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 The Classic Golf Group has announced that Founders Club at Pawleys Island was selected as the name for the new golf course being built on the site of the former Sea Gull Golf Club.
During the month of June, Classic Golf Group held a contest on its wesite www.playaclassic.com and asked golfers to suggest their favorite name for Myrtle Beach’s first new public golf course in the Pawleys Island area in five years.
Iris Stoudt’s suggestion of Founders Club at Pawleys Island was chosen by the name selection committee, which included owners Ed Jerdon and Rowland Thomas, general manager Tommy Smothers and members of the Classic Golf Group management team, from more than 3,000 entries submitted.
 For her efforts, Stoudt was rewarded with a golf membership to the Founders Club at Pawleys Island.
“I think the new name has a lot of class,” said Stoudt of Wake Forest, N.C. “I based my entry on the history of Sea Gull Golf Club as it was one of the first golf courses to open in Pawleys Island in 1966.”
The groundbreaking for the Founders Club started July 24, 2006, with a projected grand opening date of September 2007. Thomas Walker, lead architect from the Gary Player Design Group, took the basic course design of the former Sea Gull Golf Course and made modifications to the topography, elevation and the number of waste areas to set tees, fairways and greens apart.
 Palmetto Architecture of Myrtle Beach is designing the new Founders clubhouse, which will feature a Lowcountry design, a wrap-around porch, dining and meeting facilities and second-floor office space as it overlooks the 10th and 18th greens.
“The Founders Club will be a very high end golf club and a great asset to the golf community in Pawleys Island and along the Grand Strand,” said Tommy Smothers, general manager of the Classic Golf Group. “We are very excited about the groundbreaking of this world-class and uniquely designed golf course.”
About Classic Golf Group
Classic Golf Group is an established golf management company that provides operational and management services for a wide range of courses. Classic Golf Group creates an exceptional golf experience on quality courses for a competitive price as a result of their commitment to the game, the product and to the customer. In the last three years, two Classic Golf Group courses have been selected as the “Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course of the Year” by the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association (Burning Ridge - 2006, Indian Wells - 2004). Currently, the Classic Golf Group manages five Grand Strand area golf courses including Burning Ridge, Indian Wells, Black Bear, Crown Park and the new Founders Club at Pawleys Island scheduled to open in September 2007. For additional information about The Classic Golf Group, call 1-800-TEE-OFFS or (843) 293-8008 or visit www.ClassicGolfGroup.com.
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