The merger comes nearly seven months after the two companies created a letter of intent in August 2011. As part of the merger, Bob Mauragas, president of National Golf Management, said that both companies had "captured all of the business efficiencies which are possible during the last 5yrs," so you will have great economies of scale and value stabilization from the market.

Fifteen courses is going to be managed by National Golf Management (NGM). Yet another eight Myrtle Beach area courses is going to be operated by NGM.

The list of courses includes the recently renovated Pine Lakes Country Club, the area's first golf resort, which opened in 1927 and from now on is listed about the National Register of Ping G20 driver Historic Places. Included as well are respectable King's North at Myrtle Beach National, the Grande Dunes Resort Course, Pawleys Plantation Golf and Country Club and Tidewater Plantation and Golf.

In accordance with a Golf Inc. magazine 2011 study, NGM can also be the 19th largest golf management company worldwide. Each one of the merging companies continues to obtain other entities inside the golf and travel industry, including hotels and golf package companies, because this merger only involves the courses.

"Our goal would be to create an entity which will benefit from the experience, marketing assets along with the recommendations of both companies," offered Mauragas.

With more than 4 decades of collective experience of golf management and destination marketing, NGM may have greater power to reach vacationing golfers through a variety of promotional Ping G20 irons efforts. Both companies allow us extensive databases and customer relations with hundreds of thousands of golfers throughout North America and beyond.

Burroughs and Chapin has become integrally involved with Myrtle Beach community for more than 100 years, making significant contributions to the development among America's leading vacation destinations. It's going to carry on and operate its expansive commercial and residential developments which make it probably the most experienced and respected firms in the Southeast. Myrtle Beach National compliments that rock-solid business stability with many years of the game management and destination marketing know-how.

The founding groups of both companies will stay involved with NGM and they'll always participate in the development of tourism to the Myrtle Beach area, and keep an eye on discount golf clubs growth opportunities outside of the area.

"Our joined efforts and assets will be good to our customers and also to the Myrtle Beach area's efforts to keep the best golf destination within the nation, remarks Mauragas. "Our goal is usually to be better, not bigger. It's clear, the harder variety, value and satisfaction we are able to provide to the customers, the harder we are able to claim a win-win for all involved."

As well as Mauragas, who joined Myrtle Beach National next year and contains a lot more than Two-and-a-half decades of executive leadership in the golf industry, the management team of NGM will include Jim Woodring as executive vp of selling and interactive services, Mike Turrise as director of hr and Max Morgan as vice president of agronomy.