23rd Annual PGA TOUR Superstore World Am To Be Held August 28 – September 1, 2006, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
March 6, 2006, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Golfers can now register for the 2006 PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship and take advantage of the early registration period for a discounted entry fee. For all new participants, the entry fee is $480 prior to July 10th. Past players have until April 11th to enter at a discounted entry fee. After July 10th, the entry fee will increase to $515 for all golfers.
Golfers can register now online at the World Am website, www.WorldAmGolf.com, or call 1-800-833-8798.
Entry into the World Am includes four rounds of golf and a gift bag with more than $150 in merchandise. The entry fee also provides the golfer and guest with a pass to the World’s Largest 19th Hole, the tournament’s nightly party in the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
"The PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship is considered the ‘Every Day Golfers’ U.S. Open,’" said Steve Mays, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s tournament director. "Any amateur golfer with a United States Golf Association handicap index, or foreign equivalent, can register for the World Am and has a legitimate chance to be crowned as the ‘World Golf Champion.’ We are only accepting the first 4,250 entries this year so I encourage both new and past participants to register early and take advantage of the discounts. We are looking forward to the most exciting tournament in the 22-year history of the World Am."
The PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship, the world’s largest single-site golf tournament, is a 72-hole tournament played on 66 Myrtle Beach area golf courses each August. Participants compete for the right to be crowned "World Amateur Golf Champion" and to win some of the more than $500,000 in prizes given away at the tournament.
Players are flighted according to their handicap and at the conclusion of the 72-holes, flight winners advance to the 18-hole world championship playoff at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club.
Each evening after tournament play, participants and their guests attend the "World’s Largest 19th Hole" at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center which includes an extensive golf exposition, equipment demos, entertainment, open bars, prize drawings and dinner buffet featuring 15 of Myrtle Beach’s best restaurants.
Returning to the 19th Hole again in 2006 is the 40,000 square foot PGA TOUR Superstore interactive experience featuring merchandise from leading golf equipment and apparel manufacturers; clinics from leading instructors, as well as game improvement areas, skill contests and games for participants and guests to enjoy.
The PGA TOUR World Am website (www.WorldAmGolf.com) offers a daily glimpse at the World Am with news releases, participant information, photographs and updated standings during the tournament.
About PGA TOUR Superstore
PGA TOUR Superstore is the title sponsor of the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship. PGA TOUR Superstores are owned and operated by Golf & Tennis Pro Shop, Inc. (GTPS), headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. Each Superstore is dedicated to providing consumers with the best selection, best services and best prices within an entertaining, interactive store environment.
Two Superstores operate as Martin’s PGA TOUR Superstore in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, S.C., and three Superstores operate as the PGA TOUR Superstore in Roswell, Kennesaw, and Duluth, Ga.. All Superstores are focused on game improvement in golf and tennis, as well as growing the games. Each store offers swing analysis, golf instruction by PGA teaching professionals, club fitting, indoor practice greens, and hitting nets, as well as apparel, golf-themed home furnishings, and a vast selection of golf and tennis equipment. Martin’s PGA TOUR Superstore’s Web site address is www.martinspgatoursuperstore.com. The PGA TOUR Superstore’s Web site address is www.pgatoursuperstore.com.
GTPS is the PGA TOUR’s exclusive PGA TOUR partner for off-course/off-airport golf retailing.
About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association of 65 accommodations and 93 championship golf courses 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. In addition to managing the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship each summer, Golf Holiday also hosts the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament and Golfapalooza each spring, the Summer Family Golf Tournaments, the Spring and Fall Palmetto High School Golf Championships, the Veterans Golf Classic and the FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing. For more information, please call Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday at 1-800-833-8798 or visit www.golfholiday.com.
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