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The Pacific
Grove Chamber of Commerce wishes to thank the
following sponsors:
Innkeepers:
The Martine Inn
Seabreeze Lodge, Inn &
Cottages
Seven Gables Inn
Sunset Inn
Pacific Gardens Inn
Restaurants:
Lattitudes at Lover's Point
The Red House Cafe
Toasties Cafe
Oceans 18 Black Light
Miniature
Golf
An Choi Asian Contemporary
Cuisine
Newspaper:
Cedar Street Times
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AT&T SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM
PACIFIC GROVE
PACIFIC
GROVE, CA - For the 5th straight year,
the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce will run a
shuttle bus service to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
golf tournament on Wednesday through Sunday,
February 11-15, as announced by Chamber President
Moe Ammar. In addition, admission tickets to the
Tournament will be available for sale at the Chamber
beginning January 15 for $55 a piece (tickets at the
event will be $60).
The shuttle
will depart in front of the Pacific Grove Museum of
Natural History starting at 6:30 am with departures
every 30 minutes for the estimated 20-minute trip to
the tournament at Pebble Beach. The cost is $15 for
all day. A five-day pass is available for $40.
Free
unlimited parking is available a block away on Ocean
View Boulevard. Three comfortable 59-passenger
buses from Pacific Monarch will be used for the
shuttle. Each rider will receive a special gift bag
containing money-saving coupons, postcards and
brochures.
Golf fans
are reminded that cameras, cell phones, large
backpacks, and large bags are not allowed on the
golf courses during the tournament. Programs and
pairing sheets are available at the tournament.
The
tournament is played on three golf courses, Pebble
Beach, Spyglass Hill and Poppy Hills, draws top PGA
golfers and famed celebrities and benefits hundreds
of nonprofit organizations.
The Chamber
will promote the shuttle service, which eliminates
the need for golf fans to drive to the campus of
California State University Monterey Bay on the old
Fort Ord to board transportation to the tournament.
Golf fans, except those with special parking
privileges, are not allowed to drive their cars to
the tournament on Thursday-Sunday.
"It is a
great inconvenience for visitors to Pacific Grove as
well as our local residents to have to drive all the
way to the old Fort Ord to get to the tournament,"
Ammar said.
"They lose
an hour of their valuable time going back and forth
and having to endure a longer ride to the tournament
and back again. The Chamber's direct shuttle to
Pebble Beach alleviates that problem and allows the
Chamber to show its hospitality to our wonderful
visitors."
Ammar said
he is grateful for the cooperation of the Monterey
Peninsula Foundation, the tournament's umbrella
organization. "I want to take this opportunity to
thank the Monterey Peninsula Foundation and
especially Ollie Nutt, the head of the foundation."
Last year's
Chamber AT&T shuttle drew 2,500 people over the
tournament's five-day run. Ammar expects that
number to grow substantially this year because of
anticipation that the tournament's popularity will
grow and draw more fans.
Tickets to
the golf tournament are available at the Chamber.
The cost for tournament rounds is $55 a day.
Cameras are allowed on Monday and Wednesday only.
Handicapped parking is available in Pebble Beach.
Play begins
at 8 am each day except for Sunday's final round at
the Pebble Beach Golf Links, when the action begins
at 7:30 am.
Meanwhile,
Pacific Grove lodging establishments will be
offering special packages and discount rates for the
length of the tournament. Some stores in Pacific
Grove also will remain open late on Friday and
Saturday to accommodate golf fans.
Ammar said
that the Chamber is making a concerted effort to
provide the maximum in hospitality to the visitors
for the golf tournament and to showcase the many
charms of Pacific Grove.
For more
information, contact the Pacific Grove Chamber of
Commerce at 831-373-3304.
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