Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

Eric Berggren, a Windermere, Fla., resident, and Ahra Ko of Suwanee, Ga., won the boys and girls qualifiers for the third annual Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship Saturday at Wild Wing’s Avocet Course.

With a few notable exceptions, the profile of a golf course ebbs and flows over time, and Tiger’s Eye Golf Links is no exception. The third of Ocean Ridge Plantation’s four Big Cats courses, Tiger’s Eye opened to great acclaim in 2000 and was widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier new layouts.

One of golf’s fastest rising personalities will spend 2018 getting to know the game’s most popular destination. Paige Spiranac, a professional golfer and media personality, has joined the PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com team and will spend time in Myrtle Beach, discovering the virtues of the Grand Strand golf experience.

The field for the third annual Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship is set, and Johnson’s goal of hosting the nation’s premier junior tournament has taken another step forward. The Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship will be played Feb. 22-25 at TPC Myrtle Beach, and with the support of the World’s No. 1 player, the strength of the 93-player field has significantly improved again.

Join us on a hole-by-hole photo tour of this stellar Lowcountry design, brought to you by a true maverick in golf course design, Mike Strantz.

The Mike Strantz design is ranked among America’s top 100 public layouts, but with accolades come great expectations. Can Caledonia, a Lowcountry classic carved through majestic live oak trees draped in Spanish moss, meet or even exceed expectations?

Grab your clubs and get ready, Twin Cities-area golfers! Sun Country Airlines®  has announced the coming launch of new, nonstop seasonal service from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP) to Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) – just in time for the peak golf season in “The Golf Capital of the World.”

The third annual Preseason Classic, a 54-hole two-man team event, is in the books. Two-hundred golfers from across the country, made the trek to Myrtle Beach to participate in the 4th annual event. Enjoy a look at final round action from Lion’s Paw at Ocean Ridge Plantation.

The second round of the 2018 Myrtle Beach Preseason Classic is in the books. Enjoy a look at action from Caledonia Golf & Fish Club. The 54-hole, two-man team event will conclude at Lion’s Paw and Crow Creek.

The TPC brand is one of golf’s strongest, one players immediately associate with the PGA Tour and quality.

Golfweek magazine has unveiled its annual ‘Ultimate Guide’ for 2018, which includes a ranking of America’s Top 100 Resort Courses, and Myrtle Beach figured prominently in the prestigious list.

People like to talk about what Wild Wing Plantation used to be, a 72-hole facility that was among Myrtle Beach’s best, but the Woodstork, Falcon and part of the Hummingbird courses closed more than 10 years ago.

In this series of brief tutorials, Steve Dresser of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina shows us four simple techniques for making practical use of alignment rods in your practice routine.

You likely have at least passing familiarity with Arrowhead Country Club, a 27-hole, Raymond Floyd design highlighted by holes that play along the Intracoastal Waterway. 

Rapid growth is a given on the Grand Strand. How to build on the region’s sea-and-tee economy is the question. Here are some possible answers.