HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. -- Boyne, the Midwest's largest and most diverse collection of championship golf with three northern Michigan resorts and 162 holes, announces the hiring of PGA Professional, Barry Redmond, to the Boyne Golf Academy teaching staff. Redmond will be based from Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs. Other Boyne properties include The Inn at Bay Harbor - A Renaissance Golf Resort and Bay Harbor Golf Club, both of Bay Harbor, and Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne Falls.

"We couldn't be happier that Barry is joining our team of teaching professionals at Boyne," said Brian O'Neill, Boyne Golf Academy's director of instruction. "Barry has an infectious personality and a wealth of knowledge to share with our Nike Junior Golf Camp participants and guests taking part in our multi-day golf academies will also benefit greatly from his experience."

"Barry has won the Michigan PGA Championship multiple times and also competed on the PGA Tour in the PGA Championship several times," said O'Neill. "I look forward to collaborating with Barry and feel that with the caliber of BOYNE's instructors, and now the addition of Barry, we have assembled an exceptional team of golf professionals to serve guests at the base of the finest golf facility in Michigan."

In his new role as a BOYNE Teaching Professional, Redmond brings his 25 years of teaching experience to work on junior golf programs, multi-day programs, along with further development and growth of the Boyne Golf Academy as a nationally recognized golf school program.

Redmond, a Class A PGA Professional and previously ranked among the best teachers in Michigan by Golf Digest, spent much of his career as a premier player and teacher in the state of Michigan. He won the Michigan PGA Championship in 1990 and 1992, Michigan Open in 1989, as well as competed in the 1994 PGA Championship at Southern Hills, along with the Buick Open four times.

"I'm really excited about this great opportunity to join the team of professionals at BOYNE and the PGA golf instructional team at the Boyne Golf Academy," said Redmond."BOYNE has been the leader in golf in Michigan and the Boyne Golf Academy, with its leading golf instruction, has been the perfect compliment to the quality and quantity of great golf. I am very much looking forward to working with juniors in the Nike Camp to help improve their game and also with resort guests in the multi-day golf programs."

BOYNE resorts provides the best in golf instruction for those looking to improve all aspects of their game. The Boyne Golf Academy provides a variety of instructional packages that include custom club fitting, video analysis, adult programs, private instruction, as well as junior programs including the popular Nike Junior Golf Camps.

BOYNE golf courses open for the season starting Friday, April 30. For more information or to book your Boyne Golf Academy package, please visit www.BOYNE.com or call 800.GO.BOYNE (462-6963).

About BOYNE
BOYNE is a collection of mountain and golf resorts, retail stores and real estate opportunities based in Michigan. Each of the collection is a member of the Boyne Resorts family of resorts and attractions and includes Boyne Mountain Resort in Boyne Falls; Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs and The Inn at Bay Harbor - A Renaissance Golf Resort in Bay Harbor as well as Bay Harbor Golf Club, Crooked Tree Golf Club, Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark, Boyne Country Sports and Boyne Realty. With countless lodging and meeting facilities, eight championship golf courses, premiere snowsports terrain, two spas, distinctive dining, spectacular events and Michigan's largest indoor waterpark, and the question becomes......what are you up for? For more information, please visit www.BOYNE.com.

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