Remington Golf Club & Kissimmee Bay Country Club

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Stay and play Golf Packages are in full swing down here at Remington Golf Club and Kissimmee bay Country Club. We offer flexible packages that can be tailored to your needs. Long stay up to month long or just a 3 nights and 4 rounds. We can do them for you. If you need a 7 night stay and only a few days of golf we do that also! Visit is here KISSIMMEE GOLF to see more details on our stay and play packages.

Thanks!
Mark

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Stay & Play Packages
at Remington and Kissimmee Bay

Courses | Homes | Book a Tee Time | Attractions | Contact Us

Make Your 2011/12 Golf Trip Great with us!

Two Courses to Choose from!

We feature two of the best golfing values in Central Florida, Kissimmee Bay CC and Remington GC. Stay in a rental home right in the Remington development for stay and play. Our packages include the "ALL YOU CAN - Practice, Play and Eat Ultimate Golfing Experience. More than 50 homes to choose from, 3 bedroom, 4 bedroom, and five bedroom homes.

Email or Call Mark at 407-344-4004 for more information.

Hole #1 Kissimmee Bay CC

Package Options

	3 Nights, 3 Rounds Oct - Nov $92* per pers/day Dec - Jan $116* per pers/day Feb -Mrch $121*per pers/day	4 Nights, 4 Rounds Oct - Nov $89* per pers/day. Dec - Jan $113* per pers/day. Feb -Mrch $118*perpers/day.	7 Nights, 7 Rounds Oct - Nov $84* perpers/day Dec - Jan $108* perpers/day Feb -Mrch $113* per pers/day

Flexible Packages - We tailor our packages to meet your needs!
	We feature flexible packages that offer you the ability to pay for what you need. Bringing guests that don't golf then we can adjust pricing and charge golf only for the golfing guests. Want to stay for 7 days and only play 5 rounds, just let us know we can take care of that for you also. Do you have 16 players or more? We can try to get you four, four beds side by side. *Rates based on a four bedroom pool home with 4 person occupancy. Rates include home rental, pool heat, cleaning fees, "all you can" golfing with cart, and taxes.

ALL YOU CAN

The ALL YOU CAN includes unlimited range balls to warm up, breakfast before you play, hot dog and soda at the turn, lunch if you're in by 3:00, cart, and REPLAY based on space availability. If 36 holes is a must you can reserve the second rounds ahead of time for $30 per player.

Rated 4 Stars by Golf Digest Magazine.
Consistently referred to as the friendliest courses in Central FL.

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"All our UK golfers have expressed that they wish to return to Kissimmee in the near future and your Golf Clubs would be in their plans. Once again, many thanks Buck to you, Ross, Mark and all the staff both at the Bay and Remington!"

Peter Hill, Hersham Village G.C.

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Night Golf Nov 19th at Remington

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NOVEMBER 19TH at Remington Golf Club

6:30 shotgun Start!

6 Holes of Night Golf

DJ, Complimentary Wine Bar, and Hors D'oeuvres after PLAY!

Cost is $19, 2 Glow Balls and glow sticks Provided

$19 Company Sponsorship "Tee Signs for Bar"

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407-344-4004

Junior Golf Camp at Remington & Kissimmee Bay

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Junior golfers are learning the life skills of honesty and integrity while having fun in our Junior Camps! Swing instruction and rules of golf are overshadowed by the fun of putting competitions and Wii Golf. All in all a fun experience for these great kids! We even showed them how a hole is cut in the green, a unique experience.

For more information call Ross at 407-348-4653.

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GAMES to PLay in at Our Clubs

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Apple Tree Gang

Monday at Kissimmee Bay, Wednesday at Remington, 8:30 starts,
$20 Greens & Cart $5 in pot, various handicapped formats.
Lord Calvert Skins Game
Tuesdays at Kissimmee Bay 3:30, $13 Greens & Cart, $20 skins,
Closest to Pins, no handicaps.
Salser Game
Friday at 11:30 at Kissimmee Bay, Modified Stableford, skins,
Closest to pins, $20 Greens & Cart, $20 in pot.
The Game
Every Saturday and Sunday at Remington, 7am shotgun start, $25 Greens & Cart $13 in Game
A,B,C,D blind draw team Nassau, skins, closest to pins.
Babes in Pink Socks
Beginner women’s league at Kissimmee Bay every Wed night 6:00 shotgun,
9 hole Scramble for FUN, $12 each week.

“BABES IN PINK SOCKS”

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A FUN Golf League for Women Golfers and Beginners
Starts in the BAR and Ends in the BAR
Cocktails at 5:30 Golf Starts at 6PM

EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING

OPENING NIGHT APRIL 7th - at REMINGTON
One Time Registration Fee ~ $10.00
Pay your Registration Fee Here

Entry Fee $12/week ~ Includes 9 holes and snacks afterwards.
Scramble Format - HAVE FUN
Games on the Course - HAVE FUN
No more than Double Bogey on any Hole - HAVE FUN

PINK SOCKS Required- Or Pay $1.00

NO COMPLAINING - Or Pay $1.00

Some of us are good, some of us are bad,
and some of us are just here for the beer.

S.O.B.S. also invited

Spouses of the BIPS...
We’ll play the other nine and have a skins game!

Golf Swing Series - Moe Norman

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Career highlights

Canadian Amateur Championship winner (1955, 1956)
55 career Canadian Tour event victories
Canadian PGA Championship winner (1966, 1974)
Canadian PGA Seniors' Championship winner (1979 - 1985, 1987)
33 course records
17 holes in one
Inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1995
Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2006
Results in the Masters Tournament
- 1956: Shot 75 & 78 (153 total) then withdrew.
- 1957: Shot 77 & 74 (151 total) missing the cut by one stroke. This was the first year of cuts after the second round.

