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DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, April 12, 2009 – The Furnace Creek Golf Course in Death Valley National Park is offering the “Extreme Golf Six Pack” June 5 through August 28, 2009. Golfers at the world’s lowest course where summertime high temperatures typically push 120 degrees Fahrenheit can enjoy nine holes of golf, including club rental, electric cart, three golf balls, tees and chilled bottled water for $25.
The 18-hole Furnace Creek Golf Course originally opened in 1931 and underwent a major renovation in 1997 by world-renowned golf course architect Perry Dye. The course measures 6,236 yards from the back tees with a course rating of 69.7 and a slope rating of 117. While not a long course in terms of yardage, it plays longer because it is 214 feet below sea level. The course also features small greens, strategically placed palm and tamarisk trees and water on nine holes.
Furnace Creek Golf Course has received the designation "Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary" from the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System (ACSS), the educational division of Audubon International.
The Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort has been welcoming guests since the 1930s. Open from mid-October through mid-May, the Furnace Creek Inn is a AAA Four Diamond-rated property featuring 66 rooms and two suites with a full array of amenities, fine dining, tennis courts and a spring-fed pool. The Furnace Creek Ranch is open year-round. Situated adjacent to the golf course, the Ranch features 224 rooms in a casual setting, general store, spring-fed swimming pool, tennis courts and the Borax Museum.
For more information about the Extreme Golf Six Pack, call the Furnace Creek Golf Shop at 1-760-786-3373. For more information about facilities in Death Valley National Park or to make reservations at in-park lodges, call toll free at 1-800-236-7916 or 1-303-297-2757 or go to www.furnacecreekresort.com.
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Xanterra Parks & Resorts® (consisting of Xanterra Parks & Resorts, Inc. and Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C.) operates lodges, restaurants and other concessions at national parks and state parks and resorts. Xanterra Parks & Resorts is the country's largest park concessioner. Xanterra operates concessions in the following locations: Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Crater Lake, Death Valley, Rocky Mountain and Petrified Forest National Parks, and Mount Rushmore National Memorial; and at the Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif.; and eight Ohio State Parks. Its affiliate Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C. operates concessions at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Xanterra also operates the Grand Canyon Railway in Williams, Ariz.
Long committed to the preservation and protection of the environment, Ecologix, Xanterra Parks & Resorts' environmental program, includes a variety of proactive environmental stewardship programs in each location. Xanterra has been repeatedly recognized for its environmental leadership in the hospitality industry and is the recipient of many honors, including major awards from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, Travel Industry Association, Colorado Department of Public Health, State of Arizona, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
For more information about Xanterra, links to individual properties and reservations numbers, visit www.xanterra.com.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts
6312 S. Fiddlers Green Circle
Suite 600 North
Greenwood Village, Co 80111
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