Home for four years (2007-2010) to the Turning Stone Resort Championship on the PGA TOUR, the Oneida Indian Nation’s resort has evolved into a premier golf destination, presenting five courses (three 18-hole courses and two 9-hole layouts), an indoor training center and an array of instructional programs.

Three preeminent golf course architects -- Tom Fazio, Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Rick Smith -- have each crafted masterpieces at Turning Stone. In addition, Turning Stone offers its own golf academy with a team of PGA-certified instructors.

Atunyote Golf Club
•Opened July 2004
•Designed by Tom Fazio

Atunyote (uh-DUNE-yote) is an Oneida word that means “eagle.”

The acclaimed venue was the home of the Turning Stone Resort Championship, an official PGA TOUR event, for four years from 2007-2010. Winners of the championship were Steve Flesch (2007), Dustin Johnson (2008), Matt Kuchar (2009), and Bill Lunde (2010).

The course is highlighted by spacious fairways, large undulating greens and steep-faced bunkers that are hallmarks of a Fazio design. Other notable features include a preserved deadwood marsh, a rock formation, and several lakes, streams and waterfalls. The largest body of water, measuring 13 acres, runs along three fairways including the dramatic finishing hole.

Atunyote is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

Atunyote has five tee options for guests, ranging from 5,120 to 7,482 yards.

The property, located in a secluded setting several miles from resort, includes a full-service clubhouse and practice area.

Kaluhyat Golf Club
•Opened August 2003
•Designed By Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Kaluhyat (ga-LU-yat) is an Oneida Indian word that means “the other side of the sky.”

The name reflects the impressive landscape that includes several plateau settings offering seemingly endless views of the surrounding terrain.

In creating Kaluhyat, a Certified Bronze Audubon Signature Sanctuary, Jones preserved the innate features of the site, painstakingly incorporating mature forested areas, ancient wetlands, native plant life and wildlife corridors. The result is a course that, although relatively new to the landscape, gives players the feeling that it has been in place for a century or more.

Kaluhyat is a classic shot-maker's course that rewards precision ball-striking and acute strategy. Its five sets of tees range from 5,293 to 7,105 yards.

Shenendoah Golf Club
•Opened May 2000
•Designed by Rick Smith

Shenendoah is named in honor of the tribal chief who was instrumental in the Oneidas’ choice to side with the colonists during the Revolutionary War.

With its generous fairways and sizeable greens, Shenendoah golf course is a popular host site for corporate outings and charitable events. While the magnificence of the design allows for recreational, player-friendly configurations, the course can also stand up to the rigors of professional tournaments. Five tee options range from 5,185 to 7,129 yards.

A Certified Bronze Audubon Signature Sanctuary, the site's memorable aesthetics includes an assortment of wetlands, tall fields of native fescue grasses, sweeping landscapes and deep wooded areas. It's the dwelling for nearly 100 species of birds and scores of wildlife.

Pleasant Knolls
Pleasant Knolls is a player-friendly recreational course, offering a relaxing nine holes of par 36 golf. The layout features wide fairways, legendary crowned greens, water hazards and a gently rolling terrain.

Sandstone Hollow
The nine-hole, par three course was built with the busy golfer in mind. It’s not a pitch and putt course, as the Rick Smith- design winds through woods and wetlands with greens surrounded by native grasses and rock outcroppings. The course is a Certified Bronze Audubon Signature Sanctuary.

Golf Dome
The off-season home of the Turning Stone Golf Academy, the Golf Dome provides a great learning environment for group clinics and individual lessons from PGA-certified instructors or just some personal practice time.

Dimensions:
•330 feet long
•240 feet wide
•75 feet high

Practice area:
•Forty hitting stations; 24 ground-level and 16 stations on second tier
•Two practice greens
•Chipping area

FLIGHT Scope:
•PGA TOUR Teaching Aid
•Doppler system that tracks every component of a player's swing

JC Video:
•Video analysis to compare your swing with notable PGA TOUR players' swings

Golf Simulators:
•Two Full Swing Golf Simulators offering virtual reality golf
•Library of courses includes 38 layouts throughout the world, including Turning Stone's own Atunyote, many of which have hosted major championships
•Computerized system provides players with instant feedback on swing speed, launch angle, carry and total distance

Indoor Home of the Golf Academy at Turning Stone:
•PGA pros offer individual or group lessons
•Computer/video analysis
•Casio-High Definition Camera used by top instructors to show crystal clean pictures frame by frame

Location:
Turning Stone Resort Casino is located off NYS Thruway Exit 33, half way between Albany and Rochester, and 30 miles east of Syracuse.

Address:
5218 Patrick Road, Verona, NY 13478

Website and Phone:
www.turningstone.com
800-771-7711 or 315-361-7711

Media Contacts:
Ed Allmann
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Turning Stone Resort Casino
315-361-7955

Karen Moraghan
Hunter Public Relations
kmoraghan@hunter-pr.com
908-876-5100