Biography

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Norman played briefly in the PGA Tour but due to shyness and a preference to stay in Canada, he stayed in Ontario rather than travel.

Norman's play, along with his way of dressing, were both described as unconventional. He devised what is known as "The Norman Swing"—very short backswing and very short follow-through which produced an amazingly accurate ball placement. He played extremely fast, sometimes not even slowing to line up his putts. He was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1995. He never took a golfing lesson. It is even said that on one hole his caddy told him he could get to the green with a driver and a nine iron. Naturally, he hit off the tee with his nine iron and then onto the green with his driver.

Norman's skills as a ball striker are legendary. Sam Snead, himself a great golfer, once described Norman as the greatest striker of the ball. In January 2005, Tiger Woods told Golf Digest's Jamie Diaz that only two golfers in history "owned their swing": Moe Norman and Ben Hogan. Stated Woods, "I want to own mine."

Norman died in a Kitchener hospital from congestive heart failure. He had suffered from congestive heart failure since having heart bypass surgery six years earlier. He also had a heart attack two years before his death.

Honoring the Legend of Moe Norman

Norman is recognized as one of golf's most colorful personalities, as well as perhaps the best ball-striker golf has ever known. Despite his unorthodox setup which placed his right forearm on the plane of the clubshaft, he did not "swing on one plane", contrary to poplular belief. If carefully viewed it should be clear that his clubhead does not travel on a single plane throughout. (like a hoolahoop on an angle) In his backswing, the clubhead comes underneath the path it travels in his downswing. This is a very orthodox move and is seen in countless Hall Of Fame golfers and current touring pros. It should be noted however that Norman did more or less return to his address clubshaft plane, at impact.

In the 1990s, respect and financial security finally arrived. Natural Golf and Titleist became a sponsor of Norman in 1994 and proved to be one of his most devoted supporters, right through until his death. He conducted clinics for Natural Golf and proudly wore the logo during his many appearances on TV and for articles in magazines.

In 1999, Barry Morrow, Oscar winning screenwriter for the movie Rain Man, completed Dance The Green, the screenplay of Moe Norman's life. The movie is scheduled to begin production this year (2010). Giovanni Ribisi (The Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan, Avatar (2010)) is scheduled to play the part of Moe in the movie.

Today, Norman's Legacy is represented by Todd Graves and the Graves Golf Academy. With Academy locations in Orlando, Florida and Edmond, Oklahoma the Graves Golf Academy conducts clinics and schools teaching Norman's swing around the United States.

Moe Norman's Scrap Book

Rick Sargent Golf Instruction at Remington GC and Kissimmee Bay CC

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:01:00 +0000

Improve your Game during a Stay and Play Package

Remington Golf Club and Kissimmee Bay Country Club are pleased to announce the addition of North Fl PGA Senior Player of the year for 2009! Rick Sargent! Rick has been in the business of golf, teaching golf and winning golf tournaments for 30 years, he is an accomplished player and has an uncanny ability to see a golf swing and under stand a students capabilities and how to capitalize on them.

Rick has a term he coins FUNdamentals, that sums up his philosophy “lets make this fun and enjoyable”. He is very patient and had a keen eye for golf mechanics and how to improve players!

An accomplished player, and instructor Rick Sargent brings over 30 years experience to the business of golf. He credits much of his success and passion for the game to his Hall of Fame Coach and mentor, Gene Miranda, US Air Force Academy, where Rick was two time All American.

Following graduation "Lieutenant/Captain Sargent" served in the Air Force (Intel Officer) while winning two All-Air Force Championships and a Worldwide All-Service Championship - plus the occasional "Lesson to the Brass."

1985 brought Rick to Central Florida where he soon landed a job as a Manager/Head Professional/Director of Instruction of a semi private golf facility. The "opportunity" lasted over 20 years with many teaching highlights to include the formation of a Golf School, an annual Junior Golf Camp, High School Golf Coach (10 years), and hundreds of lessons annually.

Rick achieved PGA membership in 1994, providing him avenues for many educational and playing opportunities. As one of them top players in the North Florida Section he has won numerous events and in 2009 was awarded NFPGA Senior Player of the Year.

Currently Rick is the Director of Instruction for Rick Sargent’s Golf Instruction located at Remington Golf Club and encompassing both Remington and Kissimmee Bay Country Club.

Lesson Options

Adults	Cost
1/2 Hour	$40.00
1 Hour	$70.00
Series (4/HR Lessons)	$240
9 Hole Playing Lesson (Includes warm up and Golf Cart)	$150

Juniors (Under 18)	Cost
1/2 Hour	$25
1 Hour	$40

Groups (2 or More)	Cost
Each Hour	$30/per person

Day Programs (Max 4 Students per Instructor)
One / Two / Three Day 8am to Noon After Noon - Golf / or Range / or on your own	$240 / $450 / $630

Contact Rick

Office: 407-348-7899
Cell: 407-873-5845
Email: rsargent23@gmail.com

SWING SERIES - Byron Nelson

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Golf Swing Series - Sam Snead

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Personal

Snead was born in Ashwood, Virginia near Hot Springs, Virginia. At the age of seven, he began caddying at The Homestead in Hot Springs; he worked as an assistant pro at The Homestead at 19, and became a professional in 1934. Snead maintained ties to Hot Springs and The Homestead for all of his life; he died in Hot Springs following complications from a stroke four days short of his 90th birthday. He was survived by two sons, Sam Jr., of Hot Springs, Virginia and Terry, of Mountain Grove, Virginia; a brother, Pete, of Pittsburgh; and two grandchildren. His wife, Audrey, died in 1990. His nephew J. C. Snead was also a PGA Tour golfer.

Career

In 1937, Snead's first year on the Tour, he won five events, including the Oakland Open at Claremont Country Club in California.

