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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
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South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel Ranks Robert Trent Jones as the Seventh-Best in the State
April 23, 2008, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Dunes Golf and Beach Club was recently named to the “50 Best Courses in South Carolina” ranking recently announced by the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel. Reviewed in the April issue of Palmetto Golfer, the Panel’s biennial ranking recognizes the state’s top resort, public access, daily-fee courses and private courses in even-numbered years.
The Robert Trent Jones design was the top-ranked Grand Strand area golf course honored by the ranking, at number seven, and moved up two spots since the 2007 ranking.
“We are excited to be recognized as one of the top 50 golf courses in the state,” said Dennis Nicholl, The Dunes Club’s head golf professional. “We strive to provide a superior golfing experience to our members and guests and this award confirms our success at creating this experience.”
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Some of golf’s most influential leaders and members of the game’s most prominent associations converged on the nation’s capitol to celebrate a bipartisan Congressional resolution which declared April 16, 2008 as National Golf Day.
The golf leaders discussed the game’s impact on society, in particular its role to the U.S. economy.
The golf industry is the sports and entertainment worlds’ largest contributor to our economy, generating $76 billion in direct economic impact according to a recent study, the 2005 Golf Economy Report, commissioned by World Golf Foundation’s GOLF 20/20 initiative completed earlier this year and released at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla.
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
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April 21, 2008, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday announced today that it will host the seventh annual FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing, May 18-21, 2008. The FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing is the world’s largest firefighter golf benefit and has raised more than $60,000 for the families of fallen firefighters. More than 600 firefighters from 27 states and Canada are expected to participate on 30 Grand Strand area courses during the week. 
The 2008 tournament will be dedicated to the late Captain Louis Mulkey and the Charleston, S.C. firefighters who lost their lives in a furniture store fire in West Ashley, S.C., last June. Mulkey had assisted with the Golf Outing each year by bringing members of his Charleston Fire Department to cook for all of the firefighters and their families at the picnic and awards ceremony. The FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing will honor Mulkey and the fallen Charleston firefighters in a special presentation at the April 21 picnic and awards ceremony.
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - LPGA professional Annika Sorenstam and Hootie & The Blowfish lead singer Darius Rucker survived a one-hole chip off to lead their six-person team to the 2008 Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament title. Sorenstam and Rucker’s team defeated two other teams on a chip off on the 3rd hole green after both teams finished 16-under-par after 18 holes.
For the third consecutive year, an estimated 6,000 golf fans packed The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf to see their favorite celebrities, athletes and musicians compete in the 14th annual Monday After The Masters Tournament in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Pace of play is an issue often discussed at the player level. But, members of the American Society of Golf Course Architects are also addressing this at the design level.
"A properly designed, well-drained course with ample playable areas, properly placed bunkers, visible water hazards and smaller greens usually plays fastest," said Steve Forrest, president. "ASGCA architects work with developers to design courses that are challenging but not overwhelming. This keeps play moving without detracting from the player’s overall experience."
Courses offering faster play usually benefit from a combination of factors including quality professional management, and the cooperation both of those playing and those directing play. However, according to Forrest, faster play also results from course designs that pay special attention to routing designs and tactical layouts of tees, greens and fairways.
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
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On the surface, Palmetto Discount Golf looks similar to one
of the dozens of outlets located throughout the Myrtle Beach Area whose
inviting mottos assure you they'll do their very best to accommodate your every
whim if selected to plan your next golf vacation.
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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
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Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand has a longstanding reputation as one of America’s favorite golfing destinations and that status within the state of South Carolina is no different.
The region recently placed 11 golf courses on the list of “Top 50 Courses in South Carolina” published by the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel, giving the Grand Strand more courses than any other destination.
Hilton Head’s Harbour Town Golf Links once again took home top honors as it was named the Palmetto State’s top course for the fourth consecutive year.
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
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Pawleys Island, S.C. -Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club in Pawleys Island, S.C., is offering a new golf package, "Road Trip" To celebrate their appearance on The Golf Channel's new reality series, Road Trip: Myrtle Beach, the package lets golfers experience four courses featured on the show, including Pawleys Plantation, which the show's stars lauded for its "awesome" beauty.
The three-night "Road Trip" package is available through September 3, 2008 (rates vary from $433 to $714 per person, according to the season) based on quad occupancy. It includes accommodations in a spacious Pawleys Plantation villa, daily plantation breakfast, and a round of golf on Pawleys Plantation's Jack Nicklaus-designed layout, and one round each on the Tradition Golf Club, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, and Willbrook Plantation Golf Club.
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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North Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters tournament organizers announced today that LPGA Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam will make her first appearance at the annual Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament to be held this year on April 14th at the Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 
The most successful player in women’s golf, Sorenstam has rewritten the record books during her storied 14-year career on the LPGA TOUR with 70 tournament victories, 10 Major championships and more than $20 million in career earnings. Sorenstam was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
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Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Myrtle Beach National will play host to the fifth annual Myrtle Beach Junior Golf Shootout during Easter weekend, March 21 – 22, 2008. The spring partner of the George Holliday Tournament held annually in November, the Junior Golf Shootout, hosts more than 150 boys and girls between the ages of nine and 18 years of age for the two-day tournament. The tournament entry fee is $99 and golfers from Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as a team from Finland, have already registered, with the entry deadline not until March 17, 2008.
