Myrtle Beach Golf News

Southwest Airlines has announced launch dates for nonstop flights from 10 cities to Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), and along with Southwest’s Grand Strand-bound passengers golf bags will fly free to the “Golf Capital of the World.”

In this edition of the Myrtle Beach Golf Report, the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com guys (Kyle Oland & David Williams) discuss the very latest happenings on the Grand Strand golf scene – including CBS Sports Network’s hour-long special on Dustin Johnson’s impact in Myrtle Beach, events including the Hackler Championship at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club and the World Am Q School, Kyle’s dilemma in settling a friendly wager, and more!

Two legends of the game as both players and course designers, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, put their Grand Strand signature layouts to the ultimate test against two of the six remaining titans of golf course design, as our Myrtle Beach Golf Course Designer Bracket Challenge enters its “Exceptional 8” phase today.

The nation’s number one premium golf club fitter is now open for business in “The Golf Capital of the World,” as Club Champion has opened its newest studio in Myrtle Beach near Coastal Grand Mall.

We’re down to the “Spectacular 16” golf course architects whose work along the Grand Strand golf scene has emerged victorious after Friday’s Round of 32 voting in our first-ever Myrtle Beach Golf Course Designer Bracket Challenge!

It’s a field of 32 designers who’ve made the Myrtle Beach golf scene the world’s top golf vacation destination. Starting today they’re squaring off to see who, with your votes, ultimately emerges victorious in our first-ever Myrtle Beach Golf Course Designer Bracket Challenge!

Get your Irish up! Even as St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone, we’ve got plenty of green for you to enjoy along the Myrtle Beach golf scene. Check out what visiting golfers are experiencing right now, as seen this past week through the eyes and lenses of Instagram users.

The World Amateur Q School wrapped up Wednesday with third-round action at  Caledonia, Carolina National and Wachesaw Plantation East, as golfers vied for more than $10,000 in prizes including complimentary and discounted entries into the 2021 PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship later this year.

The Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship has quickly emerged as one of the game’s premier youth tournaments, due in large part to the effort of the world’s best golfer. Along with golf’s most popular vacation destination, Johnson’s commitment to this event will be in the national spotlight this weekend as CBS Sports Network will debut a one-hour special, the “Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship presented by MyrtleBeachGolfTrips.com,” on Saturday, March 20 at noon, ET.

North Carolina State took full advantage of the large lead it brought into Tuesday’s final-round play of the V1 Sports General Hackler Championship hosted by Coastal Carolina University, persevering on a tough day for scoring to win the team competition at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club by eight strokes over North Florida.

The World Amateur Q School continued Tuesday with second-round action at Burning Ridge, Prestwick and The Dye Course at Barefoot Resort, as golfers compete for more than $10,000 in prizes including complimentary and discounted entries into the 2021 PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship later this year.

In this installment of our video instruction series, Dustin Johnson Golf School Director of Coaching Allen Terrell responds to a social media question about how to lengthen your backswing. It’s a risky process if you don’t try it the right way.

Paced by rounds of 67 from Wolfpack teammates Maximilian Steinlechner and Easton Paxton, North Carolina State (-19) took a commanding 10-stroke lead over North Florida after two rounds of play at the V1 Sports General Hackler Championship at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach.

A full field of 324 golfers from throughout the country teed it up Monday in Myrtle Beach for the World Amateur Q School, in their quest for more than $10,000 in prizes including complimentary and discounted entries into the 2021 PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship later this year.

Paced by under-par rounds from each of its four starting golfers, the Louisville Cardinals raced to a two-stroke lead after first-round action at the V1 Sports General Hackler Championship Sunday at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach.