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Family Golf Vacation- Ritz CarltonMore and more parents want to golf with their kids, and at the White Witch Golf Course in Jamaica, you can do that and more. Nike Golf Schools & Jr. Camps and the Ritz Carlton Golf & Spal Resort have set up the first Nike Golf School in the Caribbean.Nike Golf Schools & Jr. Camps with PGA Professional, Launched at the Exclusive White Witch Golf Course at the AAA 5-Diamond Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, Jamaica -- the information below is provided by Ritz Carlton -- "Families can now enjoy a vacation combining the beautiful beachfront setting of one of the Caribbean’s finest resorts with a golf and instruction package custom designed by the most powerful name in sports. Carved out of 600 acres of lush greenery and rolling countryside, with panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea from 16 of the 18 holes, the White Witch provides the perfect setting for this prestigious school. Sebert Walker, head instructor at the White Witch Golf Club, will direct the Nike Golf School at the White Witch. With additional assistance by a highly energetic group of trained golf instructors. These schools bring families together for a special learning experience and family vacation, all combined in one. The two and three day schools involve highly individualized parent and child instruction by Sebert and his team. Appropriate for golfers of all abilities, male and female, young and old, the Nike Parent/Child Golf Schools feature the right blend of range and on-course instruction. The programme includes: · Instruction by PGA professional · Student/teacher ratio approximately 4:1 · Three hours of full-swing and short game instructions in the mornings · 18 holes of golf each afternoon, which includes a nine-hole playing lesson · Golf instruction and on-course playing lessons · Golf cart and green fees · Lunch · Nike Amenity Package Of course this is all in the context of Jamaica’s only AAA five diamond resort, The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort and it’s award winning golf course, The White Witch. Winding through the mountains of Jamaica's historic 5,000-acre Rose Hall Plantation, is the White Witch. As part of Jamaica’s premiere golf resort - The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort - the par-71, 6,719-yard course was so named by its creators, golf course architects Robert von Hagge and Rick Baril, in reference to the 19th century beauty, Annee Palmer, who owned the 5,000-acre sugar plantation on which the course is built. The White Witch features a clubhouse complete with men's and women's locker rooms, a proshop, The White Witch Clubhouse restaurant and complimentary services of the resort's exclusive golf concierge. For further information on Nike Golf Schools call 800-Nike Camp (645-3226) or visit them at www.USSportsCamps.com. Special rates and other packages are available for families at The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, Jamaica call toll free 800-826-9430, visit The Ritz-Carlton Web site at www.ritzcarlton.com or contact your travel professional." If you're interested in the White Witch legend and the nearby Rose Hall Great House where she lived, read about Rose Hall at TWKids. 11:49 AM # |
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