The Myrtle Beach World Amateur will include 70 flights with $100,000 in prize money, plus it added three new divisions for 2021.
The best news is that the World’s Largest 19th Hole is one of the BEST parties in Golf and it is BACK! 
Every evening the Myrtle Beach Convention Center is open to all of the 3,000 participants. Last year, the tournament portion was held, but the big party had to be canceled.
It just wasn’t the same.
Myrtle Beach’s best dining establishments provide food and beverages, plus there is always entertainment, exhibits and dancing. In short, it’s the most festive post-round gathering to be found!
This year the World Amateur will be played August 30 to September 3 on 55 of Myrtle Beach’s best courses. The 72 holes of net stroke play competition is followed by an 18-hole playoff pitting all the division winners against each other.
The organizers have added three new gross divisions – for women, men’s senior (50 and over) and men’s mid-senior (60 and over). The winners of the men’s open and men’s mid-senior will receive exemptions to the Dixie Amateur the women’s gross winner will get a pass into the amateur division of the South Carolina Women’s Open.
The women will also have two brackets – one for players 59 and under and another for seniors 60 and over.
After eight years at the Barefoot Resort the climax to the competition will be contested at Grande Dunes. For more information check out https://myrtlebeachworldamateur.com/.
Forest Dunes Names Short Course
A highlight of last year’s travels was a return to Forest Dunes, one of the very best courses in Michigan and a long-time favorite.
Last year’s visit was planned around the opening of a 10-hole short course designed by Kieth Rhebb and Riley Johns. It measures 1,135 yards, but is a nice supplement to the well-regarded 18-holer designed by Tom Weiskopf, the highly innovative Loop (a Tom Doak design that can be played in two directions) and the challenging putting course.
This year they added the name, Bootlegger, to the short course. It gives a wink and a nod to the history of Forest Dunes, when it was owned by Detroit mobters running illegal booze.
American Dunes Holds Grand Opening
Any Jack Nicklaus course opening is something special, but at American Dunes, it’s even more so.
The Grand Haven, Michigan course, which benefits the Folds of Honor, had some play last fall but the formal opening was held May 2. The project represents the vision and collaboration of Folds of Honor founder and chief executive officer Dan Rooney and Nicklaus, who donated his design team’s services to support the Folds of Honor mission.
