Myrtle Beach Golf News

Day 3 of the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship featured George and Wesley Bryan – “The Bryan Bros” – as they took on challengers from the Coastal Carolina University PGA Golf Management Program at the closest to the pin and long putt venues. Later, the crew from St. André Golf took to the singing stage as Aaron, Hannah and Jonathan led the karaoke festivities in the ballroom to cap an action-packed Wednesday night at “The World’s Largest 19th Hole” at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

Photographer Drew Amato captured all the action, once more showcasing the essence of World Am camaraderie and revelry that you can only find in The Golf Capital of the World®!

Picture-perfect golf weather once more welcomed players to Day 3 of the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship Wednesday! Check out today’s photo galleries from course action up and down the 60-mile stretch of The Golf Capital of the World®, including play at The Hackler Course at CCU, Tradition Club, Wachesaw East and Barefoot-Fazio.

Day 2 of the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship featured the return of our old friend, Charlie Rymer, as he took on St. André Golf’s Aaron Chewning in a closest-to-the-pin contest. Meanwhile, the Crocodile Rocks Dueling Pianos kept the ballroom jumping, and the nightly putting challenge became a survival of the fittest at “The World’s Largest 19th Hole” at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

Photographer Drew Amato captured all the action, once more showcasing the essence of World Am camaraderie and revelry that you can only find in The Golf Capital of the World®!

St. André Golf’s Jonathan Pawlowski made his way around “World’s Largest 19^th Hole” Monday night, sampling several of the culinary offerings that were part of the World Am’s opening night festivities at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Check it out in one of two Monday highlight reels produced by 963 Film Group!

And Jonathan wasn’t the only one making the rounds last night. Play Golf Myrtle Beach snapped a few elevated shots of this year’s revamped 19^th Hole offerings, showcasing the venue from a first-time perspective.

Another spectacular day for golf welcomed players to Day 2 of the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship Tuesday! Check out today’s photo galleries from course action up and down the 60-mile stretch of The Golf Capital of the World®, including play at River Club, Long Bay and the Palmetto Course at Myrtlewood.

Day 1 of the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship wrapped up Monday night with St. André Golf’s Aaron Chewning, Hannah Rae Aslesen and Jonathan Pawlowski welcoming a festive, packed house of guests to “The World’s Largest 19th Hole” at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Among the dignitaries joining them were United States Golf Association CEO Mike Whan and South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Director Duane Parrish.

Photographer Drew Amato joins the World Am team this week with daily photo galleries, including today’s collection that captures the essence of World Am camaraderie and revelry that you can only find in The Golf Capital of the World®!

Day 1 of the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship teed off Monday under glorious sunshine and seasonal late summer temperatures. Check out today’s photo galleries from course action up and down the 60-mile stretch of The Golf Capital of the World®, including play at Barefoot-Love, Arrowhead, True Blue and Caledonia!

A throng of more than 2,900 golfers from 47 states and 18 countries has descended upon The Golf Capital of the World® this weekend, in preparation for the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship! Arriving competitors were fired up for an exceptional week of camaraderie, revelry and great golf, in anticipation of teeing it up for first-round action Monday at the largest, most fun and most valuable golf tournament on the planet.

Check out scenes from Sunday’s World Am Welcome Party at The Hangout!

The first-ever comprehensive economic impact study of the Myrtle Beach area golf market, known as The Golf Capital of the World®, illustrates that golf is a powerful economic driver to the region. According to the report based on 2024 data, golf is a $1.6 billion industry, supporting 13,340 jobs, generating $482.9 million in wages and benefits and producing $134.8 million in state and local taxes.

A throng of more than 2,900 golfers from 47 states and 18 countries has descended upon The Golf Capital of the World® this weekend, in preparation for the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship! Arriving competitors were fired up for an exceptional week of camaraderie, revelry and great golf, in anticipation of teeing it up for first-round action Monday at the largest, most fun and most valuable golf tournament on the planet.

Check out scenes from Saturday’s check-in at the PGA TOUR Superstore’s Broadway at the Beach location!

Earlier this week, Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s Jim Maggio paid a visit to the North Strand’s scenic Mike Brazeal design at The Links at Brick Landing, nestled beautifully along the Intracoastal Waterway. Jim’s images showcase just a few of the many examples of the type of warm welcome mat that’s here to greet you right now when you arrive in The Golf Capital of the World®!

When 3,000 golfers descend upon the Grand Strand this weekend for the 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship, they’ll discover first-hand what so many of you have already this summer: that Myrtle Beach remains The Golf Capital of the World® like never before! Let’s get a glimpse of what they’re in for right now, thanks to your Instagram posts from the past week!

The 42nd Annual Play Golf Myrtle Beach World Amateur Championship kicks off this weekend with player registration at the PGA TOUR Superstore location in Myrtle Beach. What can participants expect this year? Let’s break it down by the numbers!

This popular Myrtle Beach golf package from Tee Times USA includes golf at two of the Grand Strand’s most popular designs, and lodging conveniently located at Courtyard by Marriott Barefoot Landing in the heart of all that “The Golf Capital of the World” has to offer!

Registration is officially open, for your chance to join two of the top figures in YouTube golf in their return to “The Golf Capital of the World!” The 2nd Annual Bryan Bros Shootout, hosted by Play Golf Myrtle Beach and featuring star golf content creators Wesley and George Bryan, is set for Saturday, Nov. 8 at Grande Dunes Resort Course in Myrtle Beach.