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Course Profile Nemacolin-Mystic Rock Course
Following the inaugural 84 LUMBER Classic in 2003, Mystic Rock golf course at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort underwent a comprehensive transformation. As a result, Mystic Rock was rated again by the Western Pennyslvania Golf Association. The course boasts a 78.1 rating and a 151 slope from the championship tees, one of the toughest in the nation. The Pete Dye-designed course spans more than 200 acres of scenic Pennsylvania landscape and has received honors from GOLF Magazine and international recongnition from Golf Digest with a 4-1/2 star rating in their annual publication Best Places to Play. This year additional changes are being made, including the narrowing of several fairways and rebuilding of the 12th green, making it smaller and bringing more water into play. While not as extensive as the significant redesign of 2003-04, the changes will make the course a more challenging venue for PGA TOUR players as well as golfers of all skill levels. Mystic Rock is also home to the Falling Rock Classic, July 18-19, 2005, a PGA Tri-State Section event believed to be the most lucrative sectional event in the country. The tournament, sponsored by 84 Lumber and Nemacolin Woodlands founder Joe Hardy, provides a total purse of $150,000 as well as sponsor's exemptions for the first- and second-place finishers into the 2005 84 LUMBER Classic.
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