Myrtle Beach Classics Golf Courses
Receives National Recognition

TravelGolf.com Staff Report

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (August 2, 2001) – Several Myrtle Beach Classics golf course members were recently rated by Golf For Women, Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. King's North at Myrtle Beach National and Willbrook Plantation were rated in Golf For Women's "Top 100 Fairways." Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, True Blue, Dunes Golf and Beach Club, King's North at Myrtle Beach National and the TPC of Myrtle Beach were rated for South Carolina in "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" in Golf Digest magazine.

Caledonia Golf and Fish Club and Dunes Golf and Beach Club were also rated as two of GolfWeek's top 100 "America's Best Modern Courses."

Golf for Women has surveyed its readers for the "Top 100 Fairways" for the past six years. The golf courses were ranked in this reader's poll according to course playability, the facility, women's programs and golf professionals.

Golf Digest's "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" was established in 1966 and is considered to be the oldest and most respected ranking in the game of golf.

More than 800 professional and low-handicap golfers judged 400 candidates on shot values, design variety, memorability, playability, aesthetics and conditioning. The rankings are published bi-annually.

GolfWeek used numerous criteria to rate the golf courses for "America's Best Modern Courses," including the ease and intimacy of routing, integrity of design, putting ad chipping contours, bunker shapes and slopes, strategic flexibility of layout, fit of golf course with natural surroundings, overall land planning and conditioning.

"We are excited to have some of our finest championship courses rated by Golf For Women, Golf Digest and GolfWeek," said Vernon Brake, general manager of the Breakers Resort Hotel and North Tower. "These rankings are indicative of the quality our golf course members have to offer."

Golf course members of the Classics include Arrowhead Country Club, Blackmoor, Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, King's North at Myrtle Beach National, The Long Bay Club, Pine Lakes Country Club, River Club, Thistle Golf Club, TPC of Myrtle Beach, True Blue, Willbrook Plantation Golf Club, and International World Tour Golf Links.

Resort members include Beach Cove Resort, The Breakers Resort Hotel and North Tower, The Caravelle Golf and Family Resort, The Caribbean Resort and Villas, Compass Cove Oceanfront Resort, Landmark Resort, Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort, The Long Bay Resort, Ocean Creek Resort and Sea Watch Resort.

Golfers can contact one of the 10 Classic Resorts for details on booking golf vacation packages or special offers. More information can also be found on the Classics website at www.myrtlebeachclassics.com.

The Myrtle Beach Classics is a group of 17 of the top courses and 10 of the best resorts that have come together to provide the finest golf vacation possible. The organization formed in 1999 in an effort to promote exclusive golf vacations at the best price.