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The King Reigns Supreme at the 1996 Opening of King’s North

MYRTLE BEACH, SC - Arnold Palmer recently celebrated his 80th birthday, and photos and tales of his career graced the covers and pages of every golf magazine in America. Like so many people and places, Myrtle Beach, S.C. has been blessed to have hosted several Palmer sightings, including several appearances at Senior Tour Championship and a special guest appearance at the 50th Annual Golf Writers Dinner in 2003.

Among his greatest gifts to Myrtle Beach are the three Arnold Palmer signature courses at Myrtle Beach National, located on Highway 501 between Myrtle Beach and Conway.

The results of Golf World's second annual "Readers' Choice Awards" are in, and it appears that the people who voted and the so-called experts have differing opinions when it comes to who deserves to be on top.

Perhaps the biggest surprise comes in the Public Golf Course category where Forest Dunes Golf Club, located in the tiny village of Roscommon, Michigan (Pop. 1,133), earned top honors. Forest Dunes doesn't even appear in Golf Magazine's well-respected rankings of the "Top 100 You Can Play," and Golf Digest has the course tied for 37^th in its list of "100 Greatest Public Courses."

Golfers who want to experience playing a course that is set up for the final round of a PGA Tour event will get that opportunity at Cog Hill's newly-renovated Dubsdread. The nationally-ranked course, which will host the 2009 BMW Championship Sept. 10-13, will be open for public play on Monday, Sept. 14 with the tournament's Sunday final round pin placements.

Golfers will be able to compare their game to the best in the world. The BMW Championship is the third leg of four in the FedExCup Playoff Series. The top 70 players on the FedExCup point list are expected to play at Dubsdread for a purse of $7.5 million with the winner taking home $1.35 million.