Source: The Greeneville Sun

BY TOM YANCEY
STAFF WRITER

Llamas from Greene County have been getting a lot of attention -- international attention, even -- since they moved to North Carolina and went to work as golf caddies.

The llamas that are now caddies were born in Greene County and were featured a few weeks ago on a Greenville, S.C., TV station, which led to a story on CNN, which led to a story on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

On Sunday night, a long segment about the llamas and their work as caddies was the closing story on the NBC Nightly News.

In that segment, another Greene Countian, Seth Saylor, a member of the Mars Hill College golf team, appeared with the local llamas at the request of his coach, who is also the course pro at Sherwood Forest Golf Course in Brevard.

The Greene County part of the story started almost two years ago when Jerry and Carolyn Ayers, who operate Walnut Ridge Llamas in Chuckey, sold six llamas to Mark English, of Brevard, N.C.

Walnut Ridge Llama Farm has been featured on the cover of Lama Link's February 2009 issue.  They invite you to read the article as they share their experiences with agri-tourism and how it has affected the success of their llama farm. They also give insight to their marketing strategies, which have drastically increased local and national sales.

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