{"id":75171,"date":"2025-08-11T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75171\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:29:14","slug":"myrtle-beach-golf-tournament-honors-rhonda-brown-raises-funds-for-cancer-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75171\/","title":{"rendered":"Myrtle Beach golf tournament honors Rhonda Brown, raises funds for cancer fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) \u2014 Despite the rain, the annual Rhonda Brown Memorial Golf Tournament saw a strong turnout at Myrtlewood Golf Club on Saturday, with 36 teams gathering to raise money for cancer charities and honor the memory of Rhonda Brown, a beloved administrative assistant of the Myrtle Beach Fire Department who passed away from breast cancer in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Evans, captain of the Myrtle Beach Fire Department, said, &#8220;I think she&#8217;d be happy to know that we are helping other people in her honor.&#8221; He described Brown as &#8220;a fantastic lady&#8221; and &#8220;a second mother to many of us who were in the department at the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/weather\/abc-15-weather-authority-blog\/weather-for-the-week-ahead-08112025-to-08172024#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/weather\/abc-15-weather-authority-blog\/weather-for-the-week-ahead-08112025-to-08172024#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: New week starts cloudy and wet, More Summer heat returns after<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participants purchased rounds of golf, with proceeds going to cancer charities or to support members of the fire department family facing a cancer diagnosis. <\/p>\n<p>The cause resonated deeply with many on the course.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Waldron, a master firefighter, said, &#8220;It means a lot\u2014like I said my wife had breast cancer and it brings it home to me\u2014I know a couple guys in the department had their wives go through the same issue and it&#8217;s a close-knit family for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/spout#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/spout#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Waterspout caught on video along Myrtle Beach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Boucher, another participant, expressed the spirit of the event, saying, &#8220;We\u2019re out here having fun it&#8217;s for a great cause\u2014who cares about the rain we\u2019re out here you know it&#8217;s fun\u2014we&#8217;re out here to support a wonderful foundation and that&#8217;s all that counts we\u2019re here to make money for them that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This marks the thirteenth year of the tournament, with participation and fundraising efforts continuing to grow annually, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p>The Myrtle Beach Fire Department expressed their gratitude for the community&#8217;s support, emphasizing the importance of keeping Rhonda Brown&#8217;s memory alive through this event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) \u2014 Despite the rain, the annual Rhonda Brown Memorial Golf Tournament saw a strong&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[53484,857,3115,427,24787,46355,53486,53485,53483,99],"class_list":["post-75171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-cancer-charities","tag-community-support","tag-fundraising","tag-golf","tag-golf-tournament","tag-memorial","tag-myrtle-beach-fire-department","tag-myrtlewood-golf-club","tag-rhonda-brown","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}