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Five-star K Club retains top AA award

November 23, 2009

TravelDaily.co.uk — Exclusive Irish golf and spa resort, The K Club, has retained its prestigious AA ‘5 Red Star’ accolade for the 14th consecutive year. Awarded to hotels which offer the highest standards of service and attention to detail, The K Club is amongst only a handful of Irish hotels to receive the award, considered to be the ultimate accolade within the hotel industry.

The five-star hotel, which is world-renowned for offering exceptional standards of hospitality and which famously hosted the Ryder Cup in 2006, was praised for its impressive facilities, which include two Arnold Palmer-designed championship golf courses, an ultra-chic spa and deluxe accommodation throughout.

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Posted: November 23, 2009 11:49 AM

Pebble Beach turns back clock for 2010 U.S. Open

November 11, 2009

November 11, 2009 - Kevin Merfeld from Monterey County The Herald writes about the recent course changes at Pebble Beach and what they mean for the upcoming 2010 U.S. Open.

If it seems like Pebble Beach is going back in time, that's because it actually did.

After the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, senior vice president of golf RJ Harper went through photos of the course from the early 1900s with co-owner Arnold Palmer and his design team.

"If you go way back through a series of decades and you look at photos from superintendent to superintendent, all these golf holes have evolved," Harper said. "We wanted to keep the golf course and its original integrity in mind and make sure we didn't do anything that's odd or looks awkward or misplaced. Everything we did got a final stamp of approval from Arnold."

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Posted: November 11, 2009 05:32 PM

PALMER'S KAPALUA BAY COURSE IS FOR ALL PLAYERS

November 03, 2009

November 3, 2009 – In the feature story on HawaiiGolf.com by senior writer David R. Holland, Hawaiian royalty used Maui as a playground - and so can you, lists the 6,600-yard par 72 Arnold Palmer designed Kapalua Bay course as "stunning".

Allan Long, a former University of Arizona golfer, describes his experiences at the Kapalua Bay Course.

"If you can hold on to your hat, the views at the fifth, a 205-yard par 3, of Oneloa Bay are stunning. The fourth hole, a 357-yard, par 4, is a fun, ocean-view hole. Because of the cross wind, it's a challenge just to keep the ball in play. Ask the folks at the Kapalua Golf Academy how to do that."

Long goes on to highlight the difference between the Plantation Course and the Palmer designed Bay Course.

"While the Plantation course at Kapalua is probably the best course on the island, I have always been fond of the Bay Course," Long said. "My first Maui golf trip was here and I was instantly taken in with the Bay Course. It's not the challenge of the Plantation Course, but you can get caught up in the beauty. No matter what kind of shape my game is in when I arrive, it always seems to show up at the Bay Course. Any level of golfer will enjoy it, and it is one that I never tire of playing."

This review is directly in line with Palmer's golf course design philosophy: “I believe in traditional, straight forward design that produces courses with lasting quality and that are exciting and enjoyable for all players."

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Posted: November 3, 2009 05:01 PM

China's revolution

November 02, 2009

By Tim Maitland of Golf365.co.za -- It's hard to truly capture in words just how far and how fast Chinese golf has developed. The fact that Arnold Palmer - the designer of the first modern course in China and a man so famous in his playing days that, like Elvis Presley, he was known simply as "The King" - went completely unrecognized doesn't begin to tell the story.
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Posted: November 2, 2009 02:18 PM