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Myrtle Beach Golf Course Accolades
03/21/2008
SIX GRAND STRAND AREA COURSES NAMED IN GOLFWEEK MAGAZINE’S “AMERICA’S BEST COURSES” RANKING
March 20, 2008, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday announced today that six Grand Strand area golf courses were honored in the 2008 Golfweek Magazine “America’s Best Courses” ranking. The annual Golfweek ranking is comprised of three separate lists that name the top 100 classic courses built before 1960; the top 100 modern courses built after 1960, and the state-by-state list of the top courses. The criteria used by Golfweek raters to evaluate golf courses included the ease and intimacy of routing, integrity of design, quality of feature shaping, natural setting and overall land planning among other categories.
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club was named to Golfweek’s “America’s 100 Best Modern Courses” ranking at No. 100, while The Dunes Golf and Beach Club was ranked 94th in Golfweek’s “America’s 100 Best Classic Courses” list. Both Caledonia and The Dunes Club have made the magazine’s annual rankings for the last 10 consecutive years.
Golfweek Magazine also recognized the top 10 golf courses in South Carolina with six Grand Strand area courses making the “Best State-by-State Public Access Courses” list. Caledonia led all Grand Strand courses in third place with The Dunes Club just behind in the fourth spot. Tidewater Golf Club and Plantation was ranked as the sixth-best course in the Palmetto State while True Blue Plantation was ranked seventh. The TPC at Myrtle Beach was recognized in eighth place while the Love Course at Barefoot Resort was ranked 10th.
“To have six different courses named to Golfweek’s prestigious rankings is a testament to the quality of public golf courses that we have on the Grand Strand,” said Bill Golden, vice president and director of marketing at Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. “We congratulate Caledonia and Dunes Club for their ranking among the country’s 100 best courses once again in 2008, along Tidewater, True Blue, TPC and Barefoot Resort for being named as the best in the state.”
“The Grand Strand is not only blessed with accessible, affordable golf,” said Bradley S. Klein, national director of Golfweek’s Best. “It's also one of the unacknowledged centers of fine golf course design that the public can enjoy, thanks to two courses on the top-100 and six out of South Carolina's ten best courses you can play. In the Myrtle Beach area, appreciating great architecture isn't akin to seeing paintings at a museum; it's more like enjoying a stroll through a wonderful public park.”
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About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association of 77 championship golf courses, 104 golf package providers and five golf schools in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area. Founded in 1967, the organization has been and continues to be the driving force behind the growth of the Myrtle Beach area golf market. The originator of the “Stay and Play Package,” Golf Holiday provides non-biased information about the area accommodations and golf courses to assist golfers in making the most informed decisions when planning for their next vacation. Golf Holiday also hosts seven events and tournaments annually to help grow the game of golf and attract golfers to the Grand Strand during slower times of year. In addition to hosting the Spring and Fall Palmetto High School Golf Championships, Golf Holiday also manages the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship – the world's largest amateur golf tournament, the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament, the Veterans Golf Classic, the FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing and the Summer Family Golf Tournaments,. For more information, call Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday at 1-800-833-8798 or visit GolfHoliday.com<http://www.golfholiday.com/>.
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