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.
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."
