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April 1, 2006
SCENIC GEAUGA COUNTY IS BACKDROP FOR CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE AT PUNDERSON STATE PARK
Resort golf course is only 25 miles east of Cleveland
 COLUMBUS, OH - While it may be better known as a winter playground for skiers, snowmobilers and ice fisherman, Punderson State Park in Geauga County offers equally engaging warm weather activities, including play on its championship-rated 18-hole golf course.
The 72-par resort golf course stretches over 6,800 yards and features some especially long 3-and 5-par holes on the backside. It is long and demanding, but worth the effort, according to Punderson Golf Pro Kip Freeman. Hole No. 8, the course’s signature hole, is considered one of the toughest in Northeast Ohio with its narrow and wooded downhill fairway, with a dogleg over a pond to the green.
“This course will challenge even the most expert golfer,” Freeman said. “You can use every club in your bag when you play here.”
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TEE UP! |
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9 Holes Weekday |
$13 |
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9 Holes Weekends |
$16 |
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18 Holes Weekday |
$24 |
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18 Holes Weekends |
$30 |
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Cart fees starting at |
$6 |
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Daily Specials Available |
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Eagle Golf Cards |
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The golf course offers specials throughout the season, including discount rates for seniors, special group rates, weekday specials, twilight rates, and parent-child rates. Discounts are also offered for group outings. The 31-room Punderson Manor Resort & Conference Center also offers packages that include overnight accommodations, a round of golf and a meal. The course also features a putting green and pro shop.
Punderson State Park also offers 26 family cottages and a 196-site campground with electric hook-up. The park features three lakes, including the largest, Punderson Lake, which is great for boating and fishing. Anglers enjoy catches of bluegill, largemouth bass, rainbow and golden trout and catfish. Boat rentals are available at the marina.
Fourteen miles of trails take hikers through the park’s diverse woodlands surrounding Punderson Lake. Wild geranium, buttercup, blue-eyed grass and pennywort are just a few of the wildflowers that inhabit the area.
The lake is also home to a variety of shorebirds and waterfowl including great blue herons, Canada geese and wood ducks. Ohio's largest rodent, the beaver, as well as great horned owls, white-tailed deer, opossum and raccoons can be found within the park boundaries.
Punderson Lake, one of Ohio's few natural lakes, owes its origin to a massive ice sheet that once covered the area. It is a kettle lake, which was formed when a large block of ice broke off the glacier creating a depression that filled with meltwater. Punderson is the largest and deepest kettle lake in Ohio.
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| PARK STATS |
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| 740 |
acres of state park |
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| 150 |
acres of water |
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indoor and outdoor swimming pools |
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swimming beach |
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| 196 |
campsites |
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| 26 |
rental cottages |
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| 14 |
miles of hiking trails |
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To reserve a tee time at Punderson resort golf course or for more information about the course, call the pro shop at 440-564-5465. To arrange a group outing and to inquire about group discounts, call group sales at 440-564-9144. To book a stay at Punderson Resort Lodge or a cottage, call 1-800-AT-A-PARK. To stay at the park campground, call 1-866-OHIOPARKS. Reservations may also be made online at ohiodnr.com
Check out Ohio State Parks five other resort golf courses at Shawnee State Park, Maumee Bay State Park, Hueston Woods State Park, Deer Creek State Park and Salt Fork State Park.
HOW TO GET THERE: From I-77, take State Route 8 north at Akron for about 15 miles to I-271 north. Follow I-271 north to U.S. Route 422 east (toward Warren), and then take State Route 44 north for about six miles to State Route 87 west. The park entrance is about two miles up on State Route 87. From the Ohio Turnpike (I-80) west of Cleveland, take I-480 east (exit 9A). From I-480, take U.S. Route 422 east (toward Warren) and proceed as described above. From the Ohio Turnpike (I-80) east of Cleveland, or from I-90 east of Cleveland, take State Route 44 to State Route 87 west.
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