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Litchfield Country Club To Serve As Home Course For Lowcountry Day School Golf Team
03/21/2008
High School Golf Team Will Practice and Host Matches at the Willard Byrd Course
Litchfield Country Club officials announced today that the Club will serve as the home course of the Lowcountry Day School golf team during the 2008 spring season. The Fightin’ Marlins varsity golf team consists of eight student-athletes who are currently in grades nine through 12. The Lowcountry Day School will practice daily at the course and host four tournaments during the season that runs from mid-March through the month of April.
“We’ve played other courses in the Grand Strand community, but Litchfield Country Club stands head-and-shoulders above everyone,” said Danny Bell, head coach of the Fightin’ Marlins golf team. The Litchfield course is in great shape and we have the use of their driving range, putting green and walk nine holes each day during practice. The Litchfield Country Club staff has been very professional and the teaching professionals take the time to offer additional tips after practice. Our relationship with Litchfield Country Club has helped our student-athletes improve their game.”
“We are very excited to welcome the Lowcountry Day School golf team to Litchfield,” said Christa Bodensteiner, head golf professional. “We hope that practicing daily on our challenging course will give the team a true advantage during their matches. Litchfield Country Club has always been very supportive of junior golf programs and we look forward to supporting the Low Country squad in 2008.”
For more information or dates of the matches, contact Litchfield Country Club’s Pro Shop at (843) 837-3411 or visit ldspi.org.
About The Myrtle Beach National Company
The Myrtle Beach National Company has evolved into one of the leading golf course ownership and management operations in the Southeast, featuring many of the most well-respected signature courses along the Grand Strand. The company formed in 1971 with the construction of the Arnold Palmer-designed original 54-hole golf complex, which includes the West Course, Southcreek (both designed by Francis Duane and Arnold Palmer) and King’s North, also an Arnold Palmer design that has achieved national notoriety. Myrtle Beach National has grown to include the Robert Trent Jones designed Waterway Hills, Jack Nicklaus’ Long Bay, Tom Jackson’s River Club and Aberdeen Country Club, Dan Maple’s Willbrook Plantation and Willard Byrd’s Litchfield Country Club, all premier Myrtle Beach area signature courses..
Myrtle Beach National has hosted tournaments for men, women, senior or junior golfers for more than 35 years to help grow the game of golf. Every November, Myrtle Beach National-sponsored George Holliday Memorial Tournament, recently named one of the top-ranked junior tournaments by the Heritage Classic Foundation, draws more than 300 prep golfers to the Grand Strand. During the spring, Myrtle Beach National welcomes more than 150 junior golfers to the area during Easter weekend for the Myrtle Beach Junior Golf Shoot-out Tournament. In the fall, Myrtle Beach National welcomes women golfers and couples to the Grand Strand for “The Carolina Couples Classic” and “Just Girls Weekend.” For more information, visit MBN.com or call 1-800-882-2614.
