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Wolcott, Colo. May 2, 2014 - The majestic Red Sky Golf Club, home to two championship golf courses designed by Tom Fazio and Greg Norman, will open for resort play on Friday, May 9 while member play on the Fazio course in underway. Both courses annually are featured in America's Top 100 Courses You Can Play and the Fazio course was ranked #45 in Golfweek's 2014 Top Resort Courses in the Country. Each course offers more than 7,000 yards of high altitude golf set among the drama and grandeur of the Colorado Rockies.
"Red Sky is pleased to welcome our members this week and resort guests next week for our 13th summer season," said Jeff Hanson, director of golf for Red Sky Ranch."Following a great winter with plentiful snowfall that benefitted both courses, we're looking forward to providing our guests with a world class golf experience while also welcoming new groups and offering new events this year."
New this spring, Eagle County locals have the opportunity to play a limited number of rounds on Red Sky's guest course for the month of May for $124 per round. Eagle County proof of residency is required. To book a tee time, call the Red Sky Guest Clubhouse at (970) 754-8425.
Red Sky Ranch's Stay & Play golf and lodging packages feature up to 40 percent off lodging and are offered throughout the summer at a variety of properties. Reservations may be made online at www.beavercreek.com/golf or by calling 877.204.7883.
Red Sky Golf Club is home to two award-winning 18-hole courses, The Norman Course and The Fazio Course, designed by Greg Norman and Tom Fazio, respectively. In the fall of 2009 both courses achieved designation as Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses, an Audubon International program. The Fazio Course and Norman Course are the 30th and 31st courses in Colorado and the 788th and 799th in the world to receive the honor.
Dining
Executive Chef Tim McCaw, now in his seventh summer at Red Sky Ranch, offers world class cuisine at SummerThyme Restaurant, located at the Guest Clubhouse at Red Sky Ranch as well as Silver Sage located in the member clubhouse. SummerThyme serves lunch daily to golfers and the public featuring lighter fare as well as heartier items from the grill. Enjoy lunch beginning May 9 indoors or on the expansive outdoor deck overlooking the 18th hole of the Fazio course. Silver Sage Restaurant will open for public dinners beginning June 12. Their fresh seasonal creations include favorites Spicy Tuna Poke with roasted pineapple Carpaccio, avocado, crispy wontons and fresh cilantro or the Alaskan Halibut served with roasted Yukon gold potato and lobster summer succotash with a champagne butter sauce.No visit to the golf course is complete without sipping a signature Red Sky Lemonade which blends vodka, Chambord, mint and lemonade to create a cocktail that reflects the color of the evening summer sky.
About Red Sky Golf Club
Red Sky Golf Club is an exclusive golf facility that was designed as a private membership club with a separate limited access guest facility for guests staying at Vail Resorts' family of destination lodges and other select hotels. Tom Fazio and Greg Norman have each sculpted a championship, 18-hole course that weaves through 800 acres of historic ranchlands filled with sage, aspen groves and spectacular mountain vistas. Part of the Red Sky Ranch luxury community, Red Sky Golf Club features two Clubhouses, Silver Sage Restaurant, two driving ranges and the Red Sky Golf Academy.
Red Sky Ranch and Golf Club is located just 25 minutes west of Vail, 20 minutes from the Vail/Eagle County airport, and 15 minutes from the base of Beaver Creek Resort.
For more information on the Red Sky Golf Club, visit www.redskygolfclub.com or call (970) 754-8400 or toll-free (866) 873-3759. For information about the residential community of Red Sky Ranch and real estate opportunities, please visit www.redskyranch.com.
"Red Sky is pleased to welcome our members this week and resort guests next week for our 13th summer season," said Jeff Hanson, director of golf for Red Sky Ranch."Following a great winter with plentiful snowfall that benefitted both courses, we're looking forward to providing our guests with a world class golf experience while also welcoming new groups and offering new events this year."
New this spring, Eagle County locals have the opportunity to play a limited number of rounds on Red Sky's guest course for the month of May for $124 per round. Eagle County proof of residency is required. To book a tee time, call the Red Sky Guest Clubhouse at (970) 754-8425.
Red Sky Ranch's Stay & Play golf and lodging packages feature up to 40 percent off lodging and are offered throughout the summer at a variety of properties. Reservations may be made online at www.beavercreek.com/golf or by calling 877.204.7883.
Red Sky Golf Club is home to two award-winning 18-hole courses, The Norman Course and The Fazio Course, designed by Greg Norman and Tom Fazio, respectively. In the fall of 2009 both courses achieved designation as Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses, an Audubon International program. The Fazio Course and Norman Course are the 30th and 31st courses in Colorado and the 788th and 799th in the world to receive the honor.
Dining
Executive Chef Tim McCaw, now in his seventh summer at Red Sky Ranch, offers world class cuisine at SummerThyme Restaurant, located at the Guest Clubhouse at Red Sky Ranch as well as Silver Sage located in the member clubhouse. SummerThyme serves lunch daily to golfers and the public featuring lighter fare as well as heartier items from the grill. Enjoy lunch beginning May 9 indoors or on the expansive outdoor deck overlooking the 18th hole of the Fazio course. Silver Sage Restaurant will open for public dinners beginning June 12. Their fresh seasonal creations include favorites Spicy Tuna Poke with roasted pineapple Carpaccio, avocado, crispy wontons and fresh cilantro or the Alaskan Halibut served with roasted Yukon gold potato and lobster summer succotash with a champagne butter sauce.No visit to the golf course is complete without sipping a signature Red Sky Lemonade which blends vodka, Chambord, mint and lemonade to create a cocktail that reflects the color of the evening summer sky.
About Red Sky Golf Club
Red Sky Golf Club is an exclusive golf facility that was designed as a private membership club with a separate limited access guest facility for guests staying at Vail Resorts' family of destination lodges and other select hotels. Tom Fazio and Greg Norman have each sculpted a championship, 18-hole course that weaves through 800 acres of historic ranchlands filled with sage, aspen groves and spectacular mountain vistas. Part of the Red Sky Ranch luxury community, Red Sky Golf Club features two Clubhouses, Silver Sage Restaurant, two driving ranges and the Red Sky Golf Academy.
Red Sky Ranch and Golf Club is located just 25 minutes west of Vail, 20 minutes from the Vail/Eagle County airport, and 15 minutes from the base of Beaver Creek Resort.
For more information on the Red Sky Golf Club, visit www.redskygolfclub.com or call (970) 754-8400 or toll-free (866) 873-3759. For information about the residential community of Red Sky Ranch and real estate opportunities, please visit www.redskyranch.com.
About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN)
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN).www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.
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