In Addition to Competing for $500,000 in Prizes, Participants Can Also Become the New Host of The Wandering Golfer or Win All-Expense Paid Trip to Scotland
June 12, 2006, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Golfers still have time to register for the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship and save $35 prior to the event’s early entry deadline on Monday, July 10. The World Am will limit the 23rd Annual World Am entries to 4,250 participants with the current registration for the "World’s Largest Amateur Single-Site Golf Tournament" standing at 2,692, almost 10% more than last year’s total at this time.
Registration for the world’s largest amateur golf tournament, to be played along Myrtle Beach’s famed Grand Strand from August 28 through September 1, is $480 prior to the early entry deadline. Golfers can enter online at www.WorldAmGolf.com or by calling 1-800-833-8798. After the July 10 expiration date, the registration fee is $515.
Entry into the tournament includes four rounds of golf and a gift bag with more than $150 worth of 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 that features food, an open bar, live entertainment and a golf expo. The 40,000 square-foot PGA TOUR Superstore will feature merchandise from leading golf equipment and apparel manufacturers; as well as game improvement areas, skill contests and games for participants and guests to enjoy. Participants compete for the right to be crowned "World Champion" and have a chance to win more than $500,000 in prizes given away at the tournament.
Returning to the tournament in 2006 is the Centex Homes "Villa Quest" where one talented golfer will walk away with the keys to a brand-new $150,000 Myrtle Beach golf villa in one of Centex Homes’ premier Grand Strand communities, Berkshire Forest. Valued at approximately $150,000, the villa will be awarded to the World Am golfer who sinks a 10-foot putt Thursday night at the 19th Hole. All golfers are eligible to win the villa and the event begins Tuesday with a closest-to-the pin contest in each flight.
New in 2006 is the United States Qualifier of the International Pairs Championship where World Am contestants compete as a twosome for the opportunity to win an all-expense paid trip to St. Andrews to represent the United States in the 2007 International Pairs World Finals.
World Am golfers will also have the opportunity to submit video applications for FINE LIVING’s search for a new host of The Wandering Golfer. The new Wandering Golfer will host all 13 episodes of the show’s third season, tentatively slated to air in the spring of 2007. This opportunity is a "dream job" for any golfer with a passion for the game – to be paid to travel the globe and play his or her favorite sport at the sport’s most revered courses. Retiring host Chad Maulsby will serve as the Honorary Chairperson of the 2006 PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship and will be on hand at the 19th Hole to meet golfers and offer tips on impressing the contest judges.
"The PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship is the Every Day Golfers’ U.S. Open," said Steve Mays, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s tournament director. "The early entry deadline offers tremendous value for participants and gives golfers plenty of time to make their travel plans for the most exciting World Am yet."
The PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship is played on more than 66 Grand Strand courses and is open to any amateur golfer with a verified United States Golf Association handicap or the foreign equivalent for international players. Players are flighted according to their handicap.
The 23rd annual tournament is expected to draw 4,000 participants, including players from all 50 states and more than 23 foreign countries. Nearly 100 golfers play in each of the approximately 50 flights, with the flight winners advancing to compete in the 18-hole world championship playoff hosted at the renowned Dunes Golf and Beach Club
For more information, call 1-800-833-8798 or visit www.WorldAmGolf.com.
About Centex Homes
Centex Homes is the largest and most respected home builder along the Grand Strand, with 28 neighborhoods from Brunswick County, N.C., to Georgetown County, S.C. The Centex Homes Myrtle Beach Division (www.Centexhomes-Sccoast.Com) is a J.D. Power & Associates "Certified New-Home Builder," and has been honored with Habitat for Humanity’s coveted "Golden Brick Award."
Dallas-based Centex Corporation (NYSE: CTX), founded in 1950, is one of the nation’s leading home building companies. Centex operates in major U.S. markets in 25 states and delivered more than 39,000 homes in the United States in its most recent fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. Its leading brands include Centex Homes, Fox & Jacobs Homes, CityHomes and Centex Destination Properties. In addition to its home building operations, Centex’s (www.centex.com) related business lines include mortgage and financial services, home services and commercial construction. These businesses provide operational or financial support to home building operations and are leaders in their respective industries. Centex consistently ranks among the most admired companies in its industry, according to FORTUNE magazine.
Centex Homes’ Berkshire Forest (www.BerkshireForest.com) is a 600-acre master-planned community that offers its residents coastal living at its best. Conveniently located near several Grand Strand championship golf courses, it features superb amenities, which include a planned residents’ club, 32-acre silver lake with sandy beach and dock, and a private oceanfront beach club. Ideal for primary, retirement, or second home living, Berkshire Forest includes villas, townhomes, carriage homes, and single-family homes.
About PGA Tour Superstore
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 exceptional selection, services and prices within an entertaining, interactive store environment. GTPS is the PGA TOUR’s exclusive PGA TOUR partner for off-course/off-airport golf retailing. Two Superstores operate as Martin’s PGA TOUR Superstore in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Three Superstores operate in the Atlanta area (Roswell, Kennesaw, and Duluth) as PGA TOUR Superstore.
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 professional instructors, club fittings, indoor practice greens, and hitting nets, as well as golf and tennis apparel, golf-themed home furnishings, and a vast selection of golf and tennis equipment. The PGA TOUR Superstore’s Web site address is www.PGATourSuperstore.com.
About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association of 54 accommodations and 85 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 – the world’s largest on-site golf tournament, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday also manages the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday after the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am and Golfapalooza, 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 on Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, visit www.GolfHoliday.com.
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