05/02/2026
🎧 LISTEN THIS SATURDAY | MAY 2 2026
Wake Up with Beth & Ruthie
⏰ 7:30–8:00 AM | 9:30–10:00 AM
🎙 Audio • 📺 Video • 📲 Social
📻 ON AIR: HotTalk WRNN 99.5 FM
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❤️🤍💙 MAY THEME: MAKING MEMORIES THAT MATTER ❤️🤍💙
You can feel it across Myrtle Beach right now…
The Grand Strand is stepping into one of its biggest seasons of the year, where PGA TOUR golf, southern hospitality and tourism, all come together to create experiences visitors and our community remember long after … making memories that matter.
We’re taking you behind the scenes of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, brought to us by ONEflight International, Inc. x Visit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and the people helping spotlight South Carolina’s ‘golf capital of the world’ into unforgettable memories.
🎧 7:30–8:00 AM
⛳️ Darren Nelson
Tournament Director – ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic | SPORTFIVE | PGA TOUR
We’re talking:
❣️ What it takes to bid for, win & operate a multiple year PGA TOUR event
❣️ Coordinating players, volunteers, sponsors, celebrities and logistics
❣️ The impact the has on Myrtle Beach tourism, hospitality and the Grand Strand economy
❣️ How title sponsor ONEflight International continues to raise the bar in PGA Golf tournament experience with outside the box collaborations with global sports properties like McLaren
We also get into:
🏎 The arrival of the McLaren F1 car
🏌️ Celebrity Pro-Am appearances from Lando Norris and Zac Brown
🔥 Brooks Koepka joins Myrtle Beach field
🎬 The return of Kurt Russell
❤️ The charities and community organisations benefiting from tournament week
From operations to international attention, Darren shares what goes into bringing a world-class sporting event to South Carolina.
🎧 9:30–10:00 AM
👨🍳 Chef Ervin Abbott
Culinary Director | Big Chill Island House 8x Masters Tournament
Fresh from cheffing at The Masters in Augusta, Chef Ervin joins us to talk:
🍽 The new Fairway Features Menu North Myrtle Beach running throughout the Classic
🥂 Food, hospitality and high-level event dining
🌴 The connection between tourism, golf and the Grand Strand restaurant scene
🔥 What it’s like cooking at one of the most iconic sporting events in the world
From Augusta to Myrtle Beach, this conversation is all about hospitality, flavour and creating unforgettable experiences through food.
✨ Real people.
✨ Real conversations.
✨ Real Grand Strand memories that matter.
These are the conversations we love bringing together — the people, events and stories shaping life across Myrtle Beach and beyond.
Set your reminder, grab your coffee and Wake Up with Beth & Ruthie this Saturday.
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