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Fee for golf clinic reduced
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Posted on Jun 24 2004
Organizers of tomorrow’s golf clinic to be conducted by Bruce Devlin are doing the public a favor by slashing the fee for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn the sport from the golf great.
The fee for a one-hour session has been sliced from $90 to a more affordable $60, while the cost for a two-hour session with Devlin has been reduced from $150 to $100. The original $300 fee for a three-hour clinic, meanwhile, has been cut to $200.
The golf clinic would be held at the Kingfisher Golf Links tomorrow, a day before Devlin appears as a guest player in the 2nd Annual NMC Foundation Open.
In addition to reduced prices in the clinic, organizers also announced that the first 150 people to register for the event after June 23 could avail of the discounted entry fee of $175. Checks should be made payable to the “Northern Marianas College Foundation.”
One of the most successful golfers in history, Devlin turned professional in 1961 and is an eight-time winner of the PGA Tour.
He won the Senior PGA Tour in 1995 and is also well known as a professional golf commentator. He has been involved in designing and building over 140 golf courses around the world.
The NMC Foundation Open is scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, June 26-27, at Kingfisher Golf Course. First tee time is set at 6:30am.
It features competition in six flights – Championship (0-8 handicap), A (9-13), B (14-18), C (19-up), Women’s and Seniors. First place is guaranteed $400 in cash and a roundtrip ticket, runner-up gets $350, while third place takes home $250.
Hole-in-one prizes up for grabs include a 2005 Mitsubshi Outlander, a 2005 Nissan Altima, and a 2004 Toyota Rav4.
The golf tourney concludes with an awards banquet on the evening of June 27 at the Hyatt Regency Saipan.
