More than 1,000 men and women are expected to compete in the largest and longest-running retired military golf event in the world!
May 11, 2012, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – National Golf Management and Oceana Resorts will host the 29th Annual National Retired Military Golf Classic, May 29-June 2, 2012. It is the largest and longest-running golf event for retired military in the world. The men’s competition will be held at the three Myrtle Beach National courses and Long Bay Club, while the women’s competition will be conducted at Aberdeen Country Club. National Golf Management operates all five courses.
Starting times and courses will be announced at registration to be held at Myrtle Beach National on May 29 and will be available online at www.oceanaresorts.com
The tournament will consist of 72 holes (four rounds) for men and 54 holes (three rounds) for women. The format is “captain’s choice” (scramble) and teams will change each day of the competition. All participants must have a USGA handicap index and show a Military ID at registration. The field will be capped at 880 men and 128 women.
The registration fee is $295 for men and $250 for women, which includes the rounds of golf, cart fees, awards, special drawings, a Classic golf shirt, a msn’s hat or a women’s visor and a golf towel. Also included is a complimentary Tuesday night “Icebreaker” (cocktail reception) at Bay Watch Resort and an entertainment option at Alabama Theatre or a food and drink certificate.
Team and individual prizes will be awarded and include high value gift certificates, cash, golf vacations for two and special drawings. A closest-to-the-hole contest with prizes will be held each day on each course and golfers will have an opportunity to win $10,000, a golf vacation, driver and fairway woods, or a set of irons for a hole-in-one. Additionally, $250 cash will be awarded for any hole-in-one (except #8 North).
To register or for more information on the National Retired Military Golf Classic and Oceana Resorts – Classic Hotel Headquarters, visit www.oceanaresorts.com
“This is the largest and best military golf tournament in the world and is completely comprised of retired members of the military services and their spouses,” said Colonel Terry Brown, tournament director. “Many of the golfers plan their vacation around the tournament and we have a number who have participated every year since the inaugural 1983 event. No doubt the camaraderie is a motivating factor, but it’s also a serious competition.”
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 22 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). 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.mbn.com
Contact:
Craig Smith or Tim Gavrich
The Brandon Agency, (843) 916-2000
csmith@thebrandonagency.com
tgavrich@thebrandonagency.com
