MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Farmstead Golf Club, owned by the McLamb Family of Calabash, N.C. and managed by Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management of Myrtle Beach, S.C., will host the 5th annual North Carolina Senior Open Captain’s Choice Pro/Am August 3-5, 2005 in conjunction with Sunbelt Senior Professional Golf Tour. Sunbelt Senior Professional Golf Tour is a professional golf league for male golfers ages 47 and up who play golf at a highly competitive level.
“We are very excited to host this year’s Pro/Am and we appreciate all the support that has come from the local business community,” said Mac Hood, Manager/Director Of Golf At Farmstead Golf Links. “We are looking forward to hosting PGA TOUR professionals like Tony Seals, who won over $1 million on the PGA TOUR in the 1990s, and Bertus Smit, of South Africa who played in the British Senior Open in 2004 and 2005.”
Each team will consist of four Amateurs and one Sunbelt Tour Pro. Entry fees are $400 per team ($100 per person) and include green fees, cart, range balls, lunch and prizes.
About Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management
Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management, created in 2001 to provide operations and marketing services to golf course properties, has quickly emerged as a Grand Strand leader. Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management currently manages four Burroughs & Chapin Company golf courses and three other courses. It is one of the largest golf management entities along the Grand Strand.
Burroughs & Chapin Company has been an active member of the Myrtle Beach golf community for more than 30 years as the owner of Myrtlewood Golf Club, a 36-hole complex that opened in 1966. The company built and developed Grande Dunes Golf Club, which is on Golf Magazine's list of the top 10 new courses, and owns Pine Lakes International Country Club, Myrtle Beach's first course.
Aware of the company’s track record of success, Tidewater Golf Club, the Grand Strand's most honored course, turned to Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management for its services. Burroughs & Chapin Golf Management also manages Farmstead Golf Links and Meadowlands Golf Club.
