SPRING PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

 

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SPRING PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

SELECTS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

 

2006 Spring Palmetto All-Tournament Team presented by

National High School Golf Coaches Association (NHSGCA)

 

April 16, 2006, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday selected five golfers for the Spring Palmetto High Golf Championship All Tournament Team, presented by the National High School Golf Coaches Association (NHSGCA).

Golfer High School (City, State) Total Score
Rickie Fowler Murrieta Valley High School (Murrieta, CA) 214
Sam Lyons North Myrtle High School (N. Myrtle Beach, SC) 218
Josh Anderson Murrieta Valley High School (Murrieta, CA) 221
James Warburton Murrieta Valley High School (Murrieta, CA) 222
Bryant Self Tupelo High School (Tupelo, MS) 221

“The five standout members of the All Tournament Team excelled to the top of the tournament with 511 participants, on championship golf courses set at 7,000 yards over a three-day period,” said Dave Macpherson, Palmetto tournament director. “It is an accomplishment they should truly be proud of.”

The Spring Palmetto High School Golf Championship is a 54-hole college style event played on 12 of the Grand Strand’s premier courses. On the first day of the tournament, teams and individuals played a qualifying round that is used to flight each squad. The teams then competed for the 36-hole championship within their flight. In addition to team awards, individual medals were awarded to the top performers in each flight and an overall tournament MVP was named.

Teams from 16 states were represented including South Carolina, North Carolina, California, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Idaho, North Dakota, Georgia, Nebraska, Louisiana, Alabama, Maryland and Texas.

Courses participating in the tournament included Bay Tree Golf Plantation, Black Bear Golf Club, Carolina National Golf Club, Farmstead Golf Links, Meadowlands Golf Club, Pine Lakes Country Club, River Hills Golf & Country Club, Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club, Thistle Golf Club, Wachesaw Plantation East, Whispering Pines Golf Course and Wild Wing Golf Plantation.

For more information about the Palmetto High School Golf Championships, call 1-800-833-8798 or visit www.PalmettoGolfChampionships.com.

About Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday

Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday is a non-profit trade association of 65 accommodations and 90 championship golf courses in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area. Founded in 1967, the organization has been and continues to be the driving force behind the growth of the Myrtle Beach area golf market. In addition to managing the Spring and Fall Palmetto High School Golf Championship, the cooperative also manages the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship, the world's largest on-site golf tournament, the Summer Family Golf Tournaments, the Veterans Golf Classic, the FDNY 9-11 Memorial Golf Outing, Golfapalooza and the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am. The Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday website is www.golfholiday.com.

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