February 27, 2007 -- The 2007 Telus Skins Game will return to Ontario for the first time since 2003, at the new Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay, located fifteen minutes from Collingwood, Ontario and the Village at Blue Mountain, June 17-19.

“Ontario’s outdoor recreation capital will serve as the host of this year’s TELUS Skins Game, and we are proud to be associated with this elite event,” said Steve Podborski, director of TELUS Sport Marketing. “We are excited about bringing some of the biggest names in golf to Ontario to help celebrate the Telus Skins Game with Canadian golf fans.”

“We are delighted to be selected as this year’s TELUS Skins Game charity designate,” said Josée Goulet. “It is through the generous support of organizations like Telus that the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation can continue is important research in a search for a cure for Type 1 diabetes.”

The Raven at Lora Bay’s 7,200 yard championship layout, co-designed by PGA Tour Professional Tom Lehman and Canadian golf course architect Thomas McBroom, was recently named to Travel & Leisure Magazine’s list of the Best New Golf Courses in 2006.

The Telus Skins Game participants, as well as event ticket information, will be announced in the coming months

This year’s TELUS Skins Game will take place at the Thomas McBroom/Tom Lehman-designed Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay near Collingwood, Ont., June 17-19.

While last year’s Skins Game featured players from five different age groups – Sergio Garcia, John Daly, Stephen Ames, Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus – this year’s competitors, though not yet announced, will form a global theme, with each representing a different country. Canadian Ames, Spain’s Garcia and South African Retief Goosen are names that have been mentioned.

The Raven at Lora Bay received rave reviews after opening last year. Built on a wonderful piece of property offering stunning views of Georgian Bay, Lora Bay’s most distinctive features are its high-faced bunkers fronted or backed by high fescue, giving the course a traditional look.

“The vision was to create very gnarly, wind-swept bunkers,” McBroom said after the course’s opening. “But we wanted them to feel very old and that they weren’t artificial, that they were created the old-fashioned way with horses and pull scrapers the way they used to do it back in the 1920s.

Daly won the event last year for the first time in seven appearances, collecting nine skins at Banff Springs GC for $210,000. Other past winners include Ames (2005), Phil Mickelson (2004), Vijay Singh (2003, ‘01), Garcia (2002), Fred Couples (2000, 1998, ’96, ’94, ’93), Mike Weir (1999), Greg Norman (1997) and Nick Faldo (1995).

This year’s Skins Game charity partner will be the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), a worldwide leader in Type 1 diabetes research.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

TELUS SKINS GAME ONTARIO BOUND IN 2007…

Prestigious Canadian golf event returns to Ontario for the first time since 2003.The 2007 TELUS Skins Game will return to Ontario for the first time since 2003, and to mark the occasion, the popular Canadian summer golf event will visit the widely acclaimed new golf course, The Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay, located fifteen minutes from Collingwood and the Village at Blue Mountain, June 17-19.  “Ontario’s outdoor recreation capital will serve as the host of this year’s TELUS Skins Game, and we are proud to be associated with this elite event,” said Steve Podborski, director of TELUS Sport Marketing.  “We are excited about bringing some of the biggest names in golf to Ontario to help celebrate the TELUS Skins Game with Canadian golf fans.”  The TELUS Skins Game is a highlight of the Canadian summer sporting schedule. The intimate, relaxed setting of the Skins Game format allows players to engage with the cameras and the crowds as they compete against each other for pride and prize money. This year’s event will celebrate a world theme,with each of the players representing different home countries.  “Each year, TELUS partners with a charitable organization that aligns with TELUS’ goal of making the  future friendly for Canada’s youth,” said Podborski. “We are proud to announce that the 2007 TELUS Skins Game charity partner will be the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). This organization is the leading charitable funder and advocate of Type 1 diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.” “We are delighted to be selected as this year’s TELUS Skins Game charity designate,” said Josée Goulet. “It is through the generous support of organizations like TELUS that the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation can continue is important research in a search for a cure for Type 1 diabetes.” The Raven at Lora Bay’s 7,200 yard championship layout, co-designed by PGA Tour Professional Tom Lehman and Canadian golf course architect Thomas McBroom, was recently named to Travel & Leisure Magazine’s list of the Best New Golf Courses in 2006.