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The
Bridgewater Club Named Site of 2005 PING Junior Solheim Cup
Metro
Indianapolis golf club to play host to international junior
team event.
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The
Bridgewater Club in Noblesville, Ind., will be the site of the
2005 PING Junior Solheim Cup, scheduled for Sept. 5-8, 2005,
PING and the American Junior Golf Association announced Dec.
15.
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The Bridgewater Club, which opened in September 2003, is within
10 miles of Crooked Stick Golf Club in Indianapolis, site of
the 2005 Solheim Cup. The PING Junior Solheim Cup precedes The
Solheim Cup that will take place Sept. 9-11.
The PING Junior Solheim Cup, conducted by the AJGA, is patterned
after The Solheim Cup and features the top 12 U.S. girls versus
their European counterparts. Following the competition, the
24 junior golfers will be guests of the Solheim family and PING
at The Solheim Cup.
"The goal is to tie the two events together into one incredible
week, spotlighting the best in girls’ and women’s
golf,” said Bobby Powell, vice president of operations.
“The Tour players have really embraced the juniors in
the first two events.”
The only girls team event of its kind at the junior level,The
PING Junior Solheim Cup is sponsored by PING and conducted by
the AJGA. The United States won the inaugural event in 2002,
while the European side evened the series in Sweden in 2003.
"The spirited competition during the week of The Solheim
Cup and PING Junior Solheim Cup provides one of the most exciting
weeks in golf,” said John Solheim, chairman and CEO of
PING. “We are thrilled to take the PING Junior Solheim
Cup to an outstanding facility such as The Bridgewater Club.”
An original Pete Dye design, The Bridgewater Club’s traditional
course features a contemporary bunker design with bridges, lakes,
ponds and more than 100,000 trees.
"We are excited about raising the bar,” Powell said.
“We like the Pete Dye design, and the location is key
because the course is close to the event at Crooked Stick.”
The Preserve Academy, the Club’s practice facility, is
rated as one of the top 10 practice facilities in the United
States. The Academy has 23 acres of practice area, bent grass
tees, nine target greens, two fairways and practice tees on
the north and south sides of the range. It also provides a short
game area with six large putting green surfaces as well as indoor
hitting rooms, outdoor heated stalls and a large putting room.
"The Academy is ideal for junior programs because the large
space is so accommodating,” said Doc O’Neal, The
Bridgewater Club’s director of operations.
O’Neal said 55,000 square feet will be added to the existing
10,000-square-foot clubhouse and will be a “centerpiece”
for the 2005 PING Junior Solheim Cup. It will feature men’s
and women’s locker rooms, four lounges, family dining,
banquet facilities that will accomodate 450 people, a 10,000-square-foot
fitness center, junior Olympic size indoor and outdoor pool,
six tennis courts, an 80-person dining room and a veranda with
outdoor dining. The clubhouse construction should be completed
by January 2005. |
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