The Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame is set to open in March 2009. Burroughs & Chapin Co. and Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday founded the hall of fame to honor the men and women who have played significant roles in all aspects of the Myrtle Beach area golf industry, from teaching to playing; course design and construction to administration.
The Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame will open in conjunction with the reopening of Pine Lakes Country Club, as the hall of fame will be situated in the Pine Lake’s new Hall of Fame Garden adjacent to the newly renovated clubhouse.
Each inductee will be memorialized in the garden surrounding the monument that memorializes the birthplace of Sports Illustrated magazine at Pine Lakes in 1954. Four to six inductees will be honored in the inaugural year with additional members inducted each April on the anniversary of the PGA of America’s foundation; in honor of Robert White, the designer, professional at Pine Lakes as well as the first president of the PGA of America.
The Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame will select a board of directors who will review the nominations submitted and select the most qualified candidates annually.
“The Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame will be a central point to collect the rich golf history that Myrtle Beach has to offer golfers now and in future years,” says Bob Swezey, executive vice president of golf and resort operations for Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc. “The Hall of Fame will recognize those individuals who have a historical significance with the Myrtle Beach golf industry in all facets. In the next couple of weeks, we’ll announce the Myrtle Beach Hall of Fame board of directors and then begin accepting nominations for the inaugural class of 2009 which will be announced next March.”
“The Hall of Fame is a great way of uniting the entire Myrtle Beach golf community together to honor those individuals who made a lasting impression on the golf industry,” says Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday president Bill Golden. “As the area’s first golf course to open back in 1927, Pine Lakes is a perfect site for the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame and we look forward to working with Burroughs & Chapin and the board of directors.”
