POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Pound Ridge Golf Club in New York's Westchester County has been named by Golf Digest as one of America's Best New Courses of 2009 in the prestigious annual review published in the January 2010 issue. The heralded high-end daily fee course designed by Pete Dye is the only golf course east of Michigan honored as one of the 10 selected for the Public Courses category. Pound Ridge Golf Club was ranked fourth.

Of the 10 celebrated new public access courses, seven were located at resort destinations. The Pete Dye Course at the French Lick Resort in Indiana was awarded first place. Pound Ridge Golf Club, Pete Dye's only design in the Northeast, completed its first full year of operation in 2009.

"All of us at Pound Ridge Golf Club appreciate that Golf Digest has recognized our Pete Dye course as one of the very best new designs in the country," said owner Ken Wang. "We congratulate Pete on his achievement at French Lick. This year's ratings are a testament to the genius of Pete Dye, and we are gratified to be a part of his family. Our rating is a distinction that validates the exceptional commitment that Pete gave us when he agreed to craft Pound Ridge. My goal in bringing Pete into the project was to create a golf course for the ages, and I believe our high ranking validates that we have created something very significant at Pound Ridge," Wang added.

Golf Digest's annual survey of America's Best New Courses is conducted by a panel of nearly 950 official golf raters who rate courses based on shot values, design variety, resistance to scoring, memorable impact and aesthetics.

ABOUT POUND RIDGE GOLF CLUB
The only New York Pete Dye designed golf course is less than one hour north of New York City and 15 minutes from downtown Stamford, Connecticut. Pound Ridge Golf Club has received a number of prestigious accolades since its July 2008 grand opening. GOLF Magazine cited Pound Ridge at #2 in its 2008 Top 10 Best New Public Courses in the U.S. list and Links Magazine selected the club as a Best New Public course of 2008. ABTA Golf 2009, the international golf guide for the travel industry, selected Pound Ridge as new golf development of the year. The regular rate at this uniquely exciting daily fee course is $235 per round. Additional details can be found at www.poundridgegolf.com.

ABOUT PETE DYE
Pete Dye is a legend in the field of golf course design and construction and is considered to be the most influential golf course architect of the last five decades. He is acclaimed for his innovative, environmentally friendly designs. Pete has designed over 131 national and 17 international courses. Some of his better known national courses include: TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Kiawah Island Resort-Ocean Course, Kiawah, South Carolina, Crooked Stick in Carmel, Indiana, Harbor Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, South Carolina and Whistling Straits, Sheybogan, Wisconsin.

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