Myrtle Beach Golf News

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. 

The intersection of Myrtle Beach, great golf and friends is what makes this America’s most popular golf vacation destination, and that trio of qualities enjoyed a turn in the national spotlight in 2016. 

There are countless Myrtle Beach golf courses, offering a range of experiences no other destination can match. At the heart of the area’s appeal is the quality and value of our golf, and few courses speak to that combination like Crow Creek Golf Club.

Golf Channel’s Matt Ginella is the game’s most prominent travel writer, touring the world to experience the best golf has to offer. So when Ginella starts talking about his favorite layouts, people pay attention. 

TPC Myrtle Beach assumed its place among the best Myrtle Beach golf courses immediately upon it’s opening in 1999.