Golf is a Big Hit in North Lake Tahoe

**NEWS PRODUCERS, ASSIGNMENT EDITORS, WEB CONTENT EDITORS**

(NORTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nevada) – It’s officially summer in North Lake Tahoe and area golf courses are open.

BROADCAST VIDEO FOOTAGE AVAILABLE - Preview and download broadcast quality MPEG-2 video footage (AVAILABLE AFTER 3:00pm PDT on June 5) at http://www.tahoemediacenter.com.

STORY SUMMARY: (June 5, 2008) North Lake Tahoe golf courses offer duffers challenges, history and phenomenal views.

FOOTAGE DESCRIPTION The footage includes scenic shots of North Lake Tahoe and the Resort at Squaw Creek Golf Course (shot this morning, Thursday, June 5), as well as recent b-roll footage of the Incline Village Championship Course and Old Brockway Course in Kings Beach.

SOUND BITES:
John Hains - Golf Course Attendant, Resort ar Squaw Creek
Eric Veraguth - Director of Golf and Ski, Resort at Squaw Creek

SUGGESTED COPY: Adventure may be all the trend for today’s travelers but classic activities such as golf still carry a certain amount of prestige and popularity for vacationers. And in all its adventure glory, North Lake Tahoe continues to offer phenomenal venues and opportunities for travelers to take a swing.

Golfers here choose from 50 courses in North Lake Tahoe, along with those within an hour’s drive, including the Incline Village Championship and Incline Mountain Courses in Incline Village. In Kings Beach, Old Brockway’s nine holes was the venue for Bing Crosby’s first two unofficial invitational tournaments in 1934 and ’35. The Tahoe City Golf Course also saw a fair share of famous faces, as Crosby, Bob Hope and the Rat Pack once teed off at the now municipal course overlooking the mountain town and crystal waters of Lake Tahoe. Just north of Tahoe City lies Olympic Valley, home of the Resort at Squaw Creek’s link-style course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Courses in Truckee also boast big names and spectacular scenery and include Old Greenwood, Golf Club at Gray’s Crossing, Coyote Moon, Northstar-at-Tahoe, Tahoe Donner and Ponderosa Golf Course.

Lake Tahoe was recently recognized as the #1 U.S. travel destination by TripAdvisor for 2008 (#10 in the world), and the #1 destination by Orbitz users for winter 2007-2008. For more information about North Lake Tahoe, weather conditions, video cams and recreational activities, click to www.GoTahoeNorth.com.

North Lake Tahoe is a 45-minute drive from the Reno Tahoe International Airport, two hours from Sacramento International Airport and just over three hours from San Francisco International Airport. Visitor information centers are located at 380 North Lake Boulevard in Tahoe City and 969 Tahoe Boulevard in Incline Village.

LOCATOR: Resort At Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, CA; North Lake Tahoe, CA

PROVIDED BY: The North Lake Tahoe Resort Association

CONTACT: Pettit Gilwee (530) 583-2138
Pettit@gilweepr.com

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