| If
you're yet to be impressed with MBGD,
visit their website. Rather than force
you to troll through dozens of anonymous
scripts on the value of this track or
that layout, the company created a Live
Help functionality, giving each customer
a direct portal to a member of the staff.
Myrtle Beach Golf Directors' Live Help
feature is available from 9 am to 6pm,
Monday through Friday, and from 10 am
to 3pm on Saturday. Another feature
found nowhere else is the quick quote.
If you know your dates for arrival and
departure, along with the number of
people in your group, Myrtle Beach Golf
Directors can fire off a quick itinerary
to mull over. You'll receive three or
four suggested accommodations, and at
least a dozen course proposals within
the vicinity.
Carson
Courage discusses the popular misperception
of Myrtle Beach solely as a value
destination. "Visitors are always
surprised at the level of courses
throughout the region. It seems that
all the designers recognize that their
work here will be compared with that
of other architects, so they add something
special." The list of regional
and international designers is quite
long, with layouts from area specialists
Davis Love III, Dan Maples, Willard
Byrd, Clyde Johnston and Tim Cate
joined by courses from Pete Dye, Tom
Fazio, Rees Jones, Greg Norman and
the late Mike Strantz. Whether you're
driving through waste areas at True
Blue or navigating the windswept fairways
of Thistle, you'll find that something
special along the Grand Strand.
If
you're one of the fortunate types
who plan trips well in advance and
seeks absolute perfection, the monthly
Myrtle Beach Golf Directors newsletter
keeps you in touch with green aeration
schedules, over-seeding, and double-teeing
delays. MBGD rewards your advanced
planning with complete, cover-to-cover
packages, including lodging, tee times,
and cart fees. If by chance you need
to make an eleventh-hour adjustment
to your itinerary, don't worry about
penalties. The Myrtle Beach Golf Directors
know what it's like to need to make
adjustments, and will even go so far
as to allow each golfer in a group
to pay individually on the website,
foregoing the industry-standard (and
often inconvenient) group payment.
The name of the game for Myrtle Beach
Golf Directors is convenience.
If,
however, you're more likely to wait
until the last moment to make your
arrangements, the Last Minute Specials
portion of the MBGD website could
be your saving grace. Single-course
times and the popular multi-course
packages are available for last-minute
shoppers, at rates well below the
listed fee. "The average customer
sees each golf course once on a trip,"
says Carson Courage. "We want
each golfer to be afforded the opportunity
to play courses suitable in challenge
and aesthetics to her and his game."
The
icing on the cake from Myrtle Beach
Golf Directors is the course review
for each Myrtle Beach layout. A list
of critical elements such as ratings
and yardage, grass variety, pro and
architect, and the all-important cooler
policy lead off each course evaluation.
The main body of the review examines
the course in brief, and comes accompanied
by a series of revealing course photos.
The conclusion of each review is the
Golf Directors' recommendation for
that particular track. Needless to
say, each course has merit, but is
it the right course for you? The Myrtle
Beach Golf Directors' goal is to determine
the precise answer.
Ronald
Montesano directs BuffaloGolfer.Com,
the online guide to golf in western
New York. You can contact Ron at buffalogolfer@bufflogolfer.com
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