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Myrtle Beach National Company Assumes Management of Blackmoor Golf Club
09/11/2008
September 10, 2008, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Myrtle Beach National Company, one of the Myrtle Beach area’s oldest and largest golf course ownership companies, has now ventured into the operating and management of other area golf courses with the announcement today that it will assume management of Blackmoor Golf Club located in Murrells Inlet, as of September 10, 2008.
“This management agreement is part of our company’s future expansion strategy to grow market share and revenue in the golf segment of tourism in Myrtle Beach” said Tom Hale, executive vice president of Myrtle Beach National Company who orchestrated the management agreement. “We feel that this property can be integrated into our current course mix, benefit from our areas of expertise and help us achieve our short and long term business objectives.”
Currently the Myrtle Beach National Company has nine golf courses rated four stars or higher by Golf Digest’s “2008 Places to Play” guide. The management agreement with Blackmoor encompasses course maintenance, pro shop management, and advertising and marketing for the Gary Player signature course that opened in 1990.
“We’re excited about having the opportunity to add Blackmoor to our Signature collection of golf courses owned by the Myrtle Beach National Company” said Jim Woodring, vice president of golf operations and marketing of Myrtle Beach National Company. “The management team at the Myrtle Beach National Company has been approached many times over the years to manage other courses. It is a challenge for a single course to stand alone in today’s marketplace and compete against multi-course ownership groups. Now with the critical mass of resources that we have in place, it makes sense strategically and economically to assume the third-party management of Blackmoor and other courses in the market. We look forward to being directly involved with the day-to-day management of the only Gary Player Signature course on the Grand Strand.”
About The Myrtle Beach National Company
The Myrtle Beach National Company has evolved into one of the leading golf course ownership and now management companies in the Southeast, featuring many of the most well-respected signature courses along the Grand Strand. The company was 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. In September of 2008, Myrtle Beach National took over the management of Blackmoor Golf Club.
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, draws more than 300 prep golfers to the Grand Strand. During the spring, Myrtle Beach National welcomes more than 150 junior golfers to the area during Easter weekend for the Myrtle Beach Junior Golf Shoot-out Tournament. In the fall, Myrtle Beach National welcomes women golfers and couples to the Grand Strand for “The Carolina Couples Classic” and “Just Girls Weekend.” For more information, visit MBN.com or call 1-800-882-2614.
