Myrtle Beach Golf News

Our panel of Myrtle Beach golf industry experts – including Golf Tourism Solutions (GTS) CEO Bill Golden, Kingfish Communications’ Chris King, GTS Events Division’s Ryan Hart and Brunswick Plantation Resort & Golf’s Scott Thrailkill – weighs in on why they think the fall golf season is the Grand Strand’s best.

In her ongoing journey of discovery of all the great things to see and do along the Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach Golf Ambassador Paige Spiranac took her most recent visit here in June. Her golfing experience included visiting some renowned courses for the first time, and a slew of fun off-course adventures.

Panther’s Run and International Club, a pair of courses that have long delivered outstanding golf and value, have reopened to glowing reviews after installing new greens earlier this summer.

This has been the summer of new greens along the Grand Strand and four more courses are poised to re-open in the coming weeks. The warm weather has provided an ideal environment for growth and reports from the quartet have been universally positive.

Whether you liked it broiled, blackened or grilled, a steak is the perfect way to end a day.

The First Tee of the Coastal Carolinas held its sixth annual Future Generations Tournament, the organization’s largest fundraising event, at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, and Golf Channel personality Charlie Rymer again headlined the festivities.

Forty-five years after its opening, the Palmetto Course at Myrtlewood remains the dean of an exclusive group. The Edmund Ault design was the first in the area to play along the Intracoastal Waterway and is one of only six Myrtle Beach golf courses that bring the man-made marvel into play.

Family Golf Week, highlighted by the 21st annual Father-Son Team Classic, delivered another memorable week in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as 700 players from 42 states, Ireland, England and Canada participated in the event.

Fifty years is quite the accomplishment for any business. Weathering the test of time and succeeding for an extended period is no easy feat, but it’s a feat that Beachwood Golf Club celebrated this week.

Family Golf Week and the 21st annual Father-Son Team Classic teed off this morning in sunny Myrtle Beach, S.C. Seven-hundred players from 42 states and 4 countries are participating in the 54-hole, two-person team event. Enjoy a photo gallery from morning action at Arcadian Shores and Barefoot Resort’s Love Course.

Family Golf Week – highlighted by the 21st annual Father-Son Team Classic – is being played July 19-21 on seven of Myrtle Beach’s best courses. The event, which celebrates the bonds between golf and family, has attracted 700 players from 42 states and four countries (Ireland, UK, Canada, America).

Stefany King, instructor at the Classic Swing Golf School at Legends Golf Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C., shows us the easiest way to read the grain on the Grand Strand’s putting surfaces – and how you can adjust your putting stroke accordingly.

A 2016 renovation project changed the trajectory of Shaftesbury Glen. Prior to the work, Shaftesbury was a good course, one people were happy to play, but it didn’t always inspire golfers to demand it as part of a package.

If the British Open leaves you yearning for a little links golf, here is a look at four Myrtle Beach golf courses that provide a taste of the Old Country.

The fourth annual Calabash Cup – a 54-hole, two-man team event – teed off just across the state line on the Jones Course at Sea Trail Resort. The tournament, which features a different format each day – beginning with best ball followed by modified alternate shot and a Texas scramble – attracted a sold out field of 120 golfers.