Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtle Beach's First Course, Reopens After $15 Million, 20-Month Restoration Project

MYRTLE BEACH, SC  – March 13, 2009 – In a ceremony held Thursday, Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc. introduced the new Pine Lakes Country Club after a $15 million, 20-month project restored Myrtle Beach’s first golf course to its early 20th century grandeur.

Nationally-known golf restoration architect Craig Schreiner restored the course as closely as possible to Robert White’s 1927 specifications. While preserving 16 of the original golf-view corridors, Schreiner enhanced the playability and enjoyment for golfers of all skill levels by planting SeaDwarf(R) Seashore Paspalum grass, enlarging tee box areas, adding native waste areas and utilizing environmentally-friendly irrigation systems.

Burroughs & Chapin took extraordinary care to protect the integrity of the original Pine Lakes Clubhouse, which was designed by Henry Bacon McKoy after he completed the Lincoln Memorial. The majority of the clubhouse was saved, including The Snug Pub, the meeting place of Time Inc. editors in 1954 when they visited Pine Lakes to play golf and plan for a new weekly sports publication, Sports Illustrated.

In addition to a 6,000-square-foot wing that was added to the perimeter of the clubhouse to house the pro shop and locker rooms, the Robert White Pub, the grill kitchen and an outside patio, the History Hall was created to display memorabilia and artifacts from Pine Lakes’ first days.

Thursday’s ceremony also featured the induction of the inaugural class of the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame, which is located at Pine Lakes. Six individuals were recognized for their contributions to the Myrtle Beach golf industry and were honored with a permanent monument located in the Pine Lakes Country Club Hall of Fame Garden. The first class included Cecil Brandon, Clay Brittain, Jr., Carolyn Cudone, Jimmy D’Angelo, General James F. Hackler, Jr. and Robert White.

Pine Lakes Country Club, Myrtle Beach’s first golf resort, has served as the epitome of the traditional golf resort since opening in 1927 as the Ocean Forest Golf Club. Designed by St. Andrews, Scotland native Robert White, Pine Lakes put Myrtle Beach on the map as the destination of choice for golfers and families. Owned and operated by Burroughs & Chapin Company Inc., Pine Lakes Country Club is the home of the new Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame.

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