South Carolina is widely regarded as one of America’s most golf rich states, and Myrtle Beach is the epic center of the Palmetto State’s popularity and prestige. Golfweek magazine recently released its always-anticipated State-by-State Courses You Can Play Rankings, a list of each state’s top public courses, and the Myrtle Beach area dominated the list of South Carolina’s best.
Read MoreLegends Resort is one of Myrtle Beach’s iconic facilities. The resort opened with a flourish in 1990 and in many ways that momentum has never abated. Twenty-five years later, Legends is one of the most popular golf resorts not only in Myrtle Beach but all of America. The Legends family of courses has grown to include Heritage Club and Oyster Bay, two of the Grand Strand’s premier tracks, enhancing the popularity of its golf package offerings.
Read MorePawleys Island is the yin to Myrtle Beach’s yang.
Myrtle Beach offers a more raucous scene and easy access to everything the area has to offer. In contrast, Pawleys Island is a much more understated experience, relying on casual charm and the virtues of a quiet evening.
Read MoreAfter a long, hard winter, many of you are pulling the clubs out of the closet for the very first time this year. Classic Swing Golf School’s Ted Frick has an early season (really any season) drill that will help get your 2015 off to a great start!
Read MoreIdyllic weather and a full field of 200 golfers enjoyed the inaugural March Championship. The 54-hole individual, net stroke play event was played on six different courses – Shaftesbury Glen, Tiger’s Eye, Arrowhead, Meadowlands, Sandpiper Bay, Thistle – and players from 28 states, Italy and Canada participated in the tournament, which was modeled after the Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship.
Read MoreThe second round of the Myrtle Beach March Championship is in the books and the event enjoyed another fine day.The temperature was pleasant and the scenery at Arrowhead Country Club, one of two host courses for round 2, was excellent. Enjoy a photo gallery and the second day action.
Read MoreIf you’re off to play The Wizard, you’d better have brains, heart and a lot of courage, especially at judgment time on a series of three spectacular finishing holes. Architect Dan Maples made sure there’s no place like The Wizard Golf Club among Grand Strand golf courses.
Read MoreAmerica's sports popular sports talk program – ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike Show – will broadcast live from the annual Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am (MAM) for the fifth consecutive year on April 13, 2015.
Read MoreThe inaugural March Championship, a 54-hole event modeled after the World Amateur Championship, teed off on a beautiful Sunday in Myrtle Beach. Enjoy a look at some of the action from Shaftesbury Glen, one of six courses hosting the event.
Read MoreThe Deal: Single, or Multi Round Deals
Where You Play:
Black Bear Golf Club is located on the North end of the Myrtle Beach golf area, and is completely devoid of housing. A series of 23 finger lakes provide ample visuals, but the hazards set well off the fairway. Make sure to add Black Bear to your itinerary on your next Myrtle Beach Golf Vacation!
Cost: Starting at $61 per round per golfer!
Package Perks:
Great prices all year long, and make sure to check out the other courses listed in their portfolio.
Where Can I Book?:
Most package providers can book this package, but we found these great deals straight from Black Bear Golf Club
Read MoreRiver Oaks Golf Plantation opened in 1987, so the course isn’t a recent addition to the Myrtle Beach golf scene, but figuratively speaking, the 27-hole layout is getting a little closer to “new” each day.
Read MoreThe Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach’s most revered course, will host Coastal Carolina University’s 14th annual Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday General Jim Hackler Championship March 8-10. Fifteen teams from across the country will compete in the 54-hole event, which has been a proving ground for players who have gone onto to PGA Tour stardom.
Read MoreGolf is a masochist’s dream. The challenge and subsequent struggles are part of the fun; they are what sustain the game over a lifetime for many of us.
Let’s be clear: if you aren’t playing well there is NO such thing as an easy golf course, but the challenge is unquestionably greater in some places than others. With that in mind, here are Myrtle Beach’s toughest golf courses and the list concludes with a question we need your help in answering.
Read MoreThe Deal:
4 Rounds, 3 Nights of Accomodations
Where You Play:
Barefoto Resort: Fazio, Love, Norman, and Dye Club.
Cost:
Starting at $441 per person this Spring
Where You Stay:
Package Perks:
Stay at a 4 Diamond rated property and enjoy 4 rounds on Championship Designed Courses at Barefoot Resort. Barefoots Dye Club is home of the Hootie and the Blowfish Monday after the Masters Celebrity Pro-AM Tournament! And better yet, your 4th round is FREE!
Where Can I Book?: We found this package at: North Beach Plantation
Read MoreClassic Swing Golf School’s Ted Frick shows you how to hit the ball off pine straw, one of golf’s most challenging shots.
Classic Swing Golf School, one of America’s top 25 schools for quality and value, will dramatically improve your game. Classic Swing’s 3-day golf schools, which feature 12 hours of instruction, a 3:1 student to teacher ratio, full swing video analysis and on-course instruction, start at just $369 per golfer.
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