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Meadowbrook Golf Group and Apollo Real Estate Advisors Acquire KSL Fairways Golf Corp.
 
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Oct. 6, 1999 - Meadowbrook Golf Group Inc. (OTC BB:MGGI) said that the previously announced acquisition of KSL Fairways Golf Corp. has been completed through a newly formed company which is jointly owned with Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund IV.

Effective immediately, KSL Fairways Golf has been renamed Fairways Golf Corp. Bank Boston N.A. provided the financing for the transaction, which includes a facility for additional acquisitions. 

Fairways Golf is one of the nation�s largest golf course ownership companies, with 24 properties primarily in Virginia, Maryland, Florida and Wisconsin, composed of private, semi-private and public golf courses.  Fairways Golf specializes in �quality, affordable golf��the market segment providing more superior quality and service than typical municipal courses, yet less expensive than most high-end daily fee and private golf courses.  Greens fees, including cart, at Fairways daily fee and semi-private courses typically range from $25 to $59. 

Meadowbrook Golf Group is one of the nation�s leading golf course companies, engaged in the ownership, maintenance, management and development of golf courses. Meadowbrook currently owns, leases and manages approximately 60 golf courses including the Fairways properties.

Through its international Golf Maintenance and Golf Ventures subsidiaries, it is also the country�s largest provider of outsourced golf course maintenance services, and a supplier and distributor of equipment and products to more than 1,000 golf courses.

KSL Fairways was a subsidiary of KSL Recreation Corp., one of America�s leading owner - operators of resorts and recreational facilities.

With headquarters in La Quinta, Calif., KSL Recreation currently owns and operates La Quinta Resort Club and its neighbor, PGA WEST, in La Quinta; The Claremont Resort Spa in Berkeley, Calif.; Grand Wailea Resort Hotel Spa on Maui in Wailea, Hawaii; Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami; Lake Lanier Islands Resort near Atlanta; and Grand Traverse Resort and Spa near Traverse City, Mich.

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Contact:
Meadowbrook Golf Group Inc., 
Beverly Hills
Arnold Rosenstein, 
310/274-3999
or
KSL Recreation Corp.
Patricia E. Peeples, 
970/845-8525
 
Also See: Guidelines For The Design Of A Modern Golf Course / Tony S. Ristola / Golf Architect 
The Club at Jones Creek; Augusta, Ga. to be Operated By Doral Golf / Sept 1999 

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