World Amateur Handicap Golf Championships to Commence on August 26

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (PRWEB) August 5, 2007 -- More than 4,250 golfers are expected to participate in the 24th Annual PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship to be held along Myrtle Beach's famed Grand Stand from August 26 to August 31.

Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, which is a non-profit trade association of 77 championship golf courses, 72 golf package providers and five golf schools in Myrtle Beach, is hosting the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship. Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday also manages the Summer Family Golf Tournaments, the Spring and Fall Palmetto High School Golf Championship and the Veterans Golf Classic.

The PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship is played on more than 65 Grand Strand courses and is open to any amateur golfer with a verified United States Golf Association handicap or the foreign equivalent for international players.

Registration to the amateur golf tournament is $ 525. Golfers can enter online at WorldAmGolf.com or by calling 1-800-833-8798. Entry into the tournament includes four rounds of golf and a gift bag with more than $150 worth of merchandise. The entry fee also provides the golfer and guest with a pass to the World's Largest 19th Hole, the tournament's nightly party in the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

This years World Amateur Golf Championship will also mark the inaugural year of the Cory Lemke Parent-Child Championship, a tournament for any combination of parent and child participating in the World Amateur. Registration for the Parent-Child Championship is limited to the first 150 teams for no additional entry fee. The top 10 teams with the lowest net scores will receive PGA TOUR Superstore gift certificates.

Steve Mays, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday's tournament director, says the PGA TOUR World Amateur Handicap Championship is considered the "'Every Day Golfers' U.S. Open."

For more information on the competition call Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday at 1-800-833-8798, or visit www.GolfHoliday.com.

About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday: Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday (www.GolfHoliday.com) is a non-profit trade association of 77 championship golf courses, 72 golf package providers and five golf schools in Myrtle Beach. The association is hosting the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship. Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday also manages the Summer Family Golf Tournaments, the Spring and Fall Palmetto High School Golf Championships and the Veterans Golf Classic

Contact

Cheryl Harden,

Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday

www.GolfHoliday.com

3420 Pampas Drive

Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

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