SIX MILE, S.C. -- Recognized as one of the most versatile designs in Tom Fazio's wide repertoire of award-winning golf courses, The Cliffs at Keowee Springs was named one of America's Best New Private Courses by Golf Digest Magazine. The annual ranking appears in the January 2010 issue of Golf Digest Magazine and on www.golfdigest.com.

Revered golf architect Tom Fazio designed this unique layout to return to the Clubhouse or Turnhouse in six-hole intervals. The beautiful, family-friendly course offers family tees, but experienced golfers should not be fooled. The back tees are every bit the championship golf experience one would expect from famed designer Tom Fazio.

Tom Fazio explains, "As a father of six, designing a championship-caliber course that presents a challenge for all skill sets and yet is ideal for all members of the family, has been one of my most enjoyable endeavors. The six-hole format is particularly convenient for those with busy schedules."

A challenging and rewarding experience for golfers of all ages and skill levels, The Keowee Springs golf course is the second Tom Fazio golf design available to Cliffs members. In fact, The Cliffs is the only community in the country to offers its members two Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses and two Tom Fazio designs. Opened in September 2008, The Cliffs at Keowee Springs golf course plays 7,100 yards from the championship tees and features the distinction of having two turns at six-hole increments. Holes two and 16 are the signature holes for this course.

"It is an honor that Golf Digest recognized The Cliffs a Keowee Springs as one if the Best New Courses in America," said John Mitchell, The Cliffs at Keowee Springs PGA Professional and General Manager. "The Keowee Springs design showcases a balance of playability and challenge with tees starting at 4600 to 7100 yards. Combined with its setting at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Keowee Springs offers a golf experience that you want every time."

This mountain-lake course is also home to the International Institute of Golf, a state-of-the-art teaching academy led by renowned Australian instructors Steve Bann and Dale Lynch, whose clients include PGA TOUR Professional Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Applebee, Mathew Goggin, Aaron Baddeley, Robert Allenby and KJ Choi. Located on the shore of pristine Lake Keowee in the Blue Ridge Mountains, The Cliffs at Keowee Springs (www.discoverkeoweesprings.com) spans 1,600 acres and offers a variety of waterfront, water view, and golf course home sites and turnkey residences. Homesites at The Cliffs at Keowee Springs start in the $200,000's; homes, in the mid-$900,000's.

The Cliffs offers its Members eight championship golf courses, all of which are located within a short distance of one another and playable to every Member because ownership in one Cliffs Community means you are a Member of all communities. The Keowee Springs golf course is the sixth, year-round operational course at The Cliffs. The golf course at The Cliffs at Mountain Park, designed by Gary Player, and The Cliffs at High Carolina - America's first Tiger Woods Design course - are currently under construction.

About The Cliffs Communities
The Cliffs Communities - Founded in 1989 by Jim Anthony, The Cliffs Communities offers a unique collection of eight communities within three distinct regions of The Carolina Preserve - Asheville, Mountain-lake and Mountain- while providing immediate enjoyment of all with only one membership. When you are a member of one Cliffs community, you are a Member of all eight. All communities are just minutes from each other. All are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of protected parklands at the southernmost edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. And all provide access to two of the South¹s most vibrant towns: Greenville, South Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina. The Cliffs offers homesites from $200,000 to more than $3 million and custom homes from $700,000 to $5 million. To learn more about living at The Cliffs, call (877) 254-3371 or visit www.cliffscommunities.com.

Contact: Holly Morrison
4851 Highway 11
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
864-371-3028
hmorrison@cliffscommunities.com