Children's Miracle Network Golf Classic at Walt Disney World

Golf spectators are in for a real treat

The Children's Miracle Network Classic®
is cookin' up something special this year

It's all the rage these days: taking two things that might not be expected to be paired up and mashing them together. So this year, the Walt Disney World® Resort hotel chefs and the Children's Miracle Network Classic® are joining forces to produce a very unique event.

It's called the Food & Wine Walk. During the PGA TOUR event this year, throughout the back nine of Disney's Magnolia Golf Course, five specialty locations will offer Guests pieces of a progressive menu in which spectators can indulge.

Hotels like Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Animal Kingdom Resort, Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts and Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, as well as Disney's Wide World of Sports® Complex, are working together to create and pair appetizers, entrees, desserts and wines especially for the event. Guests can complete the progressive menu as they follow the flow of the tournament and visit each station.

Golf as a community event

"We have something for everyone," says Eddie Dickmyer, Event Manager for the Classic. From PGA TOUR golf to gourmet food and wine, all encompassed together in a pristine Audubon Certified Wildlife sanctuary. It's a real walk in the park type of atmosphere. So we're taking the golf tournament and making it a community event as well."

Eddie adds that the Food & Wine Walk will keep spectators close to the action. "Each station will be positioned on key holes of the back nine, near great viewing locations."

Photo finish!

The Kodak® Challenge comes to an exciting conclusion at the Children's Miracle Network Classic® as well. If you haven't heard about it, get ready to pump up the drama factor when you attend. All season long, PGA TOUR players have been competing for the low score on one designated hole per tournament, and since the Children's Miracle Network Classic® is the last tournament of the year, the winning golfer will walk away a cool million richer!

Expect to see a lot of big-name players from the PGA TOUR competing during the Children's Miracle Network Classic® this year. Davis Love III is the defending 2008 champion and has his work cut out for him. Also, this event is the year's final tournament of the season, the last chance to secure a position for the 2010 season, or the players start all over and will need to re-qualify through the PGA TOUR Q School. In short, some players may be out of a job if they don't perform well.

Start a new tradition

While this year marks the 39th consecutive year that a PGA TOUR event has been held at Walt Disney World Resort, it may be the very first tournament you've ever attended. And you couldn't have chosen a better one.

Tickets are only $10 a day, or just $20 for a week-long badge. (100% of the ticket sales are going to the local Children's Miracle Network.) The Kodak® Challenge completely ups the ante for every player and spectator out there. The Food & Wine Walk breaks down the barriers for the less-than-hardcore fan. And the last tournament of the year dishes out a ration of drama fit for a Hollywood blockbuster. And bonus! If you're staying at a Disney Resort hotel during the tournament, tickets are complimentary for hotel guests. Packages are also available.

The Children's Miracle Network Classic® runs from November 12–15, 2009. Come on out and see it, taste it and feel it during this spectacular, all-in-one event! For more information, click here.


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