Myrtle Beach Golf News

The second annual Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship will hold a qualifier – open to boys and girls that would like to earn a wild card entry into the event – on February 11 at Myrtle Beach National – SouthCreek. 

Using more than 10,000 user-submitted reviews, Golf Advisor compiled its list of the Top 50 U.S. Courses of 2016, and Thistle Golf Club, one of the Myrtle Beach area’s best layouts, was ranked 14th.

Food won’t typically make or break a golf trip, but no one has ever complained about a good meal.  

The third annual Myrtle Beach Preseason Classic is in the books. Two hundred golfers from 22 participated in the event and enjoyed temperatures pushing 70 degrees during the tournament's final round. Enjoy a photo gallery from Pine Lakes Country Club.

Golf is a dreamer’s game. It is, by nature, a difficult sport, but that one great shot always portends a better future and brings us back. 

Did you know 78 percent of the spin on every golf shot is a result of clubface positioning? Classic Swing Golf School’s Ted Frick show how to control your clubface and harness all the spin to help your game.

Founders Club at Pawleys Island is surrounded by some of the Myrtle Beach area’s most prominent golf courses. Pawleys Plantation, Caledonia, True Blue and Heritage Club are within a Dustin Johnson drive of Founders Club, which opened in 2007.

MyGolfSpy.com is one of golf’s rising new media entities, relying on data and player evaluations to compile rankings, most prominently for equipment. Now the website has turned its attention to golf courses, much to the delight of a pair of Myrtle Beach golf courses. 

Every Myrtle Beach golf course has a few holes that seem to stand above, and at Crown Park Golf Club the 16th is one of those challenges. ​

What has long made a Myrtle Beach golf trip the game’s favorite are the number of quality courses the area offers, and Crown Park Golf Club is one of the value-laden tracks players enjoy.

The most improved Myrtle Beach golf course in 2016 should be near the top of your must-play list in 2017.

The biggest Myrtle Beach golf story of the year involved one of the most prestigious awards in golf travel. 

Shaftesbury Glen has always been regarded as a good golf course, lauded for its bentgrass greens and conditioning, but in 2016, the Clyde Johnston design underwent a makeover that left golfers raving.

Dustin Johnson enjoyed a momentous 2016, winning the U.S. Open at Oakmont, soaring to No. 2 in the world rankings, earning PGA Tour Player of the Year honors, and he launched his namesake junior golf tournament – to rave reviews – in Myrtle Beach. 

One of our biggest stories of the year involved you, the people, telling us what’s great about the game of golf. Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday launched its inaugural Golf is Great video contest, which awarded $10,000 and a trip to the Grand Stand for the winner, in 2016.