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2005 Tournament Recap
THE ONE FOR FUN Pros, celebs, amateurs mix at Monday After Masters
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH - The estimated 5,000 spectators who attended the 11th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am at Barefoot Resort's Dye Club were treated to a lot more than golf.
Spectators Monday got up-close and personal with several celebrities; shared sunshine, laughs and libations; and witnessed hi-jinks including several wedge-throwing contests.
They also were treated to golfer John Daly and his shenanigans.
"This is pretty cool. I've enjoyed it," said Joe Clark of Myrtle Beach.
"You can walk up to any person that is here and talk to them. You don't feel restraint. And celebrities come up and stand next to you and strike up a conversation. You don't normally get that kind of access."
The tournament, featuring athletes, musicians, actors and pro golfers, raises money for junior golf and educational charities in South Carolina, and each of 36 fivesomes had a junior golfer as a caddie who qualified based on their finish in a qualifying tournament a few weeks ago.
Because Anderson's Russell Coakley, 17, shot 72 to win, he got to choose which group he wanted to caddie for, and he chose the group with Daly and Rucker. "I chose Daly because it would be fun to watch him play golf and what he does ... and I thought it would be fun to have a pro golfer and a musician from a cool band in the same group," Coakley said. "They did a good bit of drinking. They had good fun."
Tournament director Paul Graham estimates $350,000 was earned from an auction Sunday night, and the tournament also earns money from entry fees, paid attendance and a concert at the House of Blues on Monday night. The event has been sold out for several months.
"We had a great day," Graham said. "We had a great year."
The tournament and Myrtle Beach received a lot of national publicity Monday, as Tony Kornheiser and Steve Czaban both broadcast their national radio shows live from the tournament, and Sean Salisbury and Kenny Mayne broadcast the "Dan Patrick Show" on ESPN Radio on Monday afternoon from the Dye Club clubhouse.
The Golf Channel also was filming for a one-hour highlight show of the tournament to be aired in May.
Conway touring and teaching pro Mike Schroder also was the featured instructor for an hour Monday night on the Golf Academy Live program, which is hosted by North Myrtle Beach native Kelly Tilghman.
2005 Tournament Recap
THE ONE FOR FUN Pros, celebs, amateurs mix at Monday After Masters
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH - The estimated 5,000 spectators who attended the 11th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am at Barefoot Resort's Dye Club were treated to a lot more than golf.
Spectators Monday got up-close and personal with several celebrities; shared sunshine, laughs and libations; and witnessed hi-jinks including several wedge-throwing contests.
They also were treated to golfer John Daly and his shenanigans.
"This is pretty cool. I've enjoyed it," said Joe Clark of Myrtle Beach.
"You can walk up to any person that is here and talk to them. You don't feel restraint. And celebrities come up and stand next to you and strike up a conversation. You don't normally get that kind of access."
The tournament, featuring athletes, musicians, actors and pro golfers, raises money for junior golf and educational charities in South Carolina, and each of 36 fivesomes had a junior golfer as a caddie who qualified based on their finish in a qualifying tournament a few weeks ago.
Because Anderson's Russell Coakley, 17, shot 72 to win, he got to choose which group he wanted to caddie for, and he chose the group with Daly and Rucker. "I chose Daly because it would be fun to watch him play golf and what he does ... and I thought it would be fun to have a pro golfer and a musician from a cool band in the same group," Coakley said. "They did a good bit of drinking. They had good fun."
Tournament director Paul Graham estimates $350,000 was earned from an auction Sunday night, and the tournament also earns money from entry fees, paid attendance and a concert at the House of Blues on Monday night. The event has been sold out for several months.
"We had a great day," Graham said. "We had a great year."
The tournament and Myrtle Beach received a lot of national publicity Monday, as Tony Kornheiser and Steve Czaban both broadcast their national radio shows live from the tournament, and Sean Salisbury and Kenny Mayne broadcast the "Dan Patrick Show" on ESPN Radio on Monday afternoon from the Dye Club clubhouse.
The Golf Channel also was filming for a one-hour highlight show of the tournament to be aired in May.
Conway touring and teaching pro Mike Schroder also was the featured instructor for an hour Monday night on the Golf Academy Live program, which is hosted by North Myrtle Beach native Kelly Tilghman.