Host Golf Courses for the 2017 Myrtle Beach World Amateur
Fun. Camaraderie. Memories. Competition. But love for the game of golf is what this event is REALLY about. The courses are the canvas for each round we play, and Myrtle Beach has one of the best collection of courses in the world.
The course lineup for the 2017 tournament is complete, and the list is full of award-winning tracks. You have heard all about the quantity of golf courses in the Myrtle Beach area, and you may have experienced many of them. But the quality of these courses is even better, with 11 of them that have been ranked among America’s top 100 public courses by either Golf Magazine and Golf Digest in recent years. The top 100 courses hosting the event are:
Barefoot Fazio and Barefoot Love, Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, Grande Dunes Resort Course, Heritage Club, Myrtle Beach National King's North, Rivers Edge, Tidewater Golf Club, Tiger’s Eye, TPC Myrtle Beach and True Blue Plantation.
“The courses our participants get to play is second to none,” said Jeff Monday, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s tournament director. “The unique course offerings along the coast really give players a different look from day to day. You can play a tree-lined Rees Jones course one day, the next you're on a Pete Dye designed beauty with rolling mounds and the next you're playing a links course with open fairways and huge greens. The golf really is the best part of the event.”
SEE THE COMPLETE LIST OF HOST COURSES HERE
The 34th annual World Am will be played August 28 through September 1, and the early entry registration fee of $525 runs through May 18.
A 72-hole, net stroke play event, the World Am is expected to attract more than 3,000 players from all 50 states and more than 30 countries. Golf’s most respected and rigorously enforced handicap system levels the playing field, giving all players a chance to win. Players are flighted based on gender, age and handicap. After four rounds of competition, all flight winners and ties will advance to the World Championship Playoff.
The fun of the World Am doesn’t end with the final putt. Each night participants and a guest gather at the World’s Largest 19th Hole, which encompasses 120,000 square feet of the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, for free food and drinks, live entertainment and an expansive golf expo.