Charlie Floyd and Bob Drum Inducted into Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) – Hotelier and golf course owner Charlie Floyd and the late sportswriter Bob Drum were enshrined in the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame during a ceremony at historic Pine Lakes Country Club. Kevin Drum accepted the honor on behalf of his father.

Floyd's Myrtle Beach story began in 1960 with summers at The Surf Club. After a career as an educator, coach and athletic director at Myrtle Beach High School, he entered the hotel business in 1970, developing the Paradise Inn and later owning and operating Sand Castle Resort North and South. His resorts ran successful golf package companies, and he was a partner in Buck Creek Golf Club, River Hills Golf Club, World Tour Golf Links and Arrowhead Country Club. He served two terms on the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association Board and 12 years on the National Golf Course Owners Association Board.

Drum, an All-American basketball player at the University of Alabama, became a sportswriter for The Pittsburgh Press in 1948, where he began covering a teenage Arnold Palmer and went on to become Palmer's friend, publicist and confidant. With Jimmy D'Angelo, he co-founded the Golf Writers Association of America tournament in Myrtle Beach, which brought the nation's top golf writers to the Grand Strand each year before the Masters. At the 1960 GWAA event, Drum popularized the modern concept of golf's "Grand Slam."

Established to pay tribute to the men and women who have played significant roles in the development of the Myrtle Beach area golf industry, the Hall of Fame is located in the courtyard at Pine Lakes, the area's first course, where a plaque honors each inductee.