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Myrtle Beach National Company Chosen to Manage Wachesaw Plantation East Club
09/03/2009
August 31, 2009, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Myrtle Beach National Company announced today that it has assumed day-to-day management of Wachesaw Plantation East Golf Club in Murrells Inlet. A leading golf course ownership and management company operating ten Grand Strand courses, The Myrtle Beach National Company will oversee the outside operations, pro shop, maintenance and marketing of Wachesaw Plantation East, which opened in 1996 and is the site of four nationally-televised LPGA tour events.
“We’re excited that the owners of Wachesaw Plantation East chose the Myrtle Beach National Company to manage this great facility,” said Jim Woodring, vice president of golf marketing and operations for the Myrtle Beach National Company. “We have been approached in the past to manage area courses and have been very selective to create relationships with courses that fit into our current operations. This course is a perfect fit. We look forward to being directly involved with the day-to-day management of Wachesaw Plantation East. It is a great opportunity to market a course that has hosted four national tour events and is a highly-rated Clyde Johnston design. Golfers of all skill levels enjoy playing Wachesaw Plantation East and this course fits nicely with our other Prime Time Signature courses.”
“Wachesaw Plantation East enjoys a reputation for quality playing conditions and congenial service. We are happy to now be part of the Myrtle Beach National family of courses,” said Rob Mosser, General Manager and Head Golf Professional of Wachesaw Plantation East. “We believe that the marketing and operational expertise that the Myrtle Beach National Company brings will help us to grow and best serve our customers in an increasingly competitive market,” Mosser added.
About Wachesaw Plantation East
Wachesaw Plantation East is an 18-hole championship golf facility that is the centerpiece of Ellington Resort, an Interval International Five-Star Resort owned and operated by Festiva Resorts. From 1997 to 2000, Wachesaw Plantation East hosted four nationally-televised LPGA tour events, the last of which was the Kathy Ireland/Greens.com Championship in 2000. Wachesaw Plantation East is a Clyde Johnston design featuring traditional Scottish elements, including rolling fairways, classic mounding and strategically-placed bunkers. It features numerous freshwater lakes, scenic wetlands and fast and true Tif-Eagle greens. The golf course is carved from the hunting grounds of a historic rice plantation that thrived on the property in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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. 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.
