Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of daily diary entries by Alabama Golf News Editor Gregg Dewalt, who is competing in his first Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship, the largest gathering of amateur golfers in the world.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – When Georgia and Florida football fans converge on Jacksonville, Florida for the renewal of those schools’ annual rivalry game each fall, it’s billed as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.
Currently, I’m sitting in a small hotel room in the heart of Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, eagerly anticipating my inaugural appearance in the Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Golf Championship. A couple thousand golfers of all ages and ability levels are either already here or will be here over the next two days to check in for the 72-hole event that begins Monday and, unless you win your flight, ends Thursday…