HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Golf course architect Clyde Johnston clearly got it right with his design of the Cherry Blossom Golf & Country Club in Georgetown, Ky. For the eighth consecutive year - and every year since it opened - the course has landed on top of Golfweek Magazine's annual listing of Best Public Access Golf Courses in the state.

Golfweek's much anticipated annual course rankings appear in the March 12 issue of the magazine and represents the work of 550 ranking panelists evaluating courses through a variety of criteria, including ease and intimacy of routing; natural setting and overall land plan; and variety and memorability of the 18 holes.

Said Johnston, "I am delighted that Cherry Blossom has been so well-received by the golfing public and that it is once again considered on Golfweek's list of premier courses."

The 6,812-yard Cherry Blossom design is the centerpiece of Cherry Blossom Village, a 427-acre planned community in the rolling horse-country just outside Lexington, KY. In its first year Cherry Blossom was ranked by Golf Digest panelists among "America's Best New Affordable Public Courses for 2002." It is Johnston's second golf course in the Lexington area.

About Clyde Johnston Designs
Clyde Johnston is past-president and a two-time board member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Among his award-winning golf course designs is Old South Golf Links ("Top Ten New Public Courses of 1992" - Golf Digest); The Legends at Parris Island (Top 10 Military Courses in US - Travel and Leisure Golf, July, 2001) and Ocean Harbour Golf Links (Top Ten New Courses of 1990 - Golf Magazine). Clyde Johnston Designs was established in 1987 and is headquartered on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. www.clydejohnston.com. 843-342-6335

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