BURROUGHS & CHAPIN GOLF MANAGEMENT TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR FAMILIES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT PATRIOT GOLF DAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - 7
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For More Information, Contact:
Cheryl Harden or Erin Barrett, The Brandon Agency, (843) 916-2000
charden@brandonadvertising.com; ebarrett@brandonadvertising.com;
BURROUGHS & CHAPIN GOLF MANAGEMENT TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR FAMILIES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT PATRIOT GOLF DAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - 7
Golf Professionals to Play Members Club and Accept Pledges for Total Holes Played
August 28, 2009, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management will host the third annual Patriot Golf Day September 4 – 7 and some staff members will take it a step further at the Members Club at Grande Dunes to help raise money for American military families.
The nine golf courses within the B&C Golf management family will donate $5 from every paid greens fee that day. The participating courses include Myrtlewood Golf Club, Pine Lakes Country Club, The Resort at Grande Dunes, The Members Club at Grande Dunes, Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation, Farmstead Golf Links, Meadowlands Golf Club, River Hills Golf & Country Club and Arcadian Shores Golf Club
In addition, seven PGA golf professionals from The Resort Club at Grande Dunes, Pine Lakes Country Club, The Members Club and Arcadian Shores Golf Club will accept pledges from the Myrtle Beach community and play as many holes as possible at The Members Club from 6:00 a.m. until sundown that day. Donations are also being accepted.
Individuals can also contribute to Patriot Golf Day through the “Birdie Buster” program in which $1 is contributed to the B&C team for each birdie made during the day.
“Our courses have participated in the previous two Patriot Golf Day events but this year, we wanted to do a little more to help the families of our brave American soldiers,” said Mike Buccerone of Grande Dunes. “One of our PGA golf professionals participating came up with this great idea to raise additional contributions and we hope that the entire Myrtle Beach community will call and make their pledges to benefit Patriot Golf Day.”
For more information or to pledge, call (843) 913-1359 or visit PatriotGolfDay.com.
About Patriot Golf Day
From Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7, golfers across the United States will be asked to donate a minimum of $1 in support of Patriot Golf Day, with all proceeds benefitting the Folds of Honor Foundation, an organization that provides scholarship opportunities to the families of soldiers who have been injured or killed in the line of military duty. Patriot Golf Day events range in organization from a simple $1 addition to greens fees all the way to Patriot Golf Day tournaments and clinics. In 2008, 3,800 golf facilities nationwide participated in Patriot Golf Day, raising more than $2 million.
Sponsored by the PGA of America and the USGA, Patriot Golf Day was started in 2007 by Captain Dan Rooney, after he’d finished his second tour of duty in Iraq, An F-16 pilot for the 125th Fighter Squadron of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, and a PGA professional, Rooney recognized the tremendous need to provide support to the families of his comrades, killed and injured.
About Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management
Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management, created in 2001 to provide operations and marketing services to golf course properties, is the Grand Strand’s leading golf management company. Since opening Myrtlewood Golf Club, a 36-hole complex, in 1966, Burroughs & Chapin Company has been an active member of the Myrtle Beach golf community for more than 40 years. The company developed and manages The Resort Club at Grande Dunes, which opened in 2001 and The Members Club at Grande Dunes, an exclusive private club that debuted in 2005. The company also manages Tidewater Golf Club, Farmstead Golf Links, Meadowlands Golf Club, Arcadian Shores and River Hills Country Club, as well as two Par 3 courses and five themed mini-golf courses. Burroughs & Chapin Company also owns the historic Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtle Beach's first course and the birthplace of Sports Illustrated magazine. Pine Lakes reopened March 14, 2009, after an extensive 20-month, $15 million restoration project. Pine Lakes is the home of the new Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame, which debuted March 12, 2009. For more information, visit BCGolfManagement.com.
About Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc.
A leader in the fields of commercial and residential real estate development, and related operations, Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc. has been serving the grand strand for more than 100 years - the company's service to Myrtle Beach and Horry County, South Carolina dates back to 1895.
Burroughs & Chapin’s residential developments include the award-winning Grande Dunes, a 2,200-acre four-star community stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to west across the Intracoastal Waterway. Burroughs & Chapin has created numerous commercial developments offering national and regional name brand shopping. These include Broadway at the Beach – an award-winning 350-acre festival shopping, entertainment and dining complex surrounding the 22-acre Lake Broadway; Coastal Grand Mall, a one million square foot regional shopping mall joint ventured with CBL & Associates Properties of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Seaboard Commons; South Strand Commons; Arcadian Shores Commons; the 501 Power Centers and many “jewel box” centers.
A leader in golf and vacation packages, Burroughs & Chapin’s Myrtle Beach Trips offers visitors to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand the “one call” convenience of a direct connection to the most popular attractions in the area and packages them together in a variety of ways to suit different tastes and budgets. With one easy call to Myrtle Beach Trips at (800) 819-2282, visitors can unlock all the thrills and excitement of many of America’s favorite family seaside destinations.