In 1938, he first won the Greater Greensboro Open. He won that event a total of eight times, the Tour record, concluding in 1965 at the age of 52 making him the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event.^[2]

1939 was the first of several times he failed at crucial moments of the U.S. Open, the only major event he never won. Needing par to win, he posted an 8 on the 72nd hole. At the U.S. Open in 1949, Snead missed a 2 1/2-foot putt on the final playoff hole to lose to Lew Worsham.

In 1950, he won 11 events. No one has since won more in one year. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average four times: 1938, 1949, 1950, and 1955. He played on seven Ryder Cup teams: 1937, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, and 1959, and captained the team in 1951, 1959, and 1969.

In 1971, he won the PGA Club Professional Championship.

In 1974, at age 62, he shot a one-under-par 279 to come in third, three strokes behind winner Lee Trevino at the PGA Championship at Tanglewood in Clemmons, North Carolina.

In 1978, he won the first Legends of Golf event, which was the impetus for the creation two years later of the Senior PGA Tour, now known as the Champions Tour.

In 1979 he was the youngest PGA Tour golfer to shoot his age (67) in the second round of the 1979 Quad Cities Open. He shot under his age (66) in the final round.

In 1983, at age 71, he shot a round of 60 (12-under-par) at the The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia.

In 1997, at age 85, he shot a round of 78 at the Old White course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

In 1998, he received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award, the fourth person to be so honored.

From 1984 to 2002, he hit the honorary starting tee shot at The Masters. Until 1999, he was joined by Gene Sarazen, and until 2001, by Byron Nelson.

Snead wrote several golf instructional books, and frequently wrote instructional columns in golf magazines.

In 2000, he was ranked the third greatest golfer of all time, in Golf Digest magazine's rankings. Jack Nicklaus was first, and Ben Hogan was second.^[3]

Snead was inducted into the West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame in 2009 with William C. Campbell.^[4]

Playing style

During his peak years, Snead was an exceptionally long driver, particularly into the wind, with very good accuracy as well. He was a superb player with the long irons. Snead was also known for a very creative short game, pioneering use of the sand wedge for short shots from grass. As he aged, his putting deteriorated. Snead pioneered croquet-style putting in the 1960s, where he straddled the ball with one leg on each side. The United States Golf Association banned this technique in 1968 by amending the old Rule 35-1^[5], since until that time, golfers had always faced the ball when striking. Snead then went to side-saddle putting, where he crouched and angled his feet towards the hole, and held the club with a split grip. He used that style for the rest of his career.

Records

From official PGA Tour site.

Most PGA Tour victories: 82
Most PGA Tour victories at an event: 8 at the Greater Greensboro Open (1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1965)
Oldest player to win a PGA Tour event: age 52 years, 10 months, 8 days at the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open
Oldest player to make the cut at a major: age 67 years, 2 months, 7 days at the 1979 PGA Championship
First PGA Tour player to shoot his age: 67 in the second round of the 1979 Quad Cities Open
Oldest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour: age 67 years, 2 months, 21 days at the 1979 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic.

Snead also held the record for most PGA Tour wins after reaching age 40, with 17, until it was broken at the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Championship by Vijay Singh.

Professional wins (165)

PGA Tour wins (82)

1936 (1) West Virginia Closed Pro
1937 (5) Oakland Open, Bing Crosby Pro-Am, St. Paul Open, Nassau Open, Miami Open (Dec.)
1938 (8) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Greater Greensboro Open, Chicago Open, Canadian Open, Westchester 108 Hole Open, White Sulphur Springs Open, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Vic Ghezzi), Palm Beach Round Robin
1939 (3) St. Petersburg Open, Miami Open, Miami Biltmore International Four-Ball (with Ralph Guldahl)
1940 (3) Canadian Open, Anthracite Open, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Ralph Guldahl)
1941 (6) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, St. Petersburg Open, North and South Open, Canadian Open, Rochester Times Union Open, Henry Hurst Invitational
1942 (2) St. Petersburg Open, PGA Championship
1944 (2) Portland Open, Richmond Open
1945 (6) Los Angeles Open, Gulfport Open, Pensacola Open, Jacksonville Open, Dallas Open, Tulsa Open
1946 (6) Jacksonville Open, Greater Greensboro Open, The Open Championship (not counted as a PGA Tour win at the time, but designated as such in 2002), World Championship of Golf, Miami Open, Virginia Open
1948 (1) Texas Open
1949 (6) Greater Greensboro Open, The Masters, Washington Star Open, Dapper Dan Open, Western Open, PGA Championship
1950 (11) Los Angeles Open, Bing Crosby Pro-Am (tie with Jack Burke, Jr., Smiley Quick, Dave Douglas), Texas Open, Miami Beach Open, Greater Greensboro Open, Western Open, Colonial National Invitation, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jim Ferrier), Reading Open, North and South Open, Miami Open
1951 (2) PGA Championship, Miami Open
1952 (5) The Masters, Palm Beach Round Robin, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Jim Ferrier), All American Open, Eastern Open
1953 (1) Baton Rouge Open
1954 (2) The Masters, Palm Beach Round Robin
1955 (4) Greater Greensboro Open, Palm Beach Round Robin, Insurance City Open, Miami Open
1956 (1) Greater Greensboro Open
1957 (2) Dallas Open Invitational, Palm Beach Round Robin
1958 (1) Dallas Open Invitational
1960 (2) De Soto Open Invitational, Greater Greensboro Open
1961 (1) Tournament of Champions
1965 (1) Greater Greensboro Open

Major championships are shown in bold.^[6]

Other wins

1936 West Virginia Open
1937 West Virginia Open
1938 West Virginia Open
1940 Ontario Open (Canada)
1941 Center Open (Argentina)
1948 West Virginia Open
1949 North and South Open, West Virginia Open
1952 West Virginia Open, Brazil Open, Greenbrier Pro-Am
1953 Greenbrier Pro-Am
1954 Panama Open
1957 West Virginia Open
1958 West Virginia Open, Greenbrier Invitational
1959 Sam Snead Festival
1960 West Virginia Open
1961 West Virginia Open, Sam Snead Festival
1964 Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome (with Shirley Englehorn)
1966 West Virginia Open
1967 West Virginia Open
1968 West Virginia Open
1970 West Virginia Open
1971 PGA Club Professional Championship, West Virginia Open
1972 West Virginia Open
1973 West Virginia Open

Note: this list is incomplete.

