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The May issue of Golf Digest has been released and Myrtle Beach has once again showed why so many call our area "The Golf Capital of the World" by having seven courses named to "America's Top 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses". Golf Digest produces this list every two years and Myrtle Beach continually dominates the rankings. For a comparison of how impressive it is to have 7 courses ranked within a 42 mile span, the entire state of California has 9 courses on the list while Florida had only four courses make the list throughout the whole state.
The courses to receive this great honor are: The Heritage Club (33), The Dunes Golf and Beach Club (38), Tidewater (41), Caledonia Golf and Fish Club (66), Grande Dunes Resort Course (77), Fazio Course at Barefoot (96) and Dye Club at Barefoot (99). Not only is Beach Cove a member to the prestigious Dunes Club, but we are also partners with all seven courses on the list and our golf director can arrange tee times for you on any of these great layouts. Oh, and there just happen to be another 95 or so other great courses that we can arrange tee times for you.
To reserve your times, contact our golf director at golf@beachcove.com or by calling 800-369-7043.
Popular South Carolina music band, Hootie and the Blowfish are headed back to the Grand Strand this week as they host the 15th Annual Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am charity golf tournament at the Dye Club at Barefoot. This year will mark the 7th year that the event has been hosted on the Grand Strand, raising over $2.5 million in that time for junior golf and education charities, with last year's event raising funds over $450,000 alone.
The event kicks off on Sunday, April 12 with a Masters Viewing Party at the House of Blues followed by the fundraiser auction and will continue on Monday, April 13 with the celebrity golf tournament and will conclude Monday night with a concert put on by event hosts Hootie and the Blowfish.
The stars will be out in full force, as celebrities such as Samuel L. Jackson, Sterling Sharpe, Branford Marsalis, Jerome Bettis and many more will compete with PGA Tour golfers such as Chris DiMarco, Woody Austin and female golf legend Annika Sorenstam.
Spectator tickets are available through The Dye Club by calling (843) 390-3200.
Whether you're looking to learn the game of golf from square one or
you're looking to shave some strokes off of your handicap, there's no
better way to get full enjoyment out of the game of golf than to get
lessons from a PGA Teaching Professional. And as the widely recognized
"Golf Capital of the World", Myrtle Beach has plenty of great teaching
professionals that can help you improve your game. Well two golf
schools in Myrtle Beach have now been recognized as two of the Top 25 Golf Schools in America by Golf Magazine.The Classic Swing Golf School at Legends Golf Club and the Ritson-Sole Golf School at Pawley's Plantation were both honored in this prestigious list in the November issue of Golf Magazine. Both golf schools have actually been recognized for a number of years on this list, and offer what is by the best value of any of the other 25 schools on the list.
Of course with such a great honor for these two schools, we would be remiss if we didn't mention that Myrtle Beach has many other great places to learn to improve your golf swing. The Grande Dunes offers instruction from Brad Redding, who is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher in America. Nick Bradley, who is the swing teacher of world ranked top 10 player Justin Rose, calls the Barefoot Golf Club his home for his Myrtle Beach golf school.
For more details on Myrtle Beach golf schools, feel free to contact our Golf Director.
We are excited to announce that Beach Cove has been selected as one of the host resorts for a wonderful event that has been put together by the New Jersey Firemen's Benevolent Association and our air partner, Myrtle Beach Direct Air, the FLASH (Firemen's Land And Sea Holiday) Golf and Fishing Fundraiser with proceeds going to the families of the "Charleston 9", a group of courageous men who lost their lives while fighting a fire on June 18, 2007.
This event, the first national fundraiser put on by the NJFMBA, will be held November 12 -16 and will feature golf at area golf courses including Blackmoor, Arrowhead, Wild Wing, Caledonia, True Blue and others, and deep sea fishing trips for the non golfers. Organized events will be hosted by Martin's PGA Tour SuperStore and 2001 Nightclub as part of the package.
While attendance for this inaugural event is expected at anywhere from 500 - 1000 participants comprised of firefighters and friends from all over the country, the event is open to the public to assist in raising funds for this great cause. For more details on the event please visit the FMBA FLASH event web site or call Jo Ann Fusco at (732) 499-9250.
If you are not familiar with the events of the Charleston 9, click here to read more about this terrible tragedy.
After the jump we found a moving tribute to the 9 great men who lost their lives last June.
Both the Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach PGA SuperStore Locations are offering free golf clinics for junior golfers, women golfers and male golfers every week conducted by each store's golf professionals. The schedule for the clinics is as follows:
- Junior Clinics - Wednesdays and Fridays
- Mini Tour (Beginner) 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- Nationwide Tour (Intermediate) 6:15 pm - 6:45 pm
- Women's Clinics - Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Phase 1 (Beginner/Novice) Tues 9:30 am - 10:30 am
- Phase 2 (Intermediate) Thurs 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Men's Clinics - Saturdays - 9:00 am - 10:00 am
With gas prices climbing, we are trying to offer every bit of value for your summertime family vacation that we can find. There are a variety of great room offers right here on our web site, and now we are offering great value for parents to bring their kids to play golf in Myrtle Beach, because after all, we are known as a great family destination as well as the "Golf Capital of the World"!
This summer a variety of courses have extended a great offer that allows one child 16 and under to play free golf with cart for every paying adult. Some of the courses offered are Blackmoor Golf Course (seen above), Arrowhead CC, King's North at Myrtle Beach National, Waterway Hills, Myrtle Beach National South Creek and West courses, Long Bay Club, Aberdeen CC, and many more.
For more details and to book your tee time, call our golf director at 800-369-7043!
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The newly opened Leopard's Chase Golf Club was recently honored by both GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest for being one of the best new courses in the United States. GOLF Magazine named Leopard's Chase to its prestigious Top 10 New Courses You Can Play list, while also being named to Golf Digest's Best New Public Courses Over $75 list.
The "Granddaddy" of Myrtle Beach golf courses, Pine Lakes Country Club, is currently undergoing a major redevelopment project with the intention of maintaining many of the historical golf corridors while creating others to improve the golf experience.
