Myrtle Beach Golf News & Updates

With the 2022 season just beginning for the world’s top junior golfers, all eyes will soon turn to Myrtle Beach for the 7^th Annual Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship presented by LA Golf. The three-day tournament, held annually at TPC Myrtle Beach, is set to take place March 4-6, 2022 boasts a host of significant early commitments.

Shorts and sunshine helped ring in the New Year along the Grand Strand golf links to kick off 2022 in style. Check out what golfers experienced this past week in Myrtle Beach, as seen through the eyes and lenses of our Instagram friends!

Three Myrtle Beach mainstays in the national public golf course rankings have assumed familiar position inside the top 100, and are joined by four additional Grand Strand designs in the 2022 edition of Golfweek’s Top 200 Resort Golf Courses in the U.S.  

Technically, it may have aged 16 months since David’s last visit, but Pine Lakes Country Club looks better than ever after its recent facelift. PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com’s David Williams returns to “The Granddaddy” to guide us through his latest aerial tour, this one highlighting Pine Lakes’ most notable upgrades including brand-new greens and dramatically reconfigured bunkers.

With the wide range of golf communities in the Myrtle Beach area built around resort and daily fee courses, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that the Grand Strand also boasts an impressive array of private- and semi-private golf course community options. If you’re considering daily living in a private course community as the basis for relocating to the Grand Strand, here’s a rundown of six such courses – each of which falls under one of four categories of membership and accessibility.

North Strand stay-and-play golf is easy with Seaside Golf Vacations and their 3-night, 3-round package package offering with Sea Trail Resort. See how you can enjoy championship golf on three different signature designs, with convenient lodging and amenities options all on the same property!

It’s one of the most challenging opening holes in all of Myrtle Beach golf. Join us for an aerial tour of the par-4 1st hole at the Dan Maples-designed Willbrook Plantation, where you’ll get a complete look at what you face from tee to green and pick up some tips on how to play it along the way!

If you can’t hit it slower and shorter, it’s harder to do so longer and faster. Scott Devaux of the Steve Dresser Golf Academy at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. joins us in this video to demonstrate how training with an alignment rod can help reinforce this point as you practice your short shots around the green.

A product of Rees Jones’ hall of fame architecture career, the Jones Course at Sea Trail offers a magnificent design that beautifully embraces Carolina’s natural allure. Join us for a dynamic video and hole-by-hole photo tour of this popular North Strand design.

‘Twas the week after Christmas and all through the Strand, Santa left Myrtle Beach a winter golfing wonderland! The weather’s been warm and perfect for hitting the links as 2021 draws to a close. Take a look at what our golfers are experiencing right now, as seen through the eyes and lenses of our Instagram friends.

From all of us at PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com, we wish you a Happy New Year filled with peace, joy, good health and prosperity!

With so many benefits to golf course community living along the Grand Strand, it’s easy to see why more and more real estate purchasers are choosing them for their year-round residence. To be clear, though, there are some tradeoffs that may not appeal to everyone looking to buy. We’re here to offer some considerations to help you make the most informed decision possible!

Choosing a Myrtle Beach golf vacation itinerary from dozens of award-winning options, then finding the best match from a seemingly endless array of premium lodging options, can be a daunting task – but it doesn’t have to be. Let MBGolf.com and its team of golf vacation specialists help you decide on the best stay-and-play options for you and your travel group!

Not sure of when to hit a chip shot or a pitch shot around the green? Never fear, Scott Tanguay of the Coastal Golf Academy is here to offer some guidance! Watch as Scott walks us through the ideal scenarios for executing each type of shot, along with instruction on how to do it.

Modeled after the famed C.B. McDonald hole at Midocean, the finishing hole at Wild Wing Plantation’s Avocet Course dares you to bomb it off the tee to shorten the length of a long par 4. Join us for an aerial tour of No. 18, and get some advice on how best to approach this challenge!

From under the watchful eye of the Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, comes an exciting layout at Long Bay Club that will engage players from the first tee shot all the way to their final putt on the 18th green. Join us for a spectacular video tour and hole-by-hole photo gallery of this North Strand design.