Butch Harmon is ranked as one of the world's best golf coaches.
Dubai Sports City will be the only international venue for a Butch Harmon School of Golf outside the United States, and Dubai residents and visitors alike will be able to take advantage of the same standard of in-depth coaching experience as the tour pros.
The Butch Harmon School of Golf will feature a wide range of facilities, including state-of-the-art computer and video equipment used to assess a player's swing.
"Proof of Butch's exemplary coaching can be best seen at major golfing tournaments across the world. Current and former students include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Darren Clarke, Greg Norman, and Adam Scott, and we hope to create many more golf champions at Dubai Sports City," said Malcolm Thorpe, Marketing Director, Sports Business, Dubai Sports City.
In his contribution to the latest edition of Dubai Sports City's quarterly newsletter, Update, Harmon goes on to offer readers of Update exclusive tips on improving their game, drawing on his unique coaching philosophy, where instruction is tailored to maximize a players individual style.
Dubai Sports City will combine sports, business, retail and residential facilities as the cornerstone of the prestigious Dubailand project, including The Dunes, the first Ernie Els signature course in the Middle East.
The Butch Harmon School of Golf opens next year.
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'Butch Harmon School of Golf' to open in Dubai Sports City
- United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, July 25 - 2007 at 10:11
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Butch Harmon, one of golf's most celebrated instructors, has told Dubai Sport City's Update magazine that his 'Butch Harmon School of Golf' to be based at Dubai Sports City, will provide tuition at a level found in very few other places in the world.
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Update: Dubai Sports City is a quarterly magazine published by The Media Factory for Dubai Sports City.About Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City (DSC), the cornerstone project of Dubailand, is a $3 billion, 50 million square feet mixed-use metropolis which will be the world's first integrated purpose-built sports city.
The development will be built around five major sports venues:
•a 60,000 capacity multi-purpose outdoor stadium for football, rugby, track and field and other sports and non-sports events
•a 10,000 seat multi-purpose indoor arena suitable for all hard court sports as well as concerts and other events and also including a removable ice rink
•a 25,000 capacity cricket stadium, expandable to 30,000, with state-of-the-art facilities for players, match officials, VIPs, spectators and the media
•a 5,000 seat field hockey stadium
•The Dunes, a magnificent 18-hole Championship golf course designed by Ernie Els
In addition to the stadia, Dubai Sports City will feature a series of major sports academy facilities including:
•Dubai Sports City Football Academy, the home of Manchester United Soccer Schools, Dubai
•a David Lloyd Tennis Academy
•a Butch Harmon School of Golf, the first such facility outside the United States
•the International Cricket Council's own ICC Global Cricket Academy
•the WorldHockey Academy, a first of its kind partnership with the International Hockey Federation
•top class multi-sport training facilities including gymnasium and a 50 metre swimming pool
•a world-renowned sports medicine and rehabilitation centre
Designed as a lifestyle development, Dubai Sports City will also feature comprehensive community facilities including:
▪Next Generation Country Club and spa facility
▪a large-scale shopping mall
▪two retail hubs offering up-scale dining and boutique shopping
▪a range of schools
▪medical facilities
▪community centres
▪hotels
Posted by Medilyn Manibo, Assistant News EditorWednesday, July 25 - 2007 at 10:11 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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