The Doral Golf resort and Spa, (the venue of the Henrik Stensen Strip) won the Golf week Best Resort Courses Award 2009- but its only March? How do they know? You may wonder where the name comes from;as with many house names accross the country such as Davsheila, Lauruss or Sunick, the Dor and Al of this Miami Resort comes from Doris and Alfred Kaskel who, in 1959 converted 2,400 acres of swampland in West Miami into 6 Florida golf courses. It is good to see that golf course architect Dick Wilson had a hand in the original design of the Blue Monster Course, which has hosted the PGA tour for over 40 years. It is 7266 yards long ad its 18th hole is in the World Top 100.
Alongside the designer pro are old golf pro favourites Greg Norman, Raymond Floyd and with Jim Maclean doing some design, but more importantly running the number 1 Golf School in the US at Doral.If you ant some more name dropping, Arthur Ashe stuck to what he knew best and was the director of tennis at the club in the 70's.
The Doral was a family run business until 1993, and is now part of the Marriot group which has turned the club into a monster resort.I suppose it is this sort of business which enables web packages including a Kids Play for Free offer (after 3pm which is fair enough) and also a free kids lesson when a parent books a lesson (which is excellent)
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