Golfers have until Friday, June 3 to have and former entry discount when registering for the 2011 GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship. The 28th yearly World Am will be held August 29 through September 2 with more than 3,000 golfers from 50 states and 20 countries expected to meet on 60 Myrtle Beach area courses for the week.
Registration for the 72-hole tournament is $ 550, but can be obtained for $ 500 for unexampled players and $ 450 for past participants before June 3. Entry into the tournament includes four rounds of golf, a gift bag upon arrival, and four evenings of food, drink and golf exhibits at the “World’s Largest 19th Hole.”
The entry fee also includes admission for the golfer, and guest, into the “World’s Largest 19th Hole” at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center each evening after tournament play. The 19th Hole features an extensive golf exposition, equipment demos, entertainment, open bars, concerts, prize drawings and food from some of Myrtle Beach’s finest restaurants.
The 19th Hole features an extensive golf exposition, equipment demos, entertainment, open bars, concerts, prize drawings and food from some of Myrtle Beach’s finest restaurants.
Hosted by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is a 72-hole tournament with participants competing for the right to be crowned “World Amateur Golf Champion.” Players are flighted according to their handicap and at the conclusion of the four rounds, flight winners advance to the 18-hole global championship round.
The World Am features five competitive divisions, ranging from men and women 49 years-of-age and under to the super seniors 70 years-of-age and older. The event’s inclusiveness is apparent in its past champions. Players with handicaps as low as three and as high as 34 have won the World Championship and three women have earned the distinction including 2009 winner Linda Fuller from Richmond, Texas. The defending champion is Bobby Perkinson of Alcoa, Tenn. The 74-year old shot his age last year to win the 2010 World Am to earn the title of “World Amateur Handicap Champion.”
The 2011 World Am will mark the fifth year of the Cory Lemke Parent-Child Championship, a tournament for any combination of parent and child participating in the event. Registration for the Parent-Child Championship is limited to the first 150 teams with no additional entry fee. The event will be played in honor of Cory Lemke, who won his flight at the age of 15 in 2002 and played countless rounds of golf with his father, Mark Lemke, a 14-year tournament participant. Cory tragically lost his life in a 2006 motorcycle accident but his memory will live on through the Cory Lemke Parent-Child Championship.
The 60 Grand Strand golf courses comprising this year’s World Am are some of the finest in the area including all four Barefoot Resort & Golf courses, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, World Tour Golf Links, TPC of Myrtle Beach, King’s North at Myrtle Beach National and Leopard’s Chase at Ocean Ridge Plantation.
“The GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is considered the ‘Every Day Golfers’ U.S. Open,’” said Dave Macpherson, tournament director of the GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship. “Any amateur golfer with an United States Golf Association handicap index, or foreign equivalent, can register for the World Am and has a legalized chance to be crowned as the ‘World Golf Champion.’ We’ve added a few special events in 2011 and look forward to the 28th year of the World Am.”
For more information on the event, host golf courses, or to register, call 1-800-833-8798 or visit WorldAmGolf.com.
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About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association of 99 championship golf courses, 79 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 coursing 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 GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship – the world’s largest on-site golf tournament, Golf Holiday also manages the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament each spring, Summer Family Golf Tournaments, the Spring Palmetto High School Golf Championships, the Veterans Golf Classic and the FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing. For more information, call Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday at 1-800-833-8798 or visit GolfHoliday.com.
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