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Cecil Brandon, Myrtle Beach Legend, Receives GWAA's Jimmy D'Angelo Award Contact TL Golf Services 610-279-9220 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (April 6, 2003) - Cecil Brandon, retired executive director of Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and founder of Brandon Advertising, is the recipient of the 3rd annual Jimmy D'Angelo Award, presented by the Golf Writers Association of America. The award is presented in memory of D'Angelo, who died in May of 2000 at age 90. A native of Philadelphia, where he first made his name in golf and rose to a position of vice president of the PGA of America, D'Angelo was the first golf professional at the famed Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach and creator of the annual Golf Writers Championship. The final round of the event and the championship banquet have been held for the last 49 years at the Dunes Club. Brandon, as leader of the powerful Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday marketing machine, was a driving force behind the development of the area as one of the prime golf and family vacation destinations in America. As a member of the famed Dunes Club, Brandon always was active in hosting the Golf Writers Association of America for the final round its annual championship and the closing night banquet. However, it was Brandon's active role over the last 15 years that helped to raise the entire Golf Writers Championship to a new level. "Nobody has worked harder than Cecil for the betterment of our championship," said John Kunda, a member of the Jimmy D'Angelo Award selection committee and an attendee at the GWAA Championship for 37 consecutive years. "He has added an air of class and prestige to the weekend and ensured that it will continue for years to come." The award is displayed permanently in the club history section at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach and bears the inscription: "In the spirit of a treasured friend, this award honors one who has meant so much to the Golf Writers Association of America and to our championship, and who embodies the highest ideals of fraternity, fellowship and sportsmanship."