Female golfers in the golf capital of the world, Myrtle Beach, celebrated National Women’s Golf Day Tuesday. It’s a day meant to empower, support and engage women in the game of golf.
Myrtle Beach’s PGA Superstore teaching professional Chris Abraham told News13 that the biggest benefit of National Women’s Golf Day is that it helps more ladies get out on the course.
“I love it. Like I said, the comradery, the people that you meet, and I belong to three different leagues here playing different tournaments,” said Grand Strand golfer Heidi Cherry.
Thinking she might not be any good, Poland native Heidi Cherry started playing golf two decades ago after some persuasion from her husband and the local golf pro in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“They had an 18-hole par 3, so even when there was snow on the side of the fairways, I was out there,” she said.
Out there, like many other women Tuesday on the 4th annual National Women’s Golf Day.
Cherry plays in three different leagues along the Grand Strand, and girls like 12-year-old Madison Messimer are looking to follow suit.
“More can play, and more can more enjoy it,” said Messimer.
Teaching professional Chris Abraham, who works along the Grand Strand at the Myrtle Beach PGA Superstore, agrees.
“When we can get the ladies out there that means, especially families, the husbands are going to go, the kids are going to go, we’re just going to get more people into the game and I just believe it’s a game everyone should play and everyone should enjoy,” said Abraham.
Other venues along the Grand Strand like TopGolf and Myrtlewood Golf Club held events with clinics and advice for women to celebrate today.
A golf writer started this event in 2016 to highlight women in the male-dominated sport.
