Casa de Campo Resort & Villas Joins World Amateur Handicap Championship Team As Title Sponsor Of Pairs Competition By Brian Weis

Casa de Campo Resort & Villas Joins World Amateur Handicap Championship Team As Title Sponsor Of Pairs Competition

Golf's most popular amateur tournament has partnered with one of world's premier resorts.

By Brian Weis

Casa de Campo Resort & Villas has joined the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship team as the title sponsor of the Pairs Competition.

The Casa de Campo Pairs Competition is a two-person team event that runs inside the World Amateur. After 72 holes of net, stroke play competition, the top 5 teams on the Pairs Competition leaderboard will advance to the World Championship Playoff to compete for a trip for two to Casa de Campo.

The winners of the Pairs Competition will receive a 3-night/4-day trip to Casa de Campo that includes:

* Superb guest room accommodations, with private balcony or terrace.
* One four-passenger touring cart for transportation within the Resort during stay
* Unlimited golf at Teeth of the Dog, Dye Fore and The Links, based on availability
* Full breakfast, snacks, lunch, and dinner at Resort signature restaurants
* Extensive cocktails, wine and non-alcoholic beverages by the glass at the resort's signature restaurants, bars, lounges, and from the Oasis golf course cart
* Unlimited horseback riding, tennis, and non-motorized water sports at Minitas Beach.
* One round of 25 shots skeet/trap shooting.
* Two complimentary tickets for Genesis Nightclub.
* Roundtrip airport transfers

"We are thrilled to have Casa de Campo as the title sponsor of the Pairs Competition," Tournament Director Scott Tomasello said. "The Pairs Competition is always popular with players and that will be the case even more so this year. Casa de Campo is one of the finest golf resorts in the world and we can't wait to provide two World Am players with a dream trip."

Casa de Campo is best known as the home of Pete Dye's masterpiece design, Teeth of the Dog. Since opening in 1974, the oceanside 18 is widely recognized as the No. 1 course in the Caribbean and is continually ranked among the top layouts in the world. Joining "Teeth" is spectacular Dye Fore, a dramatic 27-hole Dye layout with mesmerizing vistas of the Chavon River and picturesque marina harbor. The Links, the resort's third Dye-designed gem, offers stunning views of the Caribbean Sea.

The 37th annual World Amateur Handicap Championship will be played Aug. 31 - Sept. 4 on 60 of Myrtle Beach's best courses. More than 3,000 players from across America and more than 20 countries are again expected to participate in golf's largest single-site tournament.

Entry into event opens March 11 and includes at least four rounds of golf, nightly admission to the World's Largest 19th Hole and a gift bag. The early entry cost of playing in the tournament is $535 through May 14, a $120 savings off the regular cost.

The tournament, which flights players based on age, gender and handicap, is open to all golfers 17 years of age and older.

The World Am flights players into nine divisions - men 49 and under, senior men (50-59), mid-senior men (60-69), super senior men (70-79), seasoned seniors (80+), women, the gross division, senior (50+) gross division. There is also a "Just For Fun" flight, created for players who want to enjoy the World Am experience without the pressure of competition.

After four days of competition, all flight winners and ties advance to the World Championship Playoff, an 18-hole shootout that crowns the event's winner.

While the competition is initially what lures players to the tournament, it's only part of what keeps them coming back. At the heart of the World Am's appeal is the camaraderie among its participants and much of that kinship is fostered at the World's Largest 19th Hole.

Each night of the event, the 19th Hole overtakes all 120,000-square feet of the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, providing participants with free food and drinks, live entertainment, celebrity guest appearances, a golf expo and more.

Among the big names that have appeared at the 19th Hole in recent years are David Feherty, Brandel Chamblee, Charlie Rymer and John Daly.

Players will also receive a gift bag that includes a polo, a pullover, a golf towel, a logo'd hat, a PGA Tour Superstore gift card and an assortment of other goodies valued cumulatively at $250.

For more information, visit www.MyrtleBeachWorldAmateur.com.

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.