Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

After a 10-year career in the National Football League, James Anderson still has that competitive fire. See how golf, and the Myrtle Beach World Amateur, have helped him channel that energy into a new athletic pursuit that fits perfectly with his post-NFL lifestyle.

In this video, Paige Spiranac shows us a training aid that helps reinforce proper swing technique for hitting out of both uphill and downhill lies. See what approach she recommends for improving your game in these areas!

The weather’s been beautiful along the Grand Strand, and its golf courses have been putting its best foot forward this spring in anticipation of more golfers joining the fun in the coming days, weeks and months. See how these popular designs are showing out right now!

The first of three renowned holes on The Dunes Golf & Beach Club’s famed “Alligator Alley,” No. 11 is a challenge marked by stunning natural beauty. Check out our aerial tour of this spectacular hole!

Country rapper Colt Ford wasn’t always a chart-topping musician; he played golf professionally on the mini tours for years, and taught other high-level players as an instructor. Hear how Colt blazed his own unique and fascinating path to notoriety in this wide-ranging discussion with host Charlie Rymer.

Stop taking mindless strokes on the practice putting green! As Paige Spiranac shows us, there’s an approach you can take to your practice green work that ensures you’re practicing with a purpose – and even having fun while you’re at it!

Join us on a video tour of this dynamic challenge at the par-5 2nd hole at Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club. If you play your cards right on this scenic hole, you could be carding a birdie – or even eagle!

Making the rounds this past week, we found peak conditions at the likes of Shaftesbury Glen, Arrowhead, Wachesaw Plantation East, Long Bay and many more. Join us on our most recent Instagram tour of the Grand Strand golf scene!

In this episode, Charlie chats it up at length with 7-time PGA TOUR winner Peter Jacobsen. Among the many topics they cover include Peter’s role in “Tin Cup,” his involvement with the Arnold Palmer Invitational, having renowned caddie Mike “Fluff” Cowan on his bag, and the infamous British Open streaker incident!

In this tip, Stuart Clark of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. shows us how “compressing” the ball is created by the proper mechanics. He’s here to demonstrate how the back shoulder works toward that purpose in the golf swing.

For this tip, Paige Spiranac is joined by Dustin Johnson Golf School Director of Coaching Allen Terrell, who shows us how Dustin uses a mirror on the practice green to refine his putting setup.

The daring love to cut the doglegs – but is it the best play at this dogleg-right par 4? See how Gary Player set up this hole at his only Grand Strand-area signature design at Blackmoor Golf Club in Murrells Inlet, S.C.

We’re ready now, and we’ll be ready when the time is right for you. That’s what course conditions throughout the Myrtle Beach area are currently telling would-be visitors. See how many award-winning designs are looking right now up and down the Grand Strand.

What started as a conversation among students and professors at The Citadel has grown into a statewide – and hopefully nationwide – effort to print masks for health care officials at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and other hospitals.

In the 2020 absence of The Masters, what better way to celebrate Masters Week than to revisit timeless memories with one of the game’s most legendary figures? “The Golden Bear” himself, Jack Nicklaus, took time out this week to chat at length with Charlie Rymer, and take a Memory Lane trip down Magnolia Lane – recalling many details of Mr. Nicklaus’ win for the ages at the 1986 Masters.