Orlando’s Grand Cypress to Host 2010 LPGA Championship

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Published: November 19, 2010

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Golf Writer Andy Reistetter continues his exclusive "Play-Write" series with one of America's finest Golf Resorts- Orlando's Grand Cypress. Having the opportunity to play this Nicklaus gem shortly before this year's LPGA Championship was a real treat. Here is the seventh article in the series including the legacy of the North/South golf course and the upcoming Grand Finale of the 2010 LPGA season.   Competitive professional golf is yet to be wrapped up for the year of 2010.   The men's PGA TOUR concluded its season last weekend at the Magnolia Course on the grounds of the Magic Kingdom.   The LPGA tour will have the last swing of the year at their Championship on the North-South layout near the Villas at the Grand Cypress Golf Resort.   The women's finale comes three weeks after the men's finale. If Lago and Zazu could escape from the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disney World they would fly only three miles clubhouse to clubhouse.   Grand Cypress has a legacy and a pedigree of its own in Golf World.  

It is a paradise of 45 golf holes created by Golf's One and Only Greatest—Jack Nicklaus.

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The North and South nines opened for play in 1984 and the East nine in 1986. Nicklaus' personal tribute to St. Andrews, Scotland, the Home of Golf- the New Course opened in 1988.

 

The East nine showcases the island green of the 153-yard par-3 fifth hole. Some say this hole is even better than its older relative, the famed 17th on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Any golfer is sure to take in the view from the elevated tee and remember the challenge of this tee shot.

 

Nicklaus amazingly transformed the Floridian landscape and brought a bit of the famed links land of the Old Course from across the pond.

 

Of course the first hole of the New lin...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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