Lachicotte, McCamish, Young Inducted into Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame
Arthur Herbert “Doc” Lachicotte Jr., Mickey McCamish and Larry Young were honored Wednesday night for their indelible contributions to the Grand Strand golf market with induction into the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame at Pine Lakes Country Club.
Among his many contributions to the area, Lachicotte was the key figure involved in the building of three golf courses that would indelibly define the South Strand as representing the essence of Lowcountry golf: True Blue Golf Club, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club and Wachesaw Plantation Club. Lachicotte also helped facilitate the transfer of land that led to the development of TPC Myrtle Beach, which would go on to host the Senior PGA Tour Championship in 2000 as a precursor to its current status as the home of numerous prestigious competitions, including the 2019 NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional and the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship for the past six years.
McCamish was instrumental in the Grand Strand emergence of two significant professional tournaments – the Senior PGA Tour Championship at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club from 1994 to 1999 and TPC Myrtle Beach in 2000; and the LPGA Tour’s 1997 Susan G. Komen International, 1998 and 1999 City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic, and 2000 Kathy Ireland/Greens.com Classic, each contested at Wachesaw Plantation East Country Club. He was executive director for 12 years of marketing cooperative Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday (known today as Golf Tourism Solutions), during which time McCamish helped lead the area’s concerted push to bring direct air service to Myrtle Beach.
Young, who passed away earlier in 2021 and was inducted posthumously, embarked in the 1970s on career as a builder and developer of golf courses that would flourish in the Myrtle Beach area, where his sizable portfolio includes Heritage Club, Oyster Bay Golf Club, Marsh Harbour, Heather Glen, and the Heathland, Parkland and Moorland courses at Legends Golf Resort. Young’s commitment to developing these properties was a key component in helping the Myrtle Beach golf market emerge as a powerhouse in global golf travel, and ascend to its current popular status as “The Golf Capital of the World.”
Young is officially the sole member of the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2021, and Lachicotte and McCamish are members of its Class of 2020; the latter two inductions were celebrated Wednesday evening along with Young’s as COVID-19 forced the cancellation of last year’s ceremony. All three inductees join the 27 existing members of the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame:
2009 – General James (Jim) F. Hackler, Jr., W. Cecil Brandon, Jr., Clay Brittain, Jr., Carolyn Cassidy Cudone, Jimmy D’Angelo, Robert White
2010 – George W. “Buster” Bryan, Gary L. Schaal
2011 – Charles W. Byers, Jr., Paul Himmelsbach
2012 – J. Egerton Burroughs, J. Bryan Floyd
2013 – Edward W. Jerdon, Casper Leon Benton
2014 – George Hilliard III, Critt Gore, Russell “Doc” Burgess
2015 – Sandy Miles, Phillip Goings
2016 – Edward Burroughs, Kelly Tilghman
2017 – Vernon P. Brake, Robert J. LeComte
2018 – Ed Bullock, Lawrence Leagans
2019 – Dustin Johnson, Hootie & the Blowfish (Mark Bryan, Darius Rucker, Jim Sonefeld and Dean Felber)
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