Editor's note: This excerpt appears courtesy of On The Green Magazine.
The Myrtle Beach area could be hosting its first PGA Tour golf event by 2024 if negotiations between the tour and local officials come to fruition.
Karen Riordan, president and CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau, said in a statement Thursday afternoon that the chamber is in talks with the PGA Tour to bring a tournament to the area.
鈥淸The chamber] will release details regarding any future tournaments being held in our area when and if any agreements with the association are finalized,鈥 the statement read, in part. 鈥淎t this time there are no official contracts. Any public discussions on this matter could jeopardize reaching terms and the opportunity to host an event.鈥
According to the Post and Courier of Charleston, the tournament would be held in May and would begin with a four-year agreement, if one is reached.
The Post & Courier stated the chamber and Golf Tourism Solutions, a marketing and technology agency that promotes the Myrtle Beach market, have been working together in discussions with the tour, and S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism director Duane Parrish has urged lawmakers to financially support an opportunity to bring the PGA Tour to the Grand Strand.
The Myrtle Beach area has hosted a myriad of significant pro and amateur tournaments, but never a PGA Tour event.
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club hosted the Senior Tour Championship 鈥 now known as the Champions Tour鈥檚 Charles Schwab Cup Championship 鈥 for six years from 1994-99 before the event moved to TPC Myrtle Beach in 2000 prior to leaving the area.
Wachesaw Plantation East hosted an LPGA event from 1997-2000, and Barefoot Resort, which has hosted Canadian Tour events, is among the other area courses that have hosted pro tournaments.
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