Senior wins (14)

1964 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors
1965 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors
1967 PGA Seniors' Championship
1970 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors
1972 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors
1973 PGA Seniors' Championship, World Seniors
1978 Legends of Golf (with Gardner Dickinson)
1980 Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am
1982 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Don January)

Major championships

Wins (7)

1942
PGA Championship
n/a
2 & 1
n/a
Jim Turnesa

1946
The Open Championship
Tied for lead
-2 (71-70-74-75=290)
4 strokes
Johnny Bulla, Bobby Locke

1949
The Masters
1 shot deficit
-6 (73-75-67-67=282)
3 strokes
Johnny Bulla, Lloyd Mangrum

1949
PGA Championship (2)
n/a
3 & 2
n/a
Johnny Palmer

1951
PGA Championship (3)
n/a
7 & 6
n/a
Walter Burkemo

1952
The Masters (2)
Tied for lead
-2 (70-67-77-72=286)
4 strokes
Jack Burke, Jr.

1954
The Masters (3)
3 shot deficit
+1 (74-73-70-72=289)
Playoff ¹
Ben Hogan

Golf Orlando – New Vacation Homes Available

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:52:00 +0000

We have access to 50 new rental homes in and around Remington Golf Club and Kissimmee Bay Country Club. The Homes are just minutes from both courses literally within a mile of the clubhouse.

Rent a luxurious vacation home for the price of an Orlando hotel room. Browse through our wide variety of some of the lowest priced, family friendly, 3, 4, 5, and even 6 bedroom Orlando vacation home rentals, only minutes from Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World and several other family friendly Orlando attractions. Enjoy a new pool home on your Orlando Golf Trip.

Find a Home here: Orlando Golf Vacation Homes and contact the golf course for tee times and rates for the golf side. Call Mark at 407-344-4004.

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Our accommodations partner DRG Property Services promises no hidden fees, which allows them to provide extra amenities such as high speed internet, games rooms and much more in their rental homes. Reserve your perfect vacation home today! Then contact us for special Golf Prices. 407-344-4004 ask for Mark!

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Golf Vacations in Orlando – The All You Can, Unlimited Golf Package!

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:19:00 +0000

Our courses feature the best golf in Orlando! The courses are always in great shape and we consistently are the locals favorite! With all our rates with the acceptation to our twilight prices we feature the ALL YOU CAN Ultimate Golfing Experience.

This program is offered at BOTH Kissimmee Bay Country Club and Remington Golf Club!

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For one rate you receive a Breakfast between 8am and 11am, a hot dog and soda at the turn, a Lunch if your in by 3:00 and replays based on space availability! We are the locals favorite and people just enjoy playing our courses!

See our Current Rates: Orlando Golf

For STAY and PLAY Golf Packages

Visit here to see and price out RENTAL HOMES

Kissimmee Bay Course Details

COURSES	YARDAGE	PAR	RATING	SLOPE
Gold	6846	71	72.2	125
Blue	6383	71	70.1	119
White	5945	71	68.1	115
Red	5171	71	69.9	122

Remington Course Details

COURSES	YARDAGE	PAR	RATING	SLOPE
Black	7111	72	73.9	134
Yellow	6769	72	72.5	130
Green	6328	72	70.6	123
Blue	5876	72	68.5	119
White	5178	72	69.8	118

Call or Email Mark –> mfarrow@remington-gc.com to reserve and Price Golf Tee Times
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Back Nine Starts - 9 Holes off the Back, Includes a breakfast after the round!

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:51:00 +0000

That's right we have available tee times off the back 9 in the morning from just before 7am to 8am. These tee times can be reserved and secured for you.

The back nine is quiet in the am and perfect for beginners or working professionals that have limited time to get out in the afternoons. Tee off and enjoy the tranquility of the morning sunrise, then come in and enjoy your Breakfast in the Bar and Grille.

This special is offered at either course and is a favorite for folks with limited time or that just want a quick nine holes to start their day. prices vary depending on time of year!

Reserve a tee time Now!

Interested in a full 18 Holes, see the ALL YOU CAN at the Best Golf Courses in Orlando!

Golf Swing Series - Bobby Jones

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:42:00 +0000

Early years

Jones was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a child prodigy, who won his first children's tournament at the age of six and made the third round of the U.S. Amateur Championship at 14. That same year, 1916, he won the Georgia State Amateur Championship for his first important title at Capital City Club located in Brookhaven, where he became an active member later in life.^[2] He was trained and coached by club professional Stewart Maiden, a native of Carnoustie, Scotland, who was a very fine player. Jones played frequently with his father, Col. Robert P. Jones, a skilled player himself. The younger Jones sometimes battled his own temper on the course, but later cured this problem as he became more experienced. Jones toured the U.S. during World War I from 1917-18, playing exhibition matches before large crowds to generate income for war relief. He qualified for his first U.S. Open at age 18 in 1920. He won the Southern Amateur three times, 1917, 1920, and 1922.

First majors

As an adult, he hit his stride in 1923, when he won his first U.S. Open. From that win at New York's Inwood Country Club, through his 1930 victory in the U.S. Amateur, he won 13 major championships (as they were counted at the time) in 20 attempts. Jones was the first player to win The Double, both the U.S. Open and the British Open in the same year (1926). He is still the only player ever to have won the Grand Slam, or all four major championships, in the same year (1930). He represented the United States in the Walker Cup five times, winning nine of his 10 matches. He also won two other tournaments against professionals: the 1927 Southern Open and the 1930 Southeastern Open. Jones was a life-long member of the Atlanta Athletic Club (at the club's original site, now the East Lake Golf Club), and the Capital City Club in Atlanta.