For More Information, Contact:
Cheryl Harden or Erin Barrett, The Brandon Agency, (843) 916-2000
charden@brandonadvertising.com; ebarrett@brandonadvertising.com;
BURROUGHS & CHAPIN GOLF MANAGEMENT TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR FAMILIES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT PATRIOT GOLF DAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - 7
Golf Professionals to Play Members Club and Accept Pledges for Total Holes Played
August 28, 2009, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management will host the third annual Patriot Golf Day September 4 – 7 and some staff members will take it a step further at the Members Club at Grande Dunes to help raise money for American military families.
The nine golf courses within the B&C Golf management family will donate $5 from every paid greens fee that day. The participating courses include Myrtlewood Golf Club, Pine Lakes Country Club, The Resort at Grande Dunes, The Members Club at Grande Dunes, Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation, Farmstead Golf Links, Meadowlands Golf Club, River Hills Golf & Country Club and Arcadian Shores Golf Club
In addition, seven PGA golf professionals from The Resort Club at Grande Dunes, Pine Lakes Country Club, The Members Club and Arcadian Shores Golf Club will accept pledges from the Myrtle Beach community and play as many holes as possible at The Members Club from 6:00 a.m. until sundown that day. Donations are also being accepted.
Individuals can also contribute to Patriot Golf Day through the “Birdie Buster” program in which $1 is contributed to the B&C team for each birdie made during the day.
“Our courses have participated in the previous two Patriot Golf Day events but this year, we wanted to do a little more to help the families of our brave American soldiers,” said Mike Buccerone of Grande Dunes. “One of our PGA golf professionals participating came up with this great idea to raise additional contributions and we hope that the entire Myrtle Beach community will call and make their pledges to benefit Patriot Golf Day.”
For more information or to pledge, call (843) 913-1359 or visit PatriotGolfDay.com.
About Patriot Golf Day
From Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7, golfers across the United States will be asked to donate a minimum of $1 in support of Patriot Golf Day, with all proceeds benefitting the Folds of Honor Foundation, an organization that provides scholarship opportunities to the families of soldiers who have been injured or killed in the line of military duty. Patriot Golf Day events range in organization from a simple $1 addition to greens fees all the way to Patriot Golf Day tournaments and clinics. In 2008, 3,800 golf facilities nationwide participated in Patriot Golf Day, raising more than $2 million.
Sponsored by the PGA of America and the USGA, Patriot Golf Day was started in 2007 by Captain Dan Rooney, after he’d finished his second tour of duty in Iraq, An F-16 pilot for the 125th Fighter Squadron of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, and a PGA professional, Rooney recognized the tremendous need to provide support to the families of his comrades, killed and injured.
About Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management
Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management, created in 2001 to provide operations and marketing services to golf course properties, is the Grand Strand’s leading golf management company. Since opening Myrtlewood Golf Club, a 36-hole complex, in 1966, Burroughs & Chapin Company has been an active member of the Myrtle Beach golf community for more than 40 years. The company developed and manages The Resort Club at Grande Dunes, which opened in 2001 and The Members Club at Grande Dunes, an exclusive private club that debuted in 2005. The company also manages Tidewater Golf Club, Farmstead Golf Links, Meadowlands Golf Club, Arcadian Shores and River Hills Country Club, as well as two Par 3 courses and five themed mini-golf courses. Burroughs & Chapin Company also owns the historic Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtle Beach's first course and the birthplace of Sports Illustrated magazine. Pine Lakes reopened March 14, 2009, after an extensive 20-month, $15 million restoration project. Pine Lakes is the home of the new Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame, which debuted March 12, 2009. For more information, visit BCGolfManagement.com.
About Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc.
A leader in the fields of commercial and residential real estate development, and related operations, Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc. has been serving the grand strand for more than 100 years - the company's service to Myrtle Beach and Horry County, South Carolina dates back to 1895.
Burroughs & Chapin’s residential developments include the award-winning Grande Dunes, a 2,200-acre four-star community stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to west across the Intracoastal Waterway. Burroughs & Chapin has created numerous commercial developments offering national and regional name brand shopping. These include Broadway at the Beach – an award-winning 350-acre festival shopping, entertainment and dining complex surrounding the 22-acre Lake Broadway; Coastal Grand Mall, a one million square foot regional shopping mall joint ventured with CBL & Associates Properties of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Seaboard Commons; South Strand Commons; Arcadian Shores Commons; the 501 Power Centers and many “jewel box” centers.
A leader in golf and vacation packages, Burroughs & Chapin’s Myrtle Beach Trips offers visitors to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand the “one call” convenience of a direct connection to the most popular attractions in the area and packages them together in a variety of ways to suit different tastes and budgets. With one easy call to Myrtle Beach Trips at (800) 819-2282, visitors can unlock all the thrills and excitement of many of America’s favorite family seaside destinations.
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