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PUERTO PENASCO-“ROCKY POINT” TO HOST 2009
WILDCAT INVITATIONAL
Puerto
Peñasco will host the women’s amateur golf tournament for US
universities.
Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Fl; February 18th, 2009— Puerto Peñasco, also known as “Rocky Point,” is excited to
host the women’s amateur golf tournament for US universities, this
weekend, February 20th through the 24th. This will
be the first time in history that this important event is held outside of the
United States. The Peninsula Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus,
will welcome the “Arizona Wild Cat Invitational” which
traditionally has been held in Tucson,
AZ for the past 20 years. The
tournament will welcome 90 young golf amateurs who hope to compete in the 24th
Ladies Professional Golfers Association (LPGA).
This event, unique in the history of
golf in Mexico, will gather 18 of the best female college golf teams from
prestigious universities across the U.S including UCLA, New Mexico, Nevada,
Stanford, Duke, Washington and Arizona among others.
"We are very excited that the
Peninsula Golf Club has agreed to host the 2009 Wildcat Invitational,"
said head coach Shelly Haywood from the University of Arizona
and former professional golfer. "I am overwhelmed with the enthusiasm and
excitement I have seen here today."She also highlighted that Puerto Peñasco was selected given its tremendous
hospitality and the affection she and her country women have for this beautiful
beach destination.
“The opportunities the golf
market represents for Puerto Peñasco are endless. Golf is among the top sports
followed by Americans and Puerto Peñasco has state of the art facilities to
tailor to the most discerning players” said Epifanio Salido Pavlovich,
State Coordinator for the Promotion of Tourism.
The 2009 Invitational is a 54-hole
event contested over three days playing to a par 72, 6,345 yard layout.
Ten of the 1B teams in the field are
ranked in the top 25 of the November 5 Golfweek Sagarin Performance Index
ratings, including the top three teams in the nation. The field includes
(ranking): Arizona State (1), UCLA (2), USC (3), California (1B), Duke (B), New
Mexico (34), New Mexico State (BB), Pepperdine (11), Stanford (19), Denver
(15), Oklahoma State (6), Tennessee (4B), Tennessee-Chattanooga (40),Tulsa
(57), Tulane (61), UNLV (36), Washington (33) and host Arizona (24).
The event will include a Golf Clinic
to the children of Puerto Peñasco, given by some of the top players from Arizona, Arizona State
and New Mexico
among others. The clinic, being held on Saturday February 21st prior to the
competition, is targeted for children ages 8-12 and will prize those kids with
good grades. Nike is also donating equipment, apparel and golf balls to these
special children.
The
Peninsula golf course opened in 2006 and is the nearest ocean side golf course
to Arizona, only 3.5 hours drive from Phoenix and Tucson.
A product of the unbeatable creativity of Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II,
the 18 hole par 72 course plays from 5,300 to 7,100 yards in length with
splendid fairways and abounds with native desert vegetation. It is a uniquely
challenging course that is completely surrounded by water. Almost every hole
has a marvelous wind-swept view of the Sea of Cortes
or the natural estuary.
About Rocky
Point
Puerto
Peñasco, also referred to as Rocky Point, is located in the State of Sonora in
Mexico- 66 miles from the U.S. border (at Lukeville, Arizona) and on the Sea of
Cortez. Rocky Point is a scenic 4-hour drive from Phoenix
and Tucson, AZ. Rocky Point started as a fishing
village in the 1930's and gradually developed into one of the major shrimp
producing areas in the Sea
of Cortez.
Rocky Point
offers a variety of activities from parasailing to deep sea fishing to shopping
and Pinacate Tours and has an abundance of vacation rentals both on and off the
beach. It recently welcomed a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course (located at
Laguna del Mar) as well as the Mayan Palace Resort and Las Palomas Beach &
Golf Resort.
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Tourism Board (MTB) brings together the resources of federal and state
governments, municipalities and private companies to promote Mexico ’s tourism attractions and destinations
internationally. Created in 1999, the MTB is Mexico’s tourism
promotion agency, and its participants include members of
both the private and public sectors. The
MTB has offices throughout North America,
Europe, Japan
and Latin America.
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