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Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame Announces Board

September 24, 2008, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Representatives of Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc. and Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday announced today the members of the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame Board of Directors.

The seven-member Board, with votes, was created to establish the bylaws and guidelines for Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame; review membership nominations submitted annually and select the most qualified candidates. All of the Grand Strand golf organizations are represented on the board and will serve for the time period consistent with the term with their affiliations. The inaugural Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame Board of Directors consists of: Tracy Conner – General manager of the Tee Time Network; Clay DuBose – Immediate past president of the Palmetto Golf Course Superintendents; David Durant – President of the Myrtle Beach Golf Course Owners Association; A.J. Gohil – President of the Grand Strand Golf Directors Association; Ron Schmid – Executive director of the Carolinas PGA; John Springs – Chairman of the Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday Board and Bob Swezey – Executive vice president of resort and golf operations for Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc., and the executive director of the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame Board of Directors. David Downing – President of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America has been appointed as a Director at Large, in a non-voting capacity, through 2011.

The Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame was created in September 2008, in conjunction with Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, to honor the men and women who have played significant roles in all aspects of the Myrtle Beach area golf industry, from teaching to playing; course design and construction to administration. Opening in March 2009 in conjunction with the reopening of Pine Lakes Country Club, the Hall of Fame will be situated in the Pine Lake’s new Hall of Fame Garden adjacent to the newly renovated clubhouse. Each inductee will be honored in the garden surrounding the Sports Illustrated monument that memorializes the birthplace of the magazine at Pine Lakes in 1954. Four to six inductees will be honored in the inaugural year with additional members inducted each April on the anniversary of the PGA of America’s foundation; in honor of Robert White, the designer and first professional at Pine Lakes, as well as the first president of the PGA of America.

About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday
Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association of 77 championship golf courses, 115 golf package providers and five golf schools 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. The originator of the “Stay and Play Package,” Golf Holiday provides non-biased information about the area 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 grow the game of golf and attract golfers to the Grand Strand during slower times of year. In addition to hosting the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament each spring, Golf Holiday also manages the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship – the world's largest on-site 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, call Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday at 1-800-833-8798 or visit GolfHoliday.com.

About Pine Lakes Country Club
Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtle Beach’s first golf resort, has served as the epitome of the traditional golf resort since opening in 1927 as the Ocean Forest Golf Club. Designed by St. Andrews, Scotland native Robert White, Pine Lakes put Myrtle Beach on the map as the destination of choice for the country’s wealthiest families. Owned and operated by Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc., Pine Lakes is in the midst of an extensive 20-month, multi-million dollar restoration project that will transform the course and clubhouse back to the status enjoyed in earlier days. The restoration of the course will be directed by well-known golf course architect Craig Schreiner who is preserving many of the historical golf corridors that made Pine Lakes famous throughout the years. The project will also involve the addition of a 282-acre exclusive gated neighborhood featuring new single-family home designed with a classic, low country style. A March 2009 grand opening is scheduled for the Pine Lakes Country Club. For more information, visit PineLakes.com.
 
About Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc.
Burroughs & Chapin’s residential developments include the award-winning Grande Dunes, a 2,200-acre four-star community stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to west across the Intracoastal Waterway. Burroughs & Chapin has created numerous commercial developments offering national and regional name brand shopping. These include Broadway at the Beach – an award-winning 350-acre festival shopping, entertainment and dining complex surrounding the 22-acre Lake Broadway; Coastal Grand Mall, a one million square foot regional shopping mall joint ventured with CBL & Associates Properties of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Seaboard Commons; South Strand Commons; Arcadian Shores Commons; and many smaller “jewel box” centers.

Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management offers many of the finest 18-hole championship golf courses in Myrtle Beach, including the Resort Club and Members Club at Grande Dunes, Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtlewood Golf Club, Tidewater Golf Club and Plantation, Meadowlands Golf Club, Farmstead Golf Links and River Hills Golf Club. The management group also handles two Par 3 courses, five themed mini-golf courses and supervision of the Ripken Baseball operations in Myrtle Beach.

A leader in golf and vacation packages, Burroughs & Chapin’s Myrtle Beach Trips offers visitors to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand the “one call” convenience of a direct connection to the most popular attractions in the area and packages them together in a variety of ways to suit different tastes and budgets. With one easy call to Myrtle Beach Trips at (888) 539-8862, visitors can unlock all the thrills and excitement of many of America’s favorite family seaside destinations.