Latest News on the World Amateur Handicap Golf Tournament

A familiar face will be returning to the 30th annual Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship.

Golf Channel star Charlie Rymer will be appearing two nights at the World’s Largest 19th Hole. Rymer is the second Golf Channel personality to commit to the event, joining Brandel Chamblee.

A former host of the Big Break and Road Trip: Myrtle Beach, Rymer is one of Golf Channel’s most prominent personalities, serving as a co-host of the network’s popular Morning Drive program.

He is also a regular on Golf Central and a member of Golf Channel’s tournament coverage team. A three-year member of the PGA Tour, Rymer was an All-American at Georgia Tech and won on what is now the Web.com Tour.

Rymer will emcee the 19th Hole activities, entertain tournament participants with stories from behind the scenes on the PGA Tour, and take questions from the crowd.

The World Am will be played August 26-30 on 63 Myrtle Beach area golf courses. The 72-hole net stroke play tournament is open all golfers with a verifiable USGA handicap, and entry includes access to the World’s Largest 19th Hole, where free food, drinks, live entertainment and a golf expo are among the attractions.

More than 3,500 players from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries are expected to participate. Players are divided into five divisions based on gender, age and handicap.

At the conclusion of four rounds of competition, all flight winners ...

Let the tournament’s long-time players and organizers tell you what it’s all about.

Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship participants will test their games on the best golf courses Myrtle Beach has to offer.

Sixty-three Grand Strand layouts will be hosting the World Am, including 12 that have been ranked among the nation’s top 100 public courses by either Golf Magazine or Golf Digest.

Complete List of World Am Host Courses

Among the high profile courses hosting this year are Caledonia, Grande Dunes Resort Course, Heritage Club, King’s North, Tidewater, Tiger’s Eye and Leopard’s Chase at Ocean Ridge Plantation, Rivers Edge and TPC Myrtle Beach.

Forty-five of the 63 host courses have earned at least 4 stars in Golf Digest’s prestigious Best Places to Play guide, bringing tremendous quality and depth to the tournament’s course lineup.

“The quality and quantity of Myrtle Beach’s golf offerings are what allows the area to host 3,500 players for a 72-hole tournament,” said Jeff Monday, the World Am’s tournament director. “The event has always enjoyed great support from area golf courses, and this year’s lineup is the best yet.”

Barefoot Resort’s Dye Club will be hosting the World Championship Playoff for the first time. The Dye Club has been home to the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am the last 11 years and is one of the area’s finest facilities.

The World Am has partnered with USHandicap.com to provide each registered tournament participant with a free USGA handicap!

To receive your free USGA handicap, complete the request form (click the button below to access the form). Within a week of making the request, you will receive an email from USHandicap.com with your account information.

The complementary handicaps will be valid for one year.

Good luck and we look forward to seeing you in August.

HANDICAP REQUEST FORM

The Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship is, and always will be, a handicap event, but our friends at AmateurGolf.com want to make sure the men and women who fire the lowest gross scores get a little love as well.

AmateurGolf.com is launching what will become an annual gross tournament in each of the World Am’s five divisions, providing low handicappers another goal to strive for. The player with the lowest gross score in each division will receive a trophy and other prizes.

Whether you are flirting with par or struggling to break 100, AmateurGolf.com is also offering every current, past or prospective World Am player a free, six-month trial membership that includes access to everything the site offers.

To take advantage of the offer, go to http://amateurgolf.com/trialoffer and use the promo code: worldam when registering.

AmateurGolf.com is the premier destination for amateur golfers of all skill levels. Home to the web’s most comprehensive tournament database, amateurgolf.com provides results and coverage of events across the nation as well as equipment and course reviews. The site also hosts the Golfweek/amateurgolf.com Player Rankings.

The amateurgolf.com Tour is a 12-event series of west coast events with the flagship tournament, the Two-Man Links Championship, held at Bandon Dunes each spring. The Player Staff Program launched in 2011 and includes amateurgolf.com’s most engaged and influential members, who contribute to the site through product reviews, sponsor feedback, course and tournament reviews and much more.