March 16, 2005, Myrtle Beach, S.C. — Rivers Edge Golf Club is one of the Top 10 golf courses in North Carolina, according to Golfweek magazine. The magazine released its ninth listing of “America’s Best” in its March 5 edition, ranking Rivers Edge number 10 on a prestigious list that includes the famed Pinehurst No. 2 and Pine Needles in Pinehurst, N.C., both of which have hosted major professional golf tournaments.
Rivers Edge Golf Club is an 18-hole Arnold Palmer championship golf course routed over the bluffs and along the marshes overlooking the scenic mile-wide Shallotte River.
Since opening in 1999, when myrtlebeachgolf.com named it “Best New Course on the Grand Strand,” Rivers Edge has received numerous accolades. Palmer ranks Rivers Edge’s 9th hole as his 15th most challenging design of the more than 2,700 he and his team have built in the eastern United States. In addition, Rivers Edge was recently named one of the top 100 residential courses in America by Golfweek.
The 570-yard par 5 9th hole is considered Rivers Edge’s signature hole. It has been described as, “the most diabolical hole here – the one by which most golfers singularly measure their success for the day.” The course offers five sets of tees so that all golfers may enjoy a memorable round.
Golfweek’s team of 350 trained raters reviewed thousands of golf courses across the United States before choosing the top courses in each state. Golfweek’s ratings are based on such criteria as overall routing; quality and consistency of feature shaping; the land plan; interest of putting surfaces and greens surrounds; variety and memorability of the par 3s, par 4s and par 5s; course conditioning; landscape and tree management; and Golfweek’s trademark “walk in the park” test, according to Bradley Klein, Golfweek senior writer.
Rivers Edge is known for its visually stunning scenery. Creeks, wetlands, ponds and salt marsh areas provide both a challenge for the course as well as beauty throughout.
Rivers Edge Golf Club is managed by Signature Golf Group.
About Signature Golf Group
Signature Golf Group is a golf business management and services firm that provides construction/design, operational, marketing, and financial management services to golf courses throughout the southeastern United States. The company also provides consulting services that focus on how to obtain local financing for a golf course project, as well the evaluation of golf courses for potential sale or purchase. Dedicated to providing the best possible service to both its clients and their customers, Signature understands that the success of a golf course is directly connected to the caliber of its management team.
Signature Golf Group was created in 2004 through the merger of TSC Golf, Inc. of Surfside Beach, South Carolina, and Blythe Golf Group in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s partners and personnel have more than 30 years of combined experience in the golf industry. They include former PGA President Gary Schaal; Skip Blythe, a golf course developer and manager; and PGA professional and golf course management expert Steve Taylor. The partners’ course design and construction services have teamed them with some of the biggest names in golf including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Hale Irwin, Deane Beman and John Daly. Current clients include numerous golf courses in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area, as well as Cannon Ridge Golf Club in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Timberlake Golf Club in the Columbia, S. C. area, and The Palisades Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Signature Golf Group plays an active role in the community. Throughout the year, many of its courses host tournaments throughout Horry and Georgetown County.

For more information please contact 1-866-389-4872 or visit www.signaturegolfgroup.com.

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