Barona Creek Golf Club Surpasses Industry Legends; Course Named #4 in California by Golfweek Magazine.

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004

Barona Creek Golf Club has once again proved to be a legend in the making. The highly regarded course jumped up one spot in two categories in the latest rankings released by Golfweek Magazine. Barona Creek Golf Club is now rated the 4th best golf course in California -- edging out Torrey Pines Torrey Pines can refer to:

Torrey Pine, a broad, open-crowned pine.
Torrey Pines Golf Course, a municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California.
Torrey Pines High School, a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California.

for a place in the state's top five, close behind the distinguished Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Pasatiempo -- and the 82nd best modern course in the country.

Listed below are the Golfweek Magazine California course rankings:

1. Pebble Beach GL, Pebble Beach

2. Spyglass Hill GC, Pebble Beach

3. Pasatiempo GC, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States
Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr

z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866.

4. Barona Creek GC, Lakeside

5. PGA West The PGA West Stadium Course located in La Quinta, California was designed by Pete Dye has been called the "Western Home of Golf." The course was designed to be Dye's answer to the TPC at Sawgrass. (Stadium), La Quinta

6. Rustic Canyon, Moorpark

7. Darkhorse, Auburn

8. Torrey Pines GC (South), San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.

9. Saddle Creek

Saddle Creek Records an independent record label in Omaha, Nebraska.
Shops of Saddle Creek a shopping center in Memphis, Tennessee.

GC, Cooperopolis

10. Links at Spanish Bay Spanish Bay can mean:

Spanish Bay (Nova Scotia) - a previous name for Sydney Harbour (Nova Scotia)
The Links at Spanish Bay - a world-renowned golf course at Pebble Beach
The Inn at Spanish Bay - a world-renowned resort at Pebble Beach

, Pebble Beach

"We're very humbled by the Golfweek Magazine rating," said Clifford LaChappa, chairman of the Barona Band of Mission Indians Mission Indians, Native Americans of S and central California; so called because they were under the jurisdiction of some 21 Spanish missions that were established between 1769 and 1823. . "California is home to many golf course legends. For Barona to be ranked so highly after only three years is an honor we proudly accept as we work to achieve legendary status among the devotees of this widely popular sport."

Barona Creek Golf Club has received numerous accolades since its opening including one of Golf Magazine's "Top 10 New Golf Courses in the Nation," the 2nd best golf course in San Diego by Tod Leonard of The San Diego Union-Tribune and the prestigious Bronze Signature Sanctuary Certification from Audubon International for its conservation, environmental quality and land management efforts.

"These awards are the result of hard work from our head golf professional Don King, superintendent Sandy Clark Alexander "Sandy" Clark (born 28 October 1956, in Airdrie) is a former professional football player and is now currently a coach as well as doing regular punditry work for BBC Scotland. He was a centre forward. and their entire staff and a tremendous golf design by Todd Eckenrode, project architect for Gary Roger Baird Design. Our mission was to convey our tradition of living in harmony "Living in Harmony" is an episode of the 1967-68 television series The Prisoner. It differs from most other episodes of the series in that it does not begin with the show's standard opening credits sequence. with nature, along with creating a challenging course for players, and we achieved that goal."

Barona Creek Golf Club is a par 72 course that is 7,088 yards with nearly 100 multi-fingered bunkers and a series of lakes and ponds that are connected to the area's naturally fed streams. The golf course also has more than 170 mature native oak trees transplanted from other regions of the Barona Indian Reservation. Making use of the subtly undulating terrain, prominent rock outcroppings and gentle elevation changes preserve the lands unique characteristics. The combination of both natural and strategic elements of the design make Barona Creek Golf Club one of the most challenging and thought-provoking golf courses in San Diego.

Barona Creek Golf Club is the centerpiece of the award-winning Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino, San Diego's leading destination resort, featuring 397 luxury guest rooms and suites, a 300,000-square- foot casino, a lakefront wedding chapel, the AmBience Day Spa and a full-service events center.

Barona Creek Golf Club is located at 1932 Wildcat Canyon Road in San Diego. To schedule a tee time, call 619-387-7018. Additional course information is also available at www.barona.com.

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