Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

With more than 140,000 votes tallied in our 2019 Golf is Great Video Contest, we invite you to explore the creative work of the competition’s top 10 vote getters still in the running for our grand prize: a $10,000 cash award, and a 3-night/3-round golf trip to Myrtle Beach for the winner and three guests – including one round of golf with Charlie Rymer and Paige Spiranac!

In this installment of our video instruction series, Ted Frick and Stefany King of the Classic Swing Golf School at Legends Golf Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C. take us out on the Parkland course for some on-course demonstration on how to manage the tee boxes you play from, and how to set up properly once you’re there.

The Dunes Golf & Beach Club and Grande Dunes Resort Course are just two of dozens of Grand Strand designs that are primed and ready for your Second Season golf getaway. Check out the aerial view of how they looked on this gorgeous fall Friday!

Visitors from the Philadelphia area celebrated their most recent Grand Strand getaway as their 50th anniversary of coming to Myrtle Beach for their annual buddies golf trip. Hear what they had to say to PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com’s Charlie Rymer before their round at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club.

Longtime PGA Professional Steve Dresser, one of the most highly respected coaches in the Myrtle Beach area and South Carolina, was recently named a lead coach for GOLF Channel Academy.

Each member of our all-star panel – Golf Channel/Sirius XM’s Michael Breed, renowned swing guru Hank Haney, Golfweek’s Geoff Shackelford, Golf Channel/PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com’s Charlie Rymer, pro golfer/social media personality Paige Spiranac and Golf Tourism Solutions’ Bill Golden – tells us the first thing they would do if they ruled supreme over professional golf for one day. Don’t miss out on this lively discussion!

Join us on a quick tour of two of the South Strand’s more popular designs, as they appeared when we visited in the past few days. Ron Garl’s Tradition Golf Club and the Tom Fazio/Lanny Wadkins-designed TPC Myrtle Beach were in tip-top condition for welcoming fall visitors!

Recently, the Diamond Ladies Group at Diamondback Golf Club hosted its annual Divas Tournament. This year’s theme was one of their most popular and creative yet: a tribute to the 1920s Prohibition Era, where each “Prohibition Diva” from the first to the 144th participant dressed and played the part.

Reverend Andy Anderson has been working with The First Tee program at Crown Park for years. Listen in as Andy and First Tee Executive Director Rich Abraham discuss how the program has impacted young lives in the North Strand’s Cedar Branch community.

Making the rounds this week, we found one course after another that’s in absolutely sparkling condition right now for your Second Season golf getaway. Take a look at the sights we captured at Barefoot Resort’s Fazio, Love and Norman courses, Tidewater, Eagle Nest and River Hills!

Golf Magazine has unveiled its ranking of the “Top 100 Resorts In North America,” and two of Myrtle Beach’s most popular properties – Barefoot Resort and Caledonia/True Blue – earned a spot on the prestigious list.

This week, Charlie Rymer checks in from the car wash as he offers his thoughts on Cameron Champ’s emotion-filled weekend, Tiger Woods’ latest road back from injury and Rory McIlroy’s choice words for the European Tour.

You can go just about anywhere to get a post-round cocktail, including countless spots up and down our 60-mile stretch of the Grand Strand. But if it’s an ice cold, really good craft beer you seek in a cool-vibe environment, you’ve come to the right place for counsel.

Wherever you’re enjoying your Second Season golf getaway this fall by day, October’s Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art (PIFMA) has a host of headline musical acts on tap by evening that are sure to please you and your group.

Warm, sunny skies and smooth-rolling greens greeted golfers today throughout the Grand Strand as we checked in on The Witch, The Hackler Course at Coastal Carolina University and Burning Ridge Golf Club.