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Myrtle Beach National Hosting Retired Military Golf Classic
05/26/2009
May 26, 2009, Myrtle Beach, S.C. - The Myrtle Beach National Company is playing host to the 26th Annual National Retired Military Golf Classic, May 26 through May 30, 2009. The tournament is a captain’s choice format at five Myrtle Beach championship golf courses; King’s North at Myrtle Beach National, South Creek at Myrtle Beach National, the West Course at Myrtle Beach National, the Long Bay Club and Aberdeen Country Club.
The men’s tournament consists of 72 holes while the women will utilize a 54-hole competition with the courses and foursomes rotated each day. New in 2009, golfers are allowed to use Range finders during the tournament. The registration fee runs $265 for men and $220 for women and includes the golf and cart fees, awards, special drawings, a Retired Military Classic golf shirt, a man’s hat or a women’s visor and mulligans.
Team and individual prizes will be awarded with golf vacations, gift certificates and cash as the prizes. A closest-to-the-pin contest will be held each day and golfers can win a ___ car with a hole-in-one. More than $60,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded during the tournament.
“The Myrtle Beach National Company is honored to once again welcome active and retired military personnel to Myrtle Beach for the 2009 National Retired Military Golf Classic,” said Jim Woodring, vice president of golf operations at Myrtle Beach National. “This is our 26th year hosting the tournament with military members representing more than 24 military bases. This is a week that many participants put on their calendars well in advance as they look forward to both the camaraderie and competition that the week offers.”
For more information on the tournament, call 1-866-469-7853 or visit NRMGC@oceanaresorts.com.
About The Myrtle Beach National Company
The Myrtle Beach National Company has evolved into one 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 Nation 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. In September 2008, Myrtle Beach National took over the management of Blackmoor Golf Club.
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 Holiday 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 the Easter weeked 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.