Jones is considered one of the five giants of the 1920s American sports scene, along with baseball's Babe Ruth, boxing's Jack Dempsey, football's Red Grange, and tennis player Bill Tilden.^[3]^[4]^[5] He was the first recipient of the AAU's Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. He is the only sports figure to receive two ticker-tape parades in New York City, the first in 1926 and the second in 1930. Jones is memorialized in Augusta, Georgia at the Golf Gardens and has the Bobby Jones Expressway, also known as Interstate 520, named for him.

Sportsmanship

Jones was not only a consummately skilled golfer, but he also exemplified the principles of sportsmanship and fair play. Early in his amateur career, he was in the final playoff of the 1925 U.S. Open at the Worcester Country Club. During the match, his ball ended up in the rough just off the fairway, and as he was setting up to play his shot, his iron caused a slight movement of the ball. He immediately got angry with himself, turned to the marshals, and called a penalty on himself. The marshals discussed among themselves and questioned some of the gallery whether they had seen Jones's ball move. Their decision was that neither they nor anyone else had witnessed any incident, so the decision was left to Jones. Bobby Jones called the two-stroke penalty on himself, not knowing that he would lose the tournament by one stroke. When he was praised for his gesture, Jones replied, "You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank." The USGA's sportsmanship award is named the Bob Jones Award in his honor.

St Andrews, Scotland

Jones had a unique relationship with the town of St Andrews, Scotland. On his first appearance on the Old Course in the British Open of 1921, he withdrew after 11 holes in the third round. He firmly stated his dislike for the Old Course and the town reciprocated, saying in the press, "Master Bobby is just a boy, and an ordinary boy at that." Later, he came to love the Old Course and the town like few others. When he won the Open at the Old Course in 1927, he wowed the crowd by asking that the trophy remain with his friends at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club rather than return with him to Atlanta. In 1958, he was named a Freeman of the City of St Andrews, becoming only the second American to be so honored, the other being Benjamin Franklin in 1759. Today, a scholarship exchange bearing the Jones name exists between the University of St Andrews and both Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. At Emory, four students are sent to St Andrews for an all-expenses-paid year of study and travel. In return, Emory accepts four students from St Andrews each year. The program, the Robert T. Jones Scholarship, is among the most prestigious scholarships offered by any university.

University, family, career

Jones's grave in Oakland Cemetery

Jones was successful outside of golf as well. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1922, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and played for the golf team. He then earned a B.A. in English Literature from Harvard University in 1924, where he was a member of the Owl Club. After only one year in law school at Emory University, he passed the bar exam.

Jones was married in 1924 to the former Mary Rice Malone. They had three children, Clara, Robert Tyre III, and Mary Ellen. When he retired from golf at age 28, he concentrated on his Atlanta law practice. That same year, 1930, he was honored with the first James E. Sullivan Award, awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. In addition, he made eighteen instructional films, worked with A.G. Spalding & Co. to develop the first set of matched clubs, co-designed the Augusta National course with Alister MacKenzie, and founded The Masters Tournament, first played at Augusta in March 1934. During World War II, while he was serving as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces, Jones permitted the U.S. Army to graze cattle on the grounds at Augusta National. Later, in 1945, he founded Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta and co-designed the course with Robert Trent Jones.

Jones did play in the Masters every year it was held until 1948, when he was 46 years old. By then, his health had declined to the stage where this was no longer possible. But with his health difficulties, and being past his prime and not competing elsewhere to stay in tournament form, he never truly contended to win the Masters, although his scores were usually respectable. These were largely ceremonial performances, since his main duty was as host of the event. His extraordinary popularity, efforts with the course design, and tournament organization boosted the profile of the Masters significantly. The tournament, jointly run by Jones and Clifford Roberts, made many important innovations which became the norm elsewhere, such as gallery ropes to control the flow of the large crowds, many scoreboards around the course, the use of red / green numbers on those scoreboards to denote under / over par scores, an international field of top players, high-caliber television coverage, and week-long admission passes for patrons, which became extremely hard to obtain. The tournament also sought and welcomed feedback from players, fans, and writers, leading to continual improvement over the years. The Masters gradually evolved to being one of the most respected tournaments in the world, one of the four major championships.^[6]

Incapacity and death

In 1948, Jones was diagnosed with syringomyelia, a fluid-filled cavity in his spinal cord which caused first pain, then paralysis. He was eventually restricted to a wheelchair. He died in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 18, 1971, about a week after converting to Catholicism,^{[citation needed]} and was buried in Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.^[7]

Major championships

The Opens (7)

Year
Championship
54 Holes
Winning Score
Margin
Runner(s)-up

1923
U.S. Open
3 shot lead
+8 (71-73-76-76=296)
Playoff ¹
Bobby Cruickshank

1926
U.S. Open (2)
3 shot deficit
+5 (70-79-71-73=293)
1 stroke
Joe Turnesa

1926
The Open Championship
2 shot deficit
-2 (72-72-73-74=291)
2 strokes
Al Watrous

1927
The Open Championship (2)
4 shot lead
-6 (68-72-73-72=285)
6 strokes
Aubrey Boomer, Fred Robson

1929
U.S. Open (3)
3 shot lead
+6 (69-75-71-79=294)
Playoff ²
Al Espinosa

1930
U.S. Open (4)
5 shot lead
-1 (71-73-68-75=287)
2 strokes
Macdonald Smith

1930
The Open Championship (3)
1 shot deficit
-2 (70-72-74-75=291)
2 strokes
Leo Diegel, Macdonald Smith

¹ Defeated Bobby Cruickshank in an 18-hole playoff: Jones (76), Cruickshank (78)
² Defeated Al Espinosa in a 36-hole playoff: Jones (72-69=141), Espinosa (84-80=164)

The Amateurs (6)

Year
Championship
Winning Score
Runner-up

1924
U.S. Amateur
9 & 8
George Von Elm

1925
U.S. Amateur
8 & 7
Watts Gunn

1927
U.S. Amateur
8 & 7
Chick Evans

1928
U.S. Amateur
10 & 9
Phil Perkins

1930
British Amateur
7 & 6
Roger Wethered

1930
U.S. Amateur
8 & 7
Eugene V. Homans

It is noteworthy that National Amateur championships were counted as majors at the time. Jones's actual major total using the standard in place in his lifetime was 13.

