The
second annual Fallen Angels Charity Golf Tournament will be played
May 24-25 on the Fazio and Love courses at Barefoot Resort &
Golf. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Air Medical
Memorial, a 501 © (3) non-profit that honors heroes who have lost
their lives or were injured in air medical transport
accidents.
The Air Medical Memorial assists accident survivors in
rebuilding their lives, promotes air medical transport safety, and
is building the Air Medical Memorial & Survivors Garden, which
will be located just outside Denver, Co.
Tournament participants will have the opportunity...
Entries Pour Into the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship
The Golf.com
World Amateur Handicap Championship is the most unique and popular
participatory event of its kind.
Golfers from across the globe annually make the trek to Myrtle
Beach for the opportunity to compete under PGA Tour-like
conditions, and 2012 will be no different.
The 29th edition of the World Am will be played August 27-31 and more
than 2,300 golfers from 48 states and 20 foreign countries have
already signed up for the tournament.
Twice as big as any other event of its size, the World Am
challenges players with 72 holes of net, stroke play competition,
letting them experience the...
Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Photo Gallery
The 2012 Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am again attracted a star-studded field to the Dye Course, one of the most decorated Myrtle Beach golf courses. Enjoy a look at the day's sights and sounds, beginning with the live broadcast of ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning Show.
Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship Accepting Entries; Special Promotional Rate Entices Golfers
Entries are
now being accepted for the 2012 Golf.com World Amateur
Handicap Championship and a special promotional rate is
allowing players to enter for just $425 through April 26. The 29th
annual World Am, a 72-hole net, stroke play event, will be played
August 27-31 on more than 60 Myrtle Beach golf courses.
[Visit: www.WorldAmGolf.com]
The World Am is golf’s most inclusive amateur event, attracting
more than 3,000 players from all 50 states and 20+ foreign
countries to Myrtle Beach to compete for the right to be crowned
world champion.
In addition to golf, the entry fee also includes...
Mike & Mike, Myrtle Beach Golf Trip Cures Homesickness For Contest Winner
Andrew
Marshall had been planning to take a Myrtle Beach golf
trip with a few friends from Cleveland.
Little did he know that he would win the perfect weekend on the
links for him and a few new friends - Mike Greenberg and Mike
Golic, co-hosts of the "Mike & Mike In The Morning" show.
The graduate student and cross country assistant coach at Salem
College in Winston-Salem, N.C., was chosen to meet the TV/radio
personalities at the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters
Celebrity Pro-Am at Barefoot Resort and he played in the event
with Golic. It was like a dream trip come true.
"I listen...
Trip Winner Plays With Blair O'Neal, Gets Glimpse at Dream Life
Matthew
Killen, a senior golfer at Newberry (S.C.) College, has always
dreamed of playing his favorite sport professionally.
The native of England got a small taste of life as pro in the
Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am in North Myrtle
Beach.
As the winner of a nationwide contest to play in the 18th annual
tournament with Myrtle Beach golf buzz host Blair O'Neal, Killen found
himself front and center among some of the biggest names in the
star-studded event.
"I actually signed a few autographs and took some pictures with
fans who thought I was a pro," Killen said. "I've never played...
PGA Tour Player Ken Duke and Football Star Sterling Sharpe Capture 2012 Monday After the Masters
The
six-person team led by PGA Tour player Ken Duke and former NFL star
Sterling Sharpe captured the 2012 Hootie & The
Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am title with a
20-under par score of 52.
The squad led by Boo Weekly and former NBA star Jason Williams
finished second at 19-under par.
For the seventh consecutive year a sellout crowd of 6,000 fans
packed The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf to watch their
favorite celebrities, athletes and musicians compete in the 18th
annual Monday After The Masters tournament in North Myrtle Beach,
S.C.
Headlining the star-laden tournament...
Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Ready to Tee Off
Annika
Sorenstam and Jim Furyk will headline a star-studded field at the
18th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters
Celebrity Pro-Am at Barefoot Resort & Golf’s Dye
Course.
The event, which is being played in Myrtle Beach for
the 10th consecutive year, benefits the Hootie Foundation, and has
raised more than $5 million for charity. The Hootie Foundation
supports education in South Carolina and the South Carolina Junior
Golf Association.
Festivities will begin with the broadcast of ESPN Radio’s Mike
& Mike in the Morning Show at 6 a.m. The show will broadcast
for four hours on...
Palmetto Day 3: Myers Park Wins Palmetto High School Golf Championship
Myers Park shot a team score of 298 at the Moorland Course at
Legends Resort to win the 15th annual Palmetto High School Golf
Championship. Myers Park (Charlotte, N.C.) cruised to the title,
besting Salisbury (N.C.) High School and Forsyth Country Day
(Lewisville, N.C.) by 16 shots. (Complete team and individual
results: Championship Flight, First Flight, Second Flight)
Christian Chican of Providence Day School shot a 71 on the Moorland
Course to capture medalist honors in the championship flight.
Asheboro (N.C.) High School shot a 311 at Heathland to win the
first flight, besting Cape Henry...
Palmetto Day 2: Forsyth Country Day Fires Low Score of Qualifying Round
Forsyth Country Day shot a 297, the best team total of the
qualifying round at the Palmetto High School Golf Championship
Friday at Legends Resort.
Ben Schlottman of Forsyth Country Day shot a 3-under par 69 on the
Moorland Course, the best individual score among the 250 golfers
participating in the 15th annual event.
Forsyth Country Day, from Lewisville, N.C., will lead the field
going into Saturday’s 18-hole shootout to crown the Palmetto High
School Golf Championship winner. The championship flight will play
the Moorland Course.
