About the Know Your Score Campaign

Myrtle Beach, recognizing the opportunity it has with the large number of male visitors to area golf courses, has formed the Know Your Score – Fight Prostate Cancer effort to make a difference in battling this disease. The Myrtle Beach Golf community has formed a steering committee, and along with ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer, we intend to raise $250,000 for research and to educate men on the importance of early detection of prostate cancer.

Major League Baseball All-Star, Ken Griffey, Sr. is a prostate cancer survivor and will serve as the National Chairman for Know Your Score. Ken is very active in the campaign and is a perfect example of how early detection can save your life.

Our first fundraising initiative was a tremendous success! Our program kicked off in April with nearly 40 Myrtle Beach area golf courses hosting on-course contests. The group raised $40,000, spoke to nearly 20,000 golfers, and screened over 200 men.

Celebrity Golf Tournament and Gala - August 23, 2008

Myrtle Beach plays host to the world's largest amateur golf tournament, the PGA TOUR Superstore World Amateur Handicap Championship. The 4-day tournament takes place August 25-28, and over 4,000 golfers will tee off on over 70 of Myrtle Beach’s finest golf courses. We’re pleased to announce that the Know Your Score campaign is the official charity of the 2008 PGA Superstore World Amateur Handicap Tournament. During the event and related festivities, there will be many opportunities to help fight prostate cancer. These are a few you don’t want to miss.
  • The Ken Griffey, Sr Invitational Golf Tournament – On Saturday August the 23rd Ken and some of his friends will be holding a Captains Choice golf tournament, and all proceeds will go to fight prostate cancer. The tournament will be a shotgun start at 8:00am, and there will be many great prizes from our Myrtle Beach golf community. Get your team signed up quickly, as this celebrity tournament will sell out fast.

  • World Am 25th Anniversary Silent Auction and Dinner – On the evening of August 23rd, a very special night celebrating 25 years of the World Am in Myrtle Beach. The evening will begin with cocktails and a silent auction followed by a fabulous dinner. Entertainment will include music and comedy, and at the end of the evening Mitch Laurance will host a locker room sports talk with some of our sports idols.

Event Information:

    Official invitation
    Event Schedule, List of Celebrities, and more!
    Secure Online Event Registration

Get involved today by registering online
For more information, please email Heath Carter or call (843) 477-8833, ext. 296.

Special Announcement:
The Mobile Screening Clinic comes to Myrtle Beach! Click for details

About ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer

ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer sets the standard for rapidly reducing the burden of prostate cancer on American men and their families through awareness, outreach, and advocacy. Their publicity campaigns and partnerships educate men and their families about the risks of prostate cancer and the importance of early detection.

ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer boasts the nation’s only mobile prostate cancer screening program, The Drive Against Prostate Cancer, which has tested more than 65,000 men during stops in at-risk and underserved communities while the website, FightProstateCancer.org, and weekly e-newsletters, aware, are America’s leading sources for information about prostate cancer. Further, ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer also actively works with government officials to increase federal funding for prostate cancer research. Since ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer was founded in 1996, annual federal funding for prostate cancer research has increased five-fold, to $469 million.

Myrtle Beach Golf Community Support

  • Aberdeen
  • Black Bear
  • Blackmoor
  • Burning Ridge
  • Crown Park
  • Farmstead
  • Founder's Club
  • Glen Dornoch
  • Grande Dunes
  • Heather Glen
  • Indian Wells
  • Indigo Creek
  • Island Green
  • Leopard's Chase
  • Litchfield
  • Long Bay
  • MBN-King's North
  • MBN-SouthCreek
  • MBN-West Course
  • Meadowlands
  • Myrtlewood-Palmetto
  • Myrtlewood-Pinehills
  • Possum Trot
  • River Club
  • River Hills
  • River's Edge
  • Sandpiper Bay
  • Shaftesbury Glen
  • Tidewater
  • Tradition Club
  • True Blue
  • Wachesaw East
  • Waterway Hills
  • Wicked Stick
  • Willbrook
  • Woodland Valley
  • Wild Wing