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GOLFWEEK NAMES RIVERS EDGE ONE OF AMERICA’S
TOP RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES
January, 2005, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Golfweek magazine
has recognized Rivers Edge Golf Club as one of America’s
Best Top 100 Residential Golf Courses.
Rivers Edge Golf Club is an 18-hole Arnold Palmer championship
golf course routed over the bluffs and along the marshes
overlooking the scenic mile-wide Shallotte River.
Since opening in 1999, when myrtlebeachgolf.com named
it “Best New Course on the Grand Strand,”
Rivers Edge has received numerous accolades. In a recent
publication, Palmer listed the top 18 “most challenging
holes” of the more than 2,700 he and his team have
built in the eastern United States. He ranked Rivers
Edge’s 9th hole as his 15th most challenging.
The 570-yard par 5 9th hole is considered Rivers Edge’s
signature hole. It has been described as, “the
most diabolical hole here – the one by which most
golfers singularly measure their success for the day.”
The course offers five sets of tees so that all golfers
may enjoy a memorable round.
Golfweek’s team of 350 trained raters reviewed
thousands of golf courses located in residential communities
across the United States. Only 100 met the standards
to be included in this elite group, considered to be
“models of smart planning.”
Golfweek’s ratings are based on such criteria as
overall routing; quality and consistency of feature
shaping; the land plan; interest of putting surfaces
and greens surrounds; variety and memorability of the
par 3s, par 4s and par 5s; course conditioning; landscape
and tree management; and Golfweek’s trademark “walk
in the park” test, according to Bradley Klein,
Golfweek senior writer.
Rivers Edge is known for its visually stunning scenery.
Creeks, wetlands, ponds and salt marsh areas provide
both a challenge for the course as well as beauty throughout.
Rivers Edge Golf Club is managed by Signature Golf Group.
About Signature Golf Group
Signature Golf Group is a golf business management and
services firm that provides construction/design, operational,
marketing, and financial management services to golf
courses throughout the southeastern United States. The
company also provides consulting services that focus
on how to obtain local financing for a golf course project,
as well the evaluation of golf courses for potential
sale or purchase. Dedicated to providing the best possible
service to both its clients and their customers, Signature
understands that the success of a golf course is directly
connected to the caliber of its management team.
Signature Golf Group was created in 2004 through the
merger of TSC Golf, Inc. of Surfside Beach, South Carolina,
and Blythe Golf Group in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The company’s partners and personnel have more
than 30 years of combined experience in the golf industry.
They include former PGA President Gary Schaal; Skip
Blythe, a golf course developer and manager; and PGA
professional and golf course management expert Steve
Taylor. The partners’ course design and construction
services have teamed them with some of the biggest names
in golf including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Hale
Irwin, Deane Beman and John Daly. Current clients include
numerous golf courses in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
area, as well as Cannon Ridge Golf Club in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, Timberlake Golf Club in the Columbia, S. C.
area, and The Palisades Country Club in Charlotte, North
Carolina.
Signature Golf Group plays an active role in the community.
Throughout the year, many of its courses host tournaments
throughout Horry and Georgetown County. For more information
please contact 1-866-389-4872 or visit www.signaturegolf.com.
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