Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

Possum Trot Golf Club is home to one of the game’s most unique names, but an unforgettable moniker isn’t what brings people back to the course 49 years after its opening. 

There is no shortage of things to do on a Myrtle Beach golf trip, and the list just got a little longer with the opening of a new Dave & Buster’s at Broadway at the Beach. 

Do you have a kid that has expressed interest in playing golf? Want to bring your grandkid to the course?

Thistle Golf Club has always enjoyed a sterling reputation among locals. The 27-hole facility – home of the Stewart, Cameron and Mackay nines – combines a taste of the game’s rich history with superb conditions and Tim Cate’s design work to deliver one of the North Strand’s finest courses. 

For many golfers, getting stuck in thick, Bermuda rough is a nightmare, but Classic Swing Golf School’s Ted Frick provides you with a simple tip to help you get up-and-down from greenside rough in this installment of the Golf Instruction Zone.

The last five years have been good ones for River Oaks Golf Plantation as a change in management brought new life to the 27-hole facility. 

Everyone that plays in the Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship dreams of playing in the Flight Winner’s Playoff, and this year that dream will again be fulfilled flight winners at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Course, which will host the World Championship Playoff for the fifth consecutive year.

In this installment of the Golf Instruction Zone, Steve Dresser of the renowned Steve Dresser Golf Academy in Pawleys Island, S.C. discusses the “hinge/unhinge” training method, and how it can help improve your balance, allow for a freer arm swing and reinforce a proper swing plane.

With more than hundreds and hundreds of courses in Texas, it might seem strange for someone to think about taking a golf trip elsewhere. But as many Texas golfers know, sitting across the country is Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, The Golf Capital of the World. 

Sandpiper Bay is a former Myrtle Beach Golf Course of the Year and the 27-hole facility has long been renowned for its playability and conditioning, making it ideal for a golf trip itinerary. 

As the spring season draws to a close, a pair of Myrtle Beach golf courses are undergoing work that will have players clamoring for a tee time this fall.

River Hills Golf & Country Club, which was featured on the Golf Channel reality program “Chasing the Dream,” has long been regarded as one of the Myrtle Beach area’s best tests of golf. 

This is the 10th consecutive year that Odalis Torres and his friends from the Dominican Republic have chosen Myrtle Beach as their group golf getaway destination. See why they love the Grand Strand golf scene so much in this video!

The 18th annual Veterans Golf Classic is in the books, and the event’s festivities were capped, as always, by the Wednesday night awards banquet. Enjoy a photo gallery the evening event.

The second round of the Veterans Golf Classic is in the books. Enjoy a photo gallery from the day's action at International Club.