'Road Trip: Myrtle Beach' ends after one season (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
There will not be a second year of the Golf Channel reality-type show "Road Trip: Myrtle Beach" in 2009. The show featured a celebrity cast on a golf trip to the Grand Strand and 12 original episodes aired in 2008. The cast was ESPN announcer and former PGA Tour member Charlie Rymer, musicians Josh Kelley and Mark Bryan, and Duramed Futures Tour member Perry Swenson. Episodes featured the ...
A year of laughter (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
It's been a year full of bad economic news that is ending with the nation's automobile industry at the brink of bankruptcy. Closer to home saw the stunningly quick closing of Hard Rock Park and continuing battles over biker weeks. Still, despite the angst, columnist Bob Bestler found a few things to smile about. Join him on an irreverent journey back over 2008.
Alan Blondin on golf: Some strand courses may close amid financial crisis (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
From 2005 to 2007, more than 20 golf courses on the Grand Strand closed with plans for redevelopment. Now that a declining economy and housing market have quashed that trend, more courses may be closing in the next few years for more distressing reasons. Wedgefield Plantation Golf and Country Club closed and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last week and may not be an isolated case, ...
Myrtle Beach golf: New to the Market (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Nike Air Zoom TW 2009 Shoe Designed specifically to provide additional support where it is needed most, the Nike Air Zoom TW 2009 shoe is a PGA Tour-grade shoe that offers the luxury of leather with the built-in performance benefits of lighter and more durable materials such as the unique Ballistic Mesh technology. A lateral stabilizer located above the outsole prevents roll during ...
Alan Blondin on Grand Strand golf (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
The 14th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am played in April at the Barefoot Resort Dye Club continued a six-year streak of setting proceeds records. The tournament has increased the amount raised for charity every year since moving to Myrtle Beach from Kiawah Island in 2003. Despite an economy that had already started to take a downward turn, tournament ...
MAM sets donation record in 2008 (WCBD-TV Charleston)
Monday After the Masters to Mark 15th Anniversary in 2009 on Easter Weekend.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Announces New Non-Stop Flights from Chicago on Spirit Airlines Beginning March 2009 (Centre Daily Times)
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Visitors Bureau today announced that Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, will get non-stop daily service from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) from March 1 to November 11, beginning in 2009. Special introductory fares as low as $9 are available today. Spirit Airlines also announced it will ...
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Announces New Non-Stop Flights from Chicago on Spirit Airlines Beginning March 2009 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.----The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Visitors Bureau today announced that Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, will get non-stop daily service from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Myrtle Beach International Airport from March 1 to November 11, beginning in 2009.
Spirit to begin nonstop Myrtle Beach to Chicago route (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Spirit Airlines will begin daily nonstop service between Chicago and Myrtle Beach in March, reopening a key golf and tourism market to the Grand Strand. Spirit will make one round trip between Myrtle Beach International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport in the middle of the day from March 1 to Nov. 11, the company said. The flight marks the first daily nonstop service to the Windy ...
