Registrations open for world’s biggest amateur golf tournament
The world’s largest amateur golf tournament, the Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship, enters its 31st edition along the northeastern South Carolina coast.
Approximately 3,500 participants are expected to play more than 60 courses in the event.
The August 25-29 tournament, with the theme ‘Anyone can play, anyone can win’ has opened for entries.
Registration for the four-day, 72-hole event is US$475 per person through May 15, a $100 saving on the regular entry fee of US$575.
Registration is available at www.worldamgolf.com, and includes an extensive gift bag.
The World Am is grouped according to USGA indexes with five competitive divisions ranging from men/women under 49-years-old to super seniors 70 and above.
Flight winners advance to the 18-hole world championship playoff where a World Champion is crowned.
The event’s inclusiveness is apparent in its past champions as winners with handicaps as low as three and as high as 34 have won.
Four women have hoisted the championship trophy.
Jeff Monday, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s tournament director, said: "Since the early 1980s, the World Am has characterised what golf is all about with a combination of friendly competition and camaraderie.
"The handicap system allows players of all abilities to vie for the title of ‘World Champion’ in the golf capital of the U.S. With the welcomed influx of international participants, we are even more of a world championship."
The entry fee also allows nightly access to ‘The World’s Largest 19th Hole’ at the Myrtle Beach Convention Centre.
The gathering features equipment demos, entertainment, open bars, concerts, prize drawings, food and celebrity appearances
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