Myrtle Beach Golf News

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.

You know what Daylight Savings Time means in Myrtle Beach? More daylight for more golf! But even before we get to “spring forward” on Sunday, golfers up and down the Grand Strand have been taking full advantage this past week of great early spring playing conditions. Check them out, as seen through the eyes and lenses of Instagram users!

Even in a pandemic, this traveling group from Bogota, Colombia shows how international golf travel to Myrtle Beach is possible – thanks to the collaborative effort of Seaside Golf Vacations, state government agencies and local healthcare providers paving the way.

As 16 collegiate teams converge this weekend at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club to compete at the 20Th Annual V1 Sports General Hackler Championship hosted by Coastal Carolina University, they bring with them several of the world’s top amateur players – including four players currently ranked inside the top 100 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).

Charlie wants you playing your best golf when you come to Myrtle Beach. And he’s got five things that come immediately to mind – tips for improving equipment and technique – that he thinks can really help. Or at least they should. Just don’t yell at him if they don’t. He’s sensitive like that.

V1 Sports, golf’s leader in video analysis software and mobile apps to help golfers improve their swing and their score, has been named title sponsor of the General Hackler Championship hosted by Coastal Carolina University at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, one of America’s premier collegiate golf tournaments.

In this exercise, Classic Swing Golf School’s Ted Frick draws inspiration from two of the game’s leading authorities on short-game play to show how he helps reinforce distance control on lengthy putts.

Nicholas Dunlap (Huntsville, Ala.) and Jacqueline Putrino (Sarasota, Fla.) overcame final-round deficits to win the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship Presented by Fujikura Sunday at TPC Myrtle Beach.

Maxwell Ford (Peachtree Corners, Ga.) and Andie Smith (Hobe Sound, Fla.) will take leads into Sunday’s final round of the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship Presented by Fujikura at TPC Myrtle Beach.