swept with oaks and unique oceanfront landscape. The Oleander course, built by Dick Wilson in 1964 challenges players with unique doglegs situated 300 yards from the ocean. The Indian Mound course plays through pristine lakes and marshes. Designed by the legendary Joe Lee in 1975, this serene setting is named for the oyster shell middens deposited by Aboriginal tribes hundreds of years ago.

More information is also available online at www.birdgolf.com, www.jekyllclub.com at www.jekyllisland.com.