Sea Island Resort Announces New Member of Marketing and Sales Team
SEA ISLAND, GA, June 15, 2005. Jim Ragland has been named Golf Sales and Marketing Director for Sea Island Resorts. Ragland, a former professional golfer, played on the PGA Tour from 1981 to 1991. Most recently he was a financial consultant with Smith Barney.
Ragland will play an important role in the growth of the Sea Island golf experience, which includes instruction, fitness training, play, and competition. He brings exceptional public speaking and leadership qualities and will be the primary liaison for the Golf Learning Center with guests, members and corporate golf groups. He will also assist Sea Island's Marketing department in the promotion of the golf program.
The Golf Learning Center at Sea Island is dedicated to helping master the art of golf, maximizing individual performance with the finest facilities, nationally ranked instructors, renowned staff and comprehensive approach.
Sea Island's devotion to golf spans the better part of a century, a history that encompasses such luminaries of the game as Bobby Jones, Walter Travis, Harry S. Colt and Davis Love III.
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