Popular show to broadcast live at Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am
(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday — the Grand Strand’s golf marketing cooperative – announces ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike in the Morning” will air its show from the 18th annual Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am (MAM) on April 9.
With over 11 million weekly listeners / viewers on ESPN Radio and ESPN2, hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic’s will simulcast live from 6 – 10 a.m. on the 1st tee of the Dye Club at Barefoot Resort. This is the second consecutive year the wildly popular duo will broadcast at the event. Additionally, this marks the 10th straight year MAM is held on the Dye Course.
Joining this year’s field is 2012 Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III. A 20-time PGA TOUR winner, Love will be making his first appearance at MAM, joining the likes of Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Jim Furyk who have previously participated. Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey, local LPGA star Kristy McPherson, two-time major champion John Daly and Javier Colon – winner of television’s “The Voice” – are also scheduled to play.
“What better way to celebrate the spring golf season,” remarks Bill Golden, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday president, “than by hosting the nation’s most popular sports radio talk show team in the nation’s number one golf vacation destination. We are ecstatic to have Greeny and Golic back in Myrtle Beach, and invite the millions of Mike and Mike listeners to join us in Myrtle Beach for a spring golf vacation.”
For more information on MAM and Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, visit www.GolfHoliday.com.
About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association comprised of 79 championship golf courses and 99 golf package providers in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area. Founded in 1967, the organization continues to be the driving force behind the growth of the region’s thriving golf market. The originator of the “Stay and Play Package,” Golf Holiday provides non-biased information about accommodations and golf courses to assist golfers in making the most informed decisions when planning for their next vacation.
Golf Holiday also hosts seven events and tournaments annually to help to foster continued growth of the game. In addition to hosting the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament each spring, Golf Holiday also manages the GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship – the world’s largest single-site amateur golf tournament, the Summer Family Golf Tournaments, the Palmetto High School Golf Championships, the Veterans Golf Classic and the Myrtle Beach Never Forgets Memorial Golf Outing.
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