Golfing the Carolina Grand Strand [Hardcover]

Tommy Woodrum (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 1999

His television show Grand Strand Golf with Tommy Woodrum reaches more than 31 million homes twice a week from Myrtle Beach to Pebble Beach. Now Woodrum brings his concise, accurate, and highly regarded instruction and advice to print in the new, updated edition of Golfing the Carolina Grand Strand . No golfer can resist the temptation of the more than seventy-five golf courses along the section of the Carolinas known as the Grand Strand. Offering a variety of challenging holes designed by experts such as Pete Dye and big-name tournament stars such as Jack Nicklaus, this stretch of land is a paradise for professionals and amateurs alike. Golfing the Carolina Grand Strand is a tour of the area's courses, from the oldest at the Ocean Forest Club (now known as Pine Lakes International) to the more recently developed and ever-growing list of places to tee off. Readers will enjoy an abundance of golf information at their fingertips. Course and slope ratings, information on designers, and helpful hints from the resident professionals are all included. From the links courses to greens that appeal to parkland players, the Grand Strand offers a seemingly endless variety of courses from which to choose. Golfing the Carolina Grand Strand helps pros, amateurs, and beginners find the fairways and greens to challenge their mastery of the game. Tommy Woodrum is a resident of the Grand Strand. His love for the game and sports in general-from baseball to thoroughbred horse racing-has always been a significant part of his life. Whether it's the annual family golf tournament, or taking to the fairways with Grand Strand course designers, his interest has been undying. He regularly vacations in Scotland, always looking for new courses to test his playing skills. His broad knowledge of the game is the basis for his nationally syndicated weekly television show as well as his reports as a golf correspondent for the North Myrtle Beach Times . For years, he has been mastering the courses and compiling the necessary information to make Golfing the Carolina Grand Strand a thorough, one-of-a-kind and thorough guide to some of the best greens in the South.

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About the Author

Growing up is Charleston, it looked like Tommy Woodrum was destined for a career at the family furniture store, WOODRUMS' then located on Virginia Street. But things took a different course for him. By the age of fourteen he was writing for the Charleston Gazette and soon after, entered broadcasting with WTIP where he announced high school basketball and football games for STONEWALL JACKSON and CHARLESTON HIGH.

After graduating high school and a tour in the Navy, Woodrum returned to his hometown to continue his broadcasting career. Covering local sports events from baseball to basketball to football, he called the games for a number of sports legends from West Virginia before their names were even known. From both radio and TV appearances, Woodrum was something of a personality to sports fans in Charleston. He later went on to serve as general manager for the first edition of the Charleston Rockets professional football team. Before leaving to begin a career in advertising, he had broadcast more than 2,000 sporting events, written golf columns for local newspapers, and freelanced for five radio stations.

Woodrum now is a franchise owner of Shoney's restaurants throughout the south. He also raises and races thoroughbred horses and is the creator of WAGS-32 a cable access television channel. His sports interests continue, but focus a lot more on golf these days. Living in Myrtle Beach, SC, he plays some of the best courses in the Southeast along the famed Grand Strand stretch which is the subject of his latest book. It is also the topic of his syndicated television show "Grand Strand Golf with Tommy Woodrum."

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing; 2 edition (March 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565543386
• ISBN-13: 978-1565543386
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,936,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Solid, thorough review of all major courses, February 28, 2000

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This review is from: Golfing the Carolina Grand Strand (Hardcover)

"Grand Strand" solidly and thoroughly provides any avid golfer seeking information on all major Myrtle Beach courses with all the vital information they need to begin planning an enjoyable trip to what has colorfully been referred to as "the reddest of golf's red light districts.

With course access and contact information and informative playing tips, all levels of golfer can plan the most important aspects of their trip...the finances and the location of their selected courses to plan their own customized Myrtle Beach experience.

All major courses, from the old venerable standbys like the Dunes Club, Marsh Harbour and Pine Lakes International, to the hot newcomers True Blue and TPC Myrtle Beach, are painstakingly described, often times with a strategic shot-by-shot and amenity-by-amenity description. There is even a detailed map and scorecard from each of the approximately 100 courses analyzed.

While it has all the detail one need's to select the right courses for any customized trip, some treatment should be given to lodging, dining and alternative means of spending a golf widow's time. Also, the British jargon sometimes espoused by the author in his descriptions grows mildly tedious.

Nevertheless, this in depth course atlas goes a long way toward further dispelling the myth that Myrtle Beach is a raffish escape for those bargain hunters looking for a "Golfers answer to Las Vegas."