The team led PGA Tour star Jim Furyk and Hootie & the Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan won the 20th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am title with an 18-under par score of 54 at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Course Monday.
For the ninth consecutive year a sellout out crowd of 6,000+ fans packed the Dye Course to watch their favorite athletes, musicians and celebrities compete in the 20th anniversary of the Monday After the Masters.
Headlining the star-laden tournament were PGA TOUR stars Dustin Johnson and Furyk; LPGA legend Nancy Lopez; Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson, and football hall of famers Richard Dent, Eric Dickerson Marcus Allen and Bruce Smith. Among the professional golfers who joined Johnson, Furyk and Lopez were Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey, Charlie Rymer, Billy Horschel and Boo Weekley. Representing the music world were legendary saxophonist Branford Marsalis, country sensation Steve Azar, R&B singer Javier Colon; singer-songwriter Edwin McCain; Andrew Copeland of Sister Hazel and Dan Tyminski of Union Station.
The day began with ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike Show broadcasting live from the Dye Course’s first tee. It was the fourth consecutive year America’s most popular sports talk show originated from the event. LISTEN: Mike & Mike talk to Hootie & the Blowfish about the tournament
Proceeds from the tournament, which has raised nearly $5 million for charity, go to the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation, which supports the educational needs of children in South Carolina and the South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation.
Read MoreAndrew Marshall had been planning to take a Myrtle Beach golf trip with a few friends from Cleveland.
Little did he know that he would win the perfect weekend on the links for him and a few new friends – Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, co-hosts of the “Mike & Mike In The Morning” show.
The graduate student and cross country assistant coach at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C., was chosen to meet the TV/radio personalities at the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the
Read MoreThe most rollicking day on the Myrtle Beach golf calendar is again attracting some of the game’s greatest players.
PGA TOUR star and Myrtle Beach golf spokesman Dustin Johnson, LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam, former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk and Ryder Cup hero Boo Weekly are the latest big names to the commit to the 18th annual event.
[UPDATE: Due to a back injury, Dustin Johnson was forced to withdraw from The Masters tournament, and we are awaiting word as to whether he will
Read MoreAmerica’s most popular sports talk radio hosts, Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, will be making a Myrtle Beach golf trip again this spring.
ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning Show will broadcast live from Barefoot Resort’s Dye Club from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Monday, April 9, as part of the 18th annual Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am. The show will also be televised live on ESPN2.
It will mark the second consecutive year Mike
Read MoreThe popular ESPN Radio show “Mike & Mike in the Morning,” featuring hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, will broadcast from the 17th annual Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Club on April 11. The four-hour radio show will also be simulcast live on ESPN2 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. The announcement was made today by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday.
The live Mike & Mike broadcast will be the culmination of a first
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