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Long Bay Golf Club to Host Golf Tournament to Benefit North Myrtle Beach High School
01/07/2008
Tournament to Benefit Scholarship Programs and Music Education at North Myrtle Beach High School
The Long Bay Golf Club will host the inaugural “Golf Fore Education” tournament on Saturday, February 2nd. Presented by The Golf Gurus of Myrtle Beach and SunCruz Casinos, the captain’s choice tournament is open to both individuals and four-person teams and will begin with an 11:00 a.m. shotgun start.
An awards ceremony will follow the completion of play with prizes to be awarded to the first-place, second-place, third-place and last-place teams as well as winners of the hole-in-one, closest-to-the-pin and long drive contests. Golfers can also purchase raffle tickets for a wide assortment of prizes. Food and drink will be served throughout the day with heavy hors d’oeuvres after golf.
All proceeds from the tournament will benefit North Myrtle Beach High School with 50 percent of the contributions given to scholarship programs for graduating seniors and the remainder donated to the North Myrtle Beach High School Band to help support music education. All contributions are tax-deductible with single entry fees of $100 and four-person teams priced at $400. Sponsorship opportunities begin at $100.
A participants’ reception will be held on Friday, February 1st at the SunCruz Casinos in Little River, starting at 5:30 p.m. Hors d’ouevres, drinks and gift bags will be provided for all participants, as well as a short clinic by head golf professionals from The Myrtle Beach National Company. For more information on participating in the “Golf Fore Education” tournament or sponsorship opportunities, contact Scott Noll of Golf Gurus Myrtle Beach at (843) 399-8880 or scott@golfdepartment.com.
“Thank you to The Long Bay Golf Club, The Myrtle Beach National Company and SunCruz Casinos for helping us host this fundraiser for the students of North Myrtle Beach High School,” said Kish Gohil, one of the owners of Golf Gurus of Myrtle Beach. “This is a great opportunity to help raise money for hard-working students while enjoying one of Myrtle Beach’s finest golf courses."
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.
The Myrtle Beach National Company 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 500 prep golfers to the Grand Strand. During the spring, Myrtle Beach National welcomes more than 500 junior golfers to the area during Easter weekend for the Myrtle Beach Junior Golf Tournament. In the fall, Myrtle Beach National welcomes women golfers and couples to the Grand Strand for the Girls Love to Golf Clinic and The Carolina Couples Classic. For more information, visit MBN.com or call 1-800-882-2614.
