Myrtle Beach Golf News

Blackmoor Golf Club, the sole Gary Player design in the Myrtle Beach area, has reopened after recovering from the effects of Hurricane Florence. See how General Manager Bob Zuercher and his team worked feverishly to get Blackmoor back in great playing condition.

Some people don’t have to try too hard to be side-splitting funny. It just comes naturally. David Feherty fits this profile to a T. And later this month, he brings his comedic genius to Myrtle Beach for an evening of laughs to help a great cause.

Hurricane Florence came ashore just north of Wilmington, N.C., on September 14 and proceeded to inundate the Carolinas with rain that was far more damaging than the wind speeds that initially attracted so much attention. With the rivers receding and the national media having moved on, the question we get asked most is, “How bad was it?” The honest answer is, it depends on where you were.

Golfers have been teeing it up in Myrtle Beach for 91 years, and the course that welcomed those first players – Pine Lakes Country Club – continues to be among the area’s most popular layouts.

PGA TOUR superstar Dustin Johnson, Mark Bryan of Hootie & the Blowfish and NASCAR champion Denny Hamlin are teaming up with PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com, the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners Association, Golf Tourism Solutions and its non-profit foundation, Project Golf, to raise money for families impacted by Hurricane Florence. Myrtle Beach’s two PGA TOUR Superstore locations are also participating in the initiative.

As most Myrtle Beach golf courses have now reopened after Hurricane Florence, industry leaders speak out about the efforts they’ve made to bounce back, and what visiting golfers can expect when they arrive this fall.

Myrtle Beach golf courses, spared the worst of Hurricane Florence’s wrath, are welcoming players back to the game’s most popular destination. By Wednesday morning, 45 area courses were scheduled to be open and that number will rise to at least 65 by Friday.

Harry Whitt parred the 14th hole at Indian Wells Golf Club, walked to the 15th tee, and blasted his best drive of the day during the third round of the World Amateur Handicap Championship. The 10-year tournament veteran seemed to be in good spirits and good health.

Barefoot Resort is home to courses designed by Tom Fazio, Davis Love III, Greg Norman and Pete Dye, and the property is widely regarded as one of the area’s best.

In the latest installment of our Golf Instruction Zone, Steve Dresser of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. demonstrates a simple method of gaining the feel of proper body rotation in the golf swing.

As the sun set on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, it did so as well on the collective effort of the Myrtle Beach Patriots to raise funds and awareness once more for the Folds of Honor Foundation, in honor of Patriot Golf Day.

Greg Williams (North Augusta, S.C.) shot a net 67 (gross 90) to win the Flight Winners’ Playoff at the 35th Annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship Friday at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Course.

The Flight Winner’s Playoff is underway on a beautiful day at Barefoot Resort’s Dye Club. Enjoy a photo gallery from action early in the round.

Moving day at the World Am is complete. Enjoy a photo gallery from all the day’s action.

On April 30, Darren Yowell was laying on a table at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., awaiting surgery to remove his right kidney. Five weeks earlier, he had received a stunning diagnosis – he had renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer in layman’s terms.