Charlie Rymer returns to TV with his own show based in Myrtle Beach on CBS Sports
When Charlie Rymer left the Golf Channel in late 2018 and became a Myrtle Beach brand ambassador for Golf Tourism Solutions, both he and the marketing and technology agency envisioned utilizing multiple mediums to maximize his reach.
In the two-plus years since, Rymer has hosted an online golf interview show and a podcast, and has been featured in marketing campaigns involving several digital platforms and forms of media.
He’s now returning to national television, where he is perhaps most accomplished and carries the most clout.
“The Charlie Rymer Golf Show” based in Myrtle Beach will debut Monday at 8:30 p.m. as part of CBS Sports Network’s new Monday night block of golf programming.
The show features the Fort Mill native interviewing and interacting with celebrities and locals, both on and off the course. The 30-minute show will run 16 episodes in its inaugural season, with the first eight airing this spring and the second eight airing in the fall.
The show is the back portion of CBS Sports Network’s new two-hour Monday night golf lineup. “Course Record with Michael Breed” featuring co-hosts Michael Breed and Greg DuCharme, which began its second season earlier this year, airs weekly at 7 p.m. “Faldo Formula” featuring CBS Sports lead golf analyst Nick Faldo follows at 8 p.m. and leads into Rymer’s show.
The debut show features fan-favorite John Daly and country singer Colt Ford and includes some fishing.
The April 26 show will feature parts of Rymer’s one-hour interview of Dustin Johnson at the TPC Myrtle Beach on March 4, when Johnson was at his golf school at the TPC on the eve of the Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship.
“He was in a really relaxed mood and I think maybe some folks will see Dustin in a little bit different light than maybe you’ve seen him in the past,” Rymer said. “Anytime you can get the world No. 1 on your show that’s a good day.”
The first eight episodes have been filmed by The Workshop Content Studios based in Philadelphia, which does much of GTS’ filmed content.
Rymer’s former Golf Channel colleague Damon Hack was an interview subject, as was Faldo.
“I can’t wait for people to see my conversation with him,” Rymer said. “He actually got a little emotional and that was really neat to see.”
The show will have several elements through different episodes including interviews, instruction, travels along the Grand Strand, food including Rymer’s own cooking and recipes, and of course stories from Rymer’s amateur and PGA Tour playing careers and time as a broadcaster.
“I really don’t want the show to get pigeon-holed,” Rymer said. “I want to do interviews but I don’t want it to be known as an interview show. I want to do some golf tips, but I don’t want to be a golf tips show. We do some food stuff, which for me is a lot of fun.”
Rymer’s cooking skills improved last summer when he was weakened and stuck in his house for several weeks with COVID-19.
“I ended up watching a lot of cooking shows,” Rymer said. “I thought that I’d love to do a cooking segment every now and then. But it’s on a sports network so we’d have to tie it back into our sport. So I do some cooking and do some dishes that are inspired by golfers.”
Rymer ended an 11-year on-air career at Golf Channel late in 2018 and moved to Murrells Inlet.
An online interview show that was also called the Charlie Rymer Golf Show debuted last May and guests included Jack Nicklaus, and Rymer debuted a podcast on Jan. 7 called “Balls in the Air with Charlie Rymer” that has had several episodes.
Excerpts from the podcast will run on the TV show as Rymer is cross-promoting his projects and sending viewers and listeners to the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com website for more content.
A national TV ad promoting Myrtle Beach golf and featuring Rymer jumping into a pool has gotten a lot of air time. GTS is running ads during CBS Sports’ golf programming.
“When we made a more formal relationship, these are the sorts of things we were developing when the pandemic hit,” Rymer said. “. . . I think the (TV) show would have been here a year earlier without the pandemic.”
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“Having Charlie here has expanded what we can do,” GTS president Bill Golden said. “. . . Charlie is the perfect person for it and there’s no shortage of content here to cover in Myrtle Beach.”
World Am accepting entries
The 38th annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship began accepting entries April 7. The 72-hole, net stroke play tournament will be played Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 on 55 Grand Strand courses, and 3,000 players from across the U.S. and several countries are expected to participate in golf’s largest single-site event.
Early entry into the tournament is $559 through June 3, a $120 savings off the regular cost. Players that register by May 6 will also be eligible to win one of more than 50 random drawing prizes, including offerings from GolfBuddy, Cleveland Golf, and Nexbelt.
The 2020 tournament was played without the World’s Largest 19th Hole after each round due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but with the pace of vaccinations increasing, Golf Tourism Solutions, which operates the event, plans to again hold the nightly party.
Players will receive a gift bag that includes a polo, pullover, golf towel, logo’d hat, PGA Tour Superstore gift card and an assortment of other gifts valued cumulatively at $250. For more information visit www.MyrtleBeachWorldAmateur.com.
Golf Passport purveyors
The Myrtle Beach Golf Passport discount golf program run by the MBAGCOA gave complimentary memberships to all first responders in Georgetown, Horry and Brunswick counties last year as a ‘thank you’ for their service.
This year the course owners have extended the free offer to new residents of the three counties as a welcome and introduction to the golf market.
DJ Junior winners
Nicholas Dunlap of Huntsville, Alabama and Jacqueline Putrino of Sarasota, Florida overcame final round deficits to win the 2021 Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship on March 7 at TPC Myrtle Beach.
Dunlap entered the final round a shot off the lead and built a cushion that allowed him to overcome a double bogey on the 16th hole. His final-round 75 gave him a 3-under 213 total, which was two strokes clear of Luke Clanton of Miami Lakes, Florida, Brendan Valdes of Orlando and Maxwell Ford of Peachtree Corners, Georgia
Putrino shot a 75 in the final round and was tied with Hyo Joon Jang atop the leaderboard when she made a clutch 18-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th to win. Putrino finished at 6 over, one better than Jang and two strokes clear of Savannah Hylton of Hilton Head Island and Catherine Park of Irvine, California. Putrino entered the final round trailing Andie Smith of Hobe Sound, Florida by three shots.
This story was originally published April 14, 2021 at 10:19 AM.