Originally scheduled for three rounds, this year’s tournament...
Palmetto HS Golf Championship: Day 1
The first round of the Palmetto High School Golf Championship
was cancelled due to inclement weather. As a result of the
cancellation, the event will be shortened to 36 holes with play
resuming Friday at Legends Resort.
Thursday was scheduled to be a qualifying round, but all 52 teams
weren’t able to complete at least nine holes on the Norman and
Fazio Courses at Barefoot Resort due rain and lightening in the
area. The Friday round will now serve as a qualifier and there will
be an 18-hole shootout on Saturday for the tournament title.
Fifty-two teams from 10 states have traveled to Myrtle...
Palmetto High School Golf Championship Ready to Tee Off
Fifty-two
teams from 10 states are slated to compete in the 15th annual
Palmetto High School Golf Tournament April 5-7.
A staple on the Myrtle Beach golf calendar, the Palmetto is America’s
largest high school golf tournament.
“The Palmetto annually attracts some of golf’s best young talent
and teams,” Jeff Monday, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s tournament
director, said. “The event is always an enjoyable one and it allows
us introduce the next generation of traveling golfers to the
virtues of the Myrtle Beach golf experience.”
This year’s field will feature seven teams from California...
Javier & Friends Dinner & Concert Will Start the Fun For Monday After the Masters Weekend
The Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After
the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am brings more than a raucous
tournament to the Myrtle Beach golf scene. There are a host of auxiliary
events that also offer a good time and benefit a great cause.
One of the best is the 4th annual Javier and Friends Dinner &
Concert. Anchored by Javier Colon, winner of the popular NBC
reality show “The Voice,” the concert allows friends and fans an
up-close look at one of the music industry’s most talented
performers.
Javier’s event will be held Friday, April 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30
p.m. at Barefoot Resort Sports Bar & Grille....
Monday After the Masters Sells Out in Record Time
Entering its
10th year as the signature event on Myrtle Beach golf
calendar, the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters
Celebrity Pro-Am is more popular than ever.
Tickets for the 2012 Monday After the Masters, which will be played
at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Club on April 9, sold out in record time,
tournament organizers announced. Tickets for the event went on sale
February 25 and a capacity crowd of 6,000 is expected to
attend.
“Myrtle Beach and Monday After the Masters are a perfect marriage,”
said Paul Graham, MAM’s tournament director. “Myrtle Beach is a
golf crazy town that loves a...
Dustin Johnson, Annika Sorenstam and Jim Furyk Commit to Play in Monday After the Masters
The most
rollicking day on the Myrtle Beach golf calendar is again
attracting some of the game’s greatest players.
PGA TOUR star and Myrtle Beach golf spokesman Dustin Johnson, LPGA
legend Annika Sorenstam, former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk and
Ryder Cup hero Boo Weekly are the latest big names to the commit to
the 18th annual event.
[UPDATE: Due to a back injury, Dustin Johnson
was forced to withdraw from The Masters tournament, and we are
awaiting word as to whether he will appear at the Monday After the
Masters event as scheduled.]
The Monday After the Masters will be played April 9 at Bare...
Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Tickets Go On Sale Saturday
If you
want to enjoy one of the most rollicking events on the Myrtle Beach golf
scene, the time to secure a spot has nearly arrived.
Tickets for the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters
Celebrity Pro-Am will go on sale Saturday, February 25 at 11 a.m.
Tickets will be sold at House of Blues, both Barefoot Resort &
Golf pro shops and all Ticketmaster outlets.
The Monday After the Masters will be played on April 9 at Barefoot Resort & Golf’s Dye Course. It
will mark the 10th consecutive year the Dye Course has hosted the
tournament, which is the largest single-day fundraiser in...
Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love to Play in 2012 Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am
There will be
more Love than usual surrounding this year’s Hootie & the
Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am.
Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III has committed to play in this
year’s event, which will be held at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Course for the 10th
consecutive year on April 9.
A 20-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 1997 PGA
Championship, Love is one of the game’s most popular players. A
Charlotte, N.C., native, Love is intimately familiar with the
Carolinas and Myrtle Beach golf in particular.
His first major design project was the Love Course at Barefoot, which has...
Photo Gallery: Wedgefield Plantation
Wedgefield Plantation brings a Lowcountry feel to the Myrtle Beach golf scene. Visually the layout is defined by hundreds of soaring Live Oak tree draped in Spanish moss that run throughout the property. Enjoy a look at Wedgefield Plantation:
RELATED:
13th Annual Veterans Golf Classic Is Now Accepting Entries
The 2012
Veterans Golf Classic, one of the highlights of
the Myrtle Beach golf calendar, is now accepting entries.
The 13th annual event will be played May 20-23 on 12 Myrtle Beach golf courses. A two-man team event, the
Veterans Golf Classic is a 54-hole, handicap tournament that is
open to all current or former members of the United StatesMilitary
and their friends.
The event features a different format of play each day – better
ball, scramble and combined net team score – and each team must
include at least one current or former member of the armed forces.
Players are placed into one of four...
Palmetto High School Golf Championship Preparing For 15th Annual Spring Event
A great course
lineup, a field of teams from across the nation, and a
college-style event await participants in the 15th annual Palmetto High School Golf Championship.
The nation’s largest scholastic golf tournament, the Palmetto will
be played April 5-7 on some of the best Myrtle Beach golf courses. The 54-hole event annually
attracts more than 50 teams from across the United States.
Current PGA Tour players Rickie Fowler, the 2006 champion, and
Harris English are among the Palmetto’s most distinguished
alums.
The first day of the Palmetto will be a qualifying round, with
teams competing at...