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Rivers Edge GC and the International Club
Featured on August Episode of Traveling Golfer
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – (August 2, 2024) – It may be the Dog Days of August across the country but, on two of the more historic courses in the Greater Myrtle Beach area, these are the Exciting Days of August. That’s because new ownership has injected a lot of energy and new life into these courses.
While they might be at opposite ends of Myrtle Beach’s Grand Strand – Rivers Edge, on the banks of the Shallotte River in North Carolina and The International Club, right next to Murrells Inlet, the Seafood Capital of South Carolina – the two courses have a lot in common. They both are under new ownership. They both are undergoing renovations to the golf course and the clubhouse. And they both are building on long-standing quality reputations.
Rivers Edge Golf Club opened in 1999 and was designed by Arnold Palmer. It is situated along the bluffs and tidal marshes of the Shallotte River. The course is a stunning photo opportunity at every turn.
“From Day One it has always been one of my favorite courses in the entire Myrtle Beach area,” says Traveling Golfer show host Tony Leodora. “Palmer’s design elements are flawless and the attention that new ownership has given the property is restoring the course to the hierarchy of the Grand Strand.”
The International Club opened in 2000 and was designed by architect Willard Byrd, whose name is affixed to a number of courses in the Myrtle Beach area. It has always been known as a solid layout, with consistently excellent conditions.
Not only is the golf course undergoing some renovations, but the clubhouse has received a major facelift. It has become a Happy Hour favorite, not only for the golfers but for the many people who live nearby.
“For some unknown reason, it took me a long time to play the International Club,” reports Leodora. “Then in 2012 I finally played the course – making it the 100th golf course that I played in the Greater Myrtle Beach area. I don’t know why I waited so long. It is an architecturally solid layout, one that won’t beat you up. I now recommend it to all who are visiting as the perfect course to begin a golf trip.”
The August episode of the Traveling Golfer airs as a scheduled weekly feature show on NBC Sports and NBC Sports + throughout three markets in the Mid-Atlantic regions. NBC Sports airings are 10:30 a.m. on Sundays, 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and 11 a.m. on Thursdays. NBC Sports + airs the show at 8 p.m. Mondays and Fridays. In addition, the show airs nationally, three times every day, on the Fun Roads Network (funroads.tv/schedule) – in 71 markets across the country including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Wichita, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Nashville, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Minneapolis. Orlando and many more.
Additionally, national and international expansion has taken place via the new wingding™ Network, which reaches more than 120 million million households via on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast and iTunes.
The total broadcast reach on three networks for the Traveling Golfer television show is 210 million households worldwide.
The show also airs on the Traveling Golfer network of websites, including The Golf Director Network and The Myrtle Beach Golf Channel (see full list of sites on www.travelinggolfer.tv).
As part of every Traveling Golfer show there is the feature, “Tech Talk”, hosted by Tour Edge Golf experts, such as President Dave Glod. With years of experience as a club maker, Glod presents an inside look at the research and development of high-quality golf equipment.
Responding to golfers’ never-ending demands to learn more about interesting golf courses and golf resorts across the country and around the world, well-traveled host Tony Leodora created the Traveling Golfer so he could take viewers on video trips to some of the most exciting golf locations. In each of its 10 years on the air, the show has been honored by the International Network of Golf with one of its prestigious awards. In four of those years the Traveling Golfer was named the No. 1 Golf Television Show in America.
The Traveling Golfer is a series of monthly shows hosted by Leodora and his partners, Jeff & Dustin Gilder and produced by Executive Producer Dustin Gilder. All have many years of experience in televised golf. The featured destination stays on the website for one month, before being replaced by a new show. Alternate shows also air in a two-month rotation. All old shows are archived for continued viewing on the YouTube Network and on the home website, www.travelinggolfer.tv.
For more information about the Traveling Golfer, or to find out how a property can be featured on the show, call TL Golf Services at (610) 721-8186 , Zeus Digital Marketing at 843-272-1919 or e-mail Tony Leodora at [email protected]. or Jeff Gilder at [email protected].
