Released on = December 19, 2006, 11:36 am

Press Release Author = SC Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Tourism

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = March 23-25 will be the date of Hickory Knob Ladies Golf
Weekend featuring clinics, a tournament, reception, and a variety of accommodation
packages at the resort park on Lake Thurmond.

Press Release Body = Hickory Knob, SC Offers Ladies Golf Weekend

McCormick - Hickory Knob State Resort Park in South Carolina is offering its first
weekend golf special just for women.

Hickory Knob Ladies Golf Weekend 2007 will be held March 23-25 and feature clinics,
a tournament, reception, meals and a variety of accommodation packages at the
full-facility resort park on Lake Thurmond.

Instructors include golf pros from the South Carolina State Park Service
championship golf courses at Hickory Knob, Cheraw State Park and Joe Stevens, head
golf pro at Wild Dunes Resort on the Isle of Palms, SC.

Classes will be tailored to the golfers' skill levels, and players of all levels are
invited. Clinics will focus on chipping, putting, driving, the short game and even
golf lingo. Prices range from $150 for instructions, meals and functions with no
lodging to $300 per person for instructions, meals, functions and a single-occupancy
lodge room.

The lakefront golf course opened at the South Carolina Park near McCormick in 1982.
Hickory Knob State Resort Park also offers meeting facilities, cabins, camping, a
full-service restaurant, tennis, boat ramp, biking and hiking trails and shooting
and archery ranges.

For more information, go to www.hickoryknobresort.com or call (864) 391-5380 or
1-800-491-1764.


Web Site = http://www.SouthCarolinaParks.com

Contact Details = SC Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Marion Edmonds
803-734-1370
medmonds@scprt.com
www.SouthCarolinaParks.com