Golf Digest

POINT SEBAGO, MAINE – Every two years, Golf Digest Magazine rates the Top 100 Golf Courses in the Country and the Top 5 Golf Courses in each state. Point Sebago Golf Course is pleased and proud to currently be rated the Number One Golf Course in Southern Maine!

This comes as no surprise to the “regulars” at Point Sebago. Point Sebago Golf Course prides itself on providing outstanding course maintenance and a challenging but fair course that demands attention and assures great golf. Point Sebago Resort in Casco, Maine occupies 775 beautiful acres along the shores of Sebago Lake, 30 minutes west of Portland. Point Sebago's Course has played home to the Maine Open and is widely considered one of the best in Maine.

Designed by renowned golf course architects George Sargent and Philip Wogan, this scenic par-72 course covers 7,002 yards and has a slope rating of 135. Fourteen of the eighteen holes are lined by white birch and pine trees as well as a series of small ponds and streams.

“It is great to be recognized in such great company,” commented Daryll Hollinshead, Director of Golf. Some of the criteria used to rank the top courses include: design variety, course condition, shot values, resistance to scoring, memorability, and aesthetics.

Greens fees at Point Sebago Golf Course are $42 - 62 per 18-hole round including cart in 2006. Point Sebago’s Course had the highest ranking in Southern Maine in the Golf Digest course review. Other Maine courses in the Top 5 include Sugarloaf, Belgrade Lakes, Samoset and The Ledges Golf Club.

For more information please call Point Sebago Resort at 1-800-655-1232 or visit them on the web at www.pointsebago.com.