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Post Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009

Dunes Named to Golf Digest Top 100 THE DUNES GOLF AND BEACH CLUB NAMED ONE OF GOLF DIGEST’S “AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST PUBLIC COURSES” April 21, 2009, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Dunes Golf and Beach Club has been ranked number 38 in Golf Digest’s 2009-2010 “America’s Top 100 Great Public Courses” listing, just published in the April issue. The prestigious “Top 100 You Can Play” list is published biennially and ranks America’s best public access and resort courses. Although a private club, the Dunes Club qualifies for this list of the country’s top public and resort golf courses by allowing limited package play through member hotels and package providers. Established in 1966, the 2009-2010 Golf Digest ranking is the 23rd edition of the ultimate honor paid to American golf course architecture. The rankings are based on extensive play and scrutiny of thousands of courses every two years by a panel of over 900 low handicap golfers. The courses were judged on various criteria: shot values, resistance to scoring, design variety, memorability, aesthetics, conditioning and ambience. After the panelists submitted their evaluations, Golf Digest averages the scores of the categories and totals the averages to determine the overall rankings. A course must be two years old to be considered for “America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.” “It's an honor for The Dunes Club to be recognized as one of ‘America's Top 100’ courses,” said Dennis Nicholl, Dunes Club head golf professional. “This Robert Trent Jones’ design continues to stand the test of time as one of the best courses in the United States and I congratulate our staff for their hard work to make sure that our members and guests have a first-class experience each time.”