Grammy-Award Winning Band To Tape "The Big Break All Star Challenge" Saturday Before Hosting Monday After the Masters Celebrity Golf Tournament
April 5, 2006, North Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Hootie & The Blowfish will tape "The Big Break All Star Challenge" for The Golf Channel on Saturday, April 8 at the Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The four members of the band will challenge each other in a special golf contest for charity and bragging rights for the episode which will air during the summer.
"The Big Break All Star Challenge" will take place on holes 17 and 18 of the Norman Course, the putting green at the Dye Club and the Barefoot Resort driving range. Based upon their performance, each band member will receive a cash award to be donated to The Hootie & The Blowfish Foundation.
The band will be in North Myrtle Beach for the 12th Annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament, sponsored by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, will be held Monday, April 10 at the Dye Club at Barefoot Resort & Golf. The list of celebrities, athletes and musicians scheduled to compete include golf legend Arnold Palmer, University of South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier, ESPN personality Stuart Scott, actors Anthony Anderson and Kevin Sorbo, former NFL stars Dan Marino, Dwight Clark, Gale Sayers, Bernie Kosar, Sterling Sharpe, Jim McMahon and Tony Siragusa. From the PGA TOUR, John Daly, Tom Kite, Chris DeMarco, JB Holmes, Rich Beem and Lee Elder and musicians Meat Loaf, Branford Marsalis and Jason Mraz.
Widely considered one of the most popular celebrity pro-ams in the country, the Hootie & The Blowfish Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament has donated more than $3 million to educational and junior golf charities.
"The Big Break All Star Challenge" is one of the many benefits of hosting the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Golf Tournament in Myrtle Beach," said Bill Golden, vice president, director of marketing for Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. "Through the Monday After the Masters, we have the opportunity to work with media partners like The Golf Channel to bring more national exposure to Myrtle Beach."
About "The Big Break"
Now in its fifth season, "The Big Break" airs each Tuesday night and has been one of The Golf Channel’s most successful shows in the network’s 11-year history, featuring golfers putting it all on the line for a chance to earn exemptions to play on some of the world’s top tours, such as the LPGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, European Tour and Canadian Tour. Viewers see great golf – strategy, tension, clutch shots and critical mistakes – as contestants take on challenges that reveal the strengths and weaknesses in their games and test their mental toughness. Players are eliminated one by one until only one is crowned "Big Break" champion. Previous "All Star Big Break" shoots have involved the Boston Red Sox, NASCAR Drivers, Brett Favre and Green Bay Packers teammates and cast members from the NBC comedy "Scrubs."
About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association of 60 accommodations, 85 championship golf courses and four golf schools in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area. Founded in 1967, the organization continues to be the driving force behind the success of the Myrtle Beach area golf market as the world’s leading golf vacation destination. In addition to hosting the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters and Golfapalooza, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday also manages the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship – the world’s largest amateur golf tournament – 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, visit the Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday website at www.golfholiday.com.
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