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Kevin McGuire, Head Professional/GM, Willbrook Plantation

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&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Kevin McGuire<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">General Manager&sol;Head Professional – Willbrook Plantation<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list">&NewLine;<li><strong>Years at the course&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<em>23<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>Years in the Myrtle Beach market&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<em>29<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>Years in the golf industry&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<em>29<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>Birthplace&sol;Hometown&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<em>Brick Township&comma; New Jersey<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>College&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<em>N&sol;A<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>Favorite hole at your course&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<em>No&period; 15&comma; par-5&comma; 572 yards&colon; The course’s No&period; 1 handicap hole&period;<&sol;em>&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This hole requires length off the tee&comma; and then the second shot must navigate a raised fairway&period; The second shot visually can be very intimidating as bunkers guard the left side of the fairway and out of bounds &lpar;wetlands&rpar; protect the right side of the fairway&period; The green is elevated and guarded by 2 bunkers short and out of bounds should you go long&period;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>Favorite thing about your course or club&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I love all the history that can be found around the course&period; Willbrook was once an active rice plantation&period; Numerous signs can be found throughout the course denoting all the historical areas and information&period; I also love all the wildlife you can encounter&period; We have a ton of alligators&excl;”<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>Strangest request from a customer&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;” &OpenCurlyQuote;Would you mind if we took our car instead of a golf cart on the course’ &lpar;due to cold temperature&rpar;&period; With a completely straight face&comma; they promised to keep it on the cart path&period; Needless to say we could not fulfill this request&excl;”<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><strong>CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened at your course&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We had a husband and wife from Ireland drive a cart into the pond on the 18th hole&period; As we were pulling the cart out of the pond with a tractor&comma; the beverage cart was passing by&period; In a beautiful Irish accent the man asked me if he could borrow some money to buy a cocktail&period; He said this was one of the most stressful rounds he has had in quite some time&period; His wallet was in his bag &period; &period; &period; on the cart &period; &period; &period; in the pond&period; I bought him and his wife a drink and to this day we still keep in contact on Facebook&period; He and I continue to tell this crazy story and it gets better each time we tell it&excl;”<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;

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