Myrtle Beach area golf school has been a Golf Magazine “Top 25” award-winner since 1999
March 13, 2012, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Phil Ritson and Mel Sole have been doing their part to grow the game of golf, and are now offering free one, two, and three-day teaching programs to youth (age 16 and younger) at their award-winning school at Pawleys Plantation, 30 minutes south of Myrtle Beach. The teaching academy offers a variety of programs to accommodate all skill levels and keeps its class size small to insure personal attention.
The teaching sessions include on-course play in the afternoons for juniors who are accompanied by a paying adult. And if more than one child is enrolling, instruction is just half price for the second child and regular green fees are charged for on-course play. Instruction is available as part of the vacation package when a family stays at the fully-equipped villas on site at Pawleys Plantation or the nearby oceanfront resort of Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort.
Adults pay between $495 and $595 for a three-day instruction school, depending on the time of year.
“We feel that we need to help grow the game and that people should expect first-class instruction at a price they can afford,” said Sole, a former South African PGA Tour player with more than 40 years of teaching experience.
Sole is also a published author on the subject, and his latest book, “Golf Step by Step,” was published in 2003.
The Ritson-Sole Golf School was opened at Pawleys Plantation in 1991. The renowned teachers also have schools in Atlanta; Greenville, S.C.; Ellicottville, N.Y.; and Mexico.
The golf course at Pawleys Plantation is an award-winning Jack Nicklaus Signature design with breathtaking views along the marshland on the final nine holes. It is one of the top courses offered by the National Golf Management group, which owns and/or operates 23 public courses in the coastal South Carolina region.
For more information about the Ritson-Sole Golf School, call (843) 237-4993 or (800) 624-4653, or visit www.ritson-sole.com
About the Ritson-Sole Golf School
Begun in 1989 in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Phil Ritson-Mel Sole Golf School is only one of only five academies to remain on GOLF Magazine’s “Top 25 USA Golf Schools” list since it debuted in 1999. Headquartered year-round at Pawleys Plantation, 20 minutes south of Myrtle Beach, Ritson-Sole is renown for its innovative and results-driven instruction for golfers of all skill levels. It is also regarded as a 5-star attraction in Pawleys Island by TripAdvisor.
Mel Sole, a GOLF Magazine top teacher and a veteran of the South African PGA Tour developed the teaching principles. Sole has more than 40 years of teaching experience. Phil Ritson is a former coach to Gary Player and others who have played on the PGA Tour.
About National Golf Management Company
The National Golf Management Company was formed in February 2012 with the merger of Burroughs and Chapin Golf Management (B&C) and Myrtle Beach National Company (MBN), making the new company one of the 15 largest golf course management companies in the United States. It is far and away the largest management company on the Grand Strand and one of the leading golf course companies in the Southeast. The merger brought together a total of 23 Myrtle Beach area golf courses.
Burroughs and Chapin Golf Management was formed in 1999, and its list of courses includes Myrtle Beach’s oldest course, Pine Lakes Country Club – the Myrtle Beach area’s first course (circa 1927), and Tidewater Golf Club, a unanimous selection as “Best New Course in America” when it opened in 1990. But the history of the company’s other interests, including real estate in and around Myrtle Beach, dates back more than 100 years. The lineage of the company is traced to F.G. Burroughs and Simeon B. Chapin.
Myrtle Beach National Company was formed in 1971 with the construction of the Arnold Palmer-designed 54-hole golf complex, which includes the West Course, SouthCreek and King’s North. Other courses of distinction include Long Bay Club, Pawleys Plantation and Willbrook Plantation.
For more information about NGM, visit www.nationalgolfmanagement.com
Contact:
Craig Smith or Tim Gavrich at The Brandon Agency, (843) 916-2000
csmith@thebrandonagency.com
