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Las Vegas Repeats With Two of America’s Top Golf Shops Las Vegas, NV - 1/17/2005 - Golf World Business, Golf Digest Companies’ magazine, has recognized both Bali Hai Golf Club and Royal Links Golf Club with their prestigious Best 100 Golf Shops award for 2005. Both Shops were similarly honored in 2004 and Bali Hai was awarded this distinction in 2003 as well. This is one of the most highly coveted honors on the retail side of the golf business. A lengthy application process is involved which takes into account shop revenue relative to physical size and rounds of golf played, photography of the shop, as well as innovative strategies, promotional ideas and initiatives and how they contributed to the shops’ overall success. “It is incredibly gratifying for our entire team to receive this recognition for the third year in a row,” said Adam Owen, Director of Golf at Bali Hai. “It was a true collaborative effort by the entire staff and we certainly appreciate the recognition by such a prestigious publication as GolfWorld Business.” It was the second year for this award at Royal Links. “We worked very hard these past two years to reach, and maintain, the high levels required to be considered for this award,” said Michael Severn, Director of Golf at Royal Links. “It is great we can share this elite distinction with our sister course across town.” Bali Hai and Royal Links are premium daily fee courses owned and operated by Walters Golf in Las Vegas. Royal Links offers golfers the opportunity to test their game on the best 18-holes from 11 different British Open rotation courses. Bali Hai is a tropical golfers’ paradise designed by Schmidt/Curley and is the only championship course located right on the Las Vegas Strip. "These two properties cater primarily to tourists and they have an ever expanding list of high-end shopping options in Las Vegas," said Butch Fogler, VP Operations at Walters Golf, “ therefore, we must continually raise our levels of service and merchandise to standards higher than is acceptable at most other premium play golf shops around the country.” Walters Golf is the largest golf course owner and operator in Las Vegas. In addition to Bali Hai and Royal Links, Walters Golf owns and operates the Stallion Mountain Country Club, Desert Pines Golf Club and Cili Fine Dining restaurant at Bali Hai. They offer complete golf Stay and Play packages, special packages for groups of 16 or more, special settings for meetings, banquets and weddings, event planning and more. For details visit www.waltersgolf.com