Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

As recently as 2010, The Witch Golf Club was recognized by Golf Digest as No. 36 in its listing of “Myrtle’s Super 60,” placing it in select company among the Myrtle Beach area’s most requested designs. Join us on a video tour of this Dan Maples layout, and see for yourself what has so many visiting golfers returning to The Witch year after year.

Frontier Airlines has announced new nonstop routes to Myrtle Beach from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, New Jersey that will launch service to the Grand Strand on July 2, 2020.

Arcadian Shores this week rejoined the ranks of Grand Strand golf courses open and primed for visiting golfers. See the great conditions they, along with many others, are offering right now as we take our weekly Instagram tour of the Myrtle Beach golf scene.

In this video, Paige discusses a tendency for her swing to come “over the top,” and result in a slice. She shows us a drill she uses during her practice sessions that helps overcome it. Check it out!

The par-5 18th hole at Lockwood Folly is reachable in two shots for most golfers. With the marshland in the background, though, you must not go long. Join us for an aerial tour of this memorable finishing hole.

Charlie needs new clubs, and he’s turned to three leading authorities on how to get his club fitting done right: Allen Terrell of the Dustin Johnson Golf School, TaylorMade Senior Director of Product Creation Tomo Bystedt, and 20-time PGA TOUR winner Dustin Johnson himself. In this episode, they walk Charlie through the paces of sizing up the best new irons for his bag.

Do you know which eye is your dominant eye? Ted Frick of the Classic Swing Golf School at Legends Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C. is here to show you and easy way to find out – and tell you why it’s so important to your putting game.

Prepare for the golf experience of a lifetime – brought to you by a true maverick in golf course design, Mike Strantz, and presented with modern features framed in a classic setting. Join us for a dynamic aerial tour of one of the nation’s most popular resort golf destinations, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club.

In this video, Paige discusses how she has a tendency to get too “handsy” with her putting stroke from time to time. To counter this, she makes a simple adjustment to her putting grip to make her hands feel more connected in this process.

With Memorial Day Weekend fast approaching, Grand Strand-area designs continued prepping for the anticipated busy return of vacation golfers. Join us for our latest tour around the Myrtle Beach golf scene to see how well they’re shaping up as summer approaches.

The Fazio Course at Barefoot Resort & Golf offers a compelling challenge to its players, and the opening hole of the renowned design’s back nine is a classic risk/reward example. Join us for a virtual aerial tour of its par-5 10th hole.

Turbulent times have not stopped the Myrtle Beach golf industry from conducting daily operations. Hear from four of the Grand Strand’s leading stakeholders in the industry as they discuss with Charlie how golf has not only adjusted effectively to a pandemic world, but looks to a future where the game will continue to be an important part of people’s lives.

Claude Pardue, owner of Mystical Golf, discusses the re-investment his company has made in capital improvements to its three popular designs – The Witch, The Wizard and Man O’ War. More than $600,000 was invested in these upgrades, and the results have been exceptionally well received by its golfers.

In this video, Steve Dresser of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. shows us how you can get better accustomed to having a forward shaft lean while hitting your irons. This will allow you to have the proper angle of attack as you strike the ball.

Join us on a breathtaking video journey of one of the Grand Strand’s most creative designs: the work of Larry Nelson and Jeff Brauer at the beautiful Avocet course at Wild Wing Plantation.