Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

Golf 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.

The 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:

North Beach Plantation

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

Classic 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.

Check Out Classic Swing’s Golf School Packages

Watch as former PGA Tour pro Hugh Royer III demonstrates a tip that will absolutely improve your mid-iron game. The tip from Royer, the director of instruction at SC Golf Center, is simple yet vital to success.

On a list of Myrtle Beach’s most underrated layouts, Thistle Golf Club has to rank somewhere near the top. Sure the 27-hole Tim Cate facility deservedly earned 4.5 stars from Golf Digest, but as a semi-private club, it didn’t receive the play or attention it merited.

That all changed – with a lot of other things – when Jack Davis, who also owns International Club, purchased the club in the fall of 2013.

Here is a look at everything you need to know about the Scottish inspired layout as we head into the spring of 2015:

Enjoy a look at Thistle Golf Club, one of the Myrtle Beach area's most underrated layouts. This Tim Cate beauty is a must-play for discerning Grand Strand golfers. This is why!

The Preseason Classic was played on six of the Myrtle Beach area’s best and most popular courses. True Blue, Glen Dornoch, The Witch, Wild Wing Avocet, Tradition Club and Panther’s Run all hosted the event.

The tournament kicked off with a Sunday welcome party, complete with complementary food and drinks, and also included a Wednesday awards luncheon.

The event featured a different format of play each day, beginning with best ball in the opening round, followed by combined net team score and a Texas scramble.

Glen Dornoch is one of the most challenging and scenic courses on the Myrtle Beach golf market, wowing players with views of the Intracoastal Waterway while forcing them to think their way around the course.
 

Glen Dornoch has provided some of Myrtle Beach golf’s best visuals since it opened in 1996. Five holes play along the Intracoastal Waterway and designer Clyde Johnston maximized the available land, creating a layout that is near the top of many play lists.

We consulted with Glen Dornoch’s marketing director, Jason Himmelsbach, who has played the course hundreds of times, for one man’s opinion on the course’s three best holes. Himmelsbach happily obliged.

Space space-age design technology has revolutionized the club business and new golf  balls fly further than your old balata could have even with the benefit of a canon. The technological advancements have placed a premium on length and golf course architects have answered the bell, crafting courses that routinely measure more than 7,000 yards.

The inagural Myrtle Beach Preseason Classic is underway. Enjoy a Round 2 photo gallery from The Witch.

Glen Dornoch is one of the area's prettiest and most challenging layouts.
Enjoy a photo tour of this beauty that plays along the Intracoastal Waterway!

Post-round happy hour is an unwritten part of the itinerary for many Myrtle Beach golf groups. 

Nobody chooses to play a golf course because of the clubhouse, but we all grumble about a sloppy shop.

So, yes, a clubhouse can make a difference in your golf experience.

Here are five Myrtle Beach clubhouses that will impact your group in an undeniably positive way:

In the not-so-distant past chicken wings were a blue collar bar food, a delicacy that lacked broad appeal. But chicken (or buffalo) wings have emerged from the culinary shadows.

Wings are now everywhere (even Dominos Pizza offers them!) and can be coated in almost any sauce imaginable. Long a Myrtle Beach golf favorite, wings are a popular post-round treat, and we are here to help you find the Grand Strand’s best.