Myrtle Beach Golf News

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

Claude Pardue, who owns the three Mystical courses, has long had an affinity for Scottish golf and wanted to bring a taste of the Olde Country to Myrtle Beach. 

Taylor Totland and Alice Chen played their first round of golf together at the age of 10 and came up through the junior ranks in New Jersey, playing alongside and against each other every step of the way before both matriculated to Furman University.

If you’ve been on a Myrtle Beach golf trip, there is a decent chance you’ve driven by Indian Wells Golf Club, which is located just off Highway 17 in Garden City. You can see several holes from the road, and they always look inviting.

Ask any local which Myrtle Beach golf courses are among the area’s most underrated, and one name appears on most every list: Prestwick Country Club. 

The 34th annual Myrtle Beach World Amateur Handicap Championship is beginning to appear on the horizon, and of the 2,500 people already registered, few are looking forward to the event as much as Roy Brown. 

In this installment of the Golf Instruction Zone, Dustin Johnson Golf School director of instruction Allen Terrell discusses the unique position of Dustin’s lead wrist in his swing. It’s helped him become the world’s top golfer – but would this technique help the average golfer?

When you talk food and the Carolinas, the first thing that comes to mind for many is barbecue. While Myrtle Beach is known as much for its seafood, there is a lot of great pork here, too. 

There is a case to be made that Legends Resort is America’s most popular three-course facility. Golfers flock to the Scottish-inspired property and its trio of highly regarded courses – Heathland, Moorland and Parkland – to enjoy an almost unmatched combination of quality and value. 

Golf Digest unveiled its biennial ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses in the June issue of the magazine, and a pair of Myrtle Beach layouts had their place among the game’s elite reaffirmed. 

Myrtle Beach is full of quality golf courses that don’t attract the spotlight; it’s a byproduct of having 86 layouts in the game’s most popular market. 

Golfweek recently released its annual list of the best courses you can play in each state, and Myrtle Beach, again, dominated the ranking of South Carolina’s leading public courses. 

Barefoot Resort is home to four golf courses, three of which have been ranked among America’s top 100 public layouts, and the facility has few peers. 

As so many do each year, celebrities turned out in droves once more to take part in the 2017 Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am, hosted at the Dye Course at Barefoot Resort & Golf. 

Myrtle Beach National, home of three Arnold Palmer-designed courses, is one of the Grand Strand’s signature facilities. All three layouts – King’s North, SouthCreek and West Course – are 4+ star designs, according to Golf Digest, but playability is an essential component of each.