Sponsored by Myrtle Beach National, PGA TOUR Superstore and Coca Cola, the Junior Golf Shootout features two tournament rounds at Myrtle Beach National’s Southcreek and West Course, lunch each day, a welcome gift and door prizes. The Shootout is sanctioned by the South Carolina Junior Golf Association and tournament participants can earn points towards the Heritage Classic Foundation Rankings.
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
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Pawleys Island, S.C. - It’s the day that owners Charlie Byers and Ed Jerdon and the entire Classic Golf Group family have been looking forward to since closing Sea Gull Golf Club for a complete renovation more than two years ago.
On February 1, 2008, The Founders Club at Pawleys Island officially opened its doors to all golfers but on January 30, Founders Club held its grand opening ceremony with more than 100 VIP’s and media members getting the first peek at the newest Thomas Walker design.
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Friday, 01 February 2008 |
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and The Golf Channel are bringing the ultimate Myrtle Beach golf experience to 110 million homes worldwide starting Tuesday, Feb. 5 with the debut of Road Trip: Myrtle Beach, the first reality show to be based in the state of South Carolina. Each original episode will air Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. and will be rebroadcast during the week.
Filmed entirely along the Grand Strand, a 60-mile stretch of coastline along the Atlantic Ocean that extends from Southport, N.C. to Georgetown, S.C., the Myrtle Beach area is the first American golf destination to play host to a non-competitive reality program. Road Trip: Myrtle Beach will provide a backstage glimpse at why the Grand Strand area is known as the “Golf Capital of the World” with more “Top 100” golf courses than any other destination and three million rounds recorded on area golf courses each year.
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
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Myrtle Beach and the Grandstrand have been selected to host six of the nineteen scheduled events for the inaugural edition of the NGA/Hooters Golf Tour's Carolina Series.
Quail Creek Golf Club, Crow Creek Country Club, Shaftsbury Glen Golf Club, Farmstead Golf Links, Black Bear Golf Club and River Hills Country Club all made the cut to host Carolina Series events and will do so in that order starting July 1.
The Carolina Series, which is scheduled to make stops in Charlotte, Columbia and Spartanburg, will feature fields consisting of Hooters Tour members in addition to local amateurs and professionals.
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 |
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Columbia, S.C. – Monday After the Masters tournament organizers have announced
that proceeds from the 2007 Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters
Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament totaled $458,000, breaking the previous high of
$450,000 from 2006. The 2007 Monday After the Masters also recorded its second
consecutive sell-out, as more than 6,000 fans bought tickets to see their
favorite celebrities, athletes and musicians compete in the annual charity golf
tournament at The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach
on April 9th.
Donations from the 2007 Monday After the Masters were
distributed to the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation, which supports the
South Carolina Junior Golf Association and educational programs in South
Carolina. During the 13-year history of the Monday After the Masters, more than
$3.5 million has been raised for South Carolina charities.
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
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Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Thirteen Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday member courses were
named to the “25 Best Courses You Can Play” rankings just announced by the South
Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel. The biennial list was again dominated by the
Grand Strand, the home of more than half of the honored premier public access
facilities. Charleston was second with five courses, Hilton Head came in third
place with four courses and the Midlands and Upstate finished just behind with
two and one courses, respectively.
The Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday courses
honored included Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Dunes Golf and Beach Club,
Grande Dunes Resort Course, The Heritage Club, King’s North at Myrtle Beach
National, Legends Resort–Heathland Course, Pawleys Plantation, Prestwick Country
Club, The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort, The Fazio Course at Barefoot Resort, The
Love Course at Barefoot Resort, Tidewater Golf Club and True Blue
Plantation.
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Tuesday, 27 November 2007 |
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Surfside Beach, S.C. —Steve Taylor, President of Signature Golf Group, has announced that Signature was named as the management company for Belvedere Plantation Country Club. The facility was recently purchased with the majority owners being brother John and Randy Long. “We are excited to add Belvedere to our portfolio of managed facilities” said Steve Taylor.
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Sunday, 25 November 2007 |
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Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Dunes Golf and Beach Club was recently named to the “25 Best Courses You Can Play” rankings just announced by the South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel. The biennial list recognizes the state’s top resort, public access an daily-fee courses during odd-numbered years. The Dunes Club was also selected for the panel’s inaugural “Best Courses You Can Play” ranking in 2005.
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Sunday, 11 November 2007 |
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Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday announced that Norm Bayens of Aurora, Colorado, will receive an all-expense paid trip for himself and three friends to experience golf in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as the winner of the “Play a Round ith Natalie Gulbis” contest.
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 |
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Pawleys Island, S.C. – The Founders Club at Pawleys Island will celebrate its grand opening on February 1, 2008, and is the first course to open on the south strand since the International Club debuted in 2000. One of five courses owned and operated The Classic Golf Group, The Founders Club sits upon on the site of the former Sea Gull Golf Club, which opened in 1965 as one of the first golf courses in Pawleys Island. The Founders Club is one of the original members of the Waccamaw Golf Trail.
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
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Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Dunes Golf and Beach Club celebrates its 60th anniversary as one of the United States’ most renowned golf courses on October 29th. On that fall day back in 1947, a group of prominent Myrtle Beach area business leaders gathere at Chapin’s Cabin, a small building formerly located on the property near what is now the 11th tee, in the first of several organizational meetings to discuss the formation of a corporation to build the area’s second golf course (Pine Lakes International Club, 1944).
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