Pocono Mountains Golf Courses Opening On Schedule

Northeastern Pennsylvania Golf Destination Welcoming Back Players

(April 2nd 2006) (POCONO MOUNTAINS, Pennsylvania) – The Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau, Inc. (PMVB, Inc.) today announces that the area’s 21golf courses – “Pocono Mountains: Discover Golf’s Great Destination Secret” – are open, or preparing to open, for another exciting season.

“This promises to be a tremendous season for our area with the new course at Jack Frost National set to open in the Fall, the new clubhouse at The Resort at Split Rock almost completed and our many other fine golf and resort properties back in fine form,” says Robert Uguccioni, executive director of the Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau, Inc.

Here are the opening dates or opening day projections of the Pocono Mountains courses for the 2006 season (several are contingent on weather, call individual courses for specific information):

Cherry Valley Golf Course:-----Open 570-421-1350
Hideaway Hills Golf Club:-----Open 610-681-6000
Tamiment Golf Club:-----Open 570-588-6652
Water Gap Country Club:-----Open 570-476-0300
Evergreen Golf Club:-----Open 570-421-7721
Mountain Manor Golf Course:-----Open 570-223-1290
Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort:-----Open 570-424-4000
The Country Club at Woodloch Springs:-----April 1 570-685-8102
Great Bear Golf & Country Club:-----April 1 570-223-2000
Skytop Lodge:-----April 1 570-595-7401
Country Club of the Poconos:-----April 1 570-223-8099
Mount Airy Golf Club:-----April 1 570-839-8816
Red Maples Golf Course:-----April 1 570-937-4543
Pocono Manor Golf Resort and Spa:-----April 1 570-839-7111
Glen Brook Golf Club:-----April 4 570-421-3680
Mount Pocono Golf Course:-----Early April 570-646-1515
Fernwood Hotel and Resort:------April 8 570-588-9500
Split Rock Country Club:-----April 14 570-722-9111
Buck Hill Golf Club:-----April 14 570-595-7730
Caesars Pocono Palace :-----Mid to late April 570-588-6692
Stony’s Golf:-----TBA info@stonysgolf.com
Jack Frost National Golf Club:-----Fall 2006 866-268-5503

Whether it’s a golf getaway, family vacation or business meeting on the green, golfers have their pick of historic and modern championship courses and fairways that boast some of the Pocono Mountains lush, renowned scenery.

To help golfers choose which courses to play, they can now receive the new 2006 Pocono Mountains Golf Guide & Map free of charge. This guide is available by calling 800-POCONOS (800-762-6667) or by downloading it from www.800poconos.com/golf.html.

It features 16 of the aforementioned courses, 11 nearby accommodations, as well as attractions and restaurants. Each course has an individual profile, and the guide also features play and stay packages at Pocono Mountains’ lodging facilities. A centerfold map pinpointing all of the facilities highlighted in the guide is also included.

Comprehensive Pocono Mountains visitor information is available online at www.800poconos.com or by calling 800-POCONOS (800-762-6667). The Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau, Inc. is the official destination marketing organization for the four counties of Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne in northeastern Pennsylvania.