Other records

Jones's four titles in the U.S. Open remain tied for the most ever in that championship, along with Willie Anderson, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus. His four second-place finishes in the U.S. Open also tied a record, along with Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, and Phil Mickelson until 2009 when Mickelson recorded his fifth second-place finish. His five titles in the U.S. Amateur are a record. Jones was ranked as the fourth greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine in 2000. Jack Nicklaus was first, Ben Hogan second, and Sam Snead third.^[8]

Films

Jones appeared in a series of short instructional films produced by Warner Brothers in 1931 titled How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones (12 films) and in 1933 titled How to Break 90 (6 films). Actors and actresses, mostly under contract with Warner Brothers, but also from other studios, volunteered to appear in these 18 episodes. Some of the more well known actors to appear in the instructional plots included James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Edward G. Robinson, W.C. Fields, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Richard Barthelmess, Richard Arlen, Guy Kibbee, Warner Oland and Loretta Young. Various scenarios involving the actors were used to provide an opportunity for Jones to convey a lesson about a particular part of the game. The shorts were directed by the prolific George Marshall.^[9]

Jones was the subject of the quasi-biographical 2004 feature film Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius in which he was portrayed by James Caviezel. The film was a major box office flop, grossing only $1.2 million the first weekend and $2.7 million overall, against a production cost of over $17 million. The film was also littered with historical inaccuracies. The Jones legend was also used to create a supporting character in The Legend of Bagger Vance in 2000, portrayed by Joel Gretsch, and the event where he called his own penalty is used for the main character, Rannulph Junuh.

Books

Jones authored several books on golf including Down the Fairway with O.B. Keeler (1927), The Rights and Wrongs of Golf (1933), Golf Is My Game (1959), Bobby Jones on Golf (1966), and Bobby Jones on the Basic Golf Swing (1968) with illustrator Anthony Ravielli. The 300-copy limited edition of "Down The Fairway" is considered one of the rarest and most sought after golf books by collectors.

Jones has been the subject of several books, most notably The Bobby Jones Story and A Boy's Life of Bobby Jones, both by O.B. Keeler. Other notable texts are The Life and Times of Bobby Jones: Portrait of a Gentleman by Sidney L. Matthew, The Greatest Player Who Never Lived by J. Michael Veron, and Triumphant Journey: The Saga of Bobby Jones and The Grand Slam of Golf by Richard Miller. Published in 2006, "The Grand Slam" by Mark Frost has received much note as being evocative of Jones's life and times.

A special room is dedicated to Jones's life and accomplishments at the United States Golf Association Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History in Far Hills, New Jersey.

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Remington Golf Club and Kissimmee Bay Country Club offer an unparalleled golf experience, called the All you can Practice, Play, and Eat Ultimate Golfing Experience. Perfect for a Stay and Play Orlando Golf Package with variety. The courses are located one mile apart.

The All You Can, Practice, Play, and Eat allows you to enjoy the entire facility for the day, for one low rate. You receive unlimited use of the expansive practice areas, Unlimited Golf (second times are as space available). You get a breakfast between 8am and 11am, a hot dog and soda at the turn and a lunch if you're in by 3:00. Menus feature a full assortment of breakfast and lunch items daily from 8am to 3 pm Mon - Friday, and 7:30 am to 3pm Saturday and Sunday.

For those of you on an Orlando Golf Trip or Orlando Golf Vacation where your second play is of extreme importance, and a must "get in", you can make a reservation for the guaranteed replay at a surcharge of $30.00 per player. Otherwise you may reserve your second round after the first round is complete, and times are based on space availability.

Rental Sets are available for $25.00 per set.

Accommodations such as New Homes for daily or weekly rental can be seen on our main site. DRG Properties has close to 70 homes to choose from between the courses and Disney.
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The next time you have a need to entertain and would enjoy offering the best in the area to your guests, please consider Kissimmee Bay Country Club and Remington Golf Club.

Whether it be a wedding, corporate event, party, or golf tournament our banquet facilities are sure to make your next event charming and successful!

Kissimmee Bay boasts an elegant 14,000 ft² Club House is perfect for all of your special event needs. Remington Golf Club's amazing 6,000 ft² Club House is perfect for smaller events of 100 or less! We have a beautiful veranda overlooking Remington's spectacular aquatic driving range sets an enchanting atmosphere to enhance your experience at our facility.

Kissimmee Bay can accommodate over 200 guests comfortably. We offer exquisite catering services, various custom room set ups to your desire, and commitment from our staff that will make your next experience at Kissimmee Bay Country Club extraordinary! Let our professional event planners work with you to create memories that will last a lifetime. We are delighted to help make your next event here at Kissimmee Bay a Special Occasion! Please let us know if we can assist you in anyway!

If your next event deserves more than the average venue can offer, We are delighted to make your event a Special Occasion! Let our event planners work with you to create memories that will last a lifetime.

