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Post Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Dunes Named to GolfWorld's Top 50 The Dunes Golf & Beach Club was named to the 2010 Golf World Readers’ Choice Awards, just announced in the magazine’s September 28 issue. The Robert Trent Jones design was recognized in the Top 50 Resorts category and is the only Myrtle Beach area course to be honored in this category in the annual ranking. Dunes Club was also honored in the inaugural 2009 Reader’s Choice Awards. “We are excited to once again be recognized as one of the top 50 resort golf courses in the United States,” said Dennis Nicholl, Dunes Club’s head golf professional. “We strive to provide a superior golfing experience to our members and guests and this award confirms our success at this objective.” Golf World invited readers to evaluate the best public, private and resort facilities in the country using 12 criteria established by the magazine’s editors that included the quality of the course; the condition of the course; the course’s reputation and prestige; golf practice facilities; speed of play; clubhouse/locker rooms; hotel accommodations; caddie program; golf pro shop; food/dining; off-course activities/amenities; service and overall value. More than 48,000 individual facility ratings and 600,000 criteria evaluations were received in the second year of the reader’s choice awards. To arrive at an overall aggregate score for each facility, Golf World calculated the average ratings received in all applicable criteria. The raw scores were weighted to reflect different levels of significance for each of the criteria, with the formula varying based on the category. The overall total then was recalculated to a 100-point scale so a perfect score on every ballot yielded an aggregate of 100.