Eastport readies for reopening The long-awaited reopening of Eastport Golf Club should happen by the end of December. Though a date hasn't been officially determined, Frankie Vereen, a partner in the course's new ownership group, said the course could reopen by Saturday, Dec. 20 and is sure to reopen by the end of the year. Fairways were fertilized on Tuesday, Dec. 9, to green the winter ryegrass overseed for play. The course, particularly the greens, will be evaluated after the weekend to see if it's ready to reopen. ``We're not 100 percent there but we're getting there,'' Vereen said.
Courtesy of Myrtle Beach Online
At last!…..golfing along Highway 17 in Little River again! No…Eastport was never in the upper tier of courses along the Strand and it likely will still not be, but there is still a niche for a playable course at a reasonable rate being run by a group of locals! The Myrtle Beach Golf Association still thinks it’s a dog track (“Needless to say, we’d just say no thanks, and tee it up somewhere else.”) Maybe they could have waited to play it to pass judgment….
Given that the originally proposed real estate development swirled down the toilet, I’d venture to say that reopening Eastport will at the very least provide some relief to the residents in that community…not to mention, a course for locals that won’t force them to mortgage the farm to play. (I never really liked driving by a field overgrown with weeds….isn’t Bay Tree enough?) The course is going to be what it is given the property and the lay of the land. The best we can hope for is a commitment by the new owners to maintain a quality golf course where we can all go for a few hours of exercise and enjoyment and still have enough in our pockets for a couple cocktails afterward.
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