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Nicklaus Design Courses make Strong Showing
in Annual Listing of The 100 Best Golf Shops

Jan. 30, 2004

Nine Nicklaus courses made Golf World Business' annual list of the 100 Best Golf Shops, a showing that resulted in almost 10 percent of the private club and resort shops going to Nicklaus Design facilities.

The 2004 list is split into four categories--private, public, resort and off-course (retailers)--with 25 shops being named to each category. Nicklaus courses accounted for a fifth of the 25 private clubs named. They were: Bearpath Golf & Country Club (Eden Prairie, Minn.); Castle Pines Golf Club (Castle Rock, Colo.); Desert Mountain Club (Scottsdale, Ariz.); Great Waters at Reynolds Plantation (Eatonton, Ga.); and Superstition Mountain (Ariz.) Golf & Country Club.

Four Nicklaus courses were named among the 25 resort courses: Grand Cypress Resort (Orlando, Fla.); The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.); Harbour Town Golf Links (Hilton Head, S.C.); and the Hualalai Club (Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii).


Golf World Business Announces 100 Best Golf Shops

Golf World Business has revealed its 2004 100 Best Golf Shop list, with 25 winners in each of the competition's four categories--private, public, resort and off-course. Following is a list of the winning shops.

Private: The Bay Hill Club, Orlando; Bearpath G&CC, Eden Prairie, Minn.; Bighorn GC, Palm Desert, Calif.; Butler National GC, Oak Brook, Ill.; Castle Pines GC, Castle Rock, Colo.; Congressional CC, Bethesda, Md.; Desert Mountain Club, Scottsdale; Detroit GC; East Lake GC, Atlanta; Edina (Minn.) CC; Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio; Fresh Meadow CC, Lake Success, N.Y.; Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio; Kalamazoo (Mich.) CC; Merion GC, Ardmore, Pa.; Olympia Fields (Ill.) CC; Reynolds Plantation, Great Waters Shop, Eatonton, Ga.; Southern Highlands GC, Las Vegas; Superstition Mountain (Ariz.) G&CC; TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Md.; TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.; TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas; TPC of Boston, Norton, Mass.; TPC of Michigan, Dearborn, Mich.; Wichita (Kan.) CC.

Public: Angel Park GC, Las Vegas; Arizona National GC, Tucson; Bali Hai Golf Shop, Las Vegas; Grayhawk GC, Scottsdale; Haggin Oaks Golf Super Shop, Sacramento, Calif.; Heritage Pointe GC, DeWinton, Alberta, Canada; Hillandale GC, Durham, N.C.; International World Tour GL, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; John Wells Golf Shop at Brookside GC, Pasadena, Calif.; Legends Club of Tennessee, Franklin, Tenn.; Monarch Beach GL, Dana Point, Calif.; Paradise Pointe GC, Smithville, Mo.; Royal Links GC, Las Vegas; Stone Mountain (Ga.) GC, Stow Acres CC, Stow, Mass.; Talking Stick GC, Scottsdale; The GC at New Castle, Newcastle, Wash.; The Palmer Course at La Cantera, San Antonio; Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, Calif.; TPC at the Canyons, Las Vegas; TPC of Myrtle Beach (S.C.); TPC of Scottsdale; Troon North GC, Scottsdale; University Ridge GC, Verona, Wis.; We-Ko-Pa GC, Ft. McDowell, Ariz.

Resort: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes), Bandon, Ore.; Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Pacific Dunes), Bandon, Ore.; Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wis.; The Breakers Sports Pro Shop, Palm Beach, Fla.; The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Four Seasons Resort & Club, Irving, Tex.; Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando; The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.; Harbour Town GL, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; Hualalai Club, Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii; Kingsmill Resort & Club, Williamsburg, Va.; Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, Calif.; The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island (S.C.) Resort; Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Shop; Pelican Hill GC, Newport Coast, Calif.; The Phoenician, Scottsdale; Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort; The Pro Shop at Pebble Beach (Calif.); The Resort Course at La Cantera, San Antonio; Seaview Marriott Resort and Spa, Galloway, N.J.; Spyglass Hill Golf Shop, Pebble Beach, Calif.; Sunriver (Ore.) Resort (Meadows); Tiburon GC, Naples, Fla.; TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wis.

Off-course: Bobick's Golf Headquarters, Virginia Beach, Va.; Carl's Golfland, Plymouth, Mich.; Carl's Golfland, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Custom Golf of Connecticut, Stamford, Conn.; Dale's Winning Edge Golf Headquarters, Knoxville, Tenn.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Atlanta; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Birmingham, Ala.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Duluth, Ga.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Hanover, Mass.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Naples, Fla.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, North Miami Beach, Fla.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Orlando; Enterprise Golf and Sportswear, Secaucus, N.J.; Fairway Golf Center, Piscataway, N.J.; Hot Stix Golf, Scottsdale; Lumpy's, La Quinta (Calif.); Miles of Golf, Ypsilanti, Mich.; New York Golf Center, New York City; PGA Tour Shop, Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando; PGA Tour Shop, Jacksonville International Airport, Fla.; PGA Tour Shop, McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas; PGA Tour Shop, Palm Beach International Airport, Fla.; PGA Tour Shop, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport; Stadium Golf Center, San Diego.

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