Fantasy Draft Weekend 2012 :: The Ultimate Guys Weekend

May 18, 2012 - PRLog -- Fantasy Draft Events and PGA National Resort & Spa Announce
‘Fantasy Draft Weekend 2012’

Weekend Stay Features Championship Golf, Deluxe Accommodations, Fantasy Draft Experts,
Free Tiger Woods EA Sports PGA TOUR 13 for Early Registration

(PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.) -- PGA National Resort & Spa – home of the PGA TOUR Honda Classic – is offering its NFL “Fantasy Draft Weekend 2012” (www.FantasyDraftWeekend.com) Aug. 24 – 25, produced by Fantasy Draft Events.

The getaway weekend at the legendary South Florida destination features a celebrity draft panel; fantasy football experts with Q&A session; and live team draft. The package starts at $299 (per person, double occupancy) and also includes:

-   Two nights’ deluxe accommodations
-   Friday welcome reception and cocktail party
-   Saturday golf scramble with boxed lunch
-   Live draft war rooms with beer, wings and pizza

“My Fantasy Football league started our own tradition a decade ago and now I’d like to share that experience with other leagues,” says Jeff Schmidt, event producer for Fantasy Draft Events.  “I look forward to my destination draft trip every year as a chance to re-connect with friends in person, play a little golf, and enjoy some trash talking during our live draft.  It’s the ultimate guys weekend!”

“PGA National is the ideal destination to conclave in style and gear up for the new fantasy football season,” says Joel Paige, vice president and managing director. “This is now a billion plus dollar industry and our draft weekend offers everything needed for an experience to take you all the way to the Super Bowl: NFL experts, fun in our lively watering holes, and, of course, our championship golf.”

Additionally, the first 100 reservations will receive an EA Sports Masters Edition Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 for PS3 or XBOX 360 provided by EA Sports. PGA National’s Champion Course – where Rory McIlory withstood a final round challenge from Woods to win the 2012 Honda Classic ¬– joins elite courses including Augusta National, Pebble Beach and St. Andrews in the world’s number one selling golf video game franchise.

For more information about the “Fantasy Draft Weekend 2012,” or to make reservations, visit www.FantasyDraftWeekend.com or call 800-533-9386. Taxes and resort fees are extra.


About Fantasy Draft Events

Two guys have taken their passion for sports, music and travel to create Fantasy Draft Events, the producers of Fantasy Draft Weekend.  Jeff Schmidt and Tod Elmore have combined their music, event production and travel business experiences to create the ultimate guys weekend with Fantasy Draft Weekend 2012.  Having launched destination events such as The Rock Boat, Weekend Of Jazz and sports-and-lifestyle experiences including Rock Fore Dough (golf and music) during Master’s week in Augusta and The Rock Slope (skiing and music) in Steamboat Springs CO, Tod and “Schmidty” invite you and your league to our inaugural draft weekend.

About PGA National Resort & Spa

PGA National Resort & Spa is a premier golf, vacation and meeting destination. The South Florida locale offers 90 holes of championship golf on five courses, including the famed Champion course, home to the PGA TOUR Honda Classic and past host of the Ryder Cup, PGA Championship and a litany of other prized professional golf tournaments.

Other distinguishing features include a world-class 33,000 square-foot health-and-racquet club with 19 Har Tru tennis courts, 40,000 square feet of self-contained conference space and nine on-site restaurants and lounges.

PGA National Resort & Spa’s myriad accolades include:

•   AAA–Four Diamond Resort (2011)
•   Golfweek – Best You Can Play State by State (No. 5, 2012)
•   Golfweek – Best Tour Courses You Can Play (No. 28, 2011)
•   Golfing Magazine – “World’s Top 5 Multi-Course Venues” (2011)
•   About.com – “No. 1 Golf Resort in Florida” (2011)
•   GOLF Magazine – Top 100 Premier Resorts – Silver Award Winner (2011)
•   GOLF Magazine – Premier Resorts Green Award Winner (2011)
•   Golf World – Top 50 Resorts (2010)
•   Successful Meetings – Pinnacle Award Winner (2011)
•   The Knot – Best of Weddings  (2012)

Conveniently located within easy driving distances of major Florida population centers, the AAA Four Diamond resort is a 15-minute drive from Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), one hour from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and 90 minutes from Miami International Airport (MIA).