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Golfers make Thanksgiving special for Council on Aging clients

Golf for Turkey day on Sunday, November 22 at Kissimmee Bay Country Club and Remington Golf Club saw over 350 players show their support for their community. For every golfer that played on Nov. 22, resulted in one pound of turkey being donated to the Osceola Council on Aging, equating to over 350 pounds of Turkey to help feed folks right here in our community.

The Council on Aging serves as Food Bank for Osceola County and serves and delivers Thanksgiving dinner to seniors and less-fortunate residents of Osceola County.

“This was enough turkey to meet the increased demand this holiday season,” said Cathy Arft, head of the Council on Aging’s kitchen staff. “The Council fed over 500 people this Thanksgiving, thanks to the help of local golfers” said Janice Casler from the Council.

Kissimmee Bay Country Club and Remington Golf Club have been hosting and supporting charity events and golf tournaments for nearly 20 years in the St. Cloud/Kissimmee area. They specialize in ‘Start to Finish Event Coordination’ and build lasting relationships with all of their customers. If you would like more information on upcoming charity events, or to host your Church, School, or Sports teams own fund raising event, please contact:

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We cater to traveling golfers to the Orlando area! For many years we have been assisting golfers from the Northern US and Canada find comfortable accommodations and Orlando Golf tee times that make their trips a success! As a group leader you need support and someone in the market to get you the best deals on Orlando Golf and the best places to play.

Look no further we are here to help you. We have many accommodations contacts from companies with several rental homes and villas in their inventory to single home owners from the UK that need to rent their homes. Any length of stay can be accomplished.

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The All You Can practice, play, and eat is an unparalleled experience that allows you to enjoy the entire facility for the day, for one low rate. You receive unlimited use of the expansive practice areas, Unlimited Golf (second times are as space available). You get a breakfast between 8am and 11am, a hot dog and soda at the turn and a lunch if you're in by 3:00. Menus feature a full assortment of breakfast and lunch items daily from 8am to 3 pm Mon - Friday, and 7:30 am to 3pm Saturday and Sunday.

For those of you on an Orlando Golf Trip or Orlando Golf Vacation where your second play is of extreme importance, and a must "get in", you can make a reservation for the guaranteed replay at a surcharge of $30.00 per player. Otherwise you may reserve your second round after the first round is complete, and times are based on space availability.

Rental Sets are available for $25.00 per set.

Our warm and friendly staff will round out your day at Remington and Kissimmee Bay! We make certain all our customers feel welcome and excited about their day! Come and see why we are called the locals favorite.

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Remington and Kissimmee Bay are considered the closest courses to Orlando International airport. Just minutes out of the South Exit we are a must play during your golf vacation. We make a great course to play either your first day or ending day of the trip also.

Both Courses are always in great shape!

Remington Opened in May 1996, Remington boasts an 18-hole championship golf course with a complete practice area including a unique water driving range. This visually striking course offers abundant water, generous landing areas, and a contemporary design that is fair and challenging. Remington is a prime example of the artistry of course designers, Clifton, Ezell & Clifton Golf Design Group. The course was nominated as "Best New Course" by Golf Magazine, in 1996. It offers a fair test from every tee and an enjoyable experience for all golfers. The undulating fairways, lush greens, and manner in which the holes wrap around the lakes offer options to play it safe or to go for it.

Kissimmee Bay CC opened in 1990 and features some of the most beautiful views of mother nature that Kissimmee has to offer. Century-old oaks, towering cypress trees, a dozen unique water hazards and friendly sand hill cranes provide the backdrop for a first class golf experience at Kissimmee Bay Country Club. Lauded by the media and golfers alike, Kissimmee Bay offers some of the finest facilities and services in Central Florida, including exceptional catering and special event coordination for corporate outings, tournaments and weddings. The spacious clubhouse features the landmark Langley Golf Museum, exhibiting an interesting variety of antique balls, clubs and golf memorabilia.

The Courses friendly, courteous staff will complete your total golf experience and make you feel like you are at your home club. Come and enjoy the "Ultimate Golf Experience at Both courses!"

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11/22/2009 - Great layout. Course in excellent condition. Will play again. Posted by Robert (Jacksonville, FL)

11/5/2009 - The golf course was really a good old golf course where people were nice and the course was in great shape. Posted by Judy (Huntsville, AL)

10/3/2009 - The course was beautiful, well maintained. Definitely, we would reserve this course again. Posted by Gary (Clearwater, FL)

4/16/2009 - Very traditional style and a nice track for all levels. Posted by Gary (Campbellville, CANADA)

4/9/2009 - Challenging but fair course. Well maintained. We play here every time we stay in Orlando. Posted by Don (Wayland, MA)

4/2/2009 - Nice and very friendly course. Thank You. Posted by Frank (Stockton, IL)

4/1/2009 - Had great time. course in nice shape. We were strapped for time. They let us play off the back 9 first. we thought that was nice since we needed to catch a plane. Posted by Ken (Brooklyn N.Y.)

3/31/2009 - Everyone liked this course a lot. Posted by Michael (Lockport, NY)

3/26/2009 - Always fun to play and special with breakfast lunch and 36 holes is fantastic. Posted by William (Sicklerville, NJ)

3/19/2009 - This is a nice golf course that anyone will enjoy. Posted by Robert (Owensboro, KY)

3/19/2009 - When in the Orlando area, this is a must-play. Greens were very quick. There are some risk reward type holes. The staff was friendly and helpful. Posted by Dan

3/19/2009 - Remington is a nice course with great value. Posted by Steve (Bloomfield Hill, MI)

3/13/2009 - Remington's a very nice course with nice fairways. We had an excellent time. The weather cleared up unbelievably fast. Posted by Ernie (Dunrobin, CANADA)

3/13/2009 - I was impressed with the service and the golf course was well taken care of. I enjoyed myself immensely and so did my son. Posted by Doris L (Cincinnati, OH)

3/12/2009 - Remington's a nice course. I will play it again. Posted by Bob (Clifton Park, NY)

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Remington and Kissimmee Bay
Two Different Challenges That Go Great Together

One is generous off the tee, one plays peek-a-boo with centuries’-old oaks. One invites you to step back into golf’s great history. Both invite you to play-all-day challenge you with water on nearly every hole and the two go together like Fred and Ginger, Fred and Barney, Fred and Couples.

