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King’s North Honored By “Good Sam Club”
06/04/2007
The Good Sam Club recently recognized King’s North at Myrtle Beach National as the 2006 “Golf Course Welcome Mat” award winner, as selected by their members. King’s North, one of three Arnold Palmer signature courses at the Myrtle Beach National Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, was one of only 22 U.S. “Welcome Mat” award winners. Recipients of this prestigious award will be honored during the July 19th awards ceremony in Redmond, Oregon.
The Good Sam Club is the world’s largest RV owners’ organization that was founded 40 years ago and now boasts more than 1,000,000 members. Each year, the members vote on the United States businesses that roll out the “red carpet” of good customer service. King’s North was honored for treating RV owners well in 2006 and defeated 2005 winner, Hiddenbrooke Golf Club in Vallejo, California.
“Customer service is an important part of running a successful golf course operation,” said Jim Woodring, vice president of golf operations for Myrtle Beach National. “The national golf market is exceptionally competitive, so to be singled out as the best is quite the honor.”
About The Myrtle Beach National Company
The Myrtle Beach National Company has evolved into one of the leading golf course ownership and management operations in the Southeast, featuring many of the most well-respected signature courses along the Grand Strand. The company formed in 1971 with the construction of the Arnold Palmer-designed original 54-hole golf complex, which includes the West Course, Southcreek (both designed by Francis Duane and Arnold Palmer) and King’s North, also an Arnold Palmer design that has achieved national notoriety. Myrtle Beach National has grown to include the Robert Trent Jones designed Waterway Hills, Jack Nicklaus’ Long Bay, Tom Jackson’s River Club and Aberdeen Country Club, Dan Maple’s Willbrook Plantation and Willard Byrd’s Litchfield Country Club, all premier Myrtle Beach area signature courses.
Myrtle Beach National has hosted tournaments for men, women, senior or junior golfers for more than 35 years to help grow the game of golf. Every November, Myrtle Beach National-sponsored George Holliday Memorial Tournament, recently named one of the top-ranked junior tournaments by the Heritage Classic Foundation, attracts prep golfers to the Grand Strand. During the spring, Myrtle Beach National welcomes more than 500 junior golfers to the area during Easter weekend for the Myrtle Beach Junior Golf Tournament. For more information, visit www.MBN.com or call 1-800-882-2614.
