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Two of the worlds top international players to be featured at Crowbush Cove in July
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island (April 2, 2007) - With golf fans everywhere looking forward to this weeks prestigious Masters Tournament, it was announced today that two former Masters Champions would be coming to Prince Edward Island later this summer to participate in the 2007 edition of the Making the Connection Legends of Golf. World Golf Hall of Famer Vijay Singh will join Canadian Mike Weir this July at PEIs Crowbush Cove Golf Course at the Rodd Crowbush Golf and Beach Resort.
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island (March 5, 2007) - The Links at Crowbush Cove, considered the crown jewel of PEI's many world-class golf courses, served as a springboard for a young Mike Weir as he proved to himself, and the world, that he could compete with some of the best golfers in the world at the 1998 Canadian Skins Game. On July 29-30, Weir, the only Canadian to win a major golf championship, The Masters, will return to Crowbush Cove as a Canadian golf legend to participate in the 2007 edition of the Making the Connection® Legends of Golf.
Canada’s gentle giant of island golf is looking to make it a legendary summer of memorable moments for visitors to Prince Edward Island in 2006. From humble beginnings, when its first golf course opened more than a century ago, Canada’s smallest province has always had a big heart for golfers from near and far. While it’s small in size, no place in the province is more than 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the sea, PEI’s 20-plus golf courses are recognized, like the Island itself, among the best in the world.
Along with other sectors of the province's tourism industry, business was down last summer at most of the Island's golf courses.
However, the executive director of Island Golf (formerly Golf P.E.I.) explains the industry has taken a number of steps to turn that situation around. Gary Ready explained part of the decline was due in part to mother nature- the traditional spring should season of May and June was cold and wet.
"That put us in a hole right off the bat and when you are only talking a season that lasts a few months, it is pretty hard to catch up," Ready said.