Welcome to Remington and Kissimmee Bay, two amazingly different, yet similar clubs located on the west bank of Lake Tohopekaliga in Kissimmee just 15 minutes down the Florida Turnpike south from downtown Orlando and just 10 minutes from Orlando’s International Airport. Each course offers something unique, yet are similar in that every time you play either one of them, you’ll play shots you’ve never played on them before.

Remington is primarily a daily-fee course that’s been a local favorite for years. Kissimmee Bay is semi-private, but its members love to show off their course to visitors and also have privileges at Remington. One of the things both share is a commitment to conditioning that goes as far as having the greens walk-mowed, a subtle touch that has been forgotten at many courses, but according to Director of Operations and part-owner of the two properties Mark Farrow, is an essential statement of the attention to detail you should expect at both courses. Another difference worth noting is that both courses are completely over-seeded in the winter, keeping the roughs green and lush all twelve months of the year.

One of Central Florida’s premier architects, Lloyd Clifton, has left his mark on both courses as designer of Kissimmee Bay and co-designer, along with his son George and Ken Ezell of Remington, which opened in 1996. Clifton came through the ranks as a horticulturist and superintendent first, and his love of landscaping is evident in both courses. You’ll notice when you play both layouts that Clifton’s also extremely efficient, getting the most out of a limited amount of real estate and often using the ponds and lakes that dot each course to challenge you more than once. Every hole at Remington and 15 of the 18 at Kissimmee Bay have marshland or water intruding on play, offering a wonderful variety of risk-reward opportunities.

Remington bills itself as the “friendliest course in town” and attempts to prove it even before you drive up to their classic clubhouse with their renowned “All You Can Play, Practice and Eat” policy that’s not just an occasional promotion. It’s always there and regularly taken advantage of by the loyal local clientele. It’s also a policy that’s good for pace-of-play, and for the quality of the golf. You’ll see more players on the aqua-range at Remington than many other courses, and you’ll see the ones who want to play more than 18 playing a bit quicker too.

Remington features five sets of tees that stretch the par-72 course out from just under 5,200 yards to over 7,100. The difference is especially notable early-on with the tees strategically-placed around the lake at the par-3 second, giving the longer player much more water to carry at 192 yards than the shorter hitters have at 88 yards. The toughest hole on the scorecard is the long par-4 fourth that measures over 400 yards, up to 469 at the tips. It might look particularly daunting after you’ve played the monstrously long and terrifyingly narrow par-5 third. If 614-yards from the tips weren’t enough, you’ve got to hit not only a long second shot just to have a chance to get there in three, the narrowest spot on the hole between water on the left and a bunker on the right is probably your target, 220 yards from the pin. Enjoy threading that needle. Clifton’s design offers generally generous landing areas off most tees, but he loves to tuck his greens around bends in lakes. Tie-walls abound near the greens of the middle holes as approach shots at hole #5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 all have to go over, or around the corners of ponds. The 17th might be the most intriguing on the back side as players off three tees have to contend with a forced-carry off the tee, then water from two different lakes on the left and right sides of the approach to a two-tier green. You can take out your frustrations, and maybe get back a stroke on the far-wider mid-length par-5 finishing hole.

Interestingly, though less than a mile from Remington’s front door, Kissimmee Bay offers a very different look right from the first tee. Players must contend with gnarly old oaks at the sharp dogleg left on the par-5 first. Curiously for a course that has water on 15 holes, the toughest hole at Kissimmee Bay is one of the three that’s dry, the long (up to 443 yards), narrow par-4 third. You’ll also notice at the third, fourth and fifth one of the signatures at Kissimmee Bay, the huge, white-sand bunkers strategically placed on the fairways and in front of the greens. Kissimmee Bay is a par-71, but you certainly don’t get cheated on the three par-5’s. All are over 500-yards long from the white tees that measure under 6,000 overall. Number nine wraps around one lake to the left off the tee, with a second lake right for your second shot, then another sharp left-turn to the green, over the water of a third pond. Though #11 is straight away off the tee, its up to 567-yards long, requiring two well-hit shots just to get in position to carry your chip over water to a sharply-contoured green. The next four holes (12, 13, 14, 15) are great shot-making holes as Clifton shapes three par-4’s and a par-3 through four lakes bounded by Lee Janzen Drive (Janzen lives in Orlando and went to school in Lakeland, the street was named for him even before he won the first of his two U.S. Opens). The view off the tee of the par-3 16th across Lake Tohopekaliga is breathtaking. After finishing the well-bunkered 18th, take time to stroll through the clubhouse and view the marvelous history of golf at the landmark Langley Golf Museum, an eclectic collection of more than a thousand pieces of golf memorabilia from antique clubs and balls to historic photos and colorful postcards from courses around the world.

We’ve all learned the great restaurant lesson that to find the best food, look where the locals eat. Orlando-area golf is no exception. You’ll more than likely meet a large contingent of Kissimmee’s loyal regulars when you visit Remington and Kissimmee Bay, because, in the words of the designers, it’s “a test for the best, but fair to the rest.” The two courses offer a differing set of challenges, but are similar in their commitment to the golfer. It is called “value” and its on display, every day, at Remington and Kissimmee Bay.

Kissimmee Bay 2008 Ryder Cup

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View the Kissimmee Bay Ryder Cup footage from 2008. Thought that you would like to see this! We will have the same available for 2009. Coming Soon! Thank you to our members that make this the best event of the year!

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