Great Golf Deal/A Great Cause
Save the holidays for those in need, and save on your green fees at Sea Trail as well!
Starting March 1, 2010 and running through April 30, 2010, bring three cans of food for Sea Trail to donate to the Brunswick Family Assistance.
In doing so you will help a wonderful cause and receive a great rate on each of our signature Courses of Distinction, rated by Golfweek magazine again for 2009.
Each year, Sea Trail donates thousands of cans of food to this cause.
The Rees Jones Course, the Dan Maples Course and the Willard Byrd Course at Sea Trail are just $35.00 each for green and cart fees with three cans of food.
Call 1-800-546-5748 for more details and tee times.
Beach Courses Get Facelift
The summer months offered Myrtle Beach area golf courses the opportunity to “freshen up” for the Fall golf season, and several of the area’s most prominent courses did just that.
The summer’s biggest change took place at Rivers Edge, where the Arnold Palmer design has replaced all 18 greens.
At Sea Trail Golf Resort The back nine greens were converted to Champion Bermuda – a new strain of grass that will be easier to maintain in the Summer and will putt as fast as Bent grass. They also found the original shape of the greens and put them back to the shape when first built. They reopened Aug. 28, 2009 for play.
Arrowhead Country Club and Sandpiper Bay, both 27-hole facilities that have earned a 4-star ranking in Golf Digest’s prestigious “Best Place to Play” Guide, are converting nine holes to Mini-Verde Ultradwarf Bermudagrass.
Tidewater Golf Club, one of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses, closed on June 22 for a six-week renovation project with an emphasis on the tee boxes.
Rivers Edge closed on June 1 to begin installation of new SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum greens. The paspalum grass has a very high tolerance for sodium, making it perfect for Rivers Edge, which plays along a stunning saltwater marsh.
“Rivers Edge has decided to change the putting surfaces to create more positive consistent conditions on the putting surfaces,” Dave Downing, president of Signature Golf Group, said.
Rivers Edge is the second Myrtle Beach area golf course to install paspalum, following the recently reopened Pine Lakes, but it will be the first course in the world to undergo a No-Till conversion.
No-Till is a process by which the new grass is planted without tearing out the existing surface. The No-Till process has two benefits: it maintains the existing contours of the greens surface and it allows a golf course to reopen sooner as the renovation process is much faster than standard methods of renovation that in effect would destroy the greens and require them to be rebuilt.
Rivers Edge tested the No-Till process last year by replacing its practice putting green, a conversion Downing called “very successful.”
Rivers Edge, which has been ranked among America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses by Golf Digest, will reopen in August.
Sandpiper Bay, in the middle of three-year project to replace all the facility’s greens, is converting to Mini-Verde on the Piper nine, which comes on the heels of the Sand course making the switch in the summer of 2008.
“It’s a better putting surface for this climate,” Sandpiper’s head pro and assistant general manager Richard Kascsak said. “Players on the Sand course love the greens.”
While the greens are being replaced, Sandpiper is also doing work on the bridges that connect the second and third holes and the sixth and seventh. The Piper nine will reopen on August 17.
Arrowhead is also replacing its greens nine holes at time, leaving 18 open. The Cypress is currently making the conversion to Mini-Verde, which is growing in popularity. Mini-Verde enjoys many of bentgrass’ putting qualities, but it is able to thrive in the South Carolina sun.
The Waterway nine at Arrowhead has already made the transition to Mini-Verde, and the Lakes nine will make the switch after the new greens at Cypress are ready for play.
At Tidewater, renovations will concentrate on enlarging, leveling and resodding all tee boxes; adding new sets of tees to enhance the playability and aesthetics; pruning and removing trees on the course; installing Erosion Barrier Tubing on the 10th hole for erosion control and beautification; and installing drain tile in select fairways and greens to enhance draining. While the project is underway, the Tidewater grounds crew will focus on intensified agronomic projects such as aerification, top-dressing and grooming of all turf grass areas.
From Golf Holiday By Chris King
Survivors of Miracle on the Hudson Return
After 108 holes and a lot of good times, the group poses on the deck at the TPC of Myrtle Beach.
It was late Saturday afternoon on a picturesque day in Myrtle Beach as six golfers laughed their way up the fairway after merging into one group Read more
Sea Trail Converts Back Nine on Maples
Tom Plankers, Director of Golf Operations at Sea Trail Golf Resort tells us the maintenance crews are busy burning the midnight oil converting the back nine greens on the Dan Maples Signature Course at Sea Trail to Champion Bermuda grass.
Champion Bermuda is a new strain of grass and will be easier to maintain in the Summer and will putt as fast as Bent grass.
Work began this week ( June 8th ) and they intend to re-open the course for play by August 28th of this year .
Tom says additionally that they were also able to find the original shape of the greens and are putting them back to their original shape when first built!
Sea Trail is also offering special two and three course deal this Summer (through September 9th). The two course special gives the golfer play on two courses for just $99!
Likewise the three course special gives the golfer play on all three courses for just $126! And to sweeten the deal for families KIDS PLAY FREE. For every one adult that pays the kids play free ( 15 years old and under ).
Brunswick Plantation Rated # 2 in Myrtle Beach
TOP 10 MYRTLE BEACH GOLF RESORTS
Myrtle Beach and golf have long been synonymous- the natural landscape here, which combines sand, wetlands, lakes, and woodlands, is a canvas for course designers’ creativity. There are more than 100 golf courses in Myrtle Beach, many of them championship-caliber. And for nearly every one, there’s a Myrtle Beach resort. Here are the Resortsandlodges.com top 10!
1. Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort
2. Brunswick Plantation Golf Resort
3. Caravelle Resort
4. Barefoot Resort and Golf
5. Ocean Creek Resort
6. Marina Inn at Grand Dunes
7. Legends Golf Resort
8. Kingston Plantation
9. Pawley’s Plantation Golf and County Club
10. Dunes Village
Coastal Courses Named to Golf World Readers Choice List
Golf World Magazine’s readers have chosen the 50 best public, private and resort facilities in the country for 2009. Of these fifty three Coastal Carolina area courses – Shaftesbury Glen, Pawleys Plantation, and Sea Trail – were selected for inclusion on the “Resort” list. These local courses made the list along with other prestigious resort courses like Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, Harbour Town, Innisbrook, and Doral.
“Golf World spent nearly six months gathering data on golf establishments throughout the country, evaluating them across multiple criteria to identify the nation’s premier facilities. When all was said and done, we received more than 21,000 individual golf course ratings and more than 252,000 criteria evaluations.”
Going beyond the usual ranking of golf courses, along with considering the quality of the golf,The Readers’ Choice Awards takes into account the overall “golf experience.” Some of the criteria considered were quality and condition of the course, the clubhouse, the speed of play, the service, and, for resort courses, the accommodations. Sea Trail and Pawleys Plantation both offer on-site condominium rentals, while Shaftesbury Glen features five luxurious suites situated on the top floor of the golf course clubhouse.
Building on the outstanding success of 2009’s inaugural Readers’ Choice Awards, Golf World is already offering the second annual edition of the Readers’ Choice Awards allowing you, the public, to share your informed evaluations and opinions on the best golf has to offer from public golf clubs, private golf clubs and resort facilities. Your submission to Golf World’s 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards will automatically enter you for a chance to win one of 4 grand prizes.
Coastal Golf Real Estate on the Rise!
Well, maybe it’s finally official. Today almost all news networks are reporting that major economists are speaking of “green shoots” appearing in the financial markets and most particularly in the housing market. Read more
Sea Trail Wins Again!
The Rees Jones course at nearby Sea Trail Golf and Convention Center (Sunset Beach, NC) has been recognized in the September Issue of Golf Magazine’s – Best Courses Read more
Jacob’s Raiders Golf Tournament
Since 1978 a special group of golfers have come to the Coastal Carolina area for their own “little” golf tournament and according to their website “Developing positive fellowship and an open international business environment for the nations leading maritime personnel”. They also come to “Let the little Boy Out!” and have a relaxing week of great golf and comradeship!
For the last decade or so “Home Base” has always been The Winds Resort Beach Club on Ocean Isle Beach, NC. These guys love being on the oceanfront with all of the Winds’ facilities and amenities (like the pools, Tiki Bar/restaurant and the hot breakfast buffet each morning).
They choose The Wind’s four and six bedroom Resort Houses as lodging because each has a fully equipped kitchen, dining area and a Great Room for them to gather in and each bedroom has its own private bath, private deck, cable TV, wet bar with refrigerator and two beds and two double beds.
Best of all each four bedroom Resort House has a large, private whirlpool spa all its own to slide into after a challenging day on the golf course!
Jacob’s Raiders arrived again this week for the “32nd annual Jacob’s Raiders Tournament”. They will play Lion’s Paw, Panther’s Run and Tiger”s Eye courses which are less than ten minutes from The Winds!
On the final night they always gather in The Winds’ meeting rooms for closing ceremonies, trophies, food and drinks. And to “pat ourselves on the back on how good we played golf???” Pizza is on the menu.
Jacob’s Raiders love the fact that they can rely on The Winds’ Golf Staff for all of their tee time arrangements and the way the entire staff welcome them back year after year!
