All Myrtle Beach golf courses offering golf packages, golf vacations, online tee times, and discount golf lodging.http://www.mbn.com/areaeventsrss.cfmMBN Area EventsLong Bay to Host Inaugural Celebrity Golf Tournament to Fight Prostate Cancer<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Long</strong><strong> Bay</strong><strong> Club Hosts Inaugural Celebrity Golf Tourney to Fight Prostate Cancer</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><em>July 24, 2008, North Myrtle Beach, S.C</em>. – Long Bay Club in North Myrtle Beach, the Jack Nicklaus design featuring four of “The 100 Greatest Holes along the Grand Strand” as honored by The Sun News, will host the inaugural <strong>Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer Celebrity Golf Tournament </strong>onSaturday, August 23, 2008.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“We’re proud to play an important role in raising funds for this vital initiative,” said Jim Woodring, vice president of golf operations for the Myrtle Beach National Company. “Prostate cancer affects one in six men in the United States today, and the more the Myrtle Beach golf community can do to combat this disease, the closer we’ll come to finding a cure.”</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and former Cincinnati Reds baseball star Ken Griffey, Sr. will host the event, with proceeds to benefit the <strong>“Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer” campaign </strong>and <strong>Zero – the Project to End Prostate Cancer</strong>. Among the celebrities scheduled to appear (<em>subject to change</em>) are Griffey, former Boston Celtics great Sam Jones, TNT golf broadcaster Jim Huber, former Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach and current College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremmins, ESPN personality Mitch Laurance, and former Cincinnati Reds stars George Foster and Hal King.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">The special day begins with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Each golfer will receive a gift bag, lunch and drinks, and prizes will be given to long drive and closest-to-the-pin winners. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">The celebrity golf event is a precursor to the <strong>World Amateur Championship 25<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Gala</strong>, being held later that evening at The Kingston Plantation in North Myrtle Beach in honor of the silver anniversary of “The World’s Largest Amateur Golf Tournament.” Gala participants can bid on sports memorabilia during the silent auction, and after-dinner entertainment will include U “N” I Elegant Jazz and Blues, a stand-up comedy performance by Henry Cho and a “Locker Room Chat” with Griffey and his celebrity friends, hosted by Mitch Laurance. Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions of some of their favorite celebrities.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“The ‘Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer’ campaign is a cause very near and dear to my heart as 14 months ago, I learned that I had prostate cancer,” said Griffey. “I am excited to serve as the campaign’s honorary spokesperson and host the celebrity golf tournament on August 23rd. I look forward to bringing a few of my celebrity friends to Myrtle Beach for golf and the gala to raise money for prostate cancer research.”</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Golfers can purchase a foursome in the celebrity golf tournament with eight tickets to the gala with a $1,200 donation to the “Know Your Score: Fight Prostate Cancer” campaign. Participants can also buy a single ticket to the golf tournament and gala for $250 or just partake in the tournament or the gala for $125 each. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.knowyourscoremb.com/">KnowYourScoreMB.com</a> or call (843) 477-8833, ext. 296.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>About Zero-the Project to End Prostate Cancer</strong></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Zero prostate cancer deaths. Zero prostate cancer cases and for those with prostate cancer it means a zero PSA. The name conveys what Zero stands for – zero tolerance for prostate cancer.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Zero is committed not only to reducing prostate cancer or alleviating the pain from the disease but to end it. Zero set a goal that all men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer will be cured or manage their illness with good quality of life, with the support they need to minimize physical and emotional suffering and to cope effectively throughout their cancer journeys. To accomplish this goal, Zero provides comprehensive treatment information to patients, education to those at risk and conduct more free screenings than ever before. Zero increases research funds from the federal government to find new treatments and assist in the funding for research in the pursuit of a better test for the disease. For more information about Zero, visit <a href="http://www.fightprostatecancer.org/">FightProstateCancer.org</a>.